By PETA HOLMES
THE Eagles had their third home game in a row this week, with mixed results. The kids are having fun and trying their hardest, with the youngest players improving with each game.
Results for this week are as follows:
Noosa Gold Under-6 played against Noosa Black; result 5 nil to Noosa Gold. Coaches award: Flynn Westman and Joshua Bostelman. All the Noosa Gold boys had a great game; today’s winning game was a real team effort with goals scored by Flynn Westman – 2, Joshua Bostelman – 1, Finn Corcoran – 2. Great defence by Matthew, Phoenix and Eddie.
Under-7 Noosa Gold played the Mooloolaba Rockets in a close match, but were too good on the day winning 4-3. The star of the day Bella ‘the boot’ Hillegers, impressed all with her footwork, scored two of the goals and took home the player of the match trophy. Harrison Howard scored the other two exciting goals for the gold.
Noosa Gold Under-8 played against Bli Bli Ravens defeating them 4-3. What a hard fought, last-minute victory for the boys after leading 3-0. A great effort by all players leading to goals by Riley Mitchell and Thompson Nimac (3). Coaches award: Codey Boyd for his outstanding first half effort in goal-foiling repeated attacks and second half field play. This is a super result after losing last week where Iggy Gerber was awarded coaches award for his vision and solid defence.
Noosa Black Under-8 played against Pacific Swordfish with the result 3-2 to Noosa. It’s three in a row for Noosa Blacks-U8, defeating Pacific Swordfish 3-2. Joe Maskell took home this week’s encouragement award, he had his eye on the ball and almost got his first goal but was just beaten by the buzzer. Keiran Dow gave his all and did some great midfield runs and showed his tackling skills, while Jake McDonald stayed in the back line and defended at least four potential goals. Goal kickers – Alaska Rosenkranz (3). It was an exciting game right up to the last minute.
Noosa Gold Under-9s played Buddina Dolphins. Noosa lost 9-nil but had a much better game this week. Without any subs on a hot morning the team did well to keep the Dolphins from scoring too many goals. Tom Holmes took home the coach’s award for a great first half in gold.
Noosa Gold Under-10 played Buderim Dragons at Good Shepherd Luthern College. Noosa played a great game but however lost. The score was 5-0 to the Buderim Dragons. Player of the week was Brian Birchall.
