By Alex Woods
This weekend, Warburton-Millgrove ventured up to Yea, the morning started nice and sunny but soon turned for the worse just after lunch.
The Women’s footy played at Monbulk against Monbulk in the morning, it was a tough match set to be hard and fighting for that top two spot. Monbulk took control in the first half, having a comfortable lead of 4.2-26 to 1.3-9. The Burras went in for a much-needed reset and came out stronger in the third qtr. They secured 1.5 in the third to Monbulk’s 1 point and were only 7 points behind heading into the last term. Unfortunately, it was Monbulk’s game today and they came home with an 11-point win. Emerson Woods, Sally McIntosh, Kylie Ockwell, Steph Mackay, Hollie Eckhardt and Madi Ward were all top performers. Jade Mewburn and Emerson Woods both kicked a goal each.
D Grade started the morning up at Yea. The team had a strong start with a halftime score of 2-17. They managed to keep Yea only to score one more goal in the last quarter, and get another 20 for themselves. The final score was 3-37, with Sienna Muir putting up 17, Holly Cole with 13, Maddie Loveless with 4 and Amarli Weir with 3. Tamin Crunden, Issy Maurici and Layla Ata in the defence were top performers for the game.
C Grade took the court next, they also had a strong start with a halftime score of 7-15. They continued their momentum throughout the game and kept Yea to scoring another 8 and grabbing another 16 for themselves. The final score was 15-31. Ashlyn Hermansen shot 16. Mel Hancock with 11 and Cam Holland with 4. Chantelle Hermansen, Cam Partel and Nicole Winzer were the stars of the match.
A Grade were up next, who also had a good half-time score of 5-30. They continued throughout the game with their skills and speed and got the win 13-62. Bianca Daniels put up 32 goals, Karly Wappett with 28 and Morgan Wyatt with 2. Karly Wappett, Bianca Daniels and Ally Langdon were the top performers for the game.
Reserves started the footy just after midday. They got a strong start kicking 4.3 to Yea’s 1.1. The game was much to the Burras’ way, as they continued throughout with their skills and momentum and got the win 15.6-96 to 2.5-17. Damien Egan had a mega game kicking 7 goals, Mick Walker kicked 2, and Dave Bedggood, Matt Sidari, Tyler Bert, Daniel Schlueter, Chad Currey, and Daniel Hewitt all got 1 each. Josh Sharp made a return from injury and earned himself in the top players, Dave Bedggood, Damien Egan, Harry Rothwell, Mick Walker and Caelan Flynn were also stars of the match.
B Grade finished off the netball and the rain decided to join and didn’t stop for the remainder of the day. The game started Yea’s way and the halftime score was just 2 goals between them. The rain was pouring, which made for heavy conditions. Yea had a 6 goal lead heading into the last quarter, but the Burras managed to find some momentum in the last to slowly bring it back. Unfortunately, Yea secured the win by just 1 goal. Alex Woods shot 15 goals, Tayla Ferguson with 8 and Zoe Timoney with 4. Chelsea Barnard, Gabby Woods and Alex Woods were top performers in the game.
Senior Footy finished off the game in terrible conditions. The rain was pouring and the oval was extremely wet and muddy. The boys started strong with a 1.0-6 to 3.4-22 lead at the first break. The second quarter was more to Yea’s way with them kicking 2.3 to Warburton-Millgrove’s 1 point, with the Burra boys having a 3-point lead heading into halftime. In the second half, they managed to take control and secure the win by 15 points. The final score was 5.10-40 to 3.7-25, Trent Elliott, Tom Baker, Tom Barr, Lachy Hewitt, and Tom Marr all secured 1 goal each. Mitch Gordon, Andrew Trende, Jack Lee, Trent Elliott, Nelson Aldridge and Dylan Walker all were top performers for the day.
Warburton-Millgrove hosts Powelltown next week for their last home game for the year.
