By Sarah Bailey
Healesville U9 Falcons 2 -2 Yarra Valley SC
U9 Falcons were away against Yarra Valley.
A great first half saw Logan S score after a great turn and play by Spencer B.
Harry G then scored his first ever goal to go two up.
Yarra Valley fought back in the second half with a goal and then scored with the last kick of the game.
Healesville U9 Lions 1 – 0 Northern Eagles SC B side
It was a pretty evenly matched first half with a couple of stand-out saves from Maverick keeping the scores to 0-0 at half time.
The Lions managed to get a bit of momentum in the second half with a few chances going just wide until a deft little flick over the keeper by Colton put the Lions up 1-0.
The Lions continued to pepper the keeper but couldn’t break through again.
Healesville Under 9 Redbacks 7 – 1 Northern Eagles SC A side
Right from the start the Redbacks went on the attack, and it didn’t take long to open the scoring as Ben P broke through the Eagles defence and kicked a nice goal.
They kept the pressure on right through the first half and didn’t allow the Eagles any space or opportunities to settle.
Half time score was 4-1 with the highlight coming from Teddy’s thunderbolt strike that the keeper had no chance of saving.
The second half continued in a similar fashion as the Redbacks worked well together with great passing and structure. Everyone did a fantastic job and the shared around the goal scoring.
U10 Ninjas 2 – 7 Croydon Ranges FC Red
This week the Ninjas encountered a well-organized and drilled Croydon team.
Jaxson T was in goals first up and made some good saves keeping the Ninjas in it.
Leo C was lively up front giving the boys the spark they needed with great talk and movement.
Jackson S and Eddie P made some fantastic intercepts in defence on both sides of the park.
Max H was again the leader in midfield, taking the game up to the opposition.
Healesville U10 Goats 4 – 1 Lilydale Eagles SC Blue
The Goats started strong displaying excellent structure and organisation.
Arlo opened the scoresheet from an impressive corner set play.
Patrick zipped it up the sideline and from around 20m out Arlo sent it high and goalwards looping over the everyone including their goalkeeper to find the back of the net.
Ash, Will and Percy were impenetrable in defence and supported at times from their equally strong midfield.
Arlo, Reggie and Ryder scored additional goals and with Ryder hoping to get his second went on an impressive late run showcasing eye popping individual talent.
Healesville U11 White Wolves 9 – 0 Waverley City SC
After beginning with some fairly even back and forth. Ardi C was the first to score for the Wolves, opening the flood gates.
With the mercy rule brought in, it made little difference as the Wolves’ forwards found the net regularly from distance.
Restructuring of the team allowed some of the Wolves’ backs to get amongst the action in unfamiliar territory.
Two debut goals were scored to the crowd’s delight.
Harley T opened his scoring account with a bomb from beyond the box, as too did stalwart down back Oliver R who gleaned a massive cheer for his long-awaited drought breaking goal.
Confidence, ball sharing and taking role responsibility are all becoming a feature of the Wolves game play.
Healesville Heelers U12’s 3 – 0 Mooroolbark Baptist SC Raptors
It was a tightly contested game that ultimately went the Heelers way.
The Heelers rose to the challenge of a strong opposition, producing some outstanding team play, which enabled Mack to find the net twice.
MBSC made some quick attacks and goalies Yuuki and Jesse skilfully prevented them from scoring. It was a match in which every player made important contributions, even forcing an own goal from MBSC in the closing minutes of the game.
Healesville U13s 1 – 5 Blackburn New Hope SC Servals
An under-strength Healesville team came up against an excellent Blackburn.
After being an early goal down it looked like it was going to be a long day for the home side, but they continued to grow as the game progressed and didn’t let their heads drop.
They almost scored with an amazing individual run by Louie G well-saved by the Blackburn keeper.
The second half was much more even with Healesville advancing increasingly into the opposition half.
Ryder H missed a great chance before Tom J, with his second goal of the season, finally got Healesville a deserved goal for all their hard work.
Cooper W and Dylan C (keeper) both had strong games.
Healesville U15s 1 – 3 Gideons Warriors
Healesville faced the unbeaten Gideons.
With two late outs, a position shuffle and change of tactics was required.
The game started well with Pip M scoring early for Healesville.
However the rest of the first half went the way of Gideons who scored the next three showing the Healesville boys that they could not ease up at any point.
The second half started with Healesville a step behind and seemingly not expecting Gideons impressive pressure.
However some great defending by the defensive line kept Gideons out.
The longer the game went on, the more control Healesville wrestled back with a late push at goal, unfortunately not netting any.
Healesville Reserves 2-1 Knox Churches SC
After some excellent recent displays without reward Healesville were keen to turn their fortunes around.
A tight first 25 minutes started to open up and Healesville missed some good chances through Oshane D and Tom E.
Finally their dominance paid off with a goal from Ben S and on the stroke of half time Steve C had a goal disallowed for offside.
Healesville came out strong after half time and Ben S scored his second goal of the game.
Knox pulled one back late and pushed for an equaliser.
Healesville were happy to hear the full-time whistle and celebrate their first win of the campaign.
Dandenong Red Fury Phoenix 1 – 0 Healesville Seniors
Top of the table DRF hosted a Healesville side that have been competitive all season without the rewards.
This theme would, unfortunately, continue for another week.
The home side were the dominant team in the first half but had only one shot, which hit the post, until a dubious goal, which was kicked out of goal-keeper Stuart P’s hands, saw them take the lead.
Healesville grew into the game after half time but needed Stuart to make some great saves and the crossbar to ensure Healesville remained only one goal behind. At the other end Healesville dominated the last 20
minutes but Peter F, Daniel T and Johnny C all missed excellent opportunities to earn what would have been a deserved point.
