Wagga City Wanderers' youth teams closed out their seasons with mixed fortunes at home on Saturday.
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In a year without finals, the home-and-away season wrapped up at Gissing Oval with two wins and two losses.
The under 13s had a disappointing finish going down 4-1 to Radford. It was only their second loss of the season, having previously only been beaten by minor premiers Canberra Croatia by a goal.
Striker Kade Lyons topped the league with 14 goals. Nine of them came in two big wins in the last five weeks.
In a confusing turn of events, they officially finished third, having apparently played one game less than the team in second. That was after a washed out match was rescheduled, and won by Wagga, but Capital Football made the bizarre decision that postponed games wouldn't count for points.
After a tough season, the under 14 boys had a heartening finish with a 2-1 loss to second-placed Radford.
Wagga finished second from the bottom but weren't far off an upset against an opponent that lost only once all year. Josh Surian was the goal scorer, a week after his hat-trick in their win against Tuggeranong FC.
The under 16s finished fifth after a 2-1 win against Radford College. It was their sixth win in 11 games (they too, curiously, played one game less than the team above them on the ladder). Thomas Yongai (seven) led their goals tally.
The under 18s also sealed a fifth place finish with a 5-4 win against Woden Weston, highlighted by a Tomas Matheson hat-trick. It was their sixth win in nine games. Samson Lucas was the team's leading goalscorer with seven.
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