{"id":371338,"date":"2026-04-20T20:43:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=371338"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:43:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:43:59","slug":"tight-contest-in-kingaroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/04\/20\/tight-contest-in-kingaroy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tight Contest In Kingaroy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_371339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371339\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-371339 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">So close &#8230; Kingaroy went into the break down one goal but it could have been a lot closer!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 20, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wests Wanderers and Kingaroy&#8217;s Division 1 men&#8217;s soccer team played a tense 1-all draw on Saturday night at Tom Alford Oval in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n<p>Wests were ahead 1-0 at the break before Dekota Hetherington scored a goal late in the second half to even the score.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, Kingaroy&#8217;s Division 2 team downed UniSQFC&#8217;s Div 2 in Toowoomba on Sunday with a decisive 4-0 victory.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Goal scorers were Oliver Schultz, Jesse Weier and Harvey Sawtell (plus an own goal!).<\/p>\n<p>This Saturday, the Division 1 men will be back in action at home, taking on UniSQFC at 5:00pm.<\/p>\n<p>Division 2 will be enjoying a much-deserved break.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_371340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371340\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-371340 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer2-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer2-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer2-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260418soccer2-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Action from the fiercely contested clash between Kingaroy Division 1 and Wests Wanderers on Saturday evening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wests Wanderers and Kingaroy&#8217;s Division 1 men&#8217;s soccer team played a tense 1-all draw on Saturday night at Tom Alford Oval in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":371339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,68,6],"tags":[1138],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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