SWAN Hill’s junior soccer season is flying towards its conclusion after another weekend of high-quality matches.
Division 1
DIVISION 1 saw City defeat Colts 4-3. City had four single goal scorers with Omeed Hajizada, Harley Lahy, Shannon Fox and Jack Looney all finding the back of the net.
Colts’ Scott Smith slammed home one goal while Jacob Fox also scored once. The other goal was an own goal.
Division 2
JOEYS defeated United 6-0 in the first game. Goals for Joeys came from Eva Mesley (1), Nathaniel Jones (2), Cooper Charles (1), Tyson Kelley-Comb (1) and Jakeb Kelley-Sayers (1).
United’s Player of the Day was the talented Eva Mesley, while Joeys were well served by Ben Witty who received the Player of the Day award.
The second match saw Rovers defeat Colts 9-4 in an exciting game. For Rovers, Connor Brown continued his impressive recent form with five goals, Nicholas Culross scored twice, Shannon Fox kicked another and Jun Kim played well to finish with one goal.
Colts players tried hard and were well led by Omeed Hajizada who scored four notable goals.
Player of the Day awards were presented to Rovers player Nick Culross and Colts’ Patrick Sebire.
Under 10s
TWO excellent matches were played in the Under 10s, with players continuing to put on exciting games each week.
The competition is fierce, but played with tremendous sportsmanship which is a credit to the players and the parents assisting from the sidelines.
A big thank you to the two referees on the weekend who did a great job, thanks Scott Smith and Don Baker.
The game between Rovers and Tigers ended in a 2-2 draw.
Rovers’ Player of the Day went to Mason Dalton.
The Tigers goals were scored by Akasha Jaiswal and Stuart Matarazzo. For Rovers, Declan Baker slammed home one goal and Nicholas Verrocchi scored the other.
In the other game, United defeated Joeys 5-3.
Goal scorers for United were two to Jordi Belton, one to Dustin Holmes, one to Harry Stanyer and one own goal.
For Joeys, Buol Buol scored two goals in a great performance. Congratulations to both the Player of the Day award winners Dustin Holmes for United and new player Pushpinder Gill for Joeys.
Under 8s
THREE Under 8s matches were played by smaller than normal size teams, but that just meant the players got more of the ball and had to do more hard-running.
In the first match Colts were too strong for Tigers winning 7-1. Goal kickers for Colts were Liam Shadbolt with three, Callan Jager with two and singles to Harry Shadbolt and Edward Kuchel.
Locky Rowe scored Tigers’ goal. Colts’ Liam Shadbolt and Tigers’ Austin Stanyer received the Player of the Day awards.
In the second Under 8s game, City was too strong for United in the second half, winning 5-1.
Camden Matarazzo continued his outstanding development with four goals and the Player of the Day award, while United’s Charli Plant scored another goal and also won the Player of the Day award.
In the third game, Rovers beat Hammers 5-2 in an end-to-end match with both teams working hard in defence.
Lachlan Bull scored three goals for Rovers, one goal was kicked by Jared Edwards and Liam Edwards scored the other.
Lachlan Bull was also presented with the player of the day for Rovers.
Hammers’ two goals were scored by Darcy Butler who also won the Player of the Day award.
Under 6s
THE Under 6s game ended up being a combined match of two teams.
Numbers were low in this age group, but the children still played well and show cased their developing skills.
Congratulations to the players in Orange. Samuel Rogers, Jed Young, Ella Atkin and Anders Plant all played well and scored seven goals between them.
The Green team tried hard and seemed to enjoy themselves. Super effort to Ben Rogers, Willem Holmes, Josie Thompson and Abbey Berg.
Kinder Kick
KINDER Kick finished for this season with lots of smiling soccer players enjoying their final session.
A thank you to Tim Croft and Sue Fox for running the final Kinder Kick session and also thank you to the other coaches who assisted in this beneficial program throughout the season.
All the participants were presented with a certificate and new soccer ball following the final session for the season.
A reminder to parents who are on duty: Under 6 to help set up goals at 8.15am this week are Joeys parents, assisting in the canteen at 9am are City from Under 8s, at 9.50am Joeys from Under 10s and at 10.50am Joeys will be helping for Division 2.
