“You get tougher by playing out here on the streets; you learn how to work as a team,” said Payton Brown, a rising seventh grader. “It’s just fun to sit here and see what you can do, and you realize your strengths and weaknesses, and you go home and you work at it, and you come back next year and try to be better.”
I d worry for our elite players in the future - Can underage revamp secure the future of football?
Declan Whooley speaks to the FAI, grassroots football and League of Ireland coaches to find out more about the structural changes in underage football and what the future holds for producing quality footballers in this country.
• 9 Apr 2021
RTÉ Sport Online Journalist
Few eyebrows were raised when Manchester United reached the final of the competition. In the group stages Peterborough United looked a capable side, while other category one academies such as Leicester, Wolves and Watford would have fancied their chances of challenging for silverware in the Under-12s tournament.
Natrona Beats Kelly Walsh to Win Miller Cup
The annual Miller Cup wrestling dual between Natrona County and Kelly Walsh is one of the premier events on the prep athletic schedule. Even though the attendance was limited due to the pandemic, there was no shortage of enthusiasm as NC beat KW 42-26 to win the Miller Cup for the first time in 4 years.
The marquee match in this dual was at 145 pounds and featured 2 returning state champions. Kelly Walsh s Analu Benabise won the 4A championship last season at 145 and has been wrestling this season at 152. So he moved down to meet Cyruss Meeks of Natrona who won the 4A state title last year at 138 pounds. This match was a battle of attrition as it was even at 8 all going into the 3rd period. Benabise reeled off 5 points and then a pin in the 3rd period and he is currently the #1 ranked grappler at 152 according to wyowrestling.com while Meeks came in ranked #1 at 145.