CHANDIGARH, AUG 9 :Rock Rovers will lock horns with DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 in the final of the Chandigarh State Hockey Championship for Junior boys Under-14 being played at the Sector 18 Hockey Stadium here today.
Rock Rovers carried too many guns against St. Stephen’s , Sector 45 who they routed by a big margin of 6 – 1 in the first one-sided semi-final match.Darshan Singh opened the account for Rock Rovers in third minute. After that Kanwaljit held the spotlight by scoring three goals in the 6th , 15th and 30th minutes to increase the victory margin. Jatin and Manjinder Singh added one goal each to complete St Stephen’s rout. Himanshu scored the consolation goal for Stepehn’s in the 24th minute.
DAV School, Sector 8 ended the aspirations of Anne’s Hockey Academy by beating them with a 5-1 margin. For DAV School Yatin and Parminder scored two goals each ajd Gurjinder completed the tally for his team. Harpreet scored the only goal for Anne’s Academy in the 34th minute.
Earlier, in the first quarter-final Rock Rovers defeated Shivalik Public School by 4-0. Harjinder Singh scored the first goal in the fifth minute, followed by Harinder Singh (7th) , Kanwaljit (11th ) and Darshan Singh (22nd)..
In another quarter-final match, Anne’s Hockey Acedamy ousted Wanderers Club by 4-0. Sahil held the spotlight by scoring in the 3rd , 32nd and 44th minutes. Harpreet scored the fourth goal in the 17th minute.
The final match will be played at 5.00 p.m. tomorrow at Sector 18 Hockey Stadium. Padma Shri Balbir Singh, Triple Olympic Gold Medalist Balbir Singh Senior will be be the chief guest.