Kohima, Oct. 16 (EMN): G Rio School, Kohima defeated Holy Cross School, Gangtok 1-0 in the final to lift the U-19 CBSE East Zone Cluster-1 Football Trophy held here at the Jubilee ground in Digboi, Tinsukia District of Upper Assam on Monday.
The winning and lone goal came through the boots of skipper Wanmei in the second half for G Rio School to hand their victory over Holy Cross School in the final match.
While for U-17 category, Sainik School, Punglwa defeated Sainik School Guwalpara 3-1 to lift the title for U-17 CBSE East Zone Cluster-1 Football Trophy
G Rio School on their way to the finals beat Royal Global School, Guwahati 3-1 in the first match, overcame NPS International School Guwahati 3-2 in the second round, beat Kaziranga English Academy School 3-2 via tiebreaker after the match ended 1-1 in quarters and defeated Mont Fort School Guwahati 2-1 to enter the final of the tournament.
Altogether 15 players along with two coaches namely Silvi Tepa and Selhu Chase were part of the G Rio School that took part in the tournament.
The five-day tournament was organised by the Digboi Little Stars Senior School for u-17 and u-19 category. 22 teams participated in the U-19 category, while 9 teams participated in the U-17 category; the participating schools include Assam, Sikkim, Nagaland, and Manipur.
Both the schools will now be representing the northeast states for the national level "CBSE XIX Football Cluster" to be held from Oct. 4-8th at Vidya Global School, Meerut of Uttar Pradesh.
