Anand Niketan Shilaj (ANSH) School in Ahmedabad has emerged triumphant in a series of football tournaments at the third edition of Progressive School Sports Federation (PSSF) championship held across the past weekend.

ANSH bagged two trophies in various categories in this tournament. A total of 16 teams in Under-14 and 12 teams in Under-17 boys categories played in the tournament held at Savvy Swaraaj Sports Club in Gota on Saturday and Sunday.

ANSH bagged the U-14 trophy beating teams like S N Kansagra Rajkot, Ahmedabad International School (AIS), Saint Joseph School Vijapur, and Udgam School.

Meanwhile, the U-17 team trounced Nirman school, AIS, and Shanti Asiatic school to lift the trophy.

Dron Pandya and Rishit Vardane were the top scorers in the U-17 category, while Shubham Das shined with an 8-goal tally, followed by Manvay Joshi with 5 goals, in the U-14 matches.

Startling run in GIIS sports fest

Alongside PSSF, Anand Niketan Shilaj also bagged a couple of trophies in the inaugural edition of the Global Indian International School’s (GIIS) sports fest on its campus near Godrej Garden City in Jagatpur.

ANSH participated in the U-10 and U-15 categories over three days from Friday to Sunday.

As per the tournament website, a total of 48 teams from 22 schools participated in the event.

In the U-10 boys’ category, ANSH defeated SMT K N Patel School, Rachna School, Lalji Mehrotra Lions (LML) School, and the GIIS team.

The U-15 boys’ team defeated Prakash School, Terf School, SGVP School, and DPS Gandhinagar.

Shubham Das made a striking reappearance among the top scorers with his 4-goal tally, which was only second to Jihan Pansuriya’s 8 goals in the tournament.

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