Sports School charge into last eight

20/12/2002

MALAYSIA Sports School charged into the quarter-finals of the Champions Schools tournament yesterday when they humbled SMK Taman Datuk Harun of Selangor 5-1 at the Pandamaran Hockey Stadium in Klang.
The Sports School, comprising 16-year-olds, topped Group D with three
straight wins and will meet SMK Padang Midin of Terengganu in the last
eight today.
Yesterday, the Sports School boys played impressive hockey and only made one silly mistake in the 22nd minute which was duly converted by
Selangor's Adam Ramli.
Sports School controlled the rest of the match with accurate passing and
stopping - their only weakness was in the semi-circle where they wasted
too many chances which might prove costly in the quarterfinals.
The Sports School goals were scored by Mohamed Razi (third), M. Yuvaraj (19th), Mohamed Yusri (27th), Hafis Jami (49th, 70th).
In Group B, SMK Seberang Temerloh of Pahang beat SMK Khir Johari of
Kedah 3-1 but had to go through a penalty shoot-out with Negri Sembilan's SM Datuk Taha to decide who topped the group because both teams were tied on points as well as goals.
Negri Sembilan lost the penalty shoot-out 4-1 and it almost looked like
they wanted to end second in Group B and meet St David High of Malacca in the quarter-finals by shooting wide.
The Pahang goals were scored by Mohamed Al Fadhiur (second), Mohamed Hadri (12th) and Mohamed Firdaus (54th). The Kedah goal was scored by Mohamed Hafiul (13th).
In Group C, Malacca beat Penang 3-2 to top the group. The Malacca goals were scored by Norikram Sulaiman (32nd), Mohamed Faris (45th) and Amir Osman (48th). Both the penang goals were scored by L. Pragash (61 and 69th).
Results: Malaysia Sports Schools 5 SMK Taman Datuk Harun (Sel) 1; St
David High (Mal) 3 SMK Datuk Haji Abdul Kadir (Pg) 2; SMK Seberang
Temerloh (Pah) 3 SMK Khir Johari (Ked) 1; Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar (Joh) 0 SMK Hamzah Macang (Kel) 1; SMK Padang Midin (Trg) 9 SMK Taman Melati (KL) 0.
Today - quarterfinals: Malaysia Sports Schools v SMK Padang Midin (Trg) 8am; St David High (Mal) v SM Datuk Taha (NS) 9.30am; SMK Seberang Temerloh (Pah) v SMK Datuk Haji Abdul Kadir (Pg) 6pm; SMK Anderson (Pk) v Armed Forces (AFATS) 8pm.
(All matches played at the Pandamran Hockey Stadium in Klang.)
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