Thursday, January 29, 2009

Kilkenny within minutes of major cup shock

Kilkenny College 2 (Billy McEnry, Ben Wallace)Wesley College 2 (Kyle Good, Carl Eggert)

Kilkenny College nearly caused the biggest upset in schools hockey when they played out a 2-2 draw with Wesley College.

Captain Billy McEnry put the hosts in front five minutes into the second half, and it stayed that way until the 68th minute when Kyle Good grabbed an equaliser to break the Cats resistance and a famous upset.

Just a couple of minutes into extra time, Carl Eggert netted a drag-flick but Ben Wallace scored with five minutes left in extra time to tie the game up once more. The two teams will now face off again next week in Wesley College, with the winner to play John Scottus school in Serpentine Avenue.

The winner of that tie will face High School in the semi-final, currently set for February 18, after they recovered from a goal deficit against an emerging Mount Temple.


*Thanks to Marcos Blake for the information.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why is everyone so shocked that Kilkenny nearly beat Wesley. Kilkenny are a full hearted side and are not that bad? Go the cats!!

Anonymous said...

just because the headline says they almost caused a shock doesnt mean it is everyones opinion!

Anonymous said...

either way andrews are goin to win the cup no question

Anonymous said...

Stephen can you cover the school girls senior cup games from now on also, there is no coverage in national press, so you never know who is left in competition until semi final stage

Anonymous said...

Stephen can you cover the school girls senior cup games from now on also, there is no coverage in national press, so you never know who is left in competition until semi final stage

Anonymous said...

Billy McEnery. Up the cats!!

Anonymous said...

What was the score of the St. Andrew's/Sutton game

Anonymous said...

who els do you expect to save the day than kyle and karl , two of the top player in school boys hockey at the moment in my opinion

Anonymous said...

andrews won 7.1!!!

Anonymous said...

In fairness to Kilkenny they played well for them against Wesley but were under pressure for the whole game. Wesley were just getting people back from injury and they hadn't trained properly in over a month. I think it will be very interesting to see what happens on Wednesday. I'm expecting a Wesley win!

Anonymous said...

sounds like excuses 2 me. are wesley the only team to have to deal with injuries? high school were missing their best player but didnt need a replay.

Anonymous said...

up the cats!!

Anonymous said...

who on the replay?

Anonymous said...

it was postponed due to bad weather. its on next monday

Anonymous said...

GO KH. ALL THE WAY TO THE FINAL!