Woori Yallock’s irrepressible on-baller Matthew Stolarcyzk grabs the ball back from the boundary in their Division 1 win against Alexandra on Saturday. 33980 Picture: Kath Gannaway
By Stephen Walter
IN THE end, Monbulk did win comfortably in the YVMDFL first division but it was not a great spectacle.
Gembrook was most competitive for three quarters and only 17 points down at the last break.
But then Monbulk did what good teams do and ran away in the last, booting five goals and holding Gembrook to just the single behind.
Monbulk 12.15.87 d Gembrook 6.7.43
Best – Monbulk: Shannon Koole, David Taylor, Jared Devers. Gembrook: Shane Williams, Nathan Muratore, Alex Schueddekopf.
HEALESVILLE rediscovered some of its early-season form to account for Mount Evelyn, which had been in good form of late.
For three quarters these teams looked evenly matched with Healesville just on top going into the last quarter with an 18-point lead.
The last quarter was all Healesville as it scored 5.5 to the Mounters’ three behinds, the right time for Healesville to start finding form, coming into finals.
Healesville 17.13.115 d Mt Evelyn 10.5.65
Best – Healesville: Casey Adams, Beau Wilkinson, Scott Hill. Mt Evelyn: Terry Tempest, Shane O’Brien, Michael Noonan.
UPWEY had an amazing 71 scoring shots and if it had been a little more accurate this game would have been even more embarrassing for Silvan.
Upwey’s Wade Porter was best afield with a 10-goal haul, Tyson Heinrich was everywhere and Simon Mitchell was outstanding with six. Upwey is now a true flag favourite.
Upwey Tecoma 34.37.241 d Silvan 3.2.20
Best – Upwey: Wade Porter, Tyson Heinrich, Simon Mitchell. Silvan: Daniel Norman, Dean Carswell, James Arundale.
AT HALF-TIME Wandin held a 10-point lead and would have been eyeing off its second win of the season.
But Warburton wasn’t about to let that happen as it found its running game in the second half, kicking 12 goals to two to win comfortably in the end.
It was a disappointing second half from Wandin but Warburton played some outstanding football in the second half. Warburton Millgrove 18.22.190 d Wandin 10.13.73 Best – Warburton: Tim McKail, Scott Muir, Terry Walker. Wandin: John Aumann, Mathew Peterson, Nicholas Crossland.
WOORI Yallock continues to impress and this game was no exception, even though it was against the struggling Alexandra.
It was the way it took its opponent apart from the first bounce, kicking 9.9 in the first quarter and holding Alexandra scoreless, and with a second term of 6.2 to two behinds.
The second half started almost the same as the first with Woori kicking 9.6 to 1.2 but the last quarter was a little more even with Woori scoring 4.5 to 2.3. Woori Yallock 28.22.190 d Alexandra 3.6.24 Best – Woori Yallock: Michael King, Joel Adams, Patrick Sharp. Alexandra: Chris Mullins, Daniel Steel, Adam Oakley.
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EMERALD finds itself two games clear in fifth spot after beating third-placed Seville. Emerald played its best football of the season so far and Seville had no answers while Emerald had plenty of avenues to goal and finished with 11 separate goal scorers.
Emerald’s second half was exceptional, booting 13 goals to three in a real confidence booster.
Emerald 19.14.128 d Seville 6.4.40
Best – Emerald: Matthew Steer, Daniel Porter, Steven Wright. Seville: Rowan Collins, Aaron Abbruzzese, Lachlan Mountjoy.
AFTER Kinglake’s upset win over league leaders Olinda last week they continued this week with a huge 129-point victory over Powelltown.
Another workman-like performance from the Lakers with a 13-goal first half was followed by 15 goals in the second half. With only three weeks until the finals and playing great football Kinglake is going to be extremely hard to beat. Kinglake 28.19.187 d Powelltown 6.12.48 Best – Kinglake: Jarrod Heal, Nathan Wearne, Craig Lovick. Powelltown: Russell Cowan, Luke Darwall, Michael White.
OLINDA bounced back hard from last weekend’s first loss with a big 102-point victory. The team had been wasteful in front of goal this season but turned that around with an accurate 24.12 in difficult conditions.
Olinda should sew up top spot and will be looking at getting its best side on the ground in the next three games before its assault on the flag.
Olinda Ferny Creek 24.12.156 d Thornton Eildon 8.6.54
YARRA Glen got its first win for eight weeks over a determined Belgrave. At half-time Belgrave looked the better side, going to the long break with a 15-point lead. After the break it was a different Yarra Glen side that played some of its best football for the season kicking 6.6 to just 1 behind and in the last kicking another six to two. Yarra Glen 16.21.117 d Belgrave 9.11.65
Best – Yarra Glen: Jason Ball, David Watt, Peter Moate. Belgrave: Jacob Meyer, Matthew Jones-Bates, Darren Sidebottom.
YARRA Junction booked a spot in the finals with a seven-goal win over Yea. Yarra Junction was always in control and never threatened. Yarra Junction 10.14.74 d Yea 5.2.32 Best – Yarra Junction: Aaron Pimlett, Daniel Edwards, Travis Selby. Yea: Chris Graham, Patrick McKenna, Don Ali.
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DIVISION 1 AND 2
SEVILLE produced a great four-quarter effort in which Emerald could not match its running power. That took Seville one game clear in fourth spot and it can start looking forward to finals action. Seville (D2) 15.14.104 d Emerald 6.5.41 Best – Seville: Thomas Groen, Steven Morgan, Tommy Estcourt. Emerald: Nick Jansen, Nick Green, Paul White.
MONBULK came away with a hard-fought win over a determined Gembrook. Monbulk looked the better side for most of the day but it took until the last quarter to finally shake off its opponents. Monbulk (D1) 9.14.68 d Gembrook Cockatoo (D1) 6.11.47
Best – Monbulk: Benjamin Bedford-Lee, Sam Whittington, Max Weickhardt. Gembrook: Damian Rozenboom, Jason Bova, Brett Pye.
AFTER an even first quarter with both teams on 3.1 Healesville slowly started to get on top. Healesville’s Jarrod Sund continued his good form in front of goals with six as the Bloods won a hard game by 20 points.
Healesville (D1) 12.8.80 d Mount Evelyn (D1) 9.6.60
Powelltown (D2) 10.15.75 d Kinglake (D2) 5.10.40
Upwey Tecoma (D1) 10.12.72 d Olinda Ferny Creek (D2) 9.11.65
Warburton Millgrove (D1) 13.20.98 d Belgrave (D2) 4.6.30
Woori Yallock (D1) 8.6.54 d Alexandra (D1) 7.9.51
Yarra Junction (D2) Bye
