By Alex Woods
Round 13 was an away match this round at Yarra Junction.
Started off the morning with the 17 & under netball.
The Burras only had the lead by 4 goals at half time with a score of 5-9.
Some changes were made and they recharged their game and produced some more momentum. They shot 16 goals in this quarter to Yarra Junction’s none.
3-quater time score of 5-25 gave the Burras a bit more of a sense of comfort coming into this last term.
Yarra Junction came out harder in the last giving themselves another 8 goals on the board, and us another 6.
Thankfully, our second half managed to give us the 4 points and move on with another win under our belts.
Amarli Weir, Tayah Humphrey and Tahlia Thornton were all named top performers, with Tayah Humphrey putting up 26 goals, Amarli Weir with 4 and Lexi Cole with 1.
D Grade were on after and put on a big performance.
Started off with a strong start of 0-15 in the first quarter.
They carried that on throughout the game, leaving Yarra Junction scoreless for the entire match. Half time score was 0-24 and they kept that momentum going all the way to the end, having a final score of 0-51.
Tamin Crunden, Nicole Cervasio and Cam Partel were all named in the bests, with Cam Partel shooting 29 goals.
Tayah Humphrey shot 16 and Emily Kay made an appearance in goals, shooting 6.
C Grade took the court next trying to redeem themselves after a loss last week against Broadford. The game started close with a 7-all score at the first break.
They carried on with the second quarter and gained a bit more of a lead by 2 goals at half time. They had a much needed reset at half time and came out strong, the defence only allowing Yarra Junction to put up 3 goals while getting 11 to their board.
The last quarter was much the same, except Yarra Junction were left scoreless and C Grade got another 11 for themselves.
The final score was 14-35 and C Grade came away with a comfortable win in the end.
Bianca Fraser, Ruby Kelly and Melanie Hancock were top performers in this game with Mel shooting 21 goals, Cam Holland with 9 and Ella Meerkotter with 5.
Reserves kicked the footy off for the day.
They didn’t have the start they wanted, kicking 5 behinds in the first term, but left Yarra Junction scoreless.
The second quarter came along and it was much more to their favour, they kicked 7 goals and another 3 behinds, giving them a half time score of 0.0-0 to 7.8-50.
They kept the same pace going into the second half, and kept the opposition to only 1.3 for the game.
They got the win with a final score of 1.3-9 to Burras 14.11-95.
Still undefeated and on top of the ladder clear by 4 wins.
Damien Egan and Josh Read both contributed 4 goals each to the win.
Ash Taylor kicked 2 and Marcel Kocher, Tarkyn Nicolandos, Matt Sidari and Aaron Walley all had 1 each.
Tarkyn Nicolandos, Matthew Sidari, Aidan Norfolk, Joshua Read, Kobi Gay and Zayden Crunden were all top players of the match.
B Grade were next in hope for a win.
They got off to a strong start of 2-18 in the first quarter.
They continued onto the second quarter allowing the opposition to shoot 3 goals and getting another 18 for themselves.
The match continued in their favour through the remainder of the match and came out with a full time score of 17-68.
Emily Hay shot 31 goals, Alex Woods with 26 and Jordana Butcher with 11.
Katelin Borondy, Sienna Wyatt and Emily Hay were all stars of the match.
A Grade finished off the netball, the game started strong with a 9-12 scoreline at quarter time.
The second quarter was more in the Burras favour shooting 15 goals to Yarra Junction’s 6.
They continued on strong and the defensive pressure only allowed the opposition to get another 3 goals in the 3rd term, while getting another 18 for themselves.
They continued right until the final siren giving themselves another good win with a score of 24-59.
Ally Langdon, Indiana Pinnock and Shae Gee were all top performers, with Shae Gee shooting 24 goals. Karly Wappett also contributed 28 goals and Bianca Daniels with 7.
Seniors finished off the round.
They got off to a strong start in the first quarter with a score of 1.2-8 to 5.1-31.
The start of the second quarter was more to the opposition’s favour, slowly creeping up but the Burras managed to get away before the half time siren with a few goals.
4 goals up heading into the second half, both teams secured 2 goals each and a couple of behinds.
The last quarter was set to be a big one, the Burras had a reset and came out stronger.
Kicking 4 goals and 3 behinds to Junction’s 1 behind, giving them a total score of 7.10-52 to Burras 16.7-103.
Thomas Marr, Brayden Woolridge, Liam Westlake, Bailey Humphrey, Tyson Henry and Jack Farrugia were all stars of the match with Bailey Humphrey and Liam Westlake both contributing 5 goals each.
Tyler Bert, Trent Elliott, James Iacono, Lachy Marr, Brady Mitchell and Josh Sharp all had 1 each.
Away game at Yarra Glen next week!
