Star import steals headlines

The weekend’s game saw one for the record books. Cobram Roar’s star import Mitchell Speechley-Price stole the headlines with an impressive 10 goals for the day.

Included with the 10 goals were penalties, a free kick, headed goals and with both feet, which shows his range and versatility in front of goal.

Going into the game, Roar players had a good feeling they would come away with the three points, however the job still needed to be done.

Playing-coach Bill Puckett asked the boys to approach the game with respect and professionalism — to do the simple tasks and the game will take care of itself.

Which is exactly what happened as the Roar’s ability and young talent shone through.

With the scoreline 0-6 at half-time with two other goals from Puckett and Shaun Willis, it would have been easy to take the foot off the gas in the second half as the game should have already be won.

However a further seven goals in the second half, six to Speechley-Price and an own goal finished the game off in style.

Cobram Roar now head into the Easter break fifth on the ladder, winning four of its opening five games.

After the break, Roar will have a tough couple months playing teams all fighting for the top six spaces, so the great continued support will be needed.

Women

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Cobram Roar’s women are enjoying in the winning feeling after a three-week winning streak.

Last week, the women’s defence did not let Myrtleford get past them, leaving the field with a comfortable 6-2 win.

This week, the team managed to put the ball behind the net six times again and conceded only one.

Emma Reuss was the team’s star player last week bagging four goals along with one from Tiarrna Gannaway and Jessica DeMaria.

Sunday was Jess Gannaway’s turn, placing three of the six goals in the net along with two from Alyssa Iannucci and Emma Reuss with one.

Keeper Hannah Kent and her defensive chain kept a strong force over the other end of the field, being the foundation for the teams fierceful attacking from both the midfield and up front players.

Under-14 girls

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Wodonga Heart hosted a home game for the under-14 girls competition at Willo Park.

The Wodonga girls started the match in fine style, passing the ball around to each other giving Cobram little opportunity.

However Cobram conceded a goal at that stage, which woke the girls, pushing them to stick to their game plan and, through sheer persistence and tidy passing opportunities, saw them rise above their opponents, scoring the next five goals of the match to seal the game and come away with the points of the round.

Under-14 boys

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Round five saw the under-14s come up against an undermanned Wodonga Heart.

Cobram started off strong with five goals in the opening five minutes.

By the half-time break, the score was 15-0.

After the break, a switch around of positions allowed all players to spend time up forward.

This provided some with their first goals of the season. The top-scorer of the match was P Suphun with eight goals, with several others also scoring multiple goals. At the final whistle the score was 23-0.

Goals: P Suphun 8, J Koopman 4, L Stone 2, M Mustica 2, T Corso 2, L Haley 1, Liam Kelly 1, Lachie Kelly 1, L Goodin 1, J Alideli 1.

Under-12 boys

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Back on the road, Roar was looking for a positive start to the top of the table clash with Wodonga. Warm temperatures meant a fast start would be very important.

The first 10 minutes of the game showed signs of a tough game for both sides. Wodonga had four standout players, but luckily Roar had enough depth in their defence to keep them a bay.

With the continual pressure on Heart’s forward line to score, Roar’s forwards were able to push forward and score multiple goals.

With four separate goal scorers, Roar secured a fantastic win. Roar now go into the Easter break with a well-deserved one-and-a-half game lead at the top.