St Anne’s girls beat Scottish to end 20-year title drought

The St Anne’s girls with their medals. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

Goalkeeper Myra Patel's heroics in the tie-breaker helped St Anne's High School (Fort) beat Bombay Scottish School (Mahim) 2-1 to win the girls' U-14 Division I title in the Dreams Sports Mumbai School Sports Association (MSSA) inter-school football tournament at Wings Sports Centre, Bandra, recently.

The match ended goalless after regulation time, with both teams displaying disciplined defending. In the tie-breaker, St Anne's converted their first and fifth spot-kicks through Zahra Eran and Aameina Kachwala respectively, while Paher Kathar, Ayesha Khan and Fatema Hotelwala missed.

Bombay Scottish managed just one successful conversion through Aarya Joshi. Nizh Kapadia hit the post, while Ayesha Sukhtankar shot wide.

Myra then rose to the occasion, diving to her right twice to deny Sia Paleja and Kiara Jha, and seal the 2-1 victory. The triumph also ended St Anne's 20-year wait for the Division I crown.

Meanwhile, St Lawrence High School (Borivli) showed nerves of steel to clinch their maiden boys' U-14 Division II title after beating St Joseph High School (Wadala) 4-2 via a tie-breaker. St Lawrence's Pranshu Ghorpade, Tanishq Kori, Vivaan Adarkar, and Vihan Shirke all converted their penalties, while St Joseph managed to score through Dhruv Shinde and Viraj Chavan.