St Dominic Savio High School (Andheri) beat eight-man St Joseph's High School (Malad) 3-0 to enter the pre-quarters of the Mumbai Schools Sports Association (MSSA) Panchgani Old Boys league-cum-knockout U-16 boys' hockey tournament played at the MHA-Mahindra Stadium, Churchgate on Saturday.


St Dominic Savio's Mario Fernandes (right) runs past St Joseph's Adrian Aranha at the MHA-Mahindra Stadium. Pic/Suresh KK  

The Malad outfit played with eight players as six players failed to turn up due to Ganeshotsav. The match was also shortened by 15 minutes in the second half as St Joseph's coach Thomas D'Souza requested his St Dominic Savio counterpart Lakshman Rao to finish the game early. Since the Andheri side had already qualified for the pre-quarters and were 2-0 up at the time, Rao agreed.