It was a cold day at Ochilview where
the Larbert High School U-15’s team were taking on Edinburgh School,
Bouroughmuir. In the end Larbert won the game convincingly 3-0 with some great
goals from the home side and progressed comfortably into the next round where
they will face Braidhurst.
Larbert started off the better team with
most of the possession and created the most clear-cut chances. Their hard work got them a goal when Alister
McKenzie scored with a good finish with his left foot into the bottom left
hand corner which put them 1-0 up. They continued to dominate and would have
been disappointed it was only 1-0 as half time approached.
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| Blair and Jamie our Sports Journalists try to do some filming through the snow |
It started snowing heavily as the
second half began. Larbert needed another goal if they wanted to win the game
and Alister McKenzie provided that long awaited second goal buffer with a brilliant
long range finish that made the score 2-0. The snow was really heavy and you
could hardly see the park, but there was no stopping Larbert as they scored
again with a good finish from Ryan Wilson who put the ball past the
Borroughmuir goalkeeper into the bottom left hand corner of the net. Even more impressive than the finish however was
Ryan’s Snow Angel celebration..!!
With only 20 minutes left of the
match remaining the park was now completely white prompting one of the spectators to go over the
lines of the pitch with a brush.
In the end Larbert won the game 3-0
and they went through to the next round while the opposition had to go back to
Edinburgh eliminated. It was an all-round
great performance from the team in difficult conditions verging on un-playable.
Larbert, deserved winners, march into the next round.
by Blair Malis
