Sterling results for Kearsney footie team
The local team scored a 2 - nil win against the Clifton players.
A STRONG south-easterly wind made conditions difficult on Saturday, turning the Kearsney – Clifton clash into an aerial battle, which hosts Kearsney eventually won 2-0.
Kearsney College dominated the early exchanges and enjoyed much of the possession. Dane Mertsch missed a first-minute goal which went wide, he found himself again in space on the left flank with only the goalkeeper to beat, but his shot went wide again.
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The opener for Kearsney came midway thought the second half.
Mzu Phike scored with a powerful shot from outside the 18 yard, after a goal mouth scramble from a Kearsney corner. The teams went into the break with Kearsney leading by the solitary goal.
Kearsney scored a second goal early in the second half when Josh Barrett’s superb cross was knocked into the Clifton goal by a Clifton defender. Kearsney pressed on for more goals, but poor finishing in front of the goal let them down and the game ended 2 – 0.
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