Stockport Lacrosse Club Juniors

Wednesday, 7 November 2018

U14s at Home to Brooklands

We welcomed a team from Brooklands, who with just 9 players, a decision was made to play 8-a-side, which gave the lads from Stockport 4 players on the bench to be interchanging things.
It started off well, winning at face, moving the ball around and before long Rhys got on the end of a Hugo assist and we find ourselves 1 up. Although not all one way traffic in Q1, we did manage to defend well, and left the quarter 4-0 to the good. Q2, started as Q1 finished, and with 2 more goals left us 6-0 up before Brooklands managed to get 3 on the break, with strong runs from their No 11, before Will H grabbed another before the break, leaving us 7-3 to the good.
Q3 Brooklands struck first, and then Stockport managed 4 without response.
Q4 Stockport struck first, and then Brooklands managed 2 before the end, leaving us the victors on the day 13-6.
Scorers today, Rhys 3, Will H 5, Luca, Cameron 2, Jay 2, but probably more important today was 7 of the goals were assisted, Hugo 3, Rhys 2, Cameron and Luca.
Well done guys!

This goes wide

Battling hard

Moving the ball quickly

Goal - Will

Another 1 by Will

Teamwork at Face

1 for Cameron

1 for Rhys

Protecting his stick

Don't think he stopped this one - But hes trying

The crowd impressed this far

Someone's Happy

Monday, 5 November 2018

U11 Girls Away at Mellor 4th November

Stockport Win 18 - 9

Scorers:
Mia F - 8
Fran B - 5
Jess B - 4 and 1 Assist
Daisy J - 1

Firstly apologies for not taking any pics, I will start taking more! But in my defence there were that many goals that I didn't have time to take any!!

Liv Higson got the U11's all powered up and we were off to a quick start with the thirteen travelling players.

Q1 was all Stockport with us coming out winners 5-1. Jess B, Fran and Mia all took turns at the drawer and came up with plenty of possession and there was no hanging about
going to goal. Mia, Fran and Jess opened up the scoring and the score board ticking over. Lucy P kept Mellor's goals at 1 with a fine display of goal keeping.

Q2 was a different game ending level at 4-4. Mellor came back strong and were starting to link passes together and claimed four good scores. Mia took her stint in goal and stopped Mellor at 4. A point to note in Q2 is that Daisy J bagged her first goal in her first game!! A well taken shot from a tight angle. Lets see some more. Amy T got stuck in and was getting in some great positions and picked up valuable ground balls. Lotta also showed great awareness getting into fantastic positions which will be converted in goals as this team develops.

Following Liv's half time team talk Stockport came out firing with all guns again coming up trumps 5-3. Carys J went in goal and made some great saves much to to the crowds pleasure. Effy, Olivia and Sophie had another great game covering plenty of yards on Mellor's hilly pitch and all played superbly with massive smiles. They showed discipline and a good ear to listen to the coach and made solid efforts in the defence, dampening Mellor persistent efforts. Millie H stepped onto the field in her first game and got stuck in helping out her team mates and sported a big smile

Q4 was Stockport's again winning it 3-1. Both teams had ran their socks off and were slowing down at this point, other than Summer H who looks likes she could run for days. New to the game summer looks like she's going to be force to be reckoned with. Daisy J, in her first game, took a stint between the sticks and showed great promise in this position too showing no fear and making great saves.

A great game enjoyed by teams and enjoyed by all that watched. As the game progressed more and more passes were being thrown showing that the team is really developing. Spacial awareness and forward thinking is improving each week. It was very good to see Fran B and Lucy P who created plenty of turnovers, claimed mountains of ground balls and intercepted passes throughout the game.

Extra pats on the back:
Mia - goal machine
Daisy - game 1, goal 1, goaly stint 1
Lucy - super solid game
Fran - 5 g's and great play reading
Jess B - great drawers, super speed and a brilliant assist to Mia

Saturday, 3 November 2018

U12s Stockport vs Poynton/Rochdale.

U12s Stockport vs Poynton/Rochdale.

Another nice and mild Autumn day for an away match at Poynton and their joint team effort with Rochdale, a team who statistically are one of the weaker teams in the league.

Poynton opened the score in the first quarter, often winning the ground balls and advancing well with some strong and tall attackers up front, Stockport still managed a couple of goals during the scraps, despite having a couple of players sent off for playing without gum shields, which were quickly replaced. Finishing Q1 2.2

Q2 Stockport soon got themselves into the game, each player joining the fight for the ball in turn, ever enthusiastically with Jacob B making the most of any balls from midfield as well as Ethan making numerous individual efforts to score two goals and Daniel too, ending Q2 8.6 to Stockport

Q3 Stockport won this quarter also, just by making the most effort with Euan recovering the ball often with his pace and Henry scoring from a good individual effort. A few sendings off from careless checking and some exchanges from the refs and the coaches, not a great deal of accurate passing or assists going on, more a day of individuals doing their own thing with better passing from the Poynton side. Q3 finishing 11. 7 to stockport

Q4 Poynton came back fighting, snatching the ball and scoring with their tall attackers in the last quarter, managing to score four goals, but Stockport hanging on for the victory with Josh making the last save of the day before the whistle. Q4 13.11 to Stockport

Overall a fairly even game, but also quite a scrappy game at the same time, where the ball spent a lot of time on the ground. Stockport seem to be struggling to do quick efficient ground balls and are not really getting the ball up quickly enough in time to create good enough chances to develop their passing skills, to move the ball around the team effectively, rather improvising with individual efforts to get the ball up the pitch. Still a good win from fairly evenly matched teams.

Stockport 13 Poynton/Rochdale 11

Goal Scorers; Henry 1 Dan Teal 1 Ethan 3 Jacob B. 8