Ratheesh struck twice as host Mar Thoma College blanked St. Berchmans (Changanassery) 4-0 and entered the quarterfinals of the 47th Mar Thoma Trophy South India inter-collegiate football tournament here on Monday.
Ratheesh’s goals came in the 43rd and 54th minutes. Vishnu (14th) and Libish (37th) had given Mar Thoma the lead earlier.
St. Xavier’s vs St. Stephen's
In other pre-quarterfinals, St. Xavier’s (Thumba) defeated Uzhavoor’s St. Stephen’s by a lone goal, scored by junior Kerala captain Jipson in the 48th minute.
Sacred Heart vs Catholicate
Kochi’s Sacred Heart pipped Catholicate (Pathanamthitta) 5-4, via the tie-breaker.
The two teams were goalless at the end of the regulation period.
Thomas Varghese, former Maharashtra State player, inaugurated the tournament.
Original article published on: The Hindu
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Tuesday 26 January 2010, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.