Tura, Jan 15: The U-18 football teams of West Garo Hills and Ri bhoi have confirmed their places in the semifinal with two commanding performances against South Garo Hills (SGH) and East Jaintia Hills (EJH), respectively.
The two matches took place at the astro turf stadium at Chandmari on Monday, where Ri Bhoi put in another commanding performance defeating EJH by 3 goals to nil while the second match saw WGH decimate SGH, scoring 7 past them. SGH, however, pushed through a consolation goal with the final score reading 7-1.
For Ri Bhoi the goal scorers were Riskhem Syiem, Jefree Kyrsain, and N Syngkli.
In the match between WGH and SGH, the scorers were Baltimas K Marak, Nangrim M Sangma, Dimsrang Ch Sangma who scored a goal each while RD Sangma, and Kim Kim D Sangma scored braces.
The football tourney now moves into more serious competition for the Under 18 sides with both WGH and Ribhoi already confirming their places in the semi-finals.
Football is being played since January 12, the first day of the preliminaries.
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