By Sarah Bailey
Healesville Firsts 3-1 Knox Glory
An electric start from an in-form Healesville side high on confidence saw them score two goals inside the first 15 minutes.
It would have been four but for some great saves from the Knox keeper.
Knox got back into the game with a well-worked goal and hit the crossbar before the break as they started to gain the ascendancy.
The Reds slowed the tempo after the restart and moved the ball well.
A contentious offside goal was followed by another that was, this time, allowed and Healesville ran out deserving winners.
Goals were scored by Daniel T, James O and John-James.
Healesville Reserves 2-0 Knox Courage
The quality on show belied the fact that the Reserves were a few players short.
A goalless stalemate at half time didn’t do the team justice, but that all changed in the second half as Chris B hit the top corner with a great strike and Ben S went on to seal the win.
Healesville Senior Women’s Firsts 2-1 Knox Strikers
Braving the elements again this week away against Knox, the Seniors continued to play some beautiful football, taking the win with great goals by Sarah C and Kiah.
Healesville Senior Women’s Reds 1-1 Yarra Valley
At home against local rivals Yarra Valley, the Reds led at the break thanks to a great goal by winger Dani B.
An early second-half goal for the visitors tied things up and that was the way it finished in a very close contest.
Healesville U9 Falcons 5-1 Knox Pride
Away against Knox, the Falcons created many chances and began to get on top after an even start.
Spencer B put away two goals, giving the team confidence, and goals to Bryce S and Logan S, a third for Spencer B and a great defensive effort from Jenson R helped the team to victory.
Healesville U8 Tigers 4-0 Knox Strikers
Another amazing game for the team, with Jude C a welcome addition this week.
U9 Redbacks 4-2 Knox Force
The Redbacks used the bigger pitch at Knox to their advantage and created lots of opportunities with their passing game. Ben and Karl scored great goals and the Redbacks were 2-0 up at half time.
After the break the Redbacks continued to dominate, but with five minutes to go the boys started to run out of puff and conceded two late goals.
A fantastic team effort had secured the win, though, with Ben P scoring another hat trick.
Healesville U12 Heelers 5-2 Berwick Spirit
An opening goal by Jesse, three goals by MVP Oscar and a beautiful goal from Cooper off a free kick sealed the Heelers’ win.
Big thanks to Evie for filling in and playing like a champion.
Healesville U11 White Wolves 2-1 Knox Strikers
A Robbie K goal saw the Wolves go into the break ahead 1-0.
In the second half Knox scored from a chaos ball kicked in from the corner to level the score.
Will B took a cracking shot that hit the crossbar and appeared to bounce inside the goal. The disappointment of the ref’s decision to disallow the goal only spurred him on, as he made great use of keeper Flynn M’s booming kick-in to get the Wolves over the line.
Healesville U10 Goats 6-5 Knox Pride
It was a hard-fought game for the Goats, with a fantastic team effort sealing the win.
