Halas Hawks under 7's East eased through to the cup semi finals with a 6-2
quarter final win over Kewford Eagles South. Hawks were always in control and
goals from Nick Clayton-Phillips (2), Jake Gilson (2), Michael Ly and Matthew
Hancox gave them a comfortable win. A joint man of the match award went to
Matthew Hancox and Jack Layton.
The under 7s West met Kewford East and put on probably their best performance
of the season which resulted in a 3-1 win. Goals came from Matthew Evans,
Shannon Stamps and George Hands with Cameron Keenan getting man of the match.
The under 8s Dynamos were unfortuantely drawn against division one team, Penn
Colts North and despite a spirited performance went down 7-0. Goalkeeper
Anthony Cowdell won man of the match.
The Halas/Penn competition was however evened up by the Halas under 8s East
team who beat Penn Colts South 11-1 with goals from Ethan Shelly (5), Ben
Clarke (4), Jordan Staten and man of the match, Cain Smith.
The under 10s East beat Castle Youth 3-0 in the cup quarter final. An
excellent all round performance by the lads who went 1-0 up and then had to
soak up pressure before two more goals secured a win. Alex Smith scored 2
with the other coming from an own goal. Men of the match were Josh and Louis
Ezewele who were literally a tower of strength in defence.
The under 10s North got back to form in their end to end game with Wordsley
Wasps which ended in a 1-1 draw with the goal coming from man of the match,
Philip Mylona.
The under 12s fought hard against Penn Colts but went down 1-0 with Alex
Gregory getting man of the match.
The under 13s met Pensnett Panthers West and in a hard fought game between two
very even teams, it finished honours even at 2-2.
Halas goals were scored by Conor Devaney and Jack Bennett. Man of the Match
went to the inform goalkeeper, Chris Holland.
In the girls Merit Shield games the under 12s West beat Kewford North 1-0,
after an inspired game from Eve McGlynn, who also got the all important goal.
The under 14s West met Fens Pool and were in full control after going 4-1 up,
but they then had a wake up call after Fens Pool pulled out all the stops and
brought the score to 5-5. Halas then had to fight hard but managed a late
winner in an exciting 6-5 win. Lilly Crawshaw and Katie Wilkes got two each
and there was one apiece for Rebekah Trevis-Smith and Stacey Jones.
The under 14s East had a more comfortable game against Kingswinford, winning
5-0 with the goals shared between Elizabeth Richards, Lydia Bradley, Olivia
Emerson, Kirsty Houston and Gaby Walley.
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