GPS Football: The Southport School have defeated Toowoomba Grammar School 5-3 after an eerie midweek prediction set the scene
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THE Southport School’s First XI measures their strikers on goals so when Lochie Johnston told his coach Joe Dolan earlier in the week he was going to score a hat trick, it proved the ultimate case of foreshadowing.
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On Saturday playing away against Toowoomba Grammar School, TSS succeeded at one of the GPS’s most challenging missions when they walked away with a 5-3 victory.
And while it wasn’t all smooth sailing, the hosts finding the back of the net twice late in the game to make one last charge, Johnston’s stellar individual performance was enough to secure their fourth straight win.
“I was speaking to Lochie earlier in the week and told him you’re going to get another chance because strikers have different personalities to defenders in that they need goals and need to be willing to take their chances and be selfish at times,” Dolan said.
“Lochie is more of a provider but I told him we needed numbers on the board so he told me this week he was going to score a hat trick and he actually forgotten he had said it when I mentioned it to him after the game.
“We knew Toowoomba was going to be a tough ask and we knew they’d lost a few players and the rain was hammering down and we were freezing but to their credit, they didn’t go away.
“It was a great win.
“We won there two years ago and didn’t deserve to but yesterday, we were the better team so it was pleasing to win when we deserved it.”
TSS next take on Brisbane Grammar School at home but will have to monitor the fitness of a few players who picked up slight injuries throughout the match.
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