By Stacey Davis
Yarra Junction’s football sides went 3 wins from 3 games this weekend as the Seniors and Reserves both enjoyed good wins against Broadford and with the Women’s side comfortably beating Seville.
The reserves kicked off the day in sunny Broadford, the first quarter being a tight affair. Broadford had better kicking accuracy which gave them a 4-point advantage going into quarter time.
It was all the Eagles from then out, kicking 7 goals for the rest of the game, to Broadford’s 1. Christian Cameron kicked 6 of the Eagles’ 9 goals in a dominant display earning him best on rights, with goals to Ryan Bombinski, Shannon White and Daniel Level to back him up.
The Yarra Junction Seniors started the game strong, in sunny but freezing conditions, keeping Broadford goalless in the first term. Inaccurate kicking from the Eagles had them not in far in front as they should have been. The rest of the game went mostly the Eagles’ way, with a 27-point lead at halftime and running out eventual winners by 48 points. Josh Wall kicked 4 goals for the day with Cooper Holmes given best on honours.
The Yarra Junction Women’s team played a twilight match in Emerald against Seville and were looking for their second win on the trot. A really tight first half had the Eagles leading by 4 points at the main break. After halftime, it was all Yarra Junction’s way, with the Eagles kicking 4 goals and keeping Seville to a single point through great defensive pressure over the whole ground.
Kylie Booker had a stand-out game kicking 3 goals and taking home the best on the ground for the day.
