Chandigarh oust Karnataka

Hockey Chandigarh knocked Hockey Karnataka out of the 7th Sub-Junior National Hockey Championship with a 7-0 drubbing in the quarterfinal here on Thursday.

Karnataka were on the backfoot from the start as Jaspreet Singh opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Five minutes later, Sanjay added the second with Jasprit grabbing the third in the 13th minute.

There was a momentary lull but just before half-time, Chandigarh killed off the game with a fourth, coming from the stick of Arshdeep Singh.

Goals in the second half from Maninder Singh (59th), Amandeep (60th) and Sahibjeet Singh (70th) completed the rout and booked Chandigarh’s semifinal berth.

In another quarterfinal, Rimanshu (59th) struck late for Sports Authority of India in a tense 3-2 win over Hockey Haryana.

Ankush, with a brace (5th and 30th), was the other goalscorer for SAI, while Aryan Kadian (29th) and Sunny Malik (33rd) got onto the scoresheet for the losing side. 

In other quarterfinals, Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy defeated Hockey Punjab and Hockey Odisha edged Uttar Pradesh Hockey via shoot-out.

Results: Quarterfinals: Hockey Chandigarh: 7 (Jaspreet Singh 1st, 13th, Sanjay 6th, Arshdeep Singh 34th, Maninder Singh 59th, Amandeep 60th, Sahibjeet Singh 70th) bt bt Hockey Karnataka: 0; Sports Authority of India: 3 (Ankush 5th, 30th, Rimanshu 59th) bt Hockey Haryana: 2 (Aryan Kadian 29th, Sunny Malik 33rd); Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy: 4 (Sourabh Pashine 30th, 59th, 60th, 65th) bt Hockey Punjab: 3 (Parteek Sharma 3rd, Navpreet Singh 33rd, Surdarshan Singh 48th); Uttar Pradesh Hockey: 2 (Akhtar Ali 48th, Saurabh Anand 58th) drew Hockey Odisha: 2 (Ajay Kumar Ekka 10th, Sushil Dhanwar 31st) (Odisha won 3-1 in the shoot-out)

Semifinal line-up: SAI vs MPHA, 7.30 am; Hockey Chandigarh vs Hockey Odisha, 4 pm. (Both matches on Saturday).