By Alex Woods
The Warburton-Millgrove Football Netball Club hosted their last home game against Powelltown and Thornton-Eildon on Saturday for the Women’s Footy.
The morning started with D Grade netball, the team started strong with a 23-4 lead at halftime. The second half was the same with the final score being 42-8. Sienna Muir scored 17 goals, Brooke de Pedro scored 13, and Holly Cole scored 12. Sienna Muir, Brooke de Pedro and Layla Ata were the top performers for the match. The team currently sit fourth on the ladder with one match to go.
The Women’s footy ran out wearing pink for breast cancer awareness in honour of one of their teammates, Nicole Lumsden, and all of those affected in some way. Nicole also ran out for her first match after her diagnosis. This game was also the last game for the Women’s Footy before hitting finals next weekend. The team had a solid start, kicking 5.6 to T/E 1 goal, in the first half. They continued with their strength and momentum and came home with a win 10.16-76 to 3.0-18. Emerson Woods kicked 3 goals, and Jasmine Enever and Madi Ward both secured 2 goals each. Maddi Andueza, Nicole Lumsden and Sally McIntosh all grabbed one each. Emerson Woods, Sally McIntosh, Lilian Pagels, Tamika Ferguson, Natasha Atwell and Nicole Lumsden were the top performers. The team finished third on the ladder and will take on Officer in an Elimination Final on Saturday.
C Grade also had a great start, with a 29-7 halftime score. They carried on the game the same way it started, leaving Powelltown to only secure another 5 goals, and grabbing another 27 for themselves. The final score was 56-12, with Ashlyn Hermansen shooting 36 goals, Mel Hancock with 18 and Courtney Lever with 2. Top performers were Cam Partel, Courtney Lever and Stephanie White. The team is currently third on the ladder.
B Grade finished off the netball for the day. Powelltown had a 3-goal lead at the first break and also at the halftime break. They managed to switch the game going into the second half and secured a 6-goal lead at 3-quarter time. They carried the game in the last term and got the win 47-33. Tayla Ferguson shot 21 goals, Alex Woods with 18 and Zoe Timoney with 8. Chelsea Barnard, Tayla Ferguson and Gabrielle Woods were top performers. The team currently sits fourth on the ladder.
Reserves also had a strong game in the first half, 11.10-76 and Powelltown’s 1 point. The team had a mega second half, securing another 100 points to Powelltown’s 1. They secured they secured the win with a final score of 26.22-178 to 0.2-2. Ash Taylor had a big game kicking 7 goals, Damien Egan secured 5, and Marcel Kocher with 4. Tyler Bert, Nate Lucas, and Matt Sidari all grabbed 2 each and Liam Barnard, Brayden Ferguson, Caelen Flynn and Jamie Nelson all got 1 each. The Reserves are sitting fourth on the ladder with one game to go.
Seniors took the field and finished off the day. 7.9-51 to 0.3-3 was the quarter-time score, and the second quarter was much the same, heading into the halftime break with a lead of 88 points. They came out for a big second half, grabbing another 6 goals and 3 behinds in the third and then another 12 goals and 4 behind in the last. They secured the win by a massive 199 points, with the final score being 32.21-213 to 1.8-14. Bailey Humphrey kicked 8 goals, Liam Westlake with 6, and Trent Elliott grabbed 3 goals also. Tom Baker, Jack Farrugia, Lachy Hewitt and Tim McKail all grabbed 2 each. Tom Barr, James Iacono, Jack Lee, Dylan Walker, Harry Rothwell, Hudson Semple and Josh Sharp all grabbed 1 each, too. Top performers were Bailey Humphrey, Brayden Woolridge, Liam Westlake, Thomas Baker, Trent Elliott and Josh Sharp. The senior boys are sitting third on the ladder, currently.
Yarra Glen next week for the last game in the Home and Away Season.
