By Stacey Davis
After the bye last week our seniors and reserves were keen to head up the hill to take on Powelltown in what is always a great match up.
Our reserves started the game strong with John Holmes kicking the first two goals for us, however, we still headed into the first break a goal down. The second quarter was a tight contest but saw Powelltown take the lead at the major break by 3 points. After a half time rev up from the coach, the players came out firing and were able to take a 10-point lead at three-quarter time before piling on 4 goals and keeping Powelltown scoreless in the last quarter to run out eventual winners by 35 points. Ben Payne, Trent Fennell and Jordan Moloney were our best players for the day.
The seniors didn’t have a great start to their game, with Powelltown taking a 23-point lead at quarter-time The second quarter was a much more even contest but the team still had some catching up do it, trailing at the main break by 14 points. After the halftime break, it was goal-for-goal for a while, before we got two in a row to bring it back to a 1-point game. The last quarter was a tight and hard-hitting contest, but The Eagles wanted it more kicking 4 goals to The Demons 3. Cooper Holmes had the match-saving smother (albeit with his head) and was amongst the best, while Ewan Wadsworth and Josh Wall also had solid performances
Our Netballers didn’t have a great day on the court.
D grade started off strong and managed to reduce the scoreline from last time the sides met, but Powelltown were much to strong. Beverley Tranter was best on the court. C grade started off slow which set the scene for the rest of the game. Lots of silly mistakes from the girls meant Powelltown got away to a strong lead and never looked back. Best on went to Teagan Hulten. B grade also started slowly however showed improvement over each quarter which was good to see. Hana Hietkamp was a stand out on the day for The Eagles.
It was a tight contest in the A grade with the lead changing many times. At one point we were up by 6 however a few costly mistakes saw Powelltown claw the lead back, eventually winning the game by 4 goals. Jodie Terry was best on for the day.
Next week sees us back at home to take on Warburton Millgrove in the men’s football and netball while our women’s side takes on Olinda-Ferny Creek. We will also be hosting our Past Players and Sponsors day and our annual Goods and Services Auction that night. We look forward to seeing a big crowd at the Yarra Junction Recreation Reserve to cheer our teams on.
