A FROST-COVERED oval greeted the Under 12s Girls, with their game starting with the temperature below zero.
The girls continued to show their improvement with lots more tackling and possessions in the game.
Estelle Peterson proved to be the match-winner for Yarra Glen, with an outstanding 11-goal haul.
It was tight contest between Woori Yallock Black and Healesville in Under 9s.
There was lots of work required by both defensives sides to repel the scoring opportunities generated.
Another strong performance by the Healesville Under 10s against Olinda, set up by an excellent first quarter.
Their ability to win contested ball, and then share it with their teammates continues to develop.
The Under 11s came agonisingly close to their first win of the season, they came ready to play today and were hard at the ball right from the start.
The Under 11s played great contested football all day.
Even when Upwey got the only goal of the game to sneak in front, the team kept its focus and dug deep to almost get over the line.
By far, the best four quarters by the Under 11s for the season.
The Under 12s had their toughest came for the season.
The half-back line had to work hard to repel the forwards thrust of Olinda.
Healesville capitalised on the work of the half-back line for their scoring opportunities to maintain their unbeaten run.
The final home game of the day was the Under 14s.
It was expected to be a tightly fought game and that is what happened.
Healesville had a slow start, but put it together in the second quarter to be 21 points in front at half time.
Olinda dug deep in the third quarter, and reduced the margin to two points at three-quarter time to set up a thrilling final quarter.
The Healesville outfit outscored the determined Olinda team in the last quarter to win by eight points.
The Under 16s travelled to Woori Yallock in a must-win game to keep them in finals contention.
The Healesville team got out to a fast start in the first quarter, and that was the difference with the two teams, with Healesville managing to hold on to the win after a strong final quarter by Woori Yallock.
Under 16s
Healesville 12.9 (81) d Woori Yallock 10.4 (64)
Goals: M. Walker, G. Schiavello 4, D. Senior, R. Ashby, C. Fulford, L. Mills
Under 14s
Healesville 9.8 (62) d Olinda 8.6 (54)
Goals: M. Donegan 5, C. Oude-Meilink, J. Collings, B. Cummins, J. Willems
Under 12s
Healesville 8.4 (52) d Olinda 4.3 (27)
Goals: S. Gebert 5, C. Weinmann, J. Garvey, A. Daykin
Under 12s Girls
Yarra Glen 14.11 (95) d Healesville 2.2 (14)
Goals: G. Bateman, O. Oude-Meilink
Awards: K. McDonald, E. Gales-Smith, O. Oude-Meilink
Under 11s
Upwey Tecoma 1.3 (9) d Healesville 0.4(3)
Goals: no goal-scorers
Awards: E. Fitridge, C. Brown, C. Long, M. Hirst, J. Drummond
Under 10s
Goals: C. Anderson 4, D. Vorhauer, M. Wallace, J. Johnson, J. Harbinson
Awards: O. Tisbury, R. Rosser, J. Pace, J. Harbinson
