By Alex Woods
On the weekend, the Burras hosted Powelltown at home, with another big day of sport with three football and five netball games.
The U17s netball started the morning, seeking their first win.
They got an early lead with a 17-4 quarter time score and a continued their momentum heading into the last term with a 41-14 score.
They came home with their first victory for the season finishing with 51-18.
Maddie Loveless shot a big 31 goals, Makayla Pye and Belle Shme both had 6 goals and Sienna Muir with 2.
Maddie Loveless, Amarli Weir and Makayla Pye were top the performers.
D Grade took the court next.
They had another big first half securing a 25-4 score heading into the second half.
Another victory for the Burras with a final score of 50-10.
Mel Hancock shot 20, Tayah Humphrey with 17 and Tiahn Syme with 13 goals.
Amy Morris, Kelly Lewis and Mel Hancock were named star players.
C Grade in next – another big start for the team, with a 37-3 half time score and they didn’t slow down in the second half.
65-5 game with Tayla Ferguson putting up a massive 50 goals.
Cam holland contributed six and Sienna Muir with nine.
Top performers were Tayla Ferguson, Cam Partel and Cam Holland.
B Grade took the court and the weather was heating up with the sun shining bright.
A nice first quarter, keeping Powelltown to two goals and securing 22 for themselves.
Powelltown picked up momentum securing 20 goals heading into the last but the Burras were already 37 in front.
Burras secured the win with a score of 73-21.
36 goals for Tanner McCurdy and 28 for Amanda Finn, with Monique Lee also contributing 9.
Top players were Amanda Finn, J’aime Lord and Tegan Butcher.
A Grade completed the netball with another strong start.
40-7 in the first half, Burras way.
They didn’t slow down and produced a 81-9 final score.
Jordana Butcher shot 30 goals, Bianca Daniels with 26 and Karly Wappett with 25.
Star players were Tegan Butcher, Karly Wappett and Ally Langdon.
Women’s footy kicked off at 10am, playing Officer.
49-0 first half, the Burras managed to keep Officer scoreless until the last quarter.
They came home with a 9.18-72 to 0.1-1 win and another victory in the books.
Madi Ward kicked three goals, Scarlett Henderson with two and Sienna Clark, Jasmine Enever, Emerson Woods and Charleen Gray all secured one goal.
Top performers were Madi Ward, Ruby Ross, Emerson Woods, Lily Pagels, Sally McIntosh and Hollie Eckhardt.
The reserves were on after giving a strong half of footy with a 6.11-47 to 0.3-3 half time score.
The Burras came out stronger in the second, extending the lead to have a final score of 14.20-104 to 2.4-16.
Josh Read, Matt Sidari and Tyler Bert all kicked three goals each.
Hudson Semple, Mikey Read, Nate Lucas, Ricky Andueza and Ash Bremner all secured one each.
Top performers were Tyler Bert, Dale Morris, Brayden Ferguson, Josh Read and Ricky Andueza.
Seniors finished off the day.
Another good start from the team with a 14.8-92 to 1.1-7 first half.
The boys came out strong for the second half and continued to kick goals.
26.14-170 to 2.4-16 was the final score with Jack Farrugia, Jake Upton and Liam Westlake all kicked four each.
Tom Barr and Patty Huynh got three each, Nelson Aldridge, Lachlan Hewitt secured two each and Caelan Flynn, Brock Caneva, Brayden Woolridge and Tom Baker all got one each.
Top performers were Pat Huynh, Tom Barr, Jake Upton, Brock Caneva, Jack Farrugia and Tom Baker.
Next week the Burras host Alexandra.
