Sport - Soccer

It was another tremendous day of interschool sport, with 29 of our great Year 7s competing at the Upper Hume soccer in Wodonga.

At Willow Park the Year 7 Boys stormed out of the blocks in their opener defeating Wodonga Middle Years College (Felltimber Campus) 2-0, with Captain Zak Winn scoring a "brace" (2 goals). Leading a full squad of 16 players, Winn took control 5 minutes into the game with a blistering run through the midfield and scored our 1st goal. Winn then continued setting up multiple plays dribbling past defenders. A group of gun Aussie Rules footballers were prominent - Nick Jones and Mason Skermer reliable in defence, Angus Fraser dogged with chase downs and physical pressure, Lane Sloan with a strong physical presence, and Jack Ambrose a tenacious forward. Jones almost scored a screamer from 30m out, missing by just a foot. Experienced soccer players Lucas Carson-McIlroy and Jackson Hickson-Richards were defensive generals, organising the backline. Skermer then followed Jones' suit, almost scoring a scorcher from 30m, curling it just over the crossbar. W.H.S 1-0 at half time.

Zak Winn continued in the 2nd half setting up play and putting in quality crosses. Teo Valle, after goal keeping the 1st half, was in fine form chasing down every ball and setting up multiple attempts at goal. Forward pressure from Valle and Fraser led to Zak Winn scoring the 2nd goal of his "brace" to give his side a 2-0 victory.

Next up was a playoff for a spot in the Final, against crosstown rivals Galen College  who our boys defeated easily in the footy in May. A very tense and even 1st half saw us look like going up 1-0 until our goal was disallowed, and then Galen also had one disallowed for offside. The seesawing tug-o-war looked like ending in a 0-0 draw until a controversial ending where Galen were awarded a goal despite the referee's vision being obscured and not realising the ball hadn't crossed the line, meaning our boys lost 0-1. A heartbreaking and unfortunate way to end the day, but again that can happen in sport. 

Over at Kelly Park, our 13-strong squad of ​year 7 girls played magnificently in their 1st match for a team of girls who didn’t have a single player that had ever played Soccer before. Led by Wangaratta Rovers footballers and all-round sporting talents Isabella Boulton, Mia Simpson and Paige-Lee Dummett, with Paige Tanner also a standout in an even side, they lost narrowly to Victory Lutheran College Wodonga(0-1) in that opener, then 0-4 to Cathedral College in their 2nd, and 0-5 against the always-strong and eventual champion Catholic College Wodonga.

Thank you to the 30 players for competing today and representing the school strongly again, proudly wearing the Gold & Navy strip. You again put your hand up to compete today, while again, other much larger schools failed to enter some teams. We fielded all 8 possible teams, with a total of 76 kids playing across the ​Soccer Season.

Big thank you to staff members Nathan Manning and Lisa Norris for taking them up. A memorable day for the Norris family with Lisa getting to coach her daughter Willow. Special thank you to Year 8 girls Ruby O'Kane and Inanay Gilson for Head Coaching the Girls, and Year 10s Emilio Miliankos-King & Levi Zachariou for coaching the boys, ably assisted by Team Managers in Leo Woodburne & Darcy Waide of Year 8.

NOTE - More photos on Facebook.

We look forward to reporting on the Year 8 Boys 

Jud Mullins

Sports Coordinator