<p>Malem, who fired three goals in Cottonians’ semifinal victory, turned out to be the hero once again, sounding the board in the 14th and 53rd minutes in a floodlit final at the KSHA stadium.For his strong show throughout the tournament, Malem was adjudged the player of the tournament.<br /><br />Cottonians did take some time to settle in after which they completely dominated their oponents who looked disoriented. <br /><br />Earlier, Malem opened the Cottonians’ account with a neatly-converted penalty corner before wrapping up a fine win with a solo effort in the second half.<br /><br />Individual awards: Best forward: Malen K (Bishop Cotton Boys School); Best midfielder: Akarsh N (St Germain High School); Best defender: Rishop Shetty (FAPS); Best goalkeeper: Pranay Kumar Singh (Bishop Cotton); Most promising player: Sandeep Barik (Rashtriya Military School); Fairplay Trophy: Maria Niketan High School.</p>.<p><br />Deepu shines<br />KP Deepu slammed a golden goal to help Army Service Corps score a 2-1 win over Sports Authority of India ‘A’ in the semifinals of the Travancore Cup hockey tournament on Friday.<br /><br />In a charged-up semifinal, Deepak brought SAI back into the contest with a 69th minute equaliser after AK Maji had put ASC in front in the 36th minute.However, Deepu made sure ASC had the last laugh, finishing off a fine piece of move in the fourth minute of extra time.<br /><br />In Saturday’s final ASC will lock horns with Army Green, who blanked Central Excise 4-0. <br />Results (all semifinals): Army Green: 4 (Manish Bhengra 17th, Kalyan Bhengra 44th, Niraj Tigga 63rd, 69th) bt Central Excise: 0; ASC: 2 (AK Maji 36th, KP Deepu 74th) bt SAI ‘A’: 1 (Deepak 69th) via Golden goal.</p>
<p>Malem, who fired three goals in Cottonians’ semifinal victory, turned out to be the hero once again, sounding the board in the 14th and 53rd minutes in a floodlit final at the KSHA stadium.For his strong show throughout the tournament, Malem was adjudged the player of the tournament.<br /><br />Cottonians did take some time to settle in after which they completely dominated their oponents who looked disoriented. <br /><br />Earlier, Malem opened the Cottonians’ account with a neatly-converted penalty corner before wrapping up a fine win with a solo effort in the second half.<br /><br />Individual awards: Best forward: Malen K (Bishop Cotton Boys School); Best midfielder: Akarsh N (St Germain High School); Best defender: Rishop Shetty (FAPS); Best goalkeeper: Pranay Kumar Singh (Bishop Cotton); Most promising player: Sandeep Barik (Rashtriya Military School); Fairplay Trophy: Maria Niketan High School.</p>.<p><br />Deepu shines<br />KP Deepu slammed a golden goal to help Army Service Corps score a 2-1 win over Sports Authority of India ‘A’ in the semifinals of the Travancore Cup hockey tournament on Friday.<br /><br />In a charged-up semifinal, Deepak brought SAI back into the contest with a 69th minute equaliser after AK Maji had put ASC in front in the 36th minute.However, Deepu made sure ASC had the last laugh, finishing off a fine piece of move in the fourth minute of extra time.<br /><br />In Saturday’s final ASC will lock horns with Army Green, who blanked Central Excise 4-0. <br />Results (all semifinals): Army Green: 4 (Manish Bhengra 17th, Kalyan Bhengra 44th, Niraj Tigga 63rd, 69th) bt Central Excise: 0; ASC: 2 (AK Maji 36th, KP Deepu 74th) bt SAI ‘A’: 1 (Deepak 69th) via Golden goal.</p>
