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Athletics News G7U Boys Football I
wasn’t going to write about the lost season for the Grade 7 and Under Boys’ Soccer team. However, I thought that would be a disservice to the boys that came to practice twice a week, every week for seven months. Despite the lost season, there were still some positives to get out of this year! This was the highest number of boys who ever joined the team and consistently showed up for training. We saw a lot of improvement over those seven months because of the great attitude, spirit and work ethic of those boys. Every session we had twelve or more boys who came to play some football. And the camaraderie of the team was something special. There were a lot of laughs and good times even if we didn’t get that many games. Of the games we did get... we won them all. We played three games and won every one of them: the most exciting in an epic come-from-behind win vs the defending champion KIS 5-4, in which Patrick, who did not play the first half, scored 4 times in the second and assisted on another to bring us the victory. This was definitely a year we could have won some league trophies. I want to thank the players: Burger, our goalkeeper who
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will certainly turn out to be the best goalkeeper in the history of the school as he gets older. Patrick, our star and MVP whose pace and dribbling skills are extraordinary. Kirk, a skilled all-round player who is a real battler once he gets into game mode. Demo, our rock of a center-back who is so calm out there. Ice, a quiet presence but our first choice striker; possessing a rocket shot. Pote, the new guy who runs up and down the field like a true wing-back who has been playing for years.Trin the hardest working player and speedy winger. Then, there is special mention to the two guys who held the bench down last year: K, who got so much better and nailed down a starting job in defense due to his hard work and solid defending and the incredibly improved Joe Joe, the destroyer in midfield. Sure he gets the odd yellow card but other players think twice when Joe Joe is headed their way. Then there was Pixels, our other striker with another year of improvement especially with his passing. Dean, who was solid at left-back and will be our future center-back. Mase who really started slow but stepped up as a good defender with practice. Brin, who worked so hard and began to play with a lot more confidence. I want to thank all of these boys for their hard work and they should be recognized by the community even if they did not get a complete season. Coach Neil