Tough Loss For D.S.S.

Tough Loss For D.S.S.

Caitlin Ottaway

Dunnville Secondary School’s (DSS) boys soccer team travelled to Hagersville on Tuesday, May 22 for the Zone playoffs. Zone consisted of 4 teams including Dunnville, Cayuga, Hagersville and McKinnon Park. The DSS team had already had quite the season, only losing to Cayuga two weeks prior to Zone. The team was feeling pretty confident going into Zone knowing they were playing McKinnon Park. “It was a tough loss losing to a team we had already won against,” said coach Andrew Spence. The team went into Zone looking for a win against McKinnon that would give them a chance to play another game and if won that would put the team through to SOSSA. The team had a tough loss, losing to McKinnon 3-0. A red card and 3 yellow cards were given to Dunnville, meaning one member of the team was ejected from the game due to unsportsmanlike conduct and three others were benched for the rest of that half for the same thing. “This had an impact on our performance,” said Jeffrey Blayney. “ Both teams came to win; McKinnon took it away from us. The team didn’t play to their best ability and it was a tough loss for us,” Blayney added. The boys had a great season, but it just wasn’t their day.