City Highlanders beat Kings A 5-3 in the third round of the
premier men's competition on Saturday night.
The game got off to a fast start with City taking the lead
after just seven minutes through youngster Nick Elder.
Elder got a deflection on Jarred Hewitt's cross from the top
corner, catching goalkeeper Anil Patel off his line.
Heath Dickson then sneaked one between Patel and the post to
extend City's lead.
Kings pulled one back after 19 minutes through Todd Gould.
Another of City's youngsters, Jeremy Morris, replied soon
after, with the Kings defence giving him both the time and
space to blast the ball into the back corner of the goal.
Gould then pounced on similar errors by the City defence at
the other end to keep Kings in the game.
Two minutes later, Morris got his second in similar
circumstances to his first.
The second half saw a tight midfield tussle between both
teams.
It took 31 minutes for Luke Blunt to score for Kings, and
then two minutes later, Morris again stepped up and put one
in the top corner of the goal.
Albany fought hard for a 6-2 win over the Tuataras, with Kane
Russell getting three for Albany.
In the University derby, University A came out on top,
winning 6-2.
St Hilda's thrilled spectators with a shock 2-0 win over
Momona A in the premier women's competition.
The game began the way it finished, with St Hilda's
dominating play.
Kate Kernahan was given a yellow card, leaving only 10 St
Hilda's players on the field, but the schoolgirls held out
the strong Momona attack, largely due to goalkeeper Ginny
Wilson's intelligent and agile work.
About halfway through the half, with Kernahan back on, St
Hilda's rapidly moved the ball from one end into the
attacking goal and Kernahan scored with a spectacular
reverse-stick shot into the corner.
This spurred the Momona players into some action.
They began to string some passes together but the basics let
them down and the schoolgirls went into the break leading
1-0.
As the half progressed, St Hilda's, which had been attacking
up the left a lot, began to use the right.
To the delight of the school supporters, this led to a field
goal put in by Polly Inglis to clinch the victory.
Millie Cowan played well in the Momona defence, but Momona
lacked direction and ambition compared with St Hilda's.
In other games, University A beat Momona B 4-1 and Taieri and
City Highlanders A drew 1-1.
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