Sports News

North East Zone School Students Trap Shooting Championship

On Thursday 14 August, six St Joseph's College students attended the North East Zone School Students Trap Shooting Championships at the Echuca Clay Target Club.

Shooters from across the state participated in the 20 target single barrel event, shooting two rounds of 10 targets to make up their final score.

Marcus Keirl and Oli Williams competed in Senior Boys while and Aiden Calleja, Harry Mulvahill, Will Keirl and Brodie Spedding all competed in Junior Boys represented themselves very well - with Marcus winning second place in Senior Boys after a shoot off, Aiden winning second place in Junior Boys after a shoot off, and Harry winning third place in Junior Boys after ashoot off. Oli shot well coming in fourth place for Senior Boys. Will placed equal 6th in Junior Boys, while Brodie came in equal 8th for the day.

As well as competing as individuals Oli, Marcus, Will, Aiden and Brodie also entered the team event, coming home as 1st place winners for the day! The boys will now be competing at the State Finals to be held in 2 weeks time.

Well done boys and good luck in the State Final!

Intermediate Boys Football

St Joseph’s Intermediate Boys Football side travelled to Ballarat to play the quarter final and semi final on Thursday 14 August.

In the quarter final against Diamond Valley Secondary College, the St Joes boys played a fantastic game leading by 3 goals at quarter time, 6 goals at half time, 7 goals at 3/4 time and finishing with a 6 goal victory 72 - 20.

Best players were: Campbell McCarty, Taj Fleming, Lynkoln Richardson and Bodhi Teasdale-Dohnt.

From there the boys advanced to the semi-finals, playing Emmanuel College, Warrnambool. This was a tight game all day with the lead changing several times.

Unfortunately, after leading by 9 points at 3/4 time, the boys were overrun in the final quarter to lose by 4 points.

The final score was 27 - 31 in favour of Emmanuel College.

Best players were: Jackson Butterworth, Van Lowry, Daine Dickinson and Marlon Micalizzi.

Senior Girls State Football

It was an early (and chilly!) start for our Senior Girls football team in Ballarat on Wednesday at the State football competition.

But the sun eventually made an appearance and our girls came ready for a hard contest - and they didn’t disappoint!

A brilliant first-quarter goal from Coby got us on the scoreboard, but Montmorency responded quickly, taking a three-goal lead into halftime. The second half was a fierce battle in the middle, with tackles and bumps aplenty, and no goals from either side in the third term.

Our girls fought hard, stayed relentless and never gave up, but couldn’t quite convert when it counted.

Massive shout-out to Coby, Aysha, Rose, Lillie, Maisy, Grace, and Scarlett for their tireless efforts all day.

Final Score: Montmorency 4.7.31 defeated St Joes 1.1.7.