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LALITPUR: St Xavier's Deonia and Nepal Don Bosco recorded victories in the 25th Father Moran Memorial Primary School Invitational Football Tournament here at the SXG grounds on Monday.

SXD defeated Dolphin English Secondary School 3-0 on goals from Aarab Acharya, Aaron Acharya and Prajya Tamang. Yukesh Tamang of Dolphin was named the player of the match. With the win, SXD advanced to the quarter-finals as Group B runners-up. In another match, Bhaktapur NIST School and Crescent Academy played a 1-1 draw.

Syaron Katuwal scored for Bhaktapur NIST, while player-of-the-match Siddhartha Ghale netted for Crescent.

Bhaktapur NIST made it to the last eight as Group C runners-up. Likewise, Nepal Don Bosco thrashed Godawari Residential School 8-0. Ayush Tamang scored four goals alone for Don Bosco, while player-of-thematch Suresh Tamang netted two and Rojak Maharjan and Rupson Nepal added one each. Don Bosco entered the quarter-finals as Group D winners. A total of 16 teams are taking part in the tournament organised by St Xavier's Godavari School.

A version of this article appears in the print on December 20, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.