Hosts Maharashtra romped to a massive 9-0 win over Gujarat in their Under-17 girls section Group D opener of the Pune FC sponsored 59th SGFI National Football Championship at the Shree Shivchhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune on Saturday.
The huge win was powered by hattricks from Komal Dhole who scored four (2nd, 8th, 30th & 45th minute) and Karen Paes (16th, 25th & 38th) apart from single strikes by Pooja (47th) and Zarastin Mistry (35th).
In the Under-19 girls section, defending champions Haryana logged a big 6-1 win over Kerala in a Group A encounter at the Balewadi Stadium while Tamil Nadu logged a 5-0 win over Karnataka.
In the Under-19 boys, defending champions Punjab cruised to a comfortable 3-0 win over Andhra Pradesh in a Group A encounter at the Pune FC Training Pitches in Mamurdi.
RESULTS
GIRLS – UNDER-17 CATEGORY
Maharashtra 9-0 Gujarat
Goals: Komal Dhole 4, Karen Paes 3, Pooja, Zarastin Mistry
Tamil Nadu 2-1 Haryana
Goals: Vinothini, Karthika; Poonam
Andhra Pradesh 0-0 Punjab
Goals: none
Madhya Pradesh: 3-0 Vidya Bharathi
Goals: Jyoti, Anjali, Amisha
GIRLS – UNDER-19 CATEGORY
Madhya Pradesh 2-1 Gujarat
Goals: Nisha, Divyani; Delisa
Tamil Nadu 5-0 Karnataka
Goals: Sindhu (3x), Sandhiya (2x)
Haryana 6-1 Kerala
Goals: Mamta (3x), Suju (2x), Minyush; Laxmika Rao
Orissa 4-0 Andhra Pradesh
Goals: Pornima Kunju (2x), Laxmi M, Itisha S
BOYS – UNDER-19
Punjab 3-0 Andhra Pradesh
Goals: Jot Masih (3x)
Uttar Pradesh 1-0 Uttrakhand
Goals: Sunil Yadav
CBSC WSO 3-2 Karnataka
Goals: Ashwin (2x), Paravesh; Mohan, Anush Martin
Delhi 2-0 Tamil Nadu
Goals: Jay Minocha, Karan
Chhatisgarh 1-1 KVS
Goals: Dinesh; Mukul C
Kerala 1-0 Rajasthan
Goals: Shiyad
IPSC 4-2 Madhya Pradesh
GOals: ???
Assam 2-1 Jammu and Kashmir
Goals: Muska, Jwanvla; F Zahoor