THE NSW under 15 boys indoor hockey side travelled to Monash University in Melbourne to contest the under 15 national titles with Lithgow’s star Logan Hunter in goals.
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Logan was hoping for a repeat of 2014 when he was a member of NSW gold medal winning side in Brisbane.
It was not to be and after four days of competition NSW finished third and collected a bronze medal.
It was a happy Logan who now has a bronze to go with his gold medal.
He was at his dynamic best in goals and again showed why he is recognised as one of the best young goalies in the state.
NSW’s record was:
Versus South Australia: NSW were too strong leading 6-2 at half time, before winning 10-2.
Versus Western Australia: Against a fired up Western Australia , NSW were down 3-2 at half time.
They rallied to level the scores at 3-all, but with the clock counting down, they had a player sent from the field, and WA scored in the final seconds to win 4-3.
Versus ACT: NSW completely dominated against ACT, leading 6-nil half time and then powered home to win 14-nil.
Versus Victoria: It was tough going for NSW who were up against the home side in front of a vocal crowd.
NSW scored first, but Victoria started to apply the pressure to score the next four goals. NSW replied with three unanswered goals to level the score at 4-all at half time.
NSW were on top in the second half scoring twice more to lead 6-4.
NSW again had players sent from the field with Victoria taking advantage of their extra players to score twice to level at 6-all.
A depleted NSW defended the final minutes and although short, Victoria were unable to breach the NSW defence with Logan outstanding.
Versus Tasmania: This was a step down in class with NSW cruising to a 5-nil lead by half time and continued their onslaught to take the match 9-nil.
Versus Queensland: Against old rivals Queensland, NSW applied the pressure from the beginning and jumped to a 4-1 lead by the break and then showed their class to go on to take the match 7-1.
Semi final versus Victoria: NSW came out looking flat and failed to fire up.
Victoria, spurred on by their local crowd, jumped to a 3-nil lead by half time.
NSW tried hard in the second half, with both sides scoring two goals each, but it was all to late for NSW with Victoria taking the match 5-2.
Again NSW were on the wrong side of the umpire decisions, with numerous cards being awarded, leaving coach Scott Morrison unimpressed with their performance.
Bronze medal play-off versus Queensland:
Queensland, who were quite confident of reversing their previous loss, were keen to take field.
NSW got away to a good start to lead 4-2 at half time.
Again NSW were on the wrong side with the umpires, with nine cards and two penalty strokes given against them, but it did not deter them going onto win 10-4.
NSW coach Morrison was proud of the NSW boys team to win the bronze medal.
“We had players pull out of the team and we just could not do anything right by the umpires,” he said.
Logan will now focus on his field hockey, with the under 18 trials in early February first up on his agenda. Logan is the son on Sandra and John Hunter.