South in class of its own

August 19 2014

Shepparton News

Shepparton South’s under-12s completed the home-and-away season with a 100 per cent record after beating Tatura 10-0 on the final day of the season.

The Southerners have won all 12 games this season, scoring 76 goals and conceding just seven.

Enrique Goggin led the way for South on the day kicking four of his team’s 10 goals.

Fergus Wilson was not too far behind with three, while Diesel Batey chipped in with two.

James Giuliani rounded off the scoring for the triumphant South side.

Shepparton United and Cobram shared the points in other Goulburn North East Football Association under-12 action, drawing 2-2.

Luke Mitchell scored United’s two goals to help his side book its spot in the finals, where the Blues will face off against Cobram Victory this weekend.

The Tigers missed out by one point in fifth spot.

Victory will have to bounce back from a 6-1 defeat against Shepparton, which finished the home-and-away season in second spot.

Shepparton will face South to decide who goes straight through to the grand final.

In other junior divisions, Cobram suffered its first loss in the under-14s, going down 3-1 against Shepparton United.

Nathan Cotsopoulos, Kubilay Karhan and Suleyman Tonc scored the goals for the Blues as they made sure of second spot and set up a rematch in finals to decide who goes straight through to the grand final.

Shepparton South finished third with a 3-1 win over Tatura, while Shepparton and Numurkah finished the season with 4-0 and 7-0 wins over Victory and Kyabram Phoenix, respectively.

In the under-16 girls, Shepparton United beat Cobram 4-0, but it was the Tigers who prevailed in the under-17 boys, winning 3-0.

Shepparton South won the day’s other under-17 game with a 1-0 win over Tatura.