School sports

Bukit Merah Secondary School's last shots count

Floorballers equalise just before full-time and then score final penalty in shoot-out to win

From top: Bukit Merah Secondary players celebrating Shin Thant's equalising goal in the last minute of normal time. John Alicante Embile's penalty whizzing past the Catholic High goalkeeper to give Bukit Merah their first B Division boys' floorball t
Bukit Merah Secondary players celebrating Shin Thant’s equalising goal in the last minute of normal time. ST PHOTO: SYAMIL SAPARI
From top: Bukit Merah Secondary players celebrating Shin Thant's equalising goal in the last minute of normal time. John Alicante Embile's penalty whizzing past the Catholic High goalkeeper to give Bukit Merah their first B Division boys' floorball t
John Alicante Embile’s penalty whizzing past the Catholic High goalkeeper to give Bukit Merah their first B Division boys’ floorball title since 2010. ST PHOTO: SYAMIL SAPARI
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Starting at half court, John Alicante Embile slowly dribbled the ball towards the goalkeeper, found an opening and fired his shot into the net.

It was Bukit Merah Secondary School's third and final attempt in the Schools B Division boys' floorball final penalty shoot-out and the 16-year-old was not about to let his team-mates down.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 11, 2018, with the headline Bukit Merah Secondary School's last shots count. Subscribe