Scarborough Ladies Under-14s surge to 8-0 triumph at York RI & U13s earn home draw
Scarborough made the trip to York and came away with a resounding 8-0 victory.
Visitors Scarborough were made to work hard in an evenly-contested first half, but broke the deadlock when Gracie McLaughlin set up Rebecca Addison to fire home to take a 1-0 lead at the interval.
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Hide AdThe visitors came out in the second half with more tempo and got on top of the home team.
McLaughlin helped herself to a hat-trick with two well-taken finishes, with Alesha Grime netting a brace of goals as well.
Addison then notched her second of the day for Scarborough with Brooke Southren completing the scoring for the second-placed side.
Scarborough are level on 24 points with Bishopthorpe White Rose after they defeated visitors Thirsk Falcons 4-2 last weekend, with the leaders having played eight games compared to Boro’s nine so far this season
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Hide AdThe next game for Scarborough Ladies Under-14s is a derby clash at home to local rivals Brooklyn, who sit in sixth spot, while the leaders Bishopthorpe are at ninth-placed Wetherby Athletic.
Scarborough Ladies Under-13s earned a goalless draw at home to last season’s unbeaten league champions York Railway institute at Sherburn.
Both teams started well and had chances but no one seemed to be able to break the deadlock.
Throughout the games Scarborough Ladies were the better team having some good chances which couldn't be converted.
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Hide AdThe closest opportunity went to Lillie Mae Bayes but with some great quick goalkeeping from York RI it wasn't to be and the final score was 0-0.
The girl of the game award went to Bella Shaw who played out of position in defence, this is a different role to what she is used to and she was solid for the full game against a strong Railway Institute forward line.