Sports Mosaic
ENDING THE LOSING STREAK Crvenka’s handball players beat Loznica 30:23 in front of their home fans in the 15 round of the Super B League championship; the half-time score was 15:11. After three consecutive defeats, Radisav Kovačević’s team thus recorded its first
BREAKING THE LOSING STREAK
Crvenka’s handball players beat Loznica 30:23 in front of their home fans in the 15 round of the Super B League championship; the half-time score was 15:11. After three consecutive defeats, Radisav Kovačević’s team thus recorded their first spring victory and improved their prospects in the fight to stay in the league.
“A very important win for restoring the team’s confidence, because three consecutive defeats were certainly unpleasant. But we have got past that, and now we are looking ahead to the next matches with much greater optimism,” said Crvenka’s coach Radosav Kovačević.
Crvenka's top scorer was captain Dragiša Račić with 11 goals scored. Crvenka are eighth in the standings with 11 points, and now have a three-week break ahead of them. Crvenka are idle in the next round, followed by a break for the Easter holidays, so they will not play their match against Kikinda in Kikinda until after Easter.
AND NOW, THE “LIONS”
Sivac's handball players secured a valuable win in Jabuka, defeating Dolovo 25:17 in a match in the 14 round of the First League, with the halftime score at 12:8. With this win, the players from Sivac properly avenged their autumn draw with Dolovo in Crvenka. Once again, the most prolific player for Sivac was Marko Čabai with 11 goals. Sivac 69 is second in the standings with 21 point, and in the next round hosts the league leaders, Bačka Palanka's Lavovi.
“We are sticking to our plan of taking it one match at a time. We started the championship fully committed, recorded three consecutive wins, and took advantage of the leaders’ slip-up. Now we are breathing right down their necks. We will do everything we can, with the help of our fans, to ‘tame’ the Lions and take over top spot,” says the coach of Sivac’s handball team. Branko Žeželj.
The match between second-placed Sivac and the league leaders Lavovi was supposed to be played this weekend, but the Vojvodina Handball Association accepted Lavovi’s request to postpone the match because they are playing away in Luxembourg. The season’s derby—at least, that is what the people of Sivac will be hoping for—will most likely be played on 7 April.
WOMEN’S HANDBALL TEAM RESTS
Our other first-league team, Laki, had this weekend off. The young women from Crvenka were supposed to play Želja in Žabalj on Friday, but the home team requested that the match be postponed due to bad weather, so the Želja–Laki match will be played in Žabalj on 3 April. This weekend, Laki were due to host leaders Sloven from Ruma, but the visitors requested a postponement, so that match will be played at a later date. Laki are currently fifth in the table with 15 points and a game in hand.
SNOW HALTS THE SERBIAN LEAGUE
After two consecutive wins, Odžaci, who compete in the Serbian League, Vojvodina Group, and are based in Kula, were due to visit Pančevo last weekend to play Železničar. However, due to bad weather, the Vojvodina Football Association postponed the entire 18 round of the championship, so Kula’s Odžaci will play their match in Pančevo on 1 April. In the first two rounds, Odžaci first beat Radnički in Šid 5:0, then Dunav from Stari Banovci in Kula 5:1, and with 28 points they are currently seventh in the league table.
MALOST HANDS OVER THE “WOODEN SPOON”
In the 18 round of the Sombor District League, Crvenka, the league's second-placed team, beat Hajduk Junior 3:1 in Odžaci. Crvenka's scorers were Kišjuhas, captain Milan Subotić and KerekešIn the bottom-of-the-table derby played in Kruščić, Mladost, who had been last before the match, defeated Hercegovac from Gajdobra 2:1, thereby handing the visitors the “wooden spoon.” Mladost's goals were scored by Radak and Pap. Kula lost 1:0 to league leaders Stanišić at Geder. Rusin drew 2:2 at home in Ruski Krstur against Budućnost from Mladenovo, with the referees drawing criticism because the visitors scored both their goals from awarded penalties. Rusin’s goals were scored by Čizmar and Đukanović. Our fifth representative, Lipar, were due to visit Stari Grad in Bačka Palanka, but the hosts were unable to get the pitch ready in time and requested a postponement. The Stari Grad match was therefore played on Wednesday, but as the text had already been submitted to the print shop, we do not have the result. Crvenka are second in the standings with 38 points, Lipar are seventh with 23 points and a match in hand, Kula are eleventh with 17, Rusin are twelfth with 14, and Mladost are fourteenth with 8 points. In the next round, Crvenka host Slavija from Pivnice, Lipar host league leaders Stanišić, Kula travel to face ŽAK in Sombor, Rusin visit Hercegovac in Gajdobra, and Mladost from Kruščić have a bye.
POLET TAKE THE LEAD
In the 13 round of the first division of the Sombor League championship, Polet's footballers defeated Omladinac from Deronje 3:1 in Sivac. Polet's two goals were scored by Vukašinovićand he also scored one goal Bosnić. The Sivac team took advantage of league leaders Radnički from Ratkovo slipping up and took over top spot with 32 point. In the next round, Polet travel to face Jedinstvo in Ribarevo.
A GOAL IN STOPPAGE TIME
The spring half of the Sombor Intermunicipal League, Second Division, has begun. Kula football club KFK drew 1:1 with Pannonia from Lalić in its spring opener, playing in front of its home fans at Geder. KFK's scorer was Milan Čiča, and it should also be said that the visitors scored the equalizer in stoppage time. With 14 points, KFK is mid-table, and will visit Graničar in Riđica in the next round.
HAJDUK WIN
Hajduk’s futsal players enjoyed success, beating Kačarevo’s Kraljevićevo 4:2 in front of their home supporters in the 15th round of the Vojvodina Futsal League. Hajduk’s goals were scored by Bogovački, Kiš, Husak and IsakovFutsal team Hajduk are eighth in the standings with 18 points, and visit Bečej 2003, the league leaders, in the next round.
DEFEAT IN OVERTIME
In the 22 round of the First Serbian League, Hajduk's basketball players lost to Topola 94:91 away in Bačka Topola, only after five minutes of overtime, as the game was tied 83:83 at the end of regulation time. Following this setback, Hajduk are ninth in the standings with a record of 9 wins and 13 losses, and will host Sloven from Ruma in the next round.
OLD STORY
In the 22 round of the Second Serbian League championship, our teams had mixed results. Playing at home in Crvenka, Sivac’s basketball players beat Spartak OKK 88:77. The Sivac team decided the game in the first half, which they won 50:27. Crvenka’s basketball players lost to Tisa 89:65 while playing away in Bečej. Sivac are tied for second place in the standings with 19 wins and 3 losses, while Crvenka are second from last with 3 wins and 19 losses. In the next round, Sivac will travel to Novi Sad to play Kadet, while Crvenka will host Sloboda, also from Novi Sad.
SURVIVAL SECURED
In the 12 round of the North Group of the First Vojvodina League championship, Hajduk’s women’s volleyball team defeated Soko from Gajdobra 3:1 while playing away in Silbaš. The women from Kula won the first set 25:19, lost the second 25:13, won the third 25:18 and the fourth 25:19, earning a very important victory that definitively keeps them in the Vojvodina League. Hajduk’s women’s volleyball team are eighth in the standings with 9 points and will host CVS from Sombor in the next round.
Đ. Bojanić
