Gympie sports stars break 10-year drought at state schools titles

Gympie football stars Mason Drescher, Jake Nalder and Tristan Venz helped break a 10-year streak for the Wide Bay Under-16 school boys football team at the weekend.

Gympie footballers Mason Drescher and Jake Nalder (captain) after Wide Bay U16s took bronze at the Qld state schools championships at Hervey Bay, breaking a 10-year absence from the top four. Tristan Venz of Gympie was also part of the team but unfortunately missed out on playing in the final due to injury.

Gympie football stars Mason Drescher, Jake Nalder (team captain) and Tristan Venz helped break a 10-year streak for the Wide Bay Under-16 school boys football team at the weekend, steering the team to a bronze finish - the first time it had made the top four in more than a decade.

The Qld School Sports 13-16 Years Boys Football State Championships were held at the Fraser Coast Sports Precinct in Hervey Bay from May 27-30, and the end results in the U16s was the first time in more than 10 years that Wide Bay team placed in the top four.

Sadly for Tristan, an injury meant he had to sit the final game out.

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Wide Bay girls finished tenth in their trials.

Congratulations to all the players who made Wide Bay.