St Lawrence rout Bombay Scottish 5-0 to enter semis

St Lawrence skipper and goal-scorer Kshitij Hasam at Borivli yesterday. Pic/Anurag Ahire

St Lawrence High School (Borivli) produced another impressive performance to storm their way into the semi-finals following a huge win in the boys under-16 second division of the MSSA inter-school football tournament at St Francis D'Assisi ground, Borivli, on Tuesday.

In control of proceedings for the majority of the game, St Lawrence, who looked fluent with their passing, fashioned a resounding 5-0 win over Bombay Scottish (Powai) in the first quarter-final.

St Lawrence enjoyed a two-goal cushion at half-time. There were five different players who got on the score sheet - Pratik Sharma, captain Kshitij Hasam, Mihir Phatak, Kavit Yadav and substitute Dhairya Manguhiya.

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St Lawrence look ominous ahead of the semis, where they will lock horns with Holy Family High School (Andheri) who progressed in a rather contrasting fashion.

Finding themselves trailing for a major part of the game, Holy Family came back with two late goals through Vihaan Yadav and Dhairya Tank as they scraped past a spirited Sacred Heart Boys (Santacruz) by a 2-1 margin. Sacred Heart took the lead through Rooney Mendonca mid-way through the first half.

However, in the closing stages, a moment of madness by their captain and goalkeeper saw them reduced to 10 men (shown red card for using foul language at the referee) and were forced to have a makeshift custodian, who conceded the winner in added time.