Sandesh Junior College wins district kabaddi double; boys claim title for ninth time
Sandesh Vidyalaya and Junior College, Vikhroli, won the boys' title and finished third in the girls' section at the Mumbai Suburban inter-school meet.
The district-level inter-school kabaddi tournament was recently held at Vikhroli, organised by the Directorate of Sports and Youth Services, Maharashtra State, Pune, and the District Sports Officer, Mumbai Suburban. The competition was held in two under-19 categories, boys and girls. The top two teams from each of the Kurla, Andheri and Borivali talukas took part. Sandesh Junior College won honours in both sections.
Sandesh Vidyalaya and Junior College, run by the Dnyan Prasarak Shikshan Sanstha and located at Parksite, Vikhroli (West), represented Kurla taluka. The college's boys' team played brilliantly in the final, beating Thakur Junior College, Kandivali, by 10 points to take the title. It is the ninth time the junior college has won the district title.
Vishwajeet Rajaram Patil, Vivek Jagannath Chorghe, Chetan Deepak Sanas, Aryan Jitendra More, Shivansh Gajanan Magar, Sagar Santosh Dhadwad, Sahil Udayraj Yadav, Aryan Vitthal Waghmare, Sai Sunil Khopkar, Harsh Shivkumar Singh, Shubham Sandipan Mahanwar and Pratik Pravin More have been selected from the team. The players will go to Thane for the Mumbai division-level kabaddi tournament.
The college's team also performed well in the under-19 girls' section. It beat Bafna Junior College to finish third. The team included Vaishnavi Baban Durgude, Ayushi Shyamsundar Kanojia, Shrutika Santosh Part, Amreen Ayyub Shaikh, Pallavi Siddharth Jadhav, Sharvari Pradeep Lambe, Srushti Satosh Salvi, Shweta Santosh Deshmane, Devyani Deepak Kamble, Vaidehi Amit Kadam, Siddhi Santosh Shelke and Krushna Nilesh Bhandare.
The successful students are being praised on all sides. Mumbai Suburban District Sports Officer Sayali Jadhav, Kurla Taluka Sports Officer Rutuja Kadlage, the society's president Pushpalata Mhatre, trustee and principal Rajendra Mhatre and the junior college's principal Megha Mhatre congratulated the students, as well as sports teachers Shivaji Kalekar, Sunil Tambe and Sachin Pashte.
