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Boys 9′s Red

Casey Panthers Under 9 (Red) 4 v 1 Casey Coments (Blue)

Conditions – Dry, Overcast, Chilly

A big change is tactics with Darcy Hannah being moved from defence into Midfied – His four goals proved it was a good idea,
Within 20 seconds of the kick – off we were 1-0 up , Darcy chasing down there defence and slotting the ball from close range into the Goal
The game then stayed very even until the Coments had a good attacting passing move and evened up the score 1-1
After this we started to dominate and Darcy then scored another 3 – all running from deep pushing the ball on to his left foot then hitting the back of the net
Josh, Cameron, Justin, Kyle and Chloe also came close to scoring
Another great game from Mathew in the Panthers Goal again , making some brave saves
Along with Navi, Ayyaz, Keiron and Dylan all put in a good display in defence when called upon,
The whole team put in 100% and and stuck to our game tactics
Rainix making his first start should be proud of how well he played
Every player should be proud of how well they played
Well done everyone –

Keep up the good work -

Boys 10′s Blue

Firstly, a special thanks to a particular organisation who, at some point after Wednesday, changed the start time of the match, & notified the other team.

After a panicked SMS 20 minutes before the new kick off time, we started the game 50 minutes earlier than expected with some players from James Cook helping out.

Immediately it became clear that Lionel Messi had donned the number 10 top for James Cook, as within the first minute he had pinballed up the field, and scored his first goal.

Our team work was excellent. Jamie did a great job in goal, stopping a fair portion of rapid-fire attempts at goal. Sebastian, Matthew & Joshua stopped the “oo, oo” Messi in his
tracks a number of times, and we even had a shot of genius ourselves when Louis stuck the side of his boot into a ball, which promptly glided over the heads of all, including
their keeper. The score at half time was CP 1, JC 7 (Messi 6).

We now had a full team of our own players, and the onslaught from Messi continued. But he was feeling the pressure. Nicholas was now in goals, preventing many attempts
from going any further. Dominic & Daniel were doing a great job driving the ball forward. Best of all was Sebastian “The Rock”, who held firm, seeing Messi tumble to the ground
in a rare slip up.

Final score CP 1, JC 11 (Messi 10).

Girls 11′s Grey

We kicked off Round 6 this week playing Skye United at their home ground.
In a week where everything just seemed to click, the girls displayed excellent passing skills and their positioning during the game made all the difference in winning the ball.
Skye United did not make it easy for our girls though, and put a lot of pressure on us right up until the final whistle blew.
A great game girls! In the end the final score was Casey Panthers 7- Skye United nil.
Goal scorers this week were…..Maddi-3, Hana-2, Lara-1, Shae-1 and McDonald’s encouragement award went to Rachel.
A special mention goes to Darcy helping out as goalie for the match.

Girls 11′s Blue

Casey Panthers 9 Vs Sandringham 0
The girls played an awesome game. Goal kickers: Riana 3, Alyssa 3, Shalini 2 , Cassandra 1. The defense stopped the other team from scoring. Everyone played well. Thanks
to Stuart for being the referee.

Boys 11′s Red

CPSC 2 v Heatherton utd 3
Goals: Mansor 1, Jesse 1
Awards: Travis & Mansor

With 3 players down this week we headed to heatherton. The players we had all gave 100 percent under difficult conditions with an ffv ref whose decisions left alot to be desired.
The midfield started to take control of the game in the 2nd half and the defenders especially Travis & Heath gave us a big chance to take the game. Plenty of opportunities up
forward but we just couldn’t convert.

Boys 11′s Blue

What a fantastic start.Within minutes of the kick off we were a goal to the good and had the Comets on the back foot. The goal may have deflected off the keeper and gone in
but as they say we will take it as we get it and that was the start off the pressure that the Panthers put on the Comets. From the 1st whistle to the end we dominated, up the
wings and thru the middle in both halves. With a hatrick from Mertcan, well done mate, and big contributions in way of goals from Mason, Charlie and James and the rest of the
team doing an awesome job to complete the very deserved 9-1 win. An immenseley proud coach and team manager watched on in awe . Well done to all. Awards to Mertcan & Adrian.

Boys 12′s

We played against Mornington SC at Dallas Brooks Park, with an early 9am kick off.

With two very well matched teams, Casey Panthers got the opening goal at 6 minutes into the game, Mornington quickly responded 5 minutes later, with another fast goal from
them within a minute.

2 minutes later they scored again to take control at 3-1

Our boys responded with 6 minutes to go in the first half, with 2 fantastic goals.

3-3 first half

We were dominant in the first part of the second half, scoring within 3 minutes, another goal at 16 minutes in made us relax a bit, where we lost a goal to a strange call for a
penalty kick for a hand ball and finally another goal with 30 seconds to go.

It was a fantastic game and great to watch well matched teams.

We still need a lot of work in defence, where we had midfielders doing a large part of defence.

Final score 5-5 Bailee – Man of the match

Boys 13′s B

The U13B boys looked impressive from game start.

In the opening minutes a quick goal from Kyle Binse gave the boys energy and confidence.

Peter Jennings then scored the next 2 goals and we went to the half time break 3 nil.

The team were passing well and continued to set up scoring opportunites in 2nd half.

Matt Bright and Matt Arena were really good in defense,and Austin was running hard through the middle.

Jayden Quinn has really improved as a goal keeper and earned his place today .

Berwick scored in the second half but a run down the wing by Matt Berkec set up another goal and Stuart McDonald scored.

We were deserving winners and too strong all day for Berwick .

Final score 4:1

Thankyou to Ruben as linesman

McDonalds Award Kyle Binse

Boys 13′s C

Casey Panthers SC v Baxter FC
Prospect Reserve
Halftime – 2-0
Result – 2-0

McDonalds Award – Mitchell Rapson
Goal Scorers – Brayden I & Jacob Grozdanovski

The boys today played Baxter and for most of the day we controlled the game. We scored 2 goals in the first half and held our structure and used the space. The second half we
had plenty of chances but we just over used the ball allowing Baxter to close up the space. Overall a good effort by the boys with everyone contributing.

Well done Panthers

Thank you to the parents who assisted with today’s tasks.

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Boys and Girls 6/7′s

Matthew, the SSF co-ordinator from last year and Mark Marshall helped out by filling in for Darryn this week, who was sitting at home, feet up, having a neck massage.( not really)

We travelled away from home and the kids go to play against another club for the first time this year.

Here is a recap of one of the games.

We played the Casey Comets, who fielded a similarly skilled side, so we knew we had our game cut out from the first whistle. We saw some excellent positioning from the players, with Joshua driving long shots down the field to well placed receivers, who were then controlling the ball, and turning it towards goals. The wind was playing in our favour, and other than a player on the other side who kept falling on the ball and constantly injuring himself, we were having a great half, with a score of 5-1 at half time, including an excellent goal from Sophie, and some nice passing between George, Elena & Colby for a few well assisted goals to Joshua.

Unfortunately, despite a discussion with the referee over the “clumsy” player, the clumsiness continued, and Casey Comets scored 2 goals out of this action. Another goal was awarded a few minutes later (not sure why), and then they scored a further 2 goals before the whistle. Unfortunately, despite some excellent attempts, the gusting wind and their defence was too much and we failed to score further. Final score was Casey Comets 6, Casey Panthers 5.

Boys 9′s Blue

This week we went to Ballam Park to verse Peninsula Strikers. The home team had 2 early goals and it put us 2 nil down.Our team did not put their heads down. A great goal
came from Ryan and it gave the kids a lot of confidence. Before half time Joshua scored a fantastic goal and half time it was 2 all. Second half we had a really good defensive
line with Nicholas, Charlie and Zachary not letting Peninsula break the line. We had a really good second half anther 2 goals from Joshua and we were 4 – 2 ahead. Altan had a
goal and when he scored the goal net fell down. Panthers were realy excited to win their first game

I think that it was a great mothers day present for all the mums.

Final score Peninsula Strikers 2 vs 5 Casey Panthers Blue
Well done Panthers

Awards: Joshua, Nicholas and Matthew

Boy’s 9′s Red

Casey Coments (Blue) 0 v 0 Casey Panthers (Red) Under 9

Conditions – Dry, Overcast, Chilly

A very Exciting 0-0 game, with end to end action with lots of goal scoring chances for both teams,

A great game from Mathew in the Panthers Goal, even the opponents told him that after the game,

The whole rest of the team put in 100% and tried to stick to our game tactics,

Every player should be proud of how well they played

Well done everyone –

Keep up the good work -
Ps
A big Congratulations to Paul Walsh (Our Red Under 9 Manager) on the Birth of his baby Boy only 6 hours before kick off, – and yes he turned up with his son Kieron to play and Paul to Help. –

Congratulations again. – from the Panthers

Boys 10′s Blues

We trekked off to Springvale, and all managed to find our way to the ground. The pitch looked great, and relatively dry considering the appalling weather conditions. It was almost time for kick-off, and none of the other team had showed. We were starting to get excited, hoping for our first win (even if it was by walkover).

I thought I’d best check that we hadn’t had any last minute surprises from the FFV – only to discover we still were playing Springvale South – but we were at the wrong location! So all players and parents jumped back in their cars and headed off to the other location.

We arrived at the other pitch, to find this pitch had received it’s fair share of the rain… The goals and one end of the pitch were ankle deep in water! We quickly agreed to shorten the pitch, and commenced the game.

It was a good match, with Panthers showing good control over the ball, and dominating much of the first half of the game. Excellent work from Louis, Matthew, Joshua, Dominic & Daniel saw us looking strong in midfield and forward positions. We were spread out, looking for long passes, and were well supported by Nicholas in the goals. We had a sub, and other than the spurts of torrential rain, things were going quite well until we lost Nicholas when he jarred his wrist in a good save just before half time.

We had a few field changes, and the second half commenced. The half hadn’t been going too long when an excellent shot, well supported by team mates, came from Daniel, with the ball going securely into the back of the net. At this point we started praying for hail, and almost got it, but unfortunately a short time later Springvale South managed to equalise.

We immediately fell back into a defensive behaviour, and despite some great defensive work from Sebastian, Robbie, Lowan and Jamie, and some challenging corners, a second ball slipped past Joshua and they scored the winning goal.

Final score Springvale South 2, Casey Panthers Grey 1.

Boys 10′s Grey

On a cold Sunday morning the Team played away to Langwarrin SC, we to a great start, very focus on what we had learned at training, we also stuck to our plan and all the players played their role to a great level. With Dean at Goals very concentrated, he made sure that the net was kept clean, the defence Kavin, Shivnnay and Nathan was very solid, with our midfield Logan, Isaak, Milos learning to play together drove our game forward and made sure we had possession for most of the game. Our forwards Unny, Justine and Todd played really well and they are understanding their role each game more. Congratulations Todd on your hat-trick 4 goals!!!!! Excellent job guys!!!!!!!!! And the boys dedicated this win to their Beautiful Mums!!!!!!!

Boys 11′s Green

Casey Panthers “Green” 0 Goals vs Dandenong Thunder SC 5 Goals

The first half of today’s game was an exhilarating arm wrestle with the irresistible force of their attack being repelled by the immovable object of our defense. They launched
numerous penetrating raids forward but our defense held firm with Mitchell producing some outstanding saves (Mitchell we missed you last week!) and Dylan fighting bravely to
hold his ground and coming up with some excellent clearances.

Half time score: (miraculously) NIL all.

Unfortunately we began to unravel in the second half as (don’t continue reading if you’re squeamish) they peppered our goals with renewed vigor. Our back half fought hard but
ultimately withered as their well-drilled attack began to convert most of the opportunities created with a fine a fine display of scoring shots.

Some of their goals would have made Schwarzer quiver; one in particular, a missile launched from close to the half line sailed past our keeper like a meteorite.

The final score of 5-0 may have flattered us. In the words of our coach, “They wanted it more”.

On the up side, we mounted several promising moves forward which, although ultimately fizzling out, could have with an ounce of luck put us on the board, but in reality the final
score was probably a true indication of the difference between the sides on the day.

Report card: “can do better”

Goals: None
Special mentions:Dylan,Liam,Jack
Encouragement Award:Tarak

Girls 11′s Grey

In Blustery conditions on Sunday afternoon the valiant girls of Casey Panthers Grey team were victors again.
In a fairly scratchy affair against Mornington, the girls did extremely well trying to stick to Johns coaching philosophy. The team defended really well throughout the game with Shae, Yasmin, Isabella and Maddy all working tirelessly in defence. Maddi, Rachel and Emily controlled the midfield fantastically well for the game with Maddi scoring 3 great goals and Rachel 1.
Well done to our Strikers Hanna and Lara for not giving up all day, special mentions to Little P and Emily who both helped out as Goal Keeper.
The encouragement award went to Maddi for her super efforts on the day.”

Boys 12′s

We were missing a few strong players today. Mitch Taylor had a very strong game in goals, although 4 goals went through, he made some amazing saves, saving more than 6
strong shots at goals. Hampton Park proved to tough for us and ended up beating us by 4-0.

Boys 13 B

We had Mothers Day at home and were looking for a win

The rain held off and with a light breeze we attacked the ball early.

It was an exciting first half with the team showing spirit and working hard

Matt Bright was looking for a hatrick and almost had it, he was rewarded with 2 great goals.

With Matt Arena also scoring in the first half we set up a 4 nil lead at the half time break.

The strong defence of Matt Berkec, Stuart MacDonald and Peter Jennings kept scoring opportunites limited for the opposition.

We opened the second half with continued pressure in our forward. A save late in the second half from Jayden Quinn, kept Heatherton scoreless.

Great work Austin, Matt Bright and Sahill with good second effort at the ball

Cristian Villereal was good up forward with Kyle, Braden,Micheal and Shane all working solidly through the mid field

Welcome and well done on a very good game to Ryan Kolbe on his first game up in 13B

It was a real team effort boys and you deserved the win.

Match Award: Matt Bright

Linesman and Officials: Thankyou Ruben and Bernie

Boys 13 C

Skye United SC v Casey Panthers SC
Skye Reserve
Halftime – 1-1
Result – 3-1

McDonalds Award – Brayden I
Goal Scorers – Ammaz Akbar

We played an early game away this week and our boy’s took a little while to warm up. Skye had most of the attack in the first half and scored a goal via a penalty but we were
also able to score a goal against the play. The second half saw both sides having opportunities to score but Skye had a bit more polish and run. Again they were awarded a
penalty and scored a second goal. We had a chance to level the scores but were unable to put the ball in the net. Skye scored a third securing the victory. Better luck next
week boy’s.

Boys 16′s

2nd placed Skye Utd came to 3rd placed Panthers looking very determined to carry on their good start to the season. Panthers certainly appeared to want to assist them in that
by putting in a very poor first half performance. Sluggish starts to games has been a trademark for the 16s all season.

Skye dominated the first half largely because they were allowed to and deservedly went into the break a goal up after a defensive mix up in the area allowed a Skye forward to
poke the ball past Tim Tjeoka in goal. The Panthers defence did well to contain the lively Skye to a single goal at the break.

The second half saw the real Panthers come out to play. Skye were clearly taken aback by the new found urgency in the boys play and began to feel the pressure. Every
Panthers player lifted a gear and the boys started to feel a goal would soon come. The proved to be true when a great piece of build up play saw Steve Kassabian receive the
ball on the edge of the area & strike the ball low into the corner of the net to equalise.

Although Skye did put together some attacking moves they were always 2nd best in the 2nd hald and Panthers could have sealed the win when Meqdad Rezaei hit the post with
around 5 minutes to go. Second game in a row where we hit the post with 5 mins to go.

Early season analysis suggests that the Panthers have room for improvement in many areas of the game so to be challenging so early gives promise that the best is yet to
come from the boys.
Thank you to the parents who assisted with today’s tasks.

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Under 6/7 Intra Club

Our first game where we had an opponent this week…Well almost, it was the rain and wind that they players had to contend with. Whilst there were players who didnt make it, it was fantastic to see so many kids who did. A big thank you to all the parents that completed the parents roster this week. Next weekend we are off to play in a “hub” game against Baxter, Peninsula Strikers and Cranbourne at Baxter. It will be exciting to see how much the kids can enjoy this weekend as it will be different to how we have played in the first 4 weeks.

Boy’s 9′s Red

Casey Panthers 1 v 3 Peninsula Strikers

A good turn out for a wet cold Saturday afternoon by both Players and Parents,

The game was very even and teams went in level 0 V 0 at Half Time,
The second half saw the Panthers take a deserved lead with a goal from leading scorer Keiren Walsh , with another fine finish,
After this the panthers game plan and energy level fell
A freak goal direct from the a corner pulled the Strikers back level,
Two very good solo goals – from a very talented player put the Strikers 3-1 up,
The Panthers had a couple of goal scoring chances – we need to practice on finishing,
On the whole a good display with all the children trying until the final whistle,
Another solid display from Dacy Hanna, Dylan Muhur and a special mention to Mathew for a great display in the goals
Well Done The Panthers U9 – Red -

Boy’s 9′s Blue

Casey Panthers 1 vs Baxter 2

It’s great to see the improvement week to week from our players.
We saw some great performances from the team, with Matthew putting up a great effort in goals.
Our only goal came from Altan. A big thanks to Mark for refereing the game also thanks to Joshua for filling in.

Awards: Riley & Altan

Boys 10s Blue

versus Casey Comets at Home.

We slipped back a little this week, with players clumping together rather than covering the field. We also only defended in the second half, and at no stage during that portion of the match did we attack – and therefore the tide was always against us.

We did however, have some shining moments. For several minutes in the first half we had full command of the game, with several corners being awarded in our favour. Our 2 goalies, Matt & then Josh, also did a great job to keep the scores low, with a few unfortunate balls passing through.

Next week we have an away game against Springvale.

Under 11 Girls – Casey Panthers Grey

We were at home this week and played a superb game. Slick skills, good team work, great defense, excellent attacking skills and good pressure from all players made for a great game. Yasemin did a great job as goal keeper for the first half and only allowed the opposition to score once. The team played a superb game and went to the half time break 5-1 up. Encouraging words from Taylah our “home ground” coach and supportive parents on the sidelines gave the girls incentive to continue their good play in the second half. Casey Panthers dominated the second half with the ball rarely in the opposition’s forward half. And when it did, our defense held strong and quickly got the ball back into our forward line. Lara did a great job as goal keeper in the second half and held the opposition goal-less. Casey Panthers won the game 9-1, with Maddi H scoring 5 goals, Rachel 2, Hana 1 and Olivia 1. The encouragement award went to Olivia this week but it truly could have gone to any one of the 9 players today. Fantastic effort girls – great team play for the whole game. Thanks to Jose Bravo, for again stepping up and refereeing the game.

Congratulations to Brooke Steendam for being selected for the Victorian U13’s Development Squad for Softball. Unfortunately for us, this means we lose her from our soccer team, but best of luck Brooke. Well done.

Boys 11′s Red

CPSC (3) v Mornington (5)
Goals: Masor (2) Nicholas (1)
Awards: Chris & Nicholas

Another cold & wet Sunday morning but the boys were confident of winning. We started off well but a lapse in defence gave the opposition a goal. The midfield fired up and we had all control but just could not capitalise at the other end. A special mention to Masor and Dakota for controlling the ball and for giving opportunities to our strikers to try and kick goals. We equalised in the second half in a 3-3 battle but again a couple of mistake and Mornington took the opportunity to kick the winning goals. Thanks to all players for putting in a 100% effort – I was really pleased with the way you played today

Boys 11′s Green

Casey Panthers “Green” 3 Goals vs Heatherton United SC 7 Goals

The toughest match we’ve had so far with our boys (alas only 9 of us again) meeting a well-drilled and aggressive opposition, with seemingly unlimited substitutes, who burst out of the gates scoring 3 goals to nil in the first 10 minute.

To our credit though, we started to match their intensity and fought back strongly scoring 2 goals of our own. Unfortunately they also scored another 2 leaving us 5-2 down at half time.

At half time the oranges suffered the beating we should have been handing out to the opposition, and fortified with Vitamin C we dived in and showed that we’re really growing as a team. Even with the walking wounded (Trent and Riley) we fought tirelessly to the end only losing the second half 2-1 and with an ounce of luck we could easily have scored another 1 or 2.

A few of our normally unheralded boys played their hearts out today. Great effort by Dylan in goal in the second half, making some great saves and excellent running by Riley, Tarek and Leyon down the wings in the second half (some of Riley’s tackling was 1st class).

And again our front three (Trent, Liam and Saleem) proved again that they have the talent and cheek to trouble any defense and when we get the ball to them we do score goals.

Nobody left the field today having not given their all and the fierceness of the contest meant it’s doubtful anyone came out of the game without having taken a few knocks, so a hearty congratulations to everyone. Go the Greens!

Goals:Saleem:1 Trent: 2

Special mentions:Dylan,Tarek,Danyal,Ryan (particularly for his annihilation of the half-time oranges)

Encouragement Award:Riley

Boys 11′s Blue

With the FFV changing the fixture again for this age group during the week we were off to play against Endeavour United for the second week in a row. The result was the same with a win for the team. The coach changed some positions around from the week before and our goalkeeper was able to play on the field with Dylan playing in goals for the second half. Some great passing and team running for the ball when we didnt have it made the result even better as we played for longer as a team and didnt drop of the intensity like we did last week. We have a big match against Cleeland United at home this week, which we are looking forward to..

Boys 12′s

The boys played a fantastic game again, 4-0 up at half time and finishing with a 9-0 win. The boys are starting to understand their positions as well as being able to shift comfortably into different positions.
We need to focus on remaining confident, but not over confident as we have a few really tough teams lined up over the next few weeks.
Well done to the whole team.
Thanks to the parents again for all of your help and support.
McDonald’s Encouragement award to Declan O’Connor.

Boys 13′s B
Panthers V Comets

Score 2 : 1

McDonalds Award : Austin Rule

We travelled today to Casey Comets in Cranbourne and while it looked like being a game in the wet, the weather held fine.

In the first half there were several early attempts at goal by Chris V, Stewart,Austin,Sahill and Matt B

Panthers were lucky our defence saved a Comets free kick at goal and a save by Jayden in the goal square saw the score nil at half time.

Austin worked hard up forward late in the first half. Our boys kept pushing forward without being able to get a result.

In second half we were rewarded with an early goal by Peter Jennings . This was answered with a Comets goal soon after.

Late into the half the Comets again had another opportunity and scored the goal.

We were unlucky on the day but we can look forward to another opportunity next week .

Thanks to parent helpers – Bright and Arena

Boys 13′s C

Casey Panthers SC v Langwarrin FC
Prospect Hill Reserve
Halftime – 2-1
Result – 3-2

McDonalds Award – Ammaz Akbar
Goal Scorers – Ammaz Akbar (2) & Bailey Hancock

We played at home today in slippery conditions and the boys started well attacking Langwarrin’s goals regularly.
We had quite few scoring opportunities in the first half with Ammaz & Bailey converting with Mitchell K & Jacob providing good run down the wings. In the second half we scored early via Ammaz but we lost a bit of our run which allowed Langwarrin to get back into the game and score a late goal. Overall both sides played well but today we just had the edge. It was great to see so many families turn up to support the boys.
Well done boys, Go Panthers!!

Thank you to the parents who assisted with today’s tasks.

Boys 16′s

The boys went to table topping Sth Springvale for 1st v 2nd. Panthers were without influential midfielders JD Pollard (overseas) & Robert Amorin (flu) so a team shuffle was required but the 1st half saw a much under par Panthers go 1-0 down to a long shot that wasn’t closed down. Keeper Tim Tjeoka make several good saves to keep us in the game but couldn’t prevent us from going in a goal to the bad at the break.

A half time heart to heart saw a much improved Panthers come out and in a very competitive 2nd half & were the better team. Camped in the Springvale half for long periods saw us knocking at the door & with 5 mins to go Jafar Dostdar hit the post but that was as close as we came to getting our just reward.

The referees comment to one of our players when he was down injured left a sour taste to add to the ignominy but a full strength side should see us extract revenge in the return game.

Congratulations to the boys on a fantastic 2nd half – just need to get off the mark better.

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Under 6/7 Saturday Intra Club game

Almost another full turn out for this 2nd last home game before we start playing against other teams. There is improvement with all players and getting into games now each week is starting to show that most of the players are starting to understand how it all works. We still have some work to do with listening and understanding what coaches are asking for but that is all coming together. We also are starting to move some of the “older” players into other teams to give them a taste of what is required playing at a higher level. We will continue to do so throughout the course of the year. We also now have a parents roster for Fruits/frogs, goal set up and canteen and that was sent out last week. Please check when you are on duty.

Boy’s 9′s Red team

Baxter 3 v 2 Casey Panthers

I very disappointing turn out from first team players- (only 4 were available) this left the Casey Panthers U9 (Red) with a massive uphill battle.
We would like to say a big thank you to Darcy Hanna (Whom with only 1 hours notice turned up to play ) and Ben Walsh whom turned up to watch his big brother play but was also willing to play dispaite his lack of height he had no complaints about playing in goal,
Thirdly a thank you goes out to a young lad from Baxter called Mathew who offered to play for us so that we had 7 players, The game was a credit to both teams played fair with lots of excitment, the half time score was 0-0
The Second half saw Baxter taking an early 1-0 lead before a great goal from Darcy Hanna evened the game up, Tired legs and no subs is not a good mixture , Baxter took advantage of this and scored 2 quick goals to take a 3-1 lead,
The Panthers showed fantastic spirit and pulled another goal back scored by Keiren Walsh, but they could not quite get the 3rd goal required,
The parents that did turn up were so proud of the players who played fair and tired so hard,
Darcy Hanna fitted in like a natual and along with Dylan Muhur held the defensive line and both put in non stop fantastic performances,

Boys 9′s Blue team

We finally had our first game against Mornington at their home ground. First half 1- 0. After some pleasing efforts from our team Mornington scored 3 more goals in the last 5 mins and final score was 4 – 0. We had more options to score but we couldn’t convert the chances we had. Many thanks for the parents help and their passion while watching the team.

Boys’ 10′s Grey team

Today we played away to Dandenong Thunder and the team took on from last week great effort but fell short of legs towards the end of the first half. After the break it was game on as the spirit of the team reached new levels and great Team efforts from Logan, Isaak, Sebastian and Todd who took the team to challange the game. Great effort from the defence and goal keeper Dean, to stop a great amount of attack from the opposition. We batlle to the end but we need to work more on our passing and Team work. We want to work hard on our weakness and shine on our positive!!!!!! Once again thanks to all the parants for putting a great effort on the kids and understanding.

Awards -Unny -Dean

Boys 10′s Blue

The team arrived at Langwarrin for a 9am start, assisted by Kyle & Dylan, who normally play in our younger teams on a Saturday.

The first half was well contested, with the Panthers applying good pressure, and keeping the ball in their opponents half. This was achieved by remaining spread out, and quick, long passes. We also tagged opposition players well, especially on turn-overs and throw-ins. Despite our few attempts at goal, the game was nil all at the break.

Unfortunately the second half didn’t go quite as well. As we tired, we started to cluster together, perform more short passes, and didn’t tag players as well as we did in the first half. The end result was Langwarrin 2, Casey Panthers 0.

Excellent work by Matthew for holding his defensive position,clearance,tackling & follow ups (helped foul opposition forwards). Dominic pressured opposition very well, and Jamie did some good work as Goal Keeper.

Special thanks to Brendan for filling in as Coach this week.

Looking forward to our game next week at Home.

Boy’s 11′s Red team

CPSC Red 5 v CPSC Green 5

Goals: Nicholas (3), Mansor, Dakota
Awards: Jesse & Daniel

We started off slow and let the opposition kick one goal to get the lead but thanks to Dakota & Jesse in the midfield we delivered the ball forward & hit the front. The defence tried very hard but they had a number of skillfull players that turned them inside out & again they hit the front. After a rev up from the coach at half time the team came out and looked for each other, managed to hit targets and hit the lead again. Both teams were evenly matched and it was a credit to the kids in both teams for a very entertaining game. Our kids were rapt that they didn’t lose & had a draw so it goes to show you don’t have to win to put a smile on the kids faces.
Great game everyone!

Boy’s 11′s Green

A thrilling game today with all players from both sides giving their best in a goal-for-goal shoot out. And even though we had a chance to snatch victory in the dying seconds, the 5-all result was a fitting conclusion and neither side deserved to walk away with a loss.

A real improvement in our play could be seen from the first couple of weeks especially in our passing, the cohesion of our defense and our clearances.

It really isn’t fair to single out any players but special mention must be made of our goalkeeper for the day, Mitchell and our 2 scorers, Trent and Liam – Liam’s 2nd goal in particular was one for the highlights reel with him dodging and weaving through a crowded defense like a seasoned pro. Saleem also had a fantastic game, providing great passing options and being very tough to get past.

Well done to all.

Goals: Trent: 2 Liam: 3 Special mentions: Everyone! Encouragement Awards:Ryan & Riley

Boys 11′s Blue

A full turn out from all players gave us an edge on Sunday versus Endeavour United. Our coach was able to rotate our players throughout the day and it really showed against a team that tired towards the end of the game. The final score was 5-1 to Panthers but we had several more shots at goal go wide or high, the players just need to slow down when its just one on one with just the keeper to beat. Charlie scored a hat trick this week and was an award winner along with Mertcan. We now head away to Cranbourne for our first away game of the year so it will be a new challenge to all the players.

Boy’s 12′s

Another spectacular game again today.
The team is starting to connect really well. At half time most of the boys had not even worked up a sweat, even after running and playing hard.
We are focusing on enjoying the game at the moment, and it seems to be working.
It is a really tough call for this weeks coach’s awards, so they will be a announced at Wednesday night training.
Thank you parents for all your help again!
Defenders were fantastic, midfield was great,
Goal scorers:
Matt W – 2 goals
Matt HB – 1 goal
Bailee – 2 goals
Jordan T – 1 goal
Jordan N – 3 goals
Final score 9-0

Boys 13′s B

Casey Panthers V Mornington 5 – 1

The team played extremely well today.
In the first half, the forward half players were passing and working like clock work,
This resulted in four goals !

The second half only brought one more goal but extra pressure was put on
the defense and goalie, and the boys held their ground which led to the teams victory !

A great effort from the team !

AWARD – Peter Jennings

Boy’s 13 C

Seaford FC v Casey Panthers SC
Nth Seaford Reserve
Halftime – 0-1
Result – 0-2

McDonalds Award – Bailey Hancock
Goal Scorers – Jacob Grozdanovski & Ryan Kolbe

This week the boys worked on 4 key things at training and it was great to see them put it into practice, they put pressure on the ball carrier, supported each other, used the space and their effort was fantastic. From the goal line through to the mid field to the strikers, the whole team played well and ran hard all day. Even if the result had have been different we could not have asked for anything more from the boys. If we keep that effort up for the rest of the season we will be more than competitive.
Well done boys, Go Panthers!!

Boy’s 16

Panthers ended Langwarrin’s unbeaten run in style. After a shaky start the boys were steadied by sweeper Steve Kassabian’s long range shot after an individual run out of defence. Robert Amorin added a second shortly after and Nathan Lay added the third before the break. The second half saw Langwarrin become a little physical and things became a little heated resulting in the referee issuing a yellow card to a player in each team. Panthers remained composed though and Nathan Lay added two more for his second hat trick of the season. Another fantastic result from the boys. Well done !

Thank you to the parents who assisted with today’s tasks.