MSSA U-16 girls: The Cathedral & John C, Mary Immaculate Girls smash 9 & 6 goals

by Balbir Singh September 4, 2016

On Saturday, 3^rd September 2016, a total of seven games were played in the ‘under-16 girls’ category across groups A & B at MSSA Ground, Azad Maidan. The Cathedral & John C (Fort) recorded the biggest win of the day, scoring nine goals past St. Lawrence H.S. (Borivali) without reply; while Muskaan Mehra and Devangi Maheshwari contributed with their respective hat-tricks, Avanti Singh scored twice as Shamika Bhandarkar joined the goal-scoring with a goal as well. Other hat-trick scorers being Renee Talathi of St Anne’s H.S. (Fort) and Valancia D’Mello from Marry Immaculate (Borivali).

MSSA U-16 Girls – Group ‘A’

In the opening match, St. Anne’s H.S. (Fort) came up against Arya Vidya Mandir (Bandra – West). The former recorded a comprehensive 4-0 victory with Renee Talathi grabbing three goals – in what was another complete performance from her – with Tricia Callaco providing the fourth goal in St. Anne’s H.S. (Fort) win.

Meanwhile, Carmel of St. Joseph came out on top versus Jamnabai Narsee Int. School (Juhu) with a 2-0 win; goals from Sailee Patre and Geetika Nair proved sufficient to grab maximum points at the end of full-time.

The Cathedral & John C (Fort) scored an astonishing nine goals past St. Lawrence H.S. (Borivali). The latter could not just settle as a flurry of attacks followed each other, providing a massive boost to The Cathedral & John C (Fort) goal-difference and morale apart from the three points.

Canossa H.S. (Andheri – East) won with a narrow 2-1 margin against Christ Church School; in-form Kimberly Nazareth scored again as Christina Nazareth goal significantly contributed to the full-time result as well for the former. Whereas, Jeeshia Davar’s strike did not prove enough for her side in what was indeed a tough game for both sides.

MSSA U-16 Girls – Group ‘B’

Smt. R.S.B. Arya Vidya Mandir (Juhu) got past Jamnabai Narsee School A (Juhu) courtesy of goals from Reva Snkahe, Kritika Chhabra, Sharicka Zutschi in a 3-0 win.

In another high-scoring game, Mary Immaculate Girls (Borivali) smashed six goals past Aditya Birla World Academy (Tardeo); Valancia D’mello’s hattrick, a brace from Naomi Fernandes and a goal from Malika Joseph completed a dominant victory at the end.

The final match of MSSA U-16 Girls, turned out to be a fine battle between Bombay Scottish School (Mahim) and Apostolic Carmel (Bandra), which the former won 3-2. A brace from Florian Pereira proved to be an encouragement for Apostolic Carmel, but Sarah Arora’s two goals and Arushi Choksi goal got the better of them.

With a total of over 30-odd no. of goals scored in seven matches yesterday, the games surely don’t lack an effort from the under-16 girls. We at Footballcounter are always present to encourage the girls and help the sport gain its status in the city. We urge our readers to help the sport by lending your support, going to match venues and cheer for the girls and help the football community grow. Please follow www.footballcounter.com daily updates on Mumbai Football. Hope you had a good read!