By BRIAN STOCKWELL
THE Under-15 Noosa Lions Division One football side have taken their winning streak to seven games following a determined one-nil victory over local rivals Coolum at the weekend.
After a first round 6-1 drubbing at the hands of Coolum, Noosa Lions were determined to repeat its second round heroics to keep its unbeaten streak going on Saturday.
It took until the 70th minute for Noosa to open the scoring with a great turn and powerful strike from sweeper Louis Garret.
Noosa defended the one-goal advantage until the final whistle.
A renewed confidence in the backs where Garret has teamed up with Ryan Mallabar, Giani Agostini, Calvey Martin, Kai Stockwell and goalie Fergus McArthur has seen Noosa only concede seven goals in the past seven weeks. This is a massive turnaround compared to 27 conceded in the first seven games.The 15s seven game unbeaten streak pips the Madill Motor Group Premier Men whose two-nil win over Beewah Glasshouse on Saturday extend their unbeaten record to six regular season games. Goals to striker Matt Thompson and Chris Jancevski were enough to secure the three points, but indicate last-placed Beegees can’t be considered a push over by any side. Now four points in front of third-placed Kawana, the Lion’s premier men’s side is building well for a finals berth in September. The main match at home on Saturday was a hard fought U 17 first division game against top-of-the-table Kawana. The visitors opened the account in the eighth minute, but couldn’t hold the lead for long, as Noosa’s left-footed Sam Harrington bamboozled the keeper when he drove a missile in to the top right of the net in the 15th. Kawana took the lead again in the third quarter only for Noosa’s Cooper Hudson to equalise 15 minutes from the final whistle. Despite numerous attacking raids by both sides, the teams couldn’t be separated at full-time.
