MSSA U-14: Sean Gonsalves scores hatttrick as Stanislaus beat St Theresa's

St Stanislaus' Sean Gonsalves yesterday. Pic/Suresh Karkera

Sean Gonsalves of St Stanislaus High School (Bandra) scored a fine hat-trick to power his side to a 6-0 win over St Theresa's High School (Bandra) in the St Andrew's Challenge Shield League-cum-knockout boys U-14 match in Parel yesterday.

Super Pushkar
Both teams shared equal possession in the first half with the St Theresa's defence holding strong - especially goalkeeper Pushkar Padwal, who effected as many as four saves in the first 15 minutes of play. He was finally beaten by Sean in the 16th minute and the score read 1-0 at the lemon break. St Stanislaus began the second period aggressively and Varad Parab made it 2-0, tapping in a Kyle Justine pass. Kyle added the third after which Shayne D'Costa made it 4-0 for St Stanislaus. Sean then completed his hat-trick with fierce hits into the goal in the 39th and 40th minutes.

St Theresa's win
Meanwhile, in the Fr Donnelly Challenge Cup League-cum-knockout girls' U-14 tourney, St Theresa's (Santacruz) beat St Joseph's (Bandra) 4-1. Sanjana Salunkhe and Noella D'Souza scored a brace for St Theresa's, while Hanica Rodrigues scored one for St Joseph's.

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