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LODDON VALLEY FOOTBALL-NETBALL LEAGUE GRAND FINAL SPORT
TRIUMPH: Bridgewater
B-grade playing coach Kym
Childs.
Flag hat-
trick for
Mean
Machine
BRIDGEWATER has secured
a trio of premiership wins,
with victories in the B-grade,
C-grade and C-reserve.
The Mean Machine de-
feated Maiden Gully YCW
51-37 in C-reserve, with Tes-
sie Symes best on court; beat
Newbridge 40-28 to claim a
third-straight C-grade flag
with Claire Harrison best
on court; and came from
behind to beat Maiden Gully
55-54 in the B-grade.
Mean machine B-grade
coach Kym Childs said she
was impressed with her
teams effort to regroup fol-
lowing a four-goal loss to the
Eagles in their semi-final,
despite finishing the season
as minor premiers.
We had to fight our way
back into the grand final and
today we showed how to do
it, she said.
I thought we were gone
for (in the final quarter),
there was a turnover at the
end and we got up by a
couple (of goals), and I was
just hoping there just wasnt
much time left.
Fortunately there wasnt
much left on that timer.
The Eagles Christie Grif-
fiths was best on court in
her's sides B-grade loss.
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PREMIERSHIP THRILLER: Maiden Gully YCW's 17-and-under team survived an overtime battle and a spirited Bridgewater to claim the flag.
Eagles future bright
17 & 15-UNDER
BY KIERAN ILES
MAIDEN Gully YCW has laid
the foundations for a bright
future with a pair of superb
junior grade LVFNL grand
final wins.
The Eagles started the day
in style with their under-15s
racing to a 59-46 premier-
ship win over Pyramid Hill.
They followed up with a
dramatic overtime victory
against Bridgewater in an
enthralling 17-and-un-
der contest.
Scores were locked at
45-apiece following an in-
tense 60 minutes of netball,
necessitating two extra five
minute halves.
The Eagles got the jump on
the Mean Machine to notch a
6-4 lead after the first period,
before sealing a thrilling
55-53 win after both sides
scored four goals to close out
the game.
T H E R OA D T R I P CO N T I N U E S
DOMINANT: The Eagles scored the first of two junior flags in the 15-and-under clash
against Pyramid Hill. Picture: KIERAN ILES
The flag win reversed a
two-goal loss to the Mean
Machine in the second
semi-final and did not come
without some drama.
Maiden Gully YCW was
without its star goaler Tess
Keating, who injured her
ankle while playing for Sand-
hurst in a Bendigo Strathdale
at
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Netball Association final on
Friday night.
In her absence, Maddi Do-
belli stepped up to produce
a polished display of goal
shooting to be the umpires
choice as best on court.
Eagles coach Jo Artavilla
said she was proud of her
girls efforts to overcome the
loss of their teammate Keat-
ing and withstand several
sustained challenges from
Bridgewater.
We had to change the
line-up, so I couldnt have
asked for more than what
they brought today (Satur-
day), she said.
Maddi Dobelli went they came back fighting."
39
into goals and was just re-
ally strong and played a
great game.
I wasnt overly confident
(going into overtime) as I
knew we only had seven
(players) and theyd be run-
ning out of puff.
But I thought if we could
get ahead just that little
bit we might hold on and
they did.
Eagles 15-and-under
coach Leisa Barry was simi-
larly chuffed with her teams
performance in downing
a persistent Pyramid Hill,
which made it all the way to
the grand final from fourth-
place.
We only had the one loss
against Calivil this season
and have a pretty versatile
team, she said.
There was a chance the
nerves would get to the girls,
and they had a phase where
they dropped off a bit, but