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Eagles Alive In Fight To Stay Up
STRATHMORE Community Bank Premier Division’s relegation rollercoaster ride took another big turn with Airport West defeating Glenroy on Saturday.
In what was one of the closer games of the day around the EDFL, Airport West managed to break clear of Glenroy in the second quarter at Sewell Reserve with five goals to two, establishing control from there.
Damandeep Aujla’s outstanding season continued, finishing with three goals while youngster Ethan McShanag also booted three and was best-on-ground in the 11-point win.
The Eagles are now equal with Avondale Heights at 2-11 with a huge Round 17 clash at Canning Reserve looming between the two sides.
Glenroy is six premiership points ahead of both the Heights and Eagles with five games to play.
GLENROY | 3.1-19 | 5.1-31 | 8.5-53 | 11.7-73
Goal Kickers: A. Winter 3, J. Brewster 3, A. Del Busso 2, L. Ronaldson, D. Riley, R. Nilsson
Best Players: A. Del Busso, T. Nilsson, A. Winter, J. Brewster, A. Smrdelj, A. Greaney
AIRPORT WEST | 2.4-16 | 7.7-49 | 10.8-68 | 12.12-84
Goal Kickers: D. Aujla 3, E. McShanag 2, J. McVeigh 2, G. Nabbout 2, T. Young 2, A. Aloi
Best Players: E. McShanag, L. Di Sebastiano, B. Nelson, M. Mammoliti, A. Daw, R. Hackney
Stars Edge Out Lions At NJO
MARIBYRNONG Park’s finals hopes were dealt a big blow at the hand of Essendon Doutta Stars on Saturday.
The Lions entered the Round 13 clash on the back of three successive wins and throughout the first half, looked the better side at Nipper Jordan Oval.
Poor conversion in front of goal plagued the Lions in the second half, eventually squandering a 14-point half time lead to go down by two points in a low-scoring thriller.
Douttas kicked four goals to one in the second half to claim its fifth win of the season, with Mitch Day and the returning Mitch Jensen both kicking two goals in tough conditions.
Campbell Wearne was the best player on the ground for the victors.
Maribyrnong Park remains one win ahead of the Stars and while both remain in the finals hunt, they will need to significantly improve their respective percentages in order to qualify for the finals in five weeks’ time.
ESSENDON DOUTTA STARS | 2.0-12 | 4.2-26 | 6.3-39 | 8.6-54
Goal Kickers: M. Jensen 2, M. Day 2, J. Schroder, J. Roumeliotis, P. Brookes, J. Rogers
Best Players: C. Wearne, B. Meyers, P. Willach, K. Hardingham, C. Lill, P. Brookes
MARIBYRNONG PARK | 4.2-26 | 6.4-40 | 6.7-43 | 7.10-52
Goal Kickers: J. Breust, B. Ryan, R. Mutch, J. McKenzie, J. Cornell, J. Davey, G. Abboud
Best Players: J. McKenzie, M. White, D. Oliver, S. Clarke, J. Cole, B. Ryan
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Shore Factor No Issue For Eagles
CRAIGIEBURN kept itself in touch with the Division 1 top two with a dominant 63-point win over West Coburg on Saturday.
The Burgers, playing their third and final home game at Shore Reserve for the year, led by six points at half time after recovering from a slow start, but were completely blown out of the water by a rampant Eagles outfit after the main break.
Craigieburn piled on 14 goals to four in the second half, with Brent Gordon and Billy Morrison (best-on-ground) both starring up forward with four goals apiece.
Shannon Smith and John Bellino also contributed well up forward with three goals each of their own.
With four games to play, Craigieburn remains two wins behind second-placed Tullamarine while West Coburg is now three games off the finals pace and must win this weekend’s EDFL Match of the Day broadcast game at Hillside to remain in the hunt.
WEST COBURG | 3.1-19 | 9.4-58 | 12.4-76 | 13.6-84
Goal Kickers: A. Careri 3, M. Miller 2, J. Martini 2, L. Bowkett 2, D. May, S. Mete, T. Baravi, T. McRostie
Best Players: D. Lucas, T. McRostie, M. Miller, D. Doherty, A. Careri, K. Elhaouli
CRAIGIEBURN | 6.2-38 | 8.4-52 | 16.8-104 | 22.15-147
Goal Kickers: B. Gordon 4, B. Morrison 4, S. Smith 3, J. Bellino 3, C. Viani 2, C. Anderson 2, R. Bongetti, A. Righele, S. Boyall, N. Perrone
Best Players: B. Morrison, J. Davies, D. Micallef, B. Gordon, J. Vilinskis, J. Young
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Improved Lions Eyeing Top Two Finish
COBURG Districts reasserted itself as one of the form teams of Strathmore Community Bank Division 2 by pulling away from Hadfield late on Saturday.
Two first half goals from Khoder Rabah and Daniel Midolo saw Hadfield get an early jump on the Lions and lead by 14 points at half time.
But from there, the game’s remaining five goals were all kicked by Districts.
The Lions were again well led up front with three goals from Tom Gleeson while Matthew Vesnaver and Josh Cauchi both starred in the 18-point win.
It was Districts’ fourth consecutive win with winnable games against the Northern Saints and Keilor Park still to come before the finals kick off on August 24.
In between those games, however, is a date with the undefeated Sunbury Kangaroos.
The Lions are now one of three teams at 8-4, with second spot now up for grabs.
HADFIELD | 3.0-18 | 6.3-39 | 6.5-41 | 6.5-41
Goal Kickers: K. Rabah 2, D. Midolo 2, Z. Polizzi, O. Taleb
Best Players: Z. Polizzi, B. Smith, J. McKerchar, O. Taleb, A. Trende, M. Dalpiaz
COBURG DISTRICTS | 2.2-14 | 3.7-25 | 6.8-44 | 8.11-59
Goal Kickers: T. Gleeson 3, M. O’Dea 2, M. Vesnaver, T. Lucin, J. Slavich
Best Players: M. Vesnaver, J. Cauchi, M. Osterman, M. O’Dea, B. Fisher, T. Lucin
Fog Envelops Thunder Late
MOONEE Valley is also at 8-4 after coming back from a 22-point three-quarter time deficit to beat East Sunbury on Saturday.
The game was on East Sunbury’s terms for much of the day with Kane Murfett, Shane Lindsay and Tom Cree all play well for the Thunder.
But the Fog stormed home in the last with six unanswered goals to come away with a very important 15-point win.
Jordan Faba finished with three goals in the absence of Rocky Ferraro while Zac Di Giuseppe scored best-on honours.
The win didn’t come without incident, however, with star utility Braden Padmore set to miss the next fortnight of games after accepting a two-week set penalty for striking Cree in the second quarter.
He’ll miss games against Hadfield and Keilor Park but be eligible to return for the important final round home game against the Sunbury Kangaroos.
EAST SUNBURY | 1.2-8 | 7.4-46 | 9.6-60 | 9.8-62
Goal Kickers: K. Murfett 2, T. Godsell 2, C. Schofield, D. Shaw, L. Brne, C. Lever, C. Kendall
Best Players: S. Lindsay, T. Cree, C. Kendall, J. Waldron, T. Godsell, C. Lever
MOONEE VALLEY | 3.2-20 | 4.4-28 | 5.8-38 | 11.11-77
Goal Kickers: J. Faba 3, T. Wilson 2, L. Ryan 2, B. Padmore, S. Milne, K. Tankard, K. Thomas
Best Players: Z. Di Giuseppe, D. Brooks, J. Moussa, R. Ryan, A. Velicki, T. Wilson
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Sharks Send Warning To Upcoming Finals Foe
HILLSIDE will enter this Saturday’s sudden death Elimination Final against Burnside Heights a warm favourite after easily defeating the Bears at home on Friday night.
Rachael Burton and Fiona Pazsa each finished with two goals as the in-form Sharks piled on 12 goals to three in the cruisy 61-point win.
The game was essentially over by quarter time after Hillside kicked the first five goals of the game and managed to keep the Bears scoreless at the other end.
Carrie-Anne Lynch and Ebony Wilkie also starred for the Sharks, while Brodie Stevens was Burnside Heights’ best.
Despite the result, Burnside Heights still finished above Hillside on the final ladder at 9-5 but fell six premiership points short of a top three finish, setting up a re-match with the Sharks this Saturday at Ormond Park.
The winner will play the loser of the Qualifying Final between Keilor and the Sunbury Kangaroos.
Click here for Week 1 finals fixtures in EDFL Women’s - Premier.
HILLSIDE | 5.2-32 | 7.3-45 | 10.6-66 | 12.9-81
Goal Kickers: F. Pazsa 3, R. Burton 3, R. Jackson 2, E. Paterno, L. Wood, R. Coleman, E. Wilkie
Best Players: C. Lynch, R. Burton, E. Wilkie , A. Wilkie, M. Higgins, B. Johnson
BURNSIDE HEIGHTS | 0.0-0 | 2.1-13 | 3.2-20 | 3.2-20
Goal Kickers: B. Stevens, Z. Pavlides, M. Cooper
Best Players: B. Stevens, T. Russell, K. Trang, M. Cooper, H. Rogers, K. Ravanello
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Devils Hit Top Form Before Finals
KEILOR Park will enter the EDFL Women’s - Division 1 Finals Series in hot form after easily accounting for fellow finalist, Roxburgh Park on Saturday.
Samantha German was on fire up forward with seven goals as the Devils managed to kick away from the Magpies after holding an eight-point lead at quarter time.
Keilor Park kicked seven unanswered goals after the first break to score an impressive 50-point win, with Holly Bauerle and Caitlyn Simon both starring for the victors.
Young gun Haylea Cooke was Roxburgh Park’s lone goal kicker.
The Devils will enter this Saturday’s Qualifying Final against Moonee Valley on the back four consecutive wins, while Roxburgh Park has an Elimination Final date with Maribyrnong Park.
The winner of that will play the loser of the Qualifying Final between the Fog and the Devils.
Click here for Week 1 finals fixtures in EDFL Women’s - Division 1.
KEILOR PARK | 2.2-14 | 7.2-44 | 8.2-50 | 9.6-60
Goal Kickers: S. German 7, C. Simon, C. Macumber
Best Players: H. Bauerle, C. Simon, A. Armstead, R. Szabo, C. Macumber, S. German
ROXBURGH PARK | 1.0-6 | 1.0-6 | 1.3-9 | 1.4-10
Goal Kickers: H. Cooke
Best Players: K. Birmingham, E. Wain, J. Boreham, K. Carroll, K. Wild, R. Evangelou
