Dragons soaring in Hockey Albury Wodonga competition

SUNDAY'S game for the women's division two team was a high–pressure match. The Magpies put together a very strong team who played short–to–target passes. The Dragons took a little while to work out how to best play against this team but by the fourth quarter, they had become tough competition. The final score was 2–0 to the Magpies and the Dragons made them work hard to get in their second goal. The standout team member of the day was coach Chris Howell who rearranged the players to create a strong and competitive team. The div three ladies put up a fight playing against the top team, Wodonga Maroon. Carli Notman put in a huge effort defending the goals for Wangaratta, however, Dragons were defeated 4–0. Junior Dragon Adara Evans has been playing for the div three women lately and is improving each game and can sneak a ball from the opposition quite easily. The Dragons have some mother–daughter duos who play together – Jane Kealy and Lucy 'Mouse' Dwyer alongside Shanlee North and Lucy North. The squad is halfway through the season and getting stronger each game. The under 12 girls travelled up the highway to take on the Falcons. The teams are situated close to each other, with the Dragons at fourth and Falcons at third. Wangaratta started confidently with Emma Shallue scoring within the first minute of the game. A second goal made it 2–0 at quarter time, before the Falcons hit back in the second quarter to make it 2–2 at half–time. Once again Wangaratta scored early in the third quarter and dominated most play in the second half. Defenders such as Jordanna Moore and Claudia Kerr thwarted any attack. The midfield group of Isabella Coghetto, Caitlyn Barnden and Isabell Lewis provided plentiful opportunities for the forwards to capitalise on. Kiana Lane led the scoring with three goals while Emma Shallue put two past the Falcons goalie. The young Dragons are gaining confidence heading into the midpoint of the season, with the final score a 5–2 win to Wangaratta. The under 16 girls had their first home game on Saturday against the top of the ladder United. It was a really defensive game as United's attack was impressive and proved hard to stop. With two players out due to illness two under 14 players, Sophie Shallue and Lily Radnor, stepped up and worked extremely hard in defence. United's first quarter was full–on but the girls never put their heads down and bounced back with teamwork and communication. Ayla McIntyre worked hard in defence and was named player of the match. Her improvement over the last couple of weeks shows that her hard dedication at training is starting to pay off. Lily Gibb put the pressure straight back to United taking the ball and attacking head on and scoring our first goal since round one. The United coach came over with words of encouragement on how well the team played and gave our goalie Eva Siperki their encouragement award for her efforts in goals. The under 14s were at home in Wangaratta against Corowa United. Captained by Lily Radnor, the team performed extremely well this week with Jake Lane dominating scoring an amazing three goals in the first half. It was an outstanding effort which earned him the best on ground this week. Even though the Dragons caught Corowa out with three early goals, they soon came back with three goals themselves. Adara Evans scored in the second half to put Wangaratta ahead 4–3 with about 10 minutes remaining. It was down to the wire and great to watch but unfortunately Corowa scored in the last few minutes and drew the game 4–4. The encouragement award went to Brody Chisholm who did everything that was asked of him in defence. It was a great effort all round and really encouraging to start scoring some goals. It's been a tough couple of weeks for the division three men, but it hasn't dampened the men's spirits at all. With some experienced key defenders on the injured list it was left to juniors Sam Couche and Henry Findlay to step up and step up they did, controlling the defence like true veterans of the sport. Although the men conceded two goals in the first half it stop them fighting. In true Dragon style they came out stronger in the second half and dominated. With a goal from Simon Lipshut and some great play from Alex Ellem the men won the second half although it wasn't quite enough to take the win.

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