St. Henry’s College, Ilavalai, Jaffna produced stunning performance to thrash their much-fancied opponents from Kandy, Dharmaraja College to earn a semi-final spot in the ongoing Kotmale Chox U-19 Schools football championships.
After a tied first half (1-all) the little known footballers from the former war-tone city came back strongly to net three goals to win the quarter-finals in style (4-1).
The match was played at the Race Course ground.
The win was a major achievement for St. Henry’s footballers, who have shown a remarkable improvement in recent history.
They will now meet Holy Cross, Kalutara who beat Kingswood College (4-0), Kandy in the semi-finals would go all out to enter their first-ever final in recent history.
On Thursday (11) St. Sebastian’s College, Katuneriya had a close 2-1 win over St. Peter’s Bambalapitiya while Zahira College Colombo beat Maris Stella College Negombo 2-1 to enter the semi-final round.
The first semi-finals between St. Sebastian’s and Zahira College will be kicked off at 2.30pm on February 16 at the Racecourse ground followed by the second semi-finals between St. Henry’s and Holy Cross.
The finals are scheduled for February 19.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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