Red Bend Catholic College’s under 15 girls have played their way to the top eight in the Bill Turner Trophy.
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The team, comprising of D’arcy Bates, Cassandra Ward, Stephanie Behan, Alison Reeves, Grace Osborne, Ashleigh Ward, Abigail Jones, Lilyanne Corke, Maisy Osborne, Claudia Gorton,Emma Jones, Lauren Cullenward, Sophie Heraghty and Leah Lamb defeated Illawarra regional winners Holy Spirit Bellambi on Thursday to reach the final eight.
With a bye in the first round of the competition the Red Bend side went on to win their next three matches defeating Cowra High 10-0, South Dubbo 5-0 and Bathurst High 2-1.
The win over Bathurst saw them being crowned the Western NSW regional winners, placing them in the top 32 teams in Victoria, NSW and Queensland.
Other teams in the region came from Mudgee, Kelso, Orange and Parkes.
The girls have conceded just one goal to date on their way to the quarters.
All the girls played well on Thursday with Cassandra Ward striking the winning goal.
Their next opponent in the competition will be decided before the end of next week.
The competition attracts about 400 schools from NSW, Queensland, ACT and Victoria – with about 800 teams taking part each year.
About 8000 students are part of the knockout competition in their bid for the trophy.
Pymble Ladies College won last year’s competition.
