On Tuesday 13th May, our WSSC Senior Girls competed in the Upper Hume School Sports for Soccer.
Our girls faced Victory Lutheran College in their first match. It was even contest to start off, both sides proving strong in the defence and midfield. Our key central defenders Jannali and Jemimah clearing the ball well from threatening shots on goal. We had plenty of shots on goal and found it hard to get one in past the Victory keeper. Caitlin Corkett kicked one in but unfortunately the flag was up, she was offside. Sarah Gorka played a great ball to Ella Corkett who then made a diagonally ball across to Happiness who was open to score our first goal. We quickly needed to defend as Victory were on the attack. Victory forward dominated through our defence and scored, 1-1. We re-grouped and Caitlin had another shot on goal although just missing going too far to the right. After a quick half time pep talk we went back on determined. Our midfielders worked hard to create more opportunities. Sarah Gorka made a fantastic run down the left wing and took a shot that flew past the keeper into the right corner of the net making it 2-1. We finished up with a win 2-1 which meant we had the bye for the next round.
Next game we played against Wangaratta High. The WSSC team was confident and determined to win. Kaitlyn Ross made some great saves early on from the WHS forwards. Evea Ryan made a fantastic cross through midfield to our forward Caitlin Corkett who then passed to Jess Pickersgill who was open in front of goal and scored 1-0. Wangaratta struggled in their back line which created an opportunity for us to win the ball. Ella Corkett was open on the wing and took her chances for goal and making the net beautifully. Score 2-0. The next goal was team effort where the ball bounced off the WHS keeper straight to Caitlin Corkett who missed but lucky Happiness Zipora moved in the right position to kick the ball into the net, 3-0. The girls worked well making it look easy with Happiness scoring another goal to make 4-0. After half time we went back on to score another two goals. Sarah Gorka on the left boot again coming from the wing kicked a beautiful ball hitting the top right of the goal. Later another goal from Jess Pickersgill making that a 6-0 win against Wangarratta High.
It was a great day for football with the sun shining and positivity from all players across the schools. Wodonga Senior Secondary College Senior Girls will be advancing to the next level, Hume Region. Congratulations. We look forward to see how you all go with coach Ms Woolford in Shepparton.
You can watch the matches here: