SPO-KHELO-KABADDI

Maharashtra's Under-21 girls

brightened their chances of making it to the knock-out stage

easing past Andhra Pradesh 31-19 in the Khelo India Youth

Games Kabaddi event here on Tuesday.

For the hosts, Sonali Helvi did well to help build up

a 12-9 lead with some good tackles and great raids, a media

release said.

However, later, the hosts were subjected to losses in

the Under-21 boys and Under-17 girls sections respectively.

The States boys suffered a heart-breaking single

point loss to Kerala 34-35 despite beginning well and leading

12-10 initially.

The girls were outdone by Haryana 17-37 in an Under-17

match.