St Stanislaus (Bandra) emerged supreme, but they had to encounter many anxious moments before staving off a spirited challenge from Children's Academy (Malad) to clinch a close 2-1 victory in the boys' U-16 Div-I final of the MSSA-organised inter-school hockey tournament at the Sports Authority of India ground in Kandivli yesterday.

The Bandra schoolboys grabbed the upper hand when Nathan Pereira picked up Amos Mathew's pass and beat Children's Academy custodian Harsh Bohra with a firm crack to give Stanislaus a fifth minute lead.