IES School (Charkop) and Gokuldham High School (Goregaon) won the boys under-16 and boys under-14 titles respectively in the MSSA inter-school handball tournament at Azad Maidan last Friday. The Charkop schoolboys were in great form and showed excellent understanding and coordination and charged to an authoritative 18-12 victory against St Joseph’s High School (Wadala) in the under-16 final.

Raj shines for IES

The highlight of IES School’s win was the brilliant scoring form of Raj Badi who top scored with eight goals. Raj’s teammates Samarth Kadam contributed four goals and Prince Yadav and Sai Pednekar, both chipped in with three goals each. IES goalkeeper Meghraj Tendulkar also made his presence felt as he made timely saves to deny the St Joseph attackers from scoring too many goals and putting up a fight.