PJCC hold BJSS 2-2

DOUBLE champions Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) were held 2-2 by
Petaling Jaya City Council (PJCC) in Division One of the MHF-Milo-NSC
Junior Hockey League at the Tun Razak Stadium yesterday..
BJSS' title hopes virtually ended with the draw, and if they play like they
did against PJCC, will be in big trouble when they square off against title
contenders UniKL tomorrow at the same venue.
BJSS struggled to find their footing in the first half and were in the
receiving end most of the time, but capatalised on their counter-attacks to
score both the goals.
PJCC had eight penalty corners but could not tuck the ball in as their set
-pieces were too complicated.
BJSS took the lead off Faridzul Afiq in the eight minute and Faridzul
increased the lead in the 31st minute off a freak goal.
He took a tame shot at goal from the fringes of the semi-circle, and PJCC
goalkeeper Ahmad Syahir opened his legs to let the ball in because he felt
the shot was taken from outside the scoring circle.
The umpire awarded a goal, but a minute before the half-time hooter
PJCC won a penalty stroke and Ismat Imadi tucked in to narrow the score.
The second half also saw PJCC dominating attack and winning penalty
corners, and Izat Hakimi deflected in a penalty corner attempt in the 65th
minute to draw level and salvage a point.
In Division Two, Ipoh City Council burst Sabah’s bubble with a 3-1 win after Harris Fadila (14th), Mohamed Saifuddin (31st) and Azrul Fazrin (67th) were on target.
The Sabah goal was scored by Herik Ahmad in the 63rd minute.
Also in Division Two, Pahang had a close call before they edged Penang Free School 5-4 to strengthen their title quest.
Fahmi Abdullah delivered a hat-trick for Pahang in the 25th, 27th and 40th minutes while the other goals were scored by Hafiz Zainol in the 58th and Zulhannan Mazlan in the 61st.
The Penang goals were scored by Hafify Rodzi (fourth, 68th), Ammar Adly (37th) and Uzair Ahmad (49th).
RESULTS: Division One --Petaling Jaya City Council 2 Bukit Jalil Sports School 2.
Division Two: Pahang 5 Penang Frees 4; Johor 1 Matri 1; Ipoh City Council 3 Sabah 1.
TOMORROW: Division One -- Bukit Jalil Sports School v UniKL (Tun Razak Stadium, 5pm); Kelantan v PJCC (Kuala Tereng ganu, 5pm); Anderson vs BPSS Juniors (Azlan Shah Stadium, 5pm).
Division Two: Datuk Taha v Ipoh City Council (Tampin 5pm); Kuala Selangor v Pahang (Pandamaran, 3pm); Sabah v Tunku Besar Secondary School (Pandamaran, 5pm); Johor v Penang Frees (Johor Baru, 5pm)

DIVISION ONE

P W D L F A Pts

UniKL 5 5 0 0 28 5 15
BJSS 5 4 1 0 16 2 13
Thunderbolt 4 4 0 0 25 3 12
Anderson 7 3 1 3 14 23 10
PJCC 6 2 1 3 12 13 7
BPSS Juniors 4 1 0 3 4 12 3
Kelantan 5 0 2 3 6 27 2
BJSS Juniors 5 0 1 4 2 17 1
MWHA 3 0 0 3 4 9 0

DIVISION TWO


P W D L F A Pts
Ipoh CC 6 4 2 0 17 4 14
Pahang 4 4 0 0 14 8 12
Sabah 4 3 0 1 19 3 9
TBSS 5 2 2 1 15 7 8
Matri 5 1 1 3 7 8 4
Selangor 4 1 0 3 3 24 3
Frees 3 0 2 1 8 9 2
Johor 5 0 2 3 7 14 2
Datuk Taha 4 0 1 3 3 16 1