Archdiocesan Soccer

On Monday 3 May, Carroll College took away a senior boys, senior girls, junior boys and junior girls soccer team to compete in the Canberra – Goulburn Archdiocesan soccer championships at Dickson oval in the ACT. All teams played to the best of their abilities which lead them to all place in the top three overall; senior girls placing 2^nd and senior boys, junior boys and junior girls both placing 3^rd. This was a tremendous effort from all the students that attended the day.

Some of the day’s highlights included Ryles Schuchmann’s top left hand goal in the senior boys game against Lumen, Rhys Flood for an overall incredible effort in the mid-field, Ruby Connor for great co-captaincy and game day performance, Fleur Taylor for exceptional on field performance, Declan Foran for fearless goalkeeping, Foxx McGeachy for scoring some outstanding goals, Meg Phillips for great sportsmanship and continued effort in all games, Madeleine Forner for consistent and strategic goalkeeping, Ruby Harrington for showing a continued passion for soccer and Bree McFadyen for being a supportive, organised and skillful captain and player. All the students played extremely well and contributed to their teams with a positive and encouraging attitude, all players should be proud of their efforts on the day!

Special thanks to Erin Smith, Wayne Foster, Izabela Rudol and Tayah Hancock that attended and made such a great day possible.

7-10 Boys report

Some highlights for the junior boys soccer team.

The first game we scored two goals (final score 3-2 loss). It was a start that lacked team cohesion and a long-ball game was played with the defence kicking the ball up-field to the forwards who finished with confidence. Wonderful goals were scored by Michael Aitken and Foxx McGeachy. Unfortunately the counter-attacking play of the Hennessy opposition after we scored was too strong for our defence and they scored in reply each time and then scored the winning goal in the last minute. It was a good warm-up game for us and we knew we had to develop our team play.

The second game was much better with more team play in a traditional 4-4-2 configuration. This game provided better quality football and a higher skill level. The highlight of this game was Declan Foran who was courageous and skillful as goalkeeper. He pounced on and stopped a good many solid shots on goal from the Trinity opposition. Kody Gill rallied the defensive line and was very strong in defense. Our only goal was from Tyler Cooper who danced around the defenders in the goal box and put the ball in the back of the net.

The third game was the best game for us. We were now warmed up and more understanding of our positional play and teamwork. The final score was 2-1 with the Lumen Christi opposition scoring in the last second of the game. Lincoln Dell was very fast and skillful. Callum Coulter showed good ball control and dominance in the mid-field. Foxx McGeachy made some excellent transitional runs along the wing. Goals were from Michael Aitken and Tyler Cooper who both saw their opportunity in the breakdown of play.

All the players not mentioned so far made an outstanding contribution at some point during all three games:

Murray Harrington – strong in the mid-field and skillful on the ball.

Jake Sullivan – used his strength to make some excellent kicks up-field in transitional play.

Will Dallas – very solid in defense in his roving role.

Hugh Wignell – very strong in defense.

Baxter Clarke – enjoyed playing as an attacking mid-fielder.

Albie Shilling – strong in defence all day.

Nate Pike – pushed forward as striker and showed good skills stepping into the role of goal-keeper in the final game.

Mr Foster (Coach)