OXLEY High School's open-age girls soccer team will be looking to shake off a Puma Cup elimination with a victory in the Bill Turner Trophy round of 16.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
or signup to continue reading
The side suffered its first loss of the Puma Cup campaign last week, going down to Rouse Hill, and will look to regroup against Xavier Catholic College in Coffs Harbour on Tuesday.
A victory there would see Oxley progress into a pool of the top eight high school soccer teams in the state.
Read Also:
Oxley coach Darren Desmid said while his side's Puma Cup elimination had been disappointing, there were still positives to take out of the game.
"We were actually leading 1-0 after half-time, but unfortunately Rouse Hill scored with about five or six minutes left of the half to send the game to overtime," Desmid told the Leader.
"Once we got to overtime, neither team scored in the first part of overtime, sending it to a second-stage overtime.
"Unfortunately for us, Rouse Hill then scored and won the game due to it being golden goal.
"Our girls played really well, so it was a disappointing way to go down, but that's how it goes sometimes."
The Puma Cup defeat was the side's first loss of the season but gave Desmid confidence heading into Tuesday's vital clash.
"From a coaching perspective, you really couldn't have asked for much more from the girls," he said.
"They played unbelievably well throughout the whole Puma Cup tournament and turned a lot of heads while doing it.
"We nearly put a country team into the grand final, but I guess that is just something for us to aim for next year."
Billy Jupp
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
