APSS, Army PS in semis

Andhra Pradesh Sports School (APSS) and Army Public School R K Puram joined the Good Faith School and Hira High School in the semifinals of the II Airtel Rising Stars Inter-school football tournament here on Wednesday.

APSS outplayed RDTFC 4-3 in the tie-breaker while Army Public School thrashed Kendriya Vidyalaya Trimulgherry 7-6 in the sudden death to emerge as the top two from the Secunderabad leg at Trimulgherry Village Ground.

The semi-finals will be held played at Gymkhana Ground on Thursday and saturday.

Earlier, in the Secunderabad leg quarterfinals braces from Anand Reddy and Veeranjaneyulu helped RDTFC thrash Government Boys School, Bolaram 4-0 while Prema Deva scored the winner for KV Trimulgherry in the 1-0 defeat of Jubilee Hills High School 1-0.

Results-Quarterfinals: RDTFC 4 (Anand Reddy, Veeranjaneyulu 2 each) bt Government Boys School Bolaram (0); Kendriya Vidyalaya Trimulgherry 1 (Prema Deva) bt Jubilee Hills High School (0); APSS bt RDTFC via tie-break (4-3); Army Public School bt KV Trimulgherry via sudden-death (7-6).