Sports results

Another eventful sports weekend is behind us, highlighted by Crvenka’s footballers winning the Sombor District League derby. But more on football later; first, the latest handball news.

Crvenka’s handball players lost 36:18 to hosts Kikinda in Kikinda in a match in the 17 round of the Super B League. The score itself says it all about what happened on the court—a dominant home team and a weak Crvenka. It is worth noting that the match’s top scorer, with 6 goals, was Nikola Egić, a Kikinda player who played for Crvenka for many years. Šveljo, Savić and Predović scored three goals each for Crvenka. Crvenka are tenth in the standings with 11 points, and will host Inđija in the next round.

In their match in round 16 of the First League, Sivac’s handball team beat Mladost 26:25 away in Vršac. The home team led until the 48 minute, when the score was 20:19, but then Sivac went on a 3:0 run. Branko Žeželj’s players held on to their lead in a goal-for-goal battle and took the points. Čabai was Sivac’s top scorer, with 10 goals. Sivac 69 currently leads the standings with 24 points, though it should be noted that second-placed Lavovi from Bačka Palanka play their match in this round against Dolovo on Wednesday. In the next round, Sivac 69 hosts Hercegovina from Sečanj.

Our women’s first-division team, Laki from Crvenka, lost to Spartak in Debeljača by 31:23. Laki’s top scorers were Milana Jović with 6 and Ana Juhas with 5 goals. The young handball players from Crvenka are currently fifth in the standings with 17 points, and in the next round they travel to face Mladost in Srpska Crnja.

Odžaci from Kula disappointed their supporters, losing 2:1 to Radnički from Zrenjanin at the Milan Sredanović Stadium in the 21th round of the Serbian League, Vojvodina Group, despite taking the first-half lead through Šakić. The Zrenjanin team simply wanted the win more and deservedly got it. Odžaci are currently ninth in the table with 30 points, and will visit Omladinac in Novi Banovci in the next round.            

In the 21th round of the Sombor District League, second-placed Crvenka faced league leaders Stanišić in front of their home fans. Coach Milan Vujaković’s players put on an excellent performance and beat the leaders 3:0. Kišjuhas, Jovan Subotić and Babić scored for Crvenka. This win improved Crvenka’s chances of holding on to second place and earning promotion to a higher division through the playoffs.

    Kula's footballers sprang a pleasant surprise, defeating Budućnost 1:0 away in Parage, with a goal by Pješivac. Our other District League teams all suffered defeats. Rusin from Ruski Krstur lost 1:0 to Krila Krajine in Bačka Palanka, Lipar also lost 1:0 to Vojvodina in Tovariševo, while Mladost from Kruščić lost 3:1 to ŽAK in Sombor. Crvenka are second in the standings with 44 points, Lipar are eighth with 24, Kula are eleventh with 21, Rusin are fourteenth with 14, and Mladost are last, in fifteenth place, with 8 points. The next round features a local derby: Lipar will host Crvenka, Kula will host Vojvodina from Tovariševo, Rusin will host ŽAK from Sombor in Ruski Krstur, and Mladost will host Budućnost from Parage in Kruščić.

  In round 16 of the first division of the Sombor Intermunicipal League, Polet from Sivac drew 2:2 with the eponymous team in Aleksa Šantić. Polet are second in the standings with 34 points, and will host Rastina in the next round.

KFK Kula’s footballers lost 3:1 away to OFK Metalac in Sombor in a match in round 13 of the Sombor Intermunicipal League, Second Division, despite taking the lead through Vuković’s goal. The defeat was the result of errors by Kula’s defence, which was made to pay dearly for conceding from set pieces. KFK is fifth in the standings with 20 points and hosts leaders Šikara in the next round.

Hajduk’s futsal team claimed a convincing victory, beating Novi Sad’s Tango 7:1 in front of their home fans in round 17 of the Vojvodina Futsal League championship. Robert Kiš scored five goals for Hajduk, with Isakov and Šijački scoring one each. Hajduk are eighth in the table with 21 point, and will visit second-placed Novi Sad in the next round.

Hajduk’s basketball players bid farewell to their supporters with a victory. In the penultimate, 25 round of the First Serbian League, Hajduk beat Srem from Sremska Mitrovica 81:80. Danilo Borović scored the game-winning basket practically in the final seconds. Hajduk are currently ninth in the standings with 11 wins and 14 losses, and will travel to Nova Pazova in the final round.

    Our representatives in the Second Serbian League were unsuccessful. In round 25 of the championship, Sivac’s basketball team lost 86:84 to Bagljaš in Zrenjanin, while Crvenka’s team lost 101:59 to Spartak OKK away in Subotica. Sivac are third in the standings with 20 wins and 5 losses, while Crvenka are 13th with 3 win and 22 losses. In the final round of the championship, Sivac host league leaders Star from Novi Sad, while Crvenka host Kadet, also from Novi Sad.

Đ. Bojanić