Casey South Division Winter Sport Finals-Soccer   

Defensive Masterclass

On Wednesday 30 July, the Grade 6 Girls Soccer Team competed in the Divisionals. The event was held at Casey Fields, home of Melbourne City FC. The sun was shining brightly as the girls were put through their paces with an intense warm up by master coach, Miss C. 

The first game against Clyde Creek got off to a tough start with the girls taking some time to get familiar and comfortable with the pitch. After twelve minutes the deadlock was finally broken by an own goal from our attacking corner. Syierra whipped in a brilliant right footed cross before the defender buried it into her own net. 

The second match saw the girls playing fluently with Syierra and Koah dominating the middle of the park and linking up effortlessly to create plenty of chances. Koah finally got rewarded for her efforts with a goal in the second half. The final score saw the girls run out 3-0 victors against Rivergum PS.

The third match saw the girls take on Barton PS in an end to end seesawing battle. Syierra got St Catherine’s off to the perfect start by striking a left-footed shot into the bottom corner of the goal within 30 seconds from kick off. The girls were beginning to show some signs of fatigue as no subs meant that a rest was hard to come by. Shumi and Tiana held the fort defensively by cleaning up anything that went near them. The girls showed their class running out winners 5-0. 

The final match of the day was against Wilandra Rise PS. All the girls needed was a draw to secure the title and claim territorial bragging rights. The opposition team ‘parked the bus’ and fought gallantly to withhold the firepower of St Catherine’s as shot after shot echoed by the opposition defence even knocking the phones out of one of the spectators hands! The dam wall finally burst with the girls running out three goals to the good.

Extraordinarily the girls did not concede a single goal! They will now play in the Southern Metro Regional event. So drop everything you're doing, cancel any plans that you might have had and come along to support our soccer girls!

Details about Southern Metro Girls Soccer:

Date: Monday 25 August 

Time: 10am-2:45pm

Location: Casey Fields-160 Berwick-Cranbourne Rd, Cranbourne East

Results:

Game 1

Clyde Creek 0-2 St Catherine’s (Goals: 2 own goals; assists Syierra, Koah)

Game 2

Rivergum 0-3 St Catherine’s (Goals: Aurora 2, Koah)

Game 3

St Catherine’s 5-0 Barton (Goals: Koah 3, Syierra 2)

Game 4

St Catherine’s 3-0 Wilandra Rise (Goals: Koah, Emilia, Aurora)

Patrick Pawlukowski

PE Coordinator