USS supreme

MUMBAI: Utpal Sanghavi School (USS) regained their Division I position clinching the Division `B’ title in the Mumbai Schools Sports Association under-14 title beating Bombay Scottish `A’ from Mahim 2-0 in the final, at the Azad Maidan here on Wednesday.

Anju Kapoor and Siddharth Shah were the scorers for winners.

In the process, these budding kids from Juhu repaid their Principal’s gesture of letting them off their terminal exams and regained their place in the Division I. “It was all because of our Principal. These players were asked to concentrate on football atleast till the finals. And they have done a commandable job,” said their jubiliant coach Umesh Shamraj.

“It is just not academics that makes a perfect man, sports too plays a vital role,” was the reason the winning schools principal had to says.Kapoor put them ahead in the 42nd minute and Shah consolidated the lead in the 55th minute.

The teams

Utpal Sanghavi (Juhu): Abhijit Shah, Manan Parekh, Devashish Raval, Jai Dedhia, Parth Shah, Keval Shah, Siddharth Shah, Harsh Sanghvi, Anju Kapur, Dbruv Chogle, Nehil Patel, Priyank Shah, Parth Khakhar, Darshil Shah, Janav, Bharath C, Shreyansh Hegde, Monil Shah. Coach Unesh Shamraj.

Bombay Scottish `A’ (Mahim): Ninad Saple, Sharan Sanil, Prateek Pai, Kevin Verghese, Sushant Shetgiri, Joshva Iype, Kunal Pardeshi, Nishant Bhinde, Parth Shah, Jejac Gupte, Mathew Vaidvan, Siddharth Shah, Gaurav Sathe, Siddharth Shetty, Akshay Nambiar, Djaram Arjun, Rahul George, Faizaam Ali. Coach Anthony Fernandes.