AP comes second at SGFI games

Delhi and Chandigarh walked with eventual honours by winning the volleyball and cricket titles in the 61st SGFI National School Games Under-19 Volleyball and U-14 Cricket Boys Championship-2016 at Saroornagar Stadium late Saturday evening.

In a closely contested volleyball championship clash, the titlist edged past Andhra Pradesh 25-19, 25-16, 25-19. Kerala settled for the third spot after defeating Rajasthan 25-13, 25-14, 25-19 in the play-off match.

Uttar Pradesh and CBSE clinched the second and third places in the Under-14 cricket event. Later, Legislator Teegala Krishna Reddy gave away the prizes. SGFI representative Mahesh Kumar Saini, Saroornagar Corporator, P Anitha Dayakar Reddy, TETA-TS President and General Secretary, Someshwar Rao and Raghav Reddy, DSDO-Ranga Reddy district Venkateshwar Rao and Organising Secretary, Chandrasekhar Reddy were present on the occasion.

Results-Volleyball Final: Delhi bt Andhra Pradesh 25-19, 25-16, 25-19; Third place play-off: Kerala bt Rajasthan 25-13, 25-14, 25-19.
Placing-Cricket U-14 boys:
1. Chandigarh, 2. Uttar Pradesh, 3. CBSE; Volleyball U-19 boys:
1. Delhi, 2. Andhra Pradesh,
3. Kerala.