Sports

Year 11/12 Soccer

This year the team was pleased to make the state finals after two wins in the knockout stages. In game one, our team convincingly beat St Francis 8-3 and all played well. Lots of goals by Kyle Fenlon (Year 12), William Smith (Year 12), Asher Nye (Year 11), Kane Gibbs (Year 12), Xavier Kell (Year 12) Shannon Cox (Year 12). The next game was played against Mt Gambier High School at Bordertown. It was quite a long trip to play a tough game where the team won 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out. There was quite a loud celebration when the winning goal was scored by Kyle “Nerves of Steel − Penalty Winner” Fenlon! This second round success took us to the state finals where we ended up finishing in fourth place. We battled away against stronger opposition and lost both games 4-2. I would like to thank all squad players for representing the college with pride and dedication and look forward to another challenge in 2023. Goal scorers: Kyle Fenlon, William Smith, Asher Nye, Shannon Cox, Kane Gibbs (2) and Xavier Kell (2).

Andrew Ottens

Teacher

Ekiden Relay

On Thursday, 20 October Graham Gallasch and I accompanied 16 students to the annual Ekiden Relay event. The Ekiden relay held at Bonython Park is a long distance running relay consisting of 8 team members who all run varying distances from 1km to 5.4km, with a total of 20.6km run per team.

This year, Cornerstone entered in an open girls team and an open boys team. The girls team consisting of Karli Roberts (Year 12), Lucy May (Year 12), Jade Callaghan (Year 11), Ella Short (Year 9), Breanna Luxon (Year 8), Chloe Cotton (Year 8), Hunter Copson (Year 9) and Amelie Van Zijl (Year 9) came 5th overall with a special mention to Ella Short who was the fastest runner in her leg of the race (1.5km). Well done Ella! The boys team consisting of Matthew Armitage (Year 12), Jordan Cresp (Year 12), Matthew Blandford (Year 10), Jack Main (Year 10), Bailey Swain (Year 8), Gus Battiston (Year 8), Jordie Tongerie (Year 8) and Harry Schulz (Year 8) came 7th overall.

Well done to both teams for having a fantastic attitude on the day.

Emily Bartholomew

HPE Learning Area Leader