Sports Schools in race for second spot

IT WILL be a race of the sports schools next weekend to see who finishes second in Division One and qualify for the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Hockey League.
Armed Forces Juniors, who already cemented the top spot last weekend, took it easy against bottom placed UniTen and played to a 2-2 draw yesterday.
However, Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) beat Malacca City Council 3-1, while Bandar Penawar Sports School (BPSS) beat Universiti Sains Malaysia 3-2 to take the second spot battle to the wire on Friday.
BPSS now have 21 points, while BJSS 19 and they will be playing Army Juniors and UniTen to set-up a date with League champions Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) in the last eight.
Division one champions Army Juniors have already sealed their fate against Charity Shield champions Tenaga Nasional in the quarter-finals.
And in the Premier Division, it will be a holiday in Malacca for the top-two teams, as they have already sealed their fates with one match to spare.
But the Tenaga Nasional v Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club match could turn out to be a thriller, as both teams prepare for the knock-out and KLHC having a score to settle for losing the Charity Shield to the utility giants in the first match of the season.
KLHC received RM60,000 for winning the title, while Tenaga Nasional RM40,000 for finishing second.
“My players not only deserve credit for winning the League title, but also the money that came with it. KLHC will not take a cut, and the players and team management will share all the spoils,” said KLHC team manager George Koshy.
With money in the bag, KLHC players will now strive to seal the TNB Cup title as well, as the club has five League titles but only one Overall title to show.
DIVISION ONE: Results: Malacca CC 1 Bukit Jalil Sports School 3, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2 Bandar Penawar Sports School 3, UniTen 2 Armed Forces Juniors 2.
Feb 25: Bukit Jalil Sports School v UniTen (Ministry of Education Stadium, 5pm), Armed Forces Juniors v Bandar Penawar Sports School (Tun Razak Stadium, 5pm).
PREMIER DIVISION: Feb 26 -- UniKL v UiTm (5pm), Maybank v Yayasan Negri Sembilan (4pm), Sapura v Armed Forces-Airod (6pm), Tenaga Nasional v Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club (8pm).

PREMIER DIVISION
P W D L F A Pt
KLHC 15 13 1 1 72 20 40
TNB 15 11 1 3 46 17 34
SAPURA 15 10 0 5 43 28 30
UNIKL 15 8 3 4 27 27 27
YNS 15 7 0 8 44 41 21
MAYBANK 15 4 3 8 18 25 15
NUR INSAFI 16 4 2 10 27 51 14
UITM 15 3 0 12 21 50 9
ATM 15 3 0 12 18 57 9

DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pt
ATM JNR 11 9 2 0 29 9 29
BPSS 11 7 0 4 24 17 21
BJSS 11 6 1 4 27 14 19
MALACCA CC 12 5 1 6 16 16 16
IPOH CH 12 4 3 5 19 24 15
USM 12 3 0 9 18 36 9
UNITEN 11 1 3 7 11 28 6