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Blenheim High School

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Fortismore School

In an end to end and entertaining encounter it was Blenheim who marched into the third round of the National Cup in the last minute of a great game. 

Blenheim started strongly with Ava scoring after one minute but within four minutes the score was level as Fortismore showed they were no pushovers. Florence scored a great team goal to take Blenheim into the lead, 2-1 at half time. 

The match was evenly balanced on performance and Fortismore took the lead for the first time with a quickfire 2 goals in the first 3 minutes of the second half. Florence, again on the score sheet, pulled Blenheim level with 15 minutes left to play. Fortismore retook the lead from a corner before Holly returned the scores to level with a great finish around a strong goalkeeper. 

With 2 minutes remaining Captain, Hannah rose the highest from a great corner to give Blenheim the lead again, 5-4. From kick off a long ball caused confusion and the clearance fell to Fortismore who leveled with 2 minutes left to play. 

With the game looking like it was heading to extra time, Zoe produced a moment of magic and guided a shot from 20 yards out into the top corner of the net. 

A great advert for school football as the girls, progress into the next round of the National Cup.