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DALKEITH ARE THE CHAMPIONS
DALKEITH High School under-13s claimed their first East and Midlothian SFA title since 1994 in some style at Tranent, defeating Ross High by 6-1, writes JOHN FRAME. In the opening quarter it was the home side, needing a point themselves to claim the title, who dominated creating numerous half-chances . Dalkeith gradually began to find their feet but found themselves caught out repeatedly by the Ross offside trap. After seeing a goal disallowed the visitors got the opener on 25 minutes and it was a goal worthy of winning any match. The stylish David Honjigowa collected the ball in his own half, showed the presence of mind to hold the ball as the Ross defence rushed out, then ran the length of the park before beating the home goalkeeper and rolling the ball home into an empty net.. Right on half time Dalkeith doubled their advantage when Reece Masters shot home from close range. The match was effectively settled two minutes after the restart when Robbie Martin outpaced the home defence to shoot home. Ross came close to reducing the leeway on two occasions but found netbound shots cleared brilliantly by a hard working Dalkeith defence who were not prepared to give anything up. . William Robertson found space on the right to add a fourth for the visitors before Kyle Williamson scored a spectacular goal to narrow the margin. Dalkeith were not to be pulled back and before the final whistle both Martin and Masters claimed their second goals of the day to make the final score 6-1 and clinch the title.
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