Sports results from last weekend

The past sports weekend was marked by wins for the Crvenka and Sivac handball teams.

Crvenka’s handball players defeated Inđija 23:20 in the 18 round of the Super B League in front of their home fans; the halftime score was 11:11. The victory was extremely important, as it came against a direct rival in the fight to avoid relegation. Crvenka’s handball players led throughout, with their biggest lead being five goals (18:13 in the 42 minute), so the win was never in doubt. Aleksandar Šveljo was Crvenka’s top scorer, with 7 goals. Crvenka are eighth in the table with 13 points, and in the next round they travel to face league leaders Kolubara in Lazarevac.

Sivac celebrated too 69. In the 17 round of the First League, Sivac defeated Hercegovina from Sečanj 36:32 at home in Crvenka. Branko Žeželj’s team played an excellent first half, ending it with a 22:13 lead. In the second half, satisfied with their commanding advantage, they relaxed and allowed the visitors to cut the deficit, but not to threaten their victory. Slavuljica and Čabai were Sivac’s top scorers, with eleven goals each. Sivac 69 are second in the table with 26 points, and in the next round they travel to face Crvena Zvezda in Mokrin.

Our women’s First League team, Laki from Crvenka, lost 32:23 away to Mladost in Srpska Crnja, with the half-time score at 17:12. Laki’s top scorers were Aleksandra Jelenković with 8 and captain Ana Juhas with 7 goals. The young Crvenka handball players are seventh in the table with 17 points and a game in hand, and host bottom-placed Deroње in the next round.

Odžaci from Kula drew 1:1 away to Omладinac in Novi Banovci in their 22-round Serbian League, Vojvodina Group, match. Omладinac took the lead in the 15 minute, and the first half ended with the hosts ahead by a single goal. In the second half, Željko Račić’s team played better, and Ivelja equalized. Odžaci are tenth in the table with 31 points, and in the next round, scheduled for Wednesday, they host Cement from Beočin.

Round twenty-three of the Sombor District League was marked by a municipal derby. In Kruščić, bottom-placed Mladost beat Kula 1:0 with a goal by Papa, keeping alive their hopes of avoiding relegation from this division. Second-placed Crvenka beat Vojvodina from Tovariševo 4:0 in front of their own fans. Zdravko Vuјović scored twice for the home side, with one goal each from Predrag Kišjuhas and Jovan Subotić. Rusin from Ruski Krstur caused a pleasant surprise, beating Budućnost 4:1 away in Parage. Our fifth representative, Lipar, lost 6:2 away to Budućnost in Mladenovo. Crvenka are second in the table with 50 points, Lipar ninth with 24, Kula twelfth with 22, Rusin fourteenth with 18, and Mladost last, in fifteenth place, with 11 points. The next round features two municipal derbies: Kula and Crvenka will face off at the Geder ground in Kula, while Rusin and Mladost from Kruščić meet in a bottom-of-the-table derby in Ruski Krstur. Our fifth representative, Lipar, will host Hercegovac from Gajdobra.

Sivac's Polet beat Rastina 7:4 in front of their home fans in the 17th round of the Sombor Intermunicipal League First Division. Polet are second in the standings with 37 points, and next round they visit Dunav in Bački Monoštor.

Kula football club KFK lost 2:1 to Šikara at home in Kula in their 14-round match in the Sombor Intermunicipal League Second Division, despite taking a 1:0 lead into halftime thanks to a goal by Gačević. In the second half, KFK’s players missed several good chances and were punished for those misses. KFK are fifth in the table with 20 points, and in the next round they visit bottom-placed Telečka.

Hajduk’s futsal players pleasantly surprised fans, beating Novi Sad 4:3 away in a match in the 18th round of the Vojvodina Futsal League. Hajduk’s goals were scored by Radović, Isakov, Kiš and Husak. Hajduk are eighth in the standings with 24 points, and host Tisa from Novi Bečej in the next round.

Hajduk's basketball players lost 92:67 to hosts Nova Pazova in the final-round match of the First Serbian League championship, played in Nova Pazova, a game with no bearing on the standings. Hajduk finished the season in ninth place with 11 wins and 15 losses.

In the final round of the Second Serbian Basketball League, Sivac lost 123:85 at home in Kula to table leaders Star from Novi Sad, while Crvenka had a rest because Kadet from Novi Sad did not travel to Crvenka for the match, so Crvenka were awarded a 20:0 win. Sivac finished the season third in the table with 20 wins and six losses, while Crvenka are thirteenth with four wins and 22 losses and will have to play in the summer league if they want to compete in the Second Serbian League again.    

Đ. Bojanić