Assam, Jharkhand register big wins

New Delhi: Rajesh Boro and Rituraj Boro scored a hat-trick each as Assam raced to a 16-0 win over Tripura in their opening Pool B league game of the 3rd Hockey India Sub-Junior Men`s National Championship (East Zone) at Nagaon on Wednesday.

In another Pool B game, Jharkhand registered a 7-0 victory over Manipur. Sudhir Munda scored a hat-trick while Mahendra Topno, Amit Bhengra, Soma Bhengra and Olevius Toppo scored a goal each for Jharkhand. Mizoram beat Bihar 2-1 in the Pool A game. Ramdintluanga scored twice for Mizoram, while Raushan Kumar scored the only goal for Bihar. Betan DungDung scored a hat-trick for Jharkhand as they registered a 10-0 victory over Bihar in their opening Pool A game in the women`s championship. In Pool B, Bengal beat Manipur 3-2. Results (Men): Pool A: Mizoram 2 (Ramdintluanga 30, 62) beat Bihar 1 (Raushan Kumar 49); Pool B: Jharkhand 7 (Mahendra Topno 6, Sudhir Munda 42, 55, 61, Soma Bhengra 51, Amit Bhengra 54 and Olevius Toppo 65) beat Manipur 0. Assam 16 (Bedadyuti Chakravorty 5, Rinku Gogoi 10, Jyoti Manash 15, 25, Ritu Raj Boro 21, 27, 64, Rajesh Boro 29,33, 42, Bidyut Daimari 34, Junaidul Islam 36, Own Goal 37, Niranjan Boro 40 and Manjeet Gogoi 48, 52) beat Tripura 0 Women Pool A: Jharkhand 10 (Betan DungDung 7, 8, 26, Pradhan Kanti 14, Anupam Horo 18, Pramila Soreng 34, Rani Nisha 41, 50, Sitamani Topno 64 and Divya DungDung 66) beat Bihar 0 Pool B: Bengal 3 (Madushree Tudu 38, Sathi Dolui 47 and Tumpa Dalui 63) beat Manipur 2 (Bramacharimayum Devi 5 and Kshetrimayum Devi 10). PTI