Jalandhar, Sundergarh schools to meet in sub jr Nehru hockey

New Delhi, Oct 30 (UNI) Government High School, Harnamdaspura (Jalandhar) will clash with Town High School, Sundergarh in the final of the 24th Sub-Junior Nehru Hockey tournament at the Shivaji stadium here tomorrow.

In the semi-finals today, the Jalandhar school beat GRM Senior Secondary School, Nagloi (Delhi) 2-0 with Prabhdeep Singh and Barjinder Singh scoring in the 39th and 44th minutes while the Sundergarh school got the better of Army Boys Sports College, Danapur 2-1.

Ernes Surin (9th minute) and Ignacis Toppo (55th) scored for Sundergarh while Punit Bhengra found the target for Danapur school in the 19th minute.

The 35th Junior Nehru Hockey tournament will also kick off tomorrow with White Eagle's School, Kutch, taking on NCC, Orissa, in the inaugural fixture.

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