-submitted by Vince Greco
Week 11 proved to be an exciting one. Some big games had big results, and the division placements for teams had some movement.
-Gorge kept pace with the division leaders by handing Bays Utd another loss.
-The Mid Island battle was just that; it was Cowichan sneaking by Nanaimo Utd.
-In an all-around battle at Braefoot – the Game Of The Week did not disappoint. Vic West defeated Lakehill, and there is a new rivalry as teams made new acquaintances on the field as well as post game. Overall, cooler heads prevailed – will be interesting if these teams meet again later this year. Game MVP was Dylan Kirk of Vic West. Honorable mention was Ryan Andre of Lakehill as he scored 2 goals in the losing effort to put him atop the division goal scoring race.
-New Kids Westcastle kept rolling by defeating Vantreights.
-VI Wave were not very hospitable as they sent Comox home with a 6-0 drubbing.
Here are how all the games broke down:
| Bays United Liquor Plus – (D1) | 2 | |
| Gorge FC – (D1) | 5 |
Bays United Liquor Plus – (D1)
Goals: Craig Robertson, Adam Ravenhill
Gorge FC – (D1)
Goals: Colin McDonald, Jordan French, Jon Shah, Aaron Murphy, Drew Brittain
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| Nanaimo United FC – (D1) | 0 | |
| Cowichan FC – (D1) | 1 |
Cowichan FC – (D1)
Goals: Kevan Brown
Shutouts: Darian Achurch
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| Vic West FC – (D1) | 3 | |
| Lakehill FC – (D1) | 2 |
Vic West FC – (D1)
Goals: Matteo Ventura, Bryan Taylor, Derek De Groot
Lakehill FC – (D1)
Goals: Ryan Andre (2)
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| Vantreights – (D1) | 1 | |
| Westcastle United – (D1) | 5 |
Vantreights – (D1)
Goals: Kevin Carrigan
Westcastle United – (D1)
Goals: Koen Schoffner (3), Joshua Walter (2)
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| Comox Valley United – (D1) | 0 | |
| VI Wave – (D1) | 6 |
VI Wave – (D1)
Goals: Kiyoshi Croke, Stefan Klimach, Sylvain Taghaoussi, Rees Goertzen (2), Thomas Mallette
Shutouts: Daniel Zadravec
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Up to date standings:
| # | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | Cowichan FC – (D1) | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | Gorge FC – (D1) | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Vic West FC – (D1) | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Lakehill FC – (D1) | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 | Nanaimo United FC – (D1) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 17 |
| 6 | Westcastle United – (D1) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | VI Wave – (D1) | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Bays United Liquor Plus – (D1) | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 31 | -12 | 11 |
| 9 | Comox Valley United – (D1) | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 28 | -12 | 9 |
| 10 | Vantreights – (D1) | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 45 | -32 | 3 |
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Up to date goal scoring leaderboard with new man at the top:
| 13 | |
| Ryan Andre | |
| Lakehill FC – (D1) | |
| Daragh Fitzgerald | 12 |
| Nanaimo United FC – (D1) | |
| Patrick Nelson | 11 |
| Cowichan FC – (D1) | |
| Jon Shah | 10 |
| Gorge FC – (D1) | |
| Matteo Ventura | 7 |
| Vic West FC – (D1) | |
| Bryan Taylor | 6 |
| Vic West FC – (D1) | |
| Joshua Walter | 6 |
| Westcastle United – (D1) | |
| Nils Webber | 6 |
| Vic West FC – (D1) | |
| Kiyoshi Croke | 6 |
| VI Wave – (D1) | |
| Koen Schoffner | 5 |
| Westcastle United – (D1) |
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Goalkeeper Sutout leaders:
| 4 | |
| Darian Achurch | |
| Cowichan FC – (D1) | |
| Gabe Luger | 3 |
| Lakehill FC – (D1) | |
| Geoff Hackett | 2 |
| Nanaimo United FC – (D1) | |
| Daniel Zadravec | 2 |
| VI Wave – (D1) |
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Looking forward to next week already.
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