By Sarah Morton
Healesville U8 Dragons recorded their first loss of the season 3-2 on Saturday.
The boys played a brilliant game against Berwick with lots of shots on goal, and great passing and defending, but luck wasn’t on their side.
Both Healesville goals were scored by Hudson.
The U9 Redbacks were switched on right from the kick-off against Berwick Spirit.
The boys played with plenty of attack and determination, holding good team structure and great defence.
The whole team looked for space and passed the ball to teammates in good position.
Billy scored his second hat-trick for the season and Arlo chimed in with two goals for a comprehensive 5-0 victory.
Some great individual runs by Max and really solid defensive game from Ash, who consistently denied Berwick’s attacking forwards were also highlights.
Overall, it was a fantastic team effort with everyone contributing for the whole game.
Healesville U10 Reds ended their game 4-1 down to Blackburn Osprey, but a determined performance from the Reds made Blackburn work for their goals, holding Blackburn to just one goal in the second half.
Healesville U10 Whites put on a dominant performance on Saturday winning 8-1 against the Blackburn North Crocodiles.
A slight change in formation and higher focus on defence and midfield pressure yielded immediate results with the activation of the mercy rule coming in the first fifteen minutes of the game.
Healesville’s pressure did not relent, and the goals kept coming from outside the Box.
Ardi’s feints and dribbling netted two early goals to set Healesville up.
Some wonderful striking of the ball outside the box from Arthur, Zak – with two glorious bombs hitting the net, and Austin complementing his Best on Ground performance.
Healesville did well to force turnovers and control the ball.
Evan did a fantastic job as sweeper, fast and controlling the ball well at top speed.
Flynn Mc played well in the wings with his foot skills and his delivery to the forwards was brilliant.
Flynn F showed some real determination in foiling oncoming attackers.
Arthur’s patience on the ball really looked silky and calculated!
Healesville Captain Robbie was lively and poured on the pressure whenever the ball was in his vicinity.
Will had some great runs up and down the wing to prove more than a handful at both ends of the ground.
Healesville goal-keeper Harley kept a clean sheet to half time until he took to the field.
The second half saw Jon in goals doing an amazing job including saving a penalty from the spot.
The decision-making vision and execution were top shelf from the entire team.
Healesville U12s played a very entertaining 1-1 draw against Mooroolbark at Morrison Reserve.
Chances and close calls for both teams had the parents of both teams cheering from the sidelines for most of the game.
A goal for Alex and a great penalty save by Theo were Healesville’s highlights.
Healesville U14s mixed came out firing this week.
Yarra Valley are always an even match, and Saturday’s game finished no different.
It took 20mins for Healesville to break through going into half time 1-0 up and put another in 10 minutes into the second half.
But as expected Yarra Valley came hard, scoring a penalty.
However Healesville held on for their 1st victory of season!
2-1 winners!
The U14 Healesville Girls White team played exceptionally well on Saturday in both defence and attack with a 2-0 win against Berwick.
The two goals scored by Ava and Olive were both cracking shots scored from outside the box.
Well done Healesville!
The Healesville Senior Women’s team came back fighting this week against Blackburn to dominate the game with a 6-0 win.
The first goal came early with a cracking run from Ava Holman, whilst Captain Sarah Cunnian booted an unstoppable goal moments before the half time whistle.
Special mention to first time goalkeeper Caroline Moura with several epic saves keeping Blackburn at bay.
The goal opportunities came quickly in the second half as Sarah scored again with a strike from outside the box.
Kiera Steventon brought the score to 4-0 with a brilliant cross which bounced in off the post, and you could hear the cheers from the sideline for double trouble sisters Debbie Stewart and Courtney Campbell who took home the last two goals, with Courtney outplaying two defenders to smash hers into the net.
Healesville Reserves lost 8-3 to Whitehorse Utd in the Presidents Cup.
Healesville had plenty of good moments in the game.
Two goals from Steven Campbell and a goal for his nephew, U14s Will Watson, had the crowd cheering loudly.
But a few late goals for Whitehorse made the score line blow out.
Healesville Seniors had an agonising loss to Monbulk in the Parry Cup.
John Caloutas’ first ever goal for the seniors and two goals from Brian Winrow had Healesville leading 3-2 with 15 minutes to go.
However, a younger Monbulk side piled on the pressure and scored two late goals to knock Healesville out of the competition.
