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2009 Bluewater
Lightning U10 Boys
Game 1
(Wednesday May 6th)
Wallaceburg "A" - 7, Bluewater Lightning - 1
Bluewater played their first game of the season vs a
very strong team from Wallaceburg.
Bluewater came out nervous and tentative in the first
half and at times seemed to be watching Wallaceburg pass
the ball around. Wallaceburg quickly went up 3-0 on two
goals from outside the box that goalkeeper Aidan Manery
did not stand much of a chance on and scored the third
goal on a scramble in front of the net. The luck was
certainly with Wallaceburg on this night as the next
goal went in off of one of Bluewater defenders and just
at the end of the first half, Wallaceburg scored another
goal to lead 5-0. Bluewater juggled the line-up and
came out very strong in the second half. Cameron Adam
scored a nice goal to make it 5-1 but Wallaceburg scored
another goal off of one of Bluewater defenders to
restore the 5 goal lead and then scored on a mad
scramble in front of the net. Colin Yazdani made a
great rush up the field and was taken down in the box
for a penalty shot. Cameron Adam stepped up and took
the shot only to see it hit the crossbar and straight
down and out.
Final score, Wallaceburg "A" - 7 and Bluewater Lightning
- 1.
Game 2 (Wednesday May 13th)
Chatham - 5, Bluewater Lightning - 2
Bluewater Lightning travelled to Chatham to play their
second game of the season. Bluewater had numerous
chances off the get go with Cameron Adam and Jack
Bedard having decent shots on net forcing the keeper to
make some nice saves. Chatham scored half-way through
the first half on a goalmouth scramble that Tracer
Mackay did not even see. Chatham then went up by two on
a shot from outside which Mackay got an arm on but
it skipped in due to the wet conditions. Bad luck
plagued Bluewater again as a long cross skipped off the
grass and struck one of the defenders in the arm,
creating a penalty shot. The Chatham player drilled a
hard shot down the middle which went off of Mackay and
into the net. Bluewater then came out firing in the
second half with Nicholas Iacobelli scoring two
beautiful goals to cut the lead to 3-2. Chatham got one
goal back on a long shot which was just over the reach
of Mackay. Iacobelli then had another great opportunity
on a long shot which the Chatham keeper stopped but gave
up a huge rebound, unfortunately no Bluewater
striker followed up the play to cash in the
rebound. With Bluewater pressing, Chatham scored one
more goal to make the score 5-2. The game was called
with 15 minutes to go due to darkness.
Final score, Chatham - 5 and Bluewater Lightning - 2.
Game 3 (Thursday May 21st)
Bluewater Lightning - 0, Bluewater Thunder - 0
The two Bluewater "U10" teams faced off against
one another in a league game. The players are very
familiar with each other as they have practiced together
for a few months now and have even had some scrimmages
against each other.
Both teams started tentatively with very few scoring
chances early in the game. Jakeb Gray had a couple of
great chances late in the first half for the Lightning
but was stopped by the Thunder goalkeeper. Nicholas
Iacobelli, Jack Bedard and Brendyn Hazlitt also had some
chances but again to no avail. The Thunder had some
nice chances in the first half but Tracer Mackay shut
the door as well.
The second half brought more defensive play from both
teams and few quality chances. Iacobelli took a free
kick from the edge of the box which was stopped by the
Thunder wall and Daniel Wellington put the rebound just
wide.
Cameron Adam, Zachary Matias, Taylor Iacobelli, Colin
Yazdani and Aidan Manery all played solid defensive
games keeping the Thunder sharpshooters to the outside
all day and giving them very little to shoot at.
The final score was Bluewater Lightning - 0 and
Bluewater Thunder - 0.
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