Union High School’s junior hockey and rugby teams enjoyed a full morning of fixtures against Woodridge College & Preparatory School on Saturday, hosted on home turf.
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐, Unionโs u/13D team secured a solid 2-0 win, while the u/13C narrowly lost 1-2. Both the u/13B and u/13A teams played to competitive 1โ1 draws, reflecting closely contested games.
The U/13A girls faced a strong, hard running Woodridge team. The match was thrilling to watch with both sides attacking well ย and defending with big hearts. Special mention to Cayley Brunette, our grade 5 goalkeeper that made ย amazing saves! Despite being 1-0 down for a big part of the game the Union girls fought back with grit and determination and levelled the score with one minute left on the clock!
๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ถ/11 ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 27-5 ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ 12-5.
The u/13C and B teams gave it their all but were edged out 20-22 and 5-12 respectively. ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, Unionโs u/13A boys faced a strong Woodridge outfit.
Despite missing three key players, the team showed immense heart and commitment. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ, eventually going down 19โ24 in a spirited and proud performance.