2023 | ISSUE 9 | SJC Newsletter

St Joseph's celebrated a successful day on the field as they secured multiple victories in the Semi Final's of the Year 9 and 10 Football and Soccer competitions on Tuesday. The highlight of the day was undoubtedly the Year 10 Soccer team's dominant performance against St Bernard's Essendon after going down to the same opponent last week.

In a display of exceptional skill and teamwork, the Year 10 Soccer team emerged victorious in their clash against St Bernard's Essendon. With the scores equal at 1-1 at half time, the boys blasted home five unanswered goals in the second half. Liam Paterson and Patrick Wall proved to be instrumental, each scoring two goals, while Gianluca Sozzi and Alexander Giorgio both scored one. The best players were Alexander Giorgio, Patrick Wall, Liam Paterson, Gianluca Sozzi, and Tobias Servin. The boys will aim to go back to back in two weeks' time after their success in Year 9 last year.

Meanwhile in the Year 10 Football, St Joseph's progressed to yet another Grand Final with a commanding 39-point victory over Whitefriars Donvale 14.7 (91) to 6.6 (42). The boys trailed by three points at quarter time, but it was smooth sailing from there on kicking 12 goals to four in an impressive display. Jordan Monahan was the standout performer with five majors in a best on ground performance. Hunter Moorfoot and Ethan Taylor also made significant contributions with two goals each whilst Eamon Roberts, Hugo Walsh, Thomas Handley, Charlie Meadows and Lucas Paatsch were the best players. The boys have progressed to their second successive ACC Grand Final as a group (Year 9 2022), and the Year 10 team's third consecutive Grand Final, where they will face Parade Bundoora at Parade College's Waterford Oval next Tuesday.

The Year 9 Yellow Football team secured a convincing victory over Whitefriars Donvale to progress to their Grand Final in two weeks' time. St Joseph's dominated the game from the outset, kicking six first half goals to two, before continuing that form in the second to run out 35-point victors. Will Skabla stood out with an exceptional performance contributing seven goals – the equal second highest goal tally in a match in the Yellow team's short history. The team's other best performers were Zachary Casamento, Jonathon Punchard, Patrick Sullivan, Jack Trewin, Reuben Long, Jasper Moreland and Archer Ryan.

The Year 9 Red Football team unfortunately fell short in their Semi Final against Whitefriars Donvale. The boys were unable to go with the speed and strength of the Whitefriars boys, going down by 69-points at the final siren. Despite the loss Jack Pickett, Darcy Harrington, Ryder Warry, William Hibble, Cooper Costelloe and Domenic Posterino put in a valiant effort and were recognized as the team's best performers.