Cadogan-Xavier duo help sink Hikers in opening-day thriller

(Kaieteur News) – The Kellogg’s National Senior Indoor Hockey Championships got underway on Wednesday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, with GCC Elite setting the pace in the women’s division with a 9-4 win over Hikers.

Abosaide Cadogan led the charge with a brilliant hat-trick for The Elites. She opened the scoring in the very first minute, before Dominique Fraser doubled GCC’s lead six minutes later. Hikers pulled one back through Tannisya Cameron a minute after that.

GCC then surged ahead. Cadogan scored her second in the 21st minute, before captain Gabriella Xavier struck twice and Hannah Percival added another to make it 6-1. Hikers responded with a penalty-corner goal from Kaira Samuels in the 30th minute, followed by a goal from Jasmin Assanah to cut the deficit to 6-3.