The Smalta Under-14 Indoor Hockey League resumed action on Friday, this time at the Marian Academy facility, which is the largest hosting ground that is being used for the league and is able to accommodate two courts, seeing St Joseph’s High School (SJH) Boys remaining undefeated, while Sarah Klautky stared in the girls division.
During the action in the boy’s division, despite being newcomers to the sport, SJH remained undefeated after Friday’s games having entered unchallenged since the previous session where they hosted.
Kalfanni Yan scored an early goal to secure their win over the Hikers’ (HHC) Hatchets, while the rest of the St Joseph’s team got in on the scoring action in their 8-1 win against Old Fort.
St Joseph’s Akeela Ralph counterattacks against the Fernandes sisters and top scorer Sarah Klautky of Marian Academy
The Saints Hockey Club (SHC), Scalpels and SHC Scorchers continued where their female counterparts left off, defeating GCC War Dogs 11-0 and GCC Thunder Bolts 7-1 respectively. Despite these defeats, GCC Thunder Bolts Jason Gomes was the Smalta’s male top-scorer of the day with five goals in the Thunder Bolts’ match against the GCC War Dogs.
Meanwhile in the girls’ division, Marian Academy with the home court advantage, defeated St Joseph’s 5-0 and Hikers 9-0. Sarah Klautky of the home team was the Smalta’s female top scorer of the day with a solid five goals between her two matches.
The SHC Silencers and the SHC Sensations both secured victories over GCC teams. Mariah Seegobind of the Silencers continued her scoring streak this week by scoring all four goals for her team to guarantee their victory over the GCC Challengers.
The League is a four-a-side format with a maximum of 10 registered players per team and includes teams from SHC, HHC Old Fort, GCC, Marian Academy and SJH. The tournament will utilise the auditoriums of St Stanislaus College, St Joseph’s High School and Marian Academy, with a different venue being used each week.
The games will continue this Friday at St Stanislaus College from 16:00h to 19:00h.
