Kathua Zone lifts U-17 boys kho-kho, volleyball titles

STATE TIMES NEWS
KATHUA: Zone Kathua lifted under-17 boys kho-kho and volleyball titles while Zone Bani won the under17 Kabaddi trophy in the Inter Zone District Level Tournament being organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports Kathua at Sports Stadium, here on Wednesday.
The tournament is being held under the supervision of District Youth Services and Sports Officer (DYSSO) Kathua, Subash Chander Bhardwaj.
A total of 314 players of all 12 zones of Kathua District participated on the second day of tournament.
Today’s matches were officiated by Ashok Kumar Magotra, Uttam Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Sartaj Singh, Naresh Kumar, Nalini Kotwal, Pinky Rani, Rajeev Mehta, Sanjay Kumar and Rekha Bhatt.
Mohan Lal Dub, Dharminder Singh, Rani Andotra, Tilak Kumar, Kulbhushan Kumar, Omkar Nath and Darshan Kumar were also present on the occasion.
Today’s Results:
BOYS under-17 Volleyball: Zone Kathua thrashed Zone Hiranagar by 2-1. Earlier in semifinals, Zone Hiranagar outplayed Zone Bhaddu by 2-1 sets and Zone Kathua defeated Zone Sallan by 2-1 sets.
Kho-Kho: Zone Kathua trounced Zone Lakhanpur by an inning and one point. Earlier in semifinals, Zone Lakhanpur outplayed Zone Marheen by three points and Zone Kathua downed Zone Bani by one point.
Kabaddi: Zone Bani crushed Zone Kathua by 18 points. Earlier, in semifinals, Zone Kathua downed Zone Lakhanpur by one point and Zone Bani defeated Zone Malhar by 15 points.