By Alex Woods
Another week of finals for the Burras. We still had C, B and A Netball and both Senior footy teams in.
The morning we started at Yarra Glen with C and B Netball.
It was a tough game for both teams as they took on Belgrave for a preliminary spot.
C Grade started 11-6 down at quarter time.
They managed to stay consistent through the second quarter and were down 19-13 at the halftime break.
In the second half, they managed to stay in it, but it was Belgrave’s game and they took the win by seven goals, with a final score of 29-22.
B Grade took the court next, Belgrave got the early lead at the first break and had a similar lead of 10 goals by halftime.
The girls managed to bring themselves back into the game and were only four goals down at the three-quarter time break.
A strong start in the last quarter saw them soon turn a four-goal deficient into a one-goal lead, but within the last five minutes, Belgrave got a few helpful goals that secured them a win of four but the final siren.
C and B Grade both have now finished for the year and what a great year they both had.
It was now over to Woori Yallock for A Grade and Reserves Footy, both teams taking on Seville.
In the footy, Seville got the lead securing 5.3 to Burras. 3.1 by the halftime break.
The Burras fought hard in the third but Seville managed to add another three goals to their lead to our one point.
Giving them a 33 lead heading into the last.
The Burras had a big last quarter, keeping Seville to only secure four points and grabbing four goals for themselves.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to progress to the prelims and Seville got the win with a final score of 8.9-57 to 7.2-44.
Hudson Semple kicked two goals, Marcel Kocher with two also and Brayden Woolridge, Matt Sidari and Tarkyn Nicolandos all secured one each.
A Grade finished off the netball matches for the day with a challenge ahead of them, this game was to secure the first grand final spot.
The first half was close with only 1 goal between the teams, Seville’s way. Seville had a big third quarter securing 14 goals to Burras six.
Giving them a nice lead heading into the last quarter.
The Burras pushed hard for the final 15 minutes, securing 12 goals but Seville also matched them and secured the win with a final score of 39-49.
A Grade has a second chance, taking on Yarra Glen next weekend.
We then went back over to Yarra Glen to watch the Senior Footy take on Belgrave, hoping to secure their first final win in 18 years.
The first quarter was a close one, Belgrave had a three-point lead at the first break.
The second quarter, what a change. Burras came out firing and kicked a mega 10 goals one behind to Belgrave’s one point.
It was an exciting quarter of footy that got the boy’s momentum going.
But there was still one more half to go.
The third quarter calmed down again, with only one goal kicked for the Burras and also three behinds.
Belgrave secured two goals three behinds in the third, but the Burras still had a nice lead of 89-38 heading into the last quarter.
They managed to keep it going up until the final siren, and with no sign of backing off, they kicked another four goals and six behinds to Belgrave’s three behinds.
The final score was 18-11-119 to 5.11-41 with the Burras progressing into the prelim.
Two Burra teams left in finals, A and Senior Footy.
With two big games happening at Woori Yallock next Sunday.
