Excise, ASC in semis

In the day’s second match at the KSHA stadium, Army Service Corps booked their last-four spot with a 2-0 defeat of PCTC.

Results: Central Excise: 6 (Ramakrishna 19th, 57th, 65th, Anup Anthony 34th, 36th, Nilesh 52nd) bt KSP: 3 (Pradeep 13th, Chetan Kumar 61st, Rajashekar 69th); ASC: 2 (Feroze 38th, Chandan Aind 63rd) bt PCTC: 0.

Cottons on song
A goal each from Abhishek Kumar, Zubin Pereira and Shamim Khan helped Bishop Cotton Boys’ School beat Zilla Panchayat School, Gulbarga 3-1 and guide them into the semifinals of the GS Randhawa memorial inter-school hockey tournament.Joining Cottons will be Frank Anthony Public School, who edged out Maria Niketan Public School 3-2.

Results (all quarterfinals): Bishop Cotton Boys’ School: 3 (Abhishek Kumar 5th, Zubin Pereira 9th, Shamim KM 50th) bt Zilla Panchayat School, Gulbarga: 1 (Suresh 14th); Frank Anthony Public School: 3 (Nihal Agha 31st, Nalin Kopikar 35th, Sairam Ramesh 49th) bt Maria Niketan School: 2 (Suresh D 25th, Michael Pinto 54th).

Thursday’s semifinal line-up: Rashtriya Military School vs Bishop Cotton Boys’ School; St Germain High School vs Frank Anthony Public School.