Strong wins for Burras over local rivals Yarra Junction

Tom Marr dishes off a handball in his 150th game. Picture: SUPPLIED

By Alex Woods

Warburton-Millgrove was at home this weekend and hosted Yarra Junction for Netball and Men’s Footy and Monbulk for Women’s Footy.

D Grade started the day, they managed a strong start of 20-6 at half time. They kept YJ to only 4 goals in the third and left them scoreless in the last quarter to take home a 35-10 win.

Holly Cole shot up 14 goals, Maddie Loveless with 15, Sienna Muir and Brooke de Pedro both contributed 3 each. Maddie Loveless, Sienna Muir and Tamin Crunden were the top performers for the match.

The Women’s footy started the morning on the field with a tough battle against also undefeated, Monbulk. They started strong, kicking 2.1 to Monbulk’s 1 goal. Monbulk started to pick up their momentum and secured a few scores to only be 2 points behind the Burras at three-quarter time.

Unfortunately, Monbulk came strong in the last and secured a goal after the siren to take home the win. The final score was 4.4-28 to 5.4-34. Lillian Pagels and Jasmine Enever both secured 2 goals each. Sarah Wilcox, Ann Ito, Katelyn Ruehmer, Madi Ward and Sally McIntosh were all top performers for the day.

C Grade also had another strong game this weekend. They had a nice lead of 23-11 at halftime and continued on throughout, only allowing YJ to score 7 goals in the second half. The final score was 47-18, with Mel Hancock shooting 26 goals, Cam Holland with 12 and Ashlyn Hermansen with 9. Mel Hancock, Courtney Lever and Steph White were all the stars of the match.

A Grade began just after mid-day. Continuing on as the other grades did, they had a nice halftime score of 26-13. They continued as the game went on and finished the day off with a score of 31-59 to continue their win streak. Karly Wappett shot 27 goals, Bianca Daniels with 23 and Ashlyn Elliott with 9. Ally Langdon, Jessie Hare and Bianca Daniels all had big games.

Reserves took the field after the women. The first half was a bit closer but still had a nice lead at halftime of 7.6-48 to 2.3-15. They brought the momentum and ran the game out, only allowing Junction to score 10 points in the third and 1 point in the last quarter, whilst finishing off with a total score of 12.12-84 for themselves. Brett Winzer kicked 3 goals, Matt Sidari with 2 and Nate Lucas, Damien Egan, Marcel Kocher, Raymond Lord, Jackson Jones, Ricky Andueza and Daniel Hewitt all kicked 1 each. Tyler Bert, Nate Lucas, David Barnes, Jackson Jones, Zayden Crunden and Brett Winzer all were stars of the match.

B Grade finished off the netball. Finishing off the day just like the other netball games conducted theirs, with a nice halftime lead of 26-14. They continued on nicely as the quarters went on and finished off the day with 56-30 point game. Alex Woods shot 22 goals, Jordana Butcher with 19 and Tayla Ferguson with 15. Chelsea Barnard, Monique Lee and Zoe Timoney were the top performers of the game.

Seniors finished off the day and ran out for Tom Marr’s 150th game. The secured 5.4 in the first quarter, allowing YJ to secure 1.1 for themselves. They continued on with another strong second quarter and went into halftime with a score of 71 to 22. The momentum went on right until the end and they secured a nice win of 20.9-129 to 5.7-37. David Lever kicked 4 goals, Nelson Aldridge, Tom Barr, Lachlan Hewitt and Liam Westlake with 3, Hudson Semple, Tyson Henry, Brayden Woolridge, Trent Elliott and Tom Marr all secured 1 each. Dylan Walker, Tyson Henry, Trent Elliott, Tom Marr, Dale Morris and Josh Sharp were all top performers for the game.