VICTORIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Victorian Football League outclassed an honourable Tasmanian State League at Hobart on Saturday.
The TSL kicked the first goals of the first three quarters but the VFL response came thick and fast.
North Ballarat trio Myles Sewell, Dean Towers and Liam Hoy were each in strong form at Bellerive Oval.
Sewell (from Newlyn) chalked up 26 possessions in a star onball unit with Port Melbourne duo Shane Valenti and captain John Baird.
The 24-year-old was named in the VFL's best with Towers, who caught attention for his speed and run from the packs into goal.
Towers (from Colac) lifted his game in a stellar fourth quarter.
Liam Hoy (from Warrnambool) played a solid role in the VFL's tight backlines, which were directed by North Ballarat Roosters coach Gerard FitzGerald.
Hoy has 19 possessions and impressed with his athletic spoil attempts.
VFL 2.5 7.9. 13.13. 20.17 (137)
TSL 1.1. 2.3. 3.6. 3.11 (29)
GOALS - VFL: Haretuku (Frankston) 4, Cain (Port Melbourne) 3, Galea (Port Melbourne) 3, Dwyer (Port Melbourne) 3, Martin 2 (Frankston), Ross (Werribee), Sewell (North Ballarat), Towers (North Ballarat), Marcon (Northern Blues), Osborne (Frankston).
TSL: Lee 2, Musicka.
Frank John medallist (best on ground) - John Baird (Port Melbourne).
VFL best: Baird (Port Melbourne), Osborne (Frankston), Sewell (North Ballarat), Ross (Werribee), Towers (North Ballarat), Cook (Sandringham).
TAC CUP
North Ballarat Rebels have done Victoria proud with a strong 67-point win against the Tasmanian under-18 state team in Hobart.
The TAC Cup match was the Mariners last major hit-out before launching their AFL national under-18 championship campaign next week.
North Ballarat kept their rivals to one goal in the opening half and made their big move in a nine-goal to two second half.
Returned Rebel Jesse Murphy booted three goals while centre half-forward Michael Close was named best on ground.
Rebels debutant Haynde Riley (Redan) was among nine Rebels goal-kickers.
The match was a curtain-raiser to the Victorian Football League's interstate battle against the Tasmanian State League at Bellerive Oval on Saturday.
North Ballarat Rebels 2.1 5.5 9.8 14.10 (94)
Tasmania 0.0 1.5 2.6 3.9 (27)
GOALS - North Ballarat Rebels: Murphy 3 Lockyer 2 Close 2 Willsmore 2 Drew Crouch Riley Blake Lloyd.
Tasmania: O'Byrne Ling Linnane
BEST- North Ballarat Rebels: Close Rippon Lockyer Gleeson Mackenzie Lloyd. Tasmania: Thurlow Jeffery Johnston Walsh Kolodjashnij Ling.
BALLARAT
Ballarat Football League has failed in its bid to fight for number one spot in the Victorian Country Football League next year.
Rival Geelong Football League ran out 27-point victors at Ballarat's Eastern Oval on Saturday in senior football.
Tough Redan onballer Jarrod Edwards won the VCFL medal for best on ground but the BFL named Melton South defender Leigh Burke as its best.
The Sunbury brigade were in strong form, led by Brett Chambers starring on the back flank. Cameron McCabe and Ross Sleight worked hard.
Geelong was effectively one man down for three and a half quarter with one player sustaining a hamstring injury.
But their depth proved hard to match.
Geelong vice-captain Daniel Lovick destroyed Ballarat in the Geelong back lines.
Lovick won the VCFL medal.
FOOTBALL
SENIORS
Geelong 1.2 5.6 9.8 13.12 (90)
Ballarat 4.1 4.4 7.6 10.7(67)
GOALS - Geelong: Bloomfield 2, Hebbard 2, Prismall 2, Sully 2, Batchelor, Hollmer, Lavars, Sheringham, Tutungi.
Ballarat: Jordan 2, Bilton, Cariss, Hobbs, Horbury, McCabe, McNamara, Shea, Sleight.
BEST - Geelong: Lovick, Prismall, Lavars, Tutungi, Bloomfield, Larcombe. Ballarat: Burke, Niblett, Edwards, Chambers, McNamara, Horbury.
VCFL medals: Jarrod Edwards (Ballarat), Daniel Lovick (Geelong).
UNDER-18
Geelong 3.3 7.4 7.8 7.9 (51)
Ballarat 0.0 1.2 2.4 6.8 (44)
GOALS - Geelong: Kelly 3, Finn 2, Halls, Maxwell.
Ballarat: Orval 2, Walker, M. McKay, B. McKay, Bromley-Lynch.
BEST- Geelong: Wade, Eastman, Garner, Devlin, Grabowski, Kelly.
Ballarat: Hill, Mullen, Treweek, Kur, Denham, Schiltz.
Bellarine 4.4 8.8 13.14 19.20 (134)
Ballarat 1.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 (26)
GOALS - Bellarine: Gross 4, Ferguson 3, Patten 3, Bennett 2, Ganley 2, Allitt, Burns, Dreher, Higgins, Ryan.
Ballarat: Gibney 2, Benfield, Trent Angwin.
BEST - Bellarine: Gross, Patten, Bennett, Ferguson, Burchell, Bensted.
Ballarat: Quinlivan, Nash, Olver, Benfield, Mofalesi, Gibney.
NETBALL
SENIORS
Geelong 20 35 52 65
Ballarat 12 23 32 41
GOALS - Geelong: Hoare 51, Vickers 13, Cooke 1
Ballarat: Maika 21, Burns 13, Dalmau 7
UNDER-18
Geelong 11 24 41 55
Ballarat 9 16 20 29
GOALS - Geelong: Horton 47, Post 6, Hickman 2.
Ballarat: Adkins 16, Fidler 8, Grawich 5.
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
Central Highlands Football League claimed a 13-point win against Ellinbank and District at Nar Nar Goon on Saturday.
This was the Highlanders first interleague outing in almost 15 years in the Victorian Country Football Championships.
Central Highlands won the hard slog in the rain.
Tristan May (Newlyn) won the VCFL medal for CHFL.
CHFL captain Adam Sewell (Newlyn) was a star all day in the midfield while Tom Eltringham kicked three goals in the first half in a lively display up forward.
The win lifts CHFL from their ranking of 27 in VCFL standings.
The team sang a Carlton-inspired theme song - "We are the Navy Blues" after the game, having played in the navy blue guernsey.
Victory did not come without its injury concerns. Beaufort's Matt Begbie has sustained a shoulder injury.
CHFL 4.2 6.4 8.4 9.7 (61)
EDFL 0.5 2.9 5.10 6.12 (48)
Tristan May (CHFL) and Leigh Sheehan (EDFL) win the VCFL medals.
Goal-kickers and bests to be confirmed.
UNDER-18
EDFL 6.4 9.6 13.7 16.8 (104)
CHFL 1.2 3.4 6.6 7.9 (50)
Goal-kickers and bests to be confirmed.
MARYBOROUGH CASTLEMAINE
Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League seniors have lost by nine points to the Horsham District Football League in the Victorian Country Football Championships at Princes Park, Maryborough on Saturday.
Horsham dominated the outing, winning all but the senior netball.
FOOTBALL
SENIORS
HDFL 3.3 6.7 8.14 16.17 (113)
MCDFNL 3.4 8.6 12.10 15.14 (104)
GOALS - HDFL: Dixon 6, Argall 4, Milner 2, Wade 2, Stevenson, Turmine 1.
MCDFNL: Christmas 5, Smith 3, Wright 3, Conn, Lawson, Locandro, Robins.
BEST- HDFL: Shannon Argall, James Dixon, Tim Wade, Ash Pekin, Addison Milner, Sam Winfield.
MCDFNL: Corey Lawson, Hayden Kelly, Adrian Conn, Dion Hedger, Casey Robins, Paul Phillips.
UNDER-17
HDFL 2.8 6.9 10.9 10.10 (70)
MCDFNL 0.0 1.1 3.3 7.9 (51)
GOALS: HDFL- Johns 3, Harrison 2, Marshman 2, Hamerston, Salmi, Staude. MCDFNL- Richardson 2, Rendell, Bridgman, Taggart, Field, Driscoll.
BEST: HDFL: Murray Staude, Timothy Carter, Fred Harrison, Sam Jasper, William Marshman, Josh Newton.
MCDFNL: Alex Drsicoll, Dylan Rendell, Nathan Field, Scott Witmitz, Billy Parry, Joshua Fowkes.
UNDER-14s
HDFL 5.2 6.5 7.6 10.8 (68)
MCDFNL 1.1 3.3 5.7 9.8 (62)
GOALS- HDFL: Featherstone 3, O'Connor 2, Bateson, Hallett, Harrison, Ridsdale, Taylor. MCDFNL: Whelan 4, Lynzaat 3, Slorach, Smyth.
BEST- HDFL: Harrison, Taylor, O'Connor, Hallett, McQueen, Smith.
MCDFNL: Lynzaat, Slorach, Squire, Bibby, Whelan, Rinaldi
NETBALL
SENIORS
MCDFNL 11 19 32 40 (40)
HDNA 6 17 26 32 (32)
GOALS - MCDFNL: Parry 34, Guthrie 6. HDNA: Close 17, Wiedemann 12, Mulraney 3.
BEST -MCDFNL: Kimberley Roberts. HDNA: Teagan Lang.
17/UNDER
HDNA 16 29 40 48 (48)
MCDFNL 6 8 15 20 (20)
GOALS- HDNA: Iredell 18, Morgan 12, McLennan 10, Knight 8. MCDFNL: McKnight 9, Tweedle 7, Murphy 4.
BEST- MCDFNL: Rebecca McKnight. HDNA: Nicki Ervin
15/UNDERS
HDNA 13 22 34 45 (45)
MCDFNL 11 16 21 28 (28)
GOALS - HDNA: Avery 23, McDonald 22. MCDFNL: Mason 21, Mills 5, Davies 2.
BEST - HDNA: Alex Lang. MCDFNL: Ellen Mason
13/UNDER
HDNA 8 18 30 44 (44)
MCDFNL 4 10 11 14 (14)
GOALS - HDNA: Breuer 21, McDonald 10, Focroul 5, Baker 3, Schmidt 3, Ledgar 2. MCDFNL: Mills 10, Pike 3, Thompson 1.
BEST - HDNA: Sasha McDonald. MCDFNL: Chloe Wilson.
MININERA
FOOTBALL
SENIORS
Tatyoon 1.3, 3.7, 4.8, 8.16 (64)
SMW Rovers 0.0, 3.3, 7.6, 7.7 (49)
GOALS - Tatyoon: Nicholson 2, Maconachie 2, McDougall, Bird, Panther, Bell.
SMW Rovers: Irving 3, Marshall 2, Leskosek, Cahir.
BEST- Tatyoon: McDougall, Bird, McDougall, Blandford, Barr, Brady. SMW Rovers: Scott, Currie, Box, Forbes, Lodge, Kerr.
Moyston-Willaura 2.2, 4.8, 6.14, 9.15 (69)
Ararat 1.2, 3.3, 3.5, 4.6 (30)
GOALS - Moyston Willaura: Stevens 3, Karslake 2, Peel, Vanderwaal, Guinane, Cronin. Ararat: Jenkins 3, Kelly.
BEST - Moyston Willaura: Day, Vanderwaal, Cronin, Stapleton, Peel, Bywater. Ararat: Wemyss, Bulger, Jenkins, O'Connell, Leggett, Kelly.
Penshurst 5.3, 6.7, 12.10, 15.11 (101)
Glenthompson-Dunkeld 0.0, 3.9, 5.12, 8.17 (65)
GOALS - Penshurst: Ewing 5, Brewster 3, Richards 2, McGregor 2, Eales 1, Ross 1, Ewing 1.
Glenthompson-Dunkeld: Neeson 2, Gould 2, Fort 1, White 1, Brewer 1, Curtis 1.
BEST - Penshurst: Ferguson, Pye, Richards, Brewster, Ewing, Robertson. Glenthompson-Dunkeld: Gould, Currer, White, Bubb, Brewer, McKellar.
Caramut 2.3, 5.5, 6.9, 8.14 (62)
Lismore-Derrinallum 3.2, 4.7, 6.7, 8.9 (57)
GOALS- Caramut: HAYES 3, Robertson 1, Boyle 1, O'Sullivan 1, Barr 1, Dunn 1. Lismore Derrinallum: Smith 2, Stewart 1, Stewart 1, Dudman 1, Henderson 1, O'Sullivan 1, Dudman 1.
BEST - Caramut: Jones, Grinter, Redmond, Barr, Gubbins, Tarbolton. Lismore-Derrinallum: Powling, McPhan, Loader, Stewart, Knight.
Hawkesdale-Macarthur 2.5, 4.10, 8.11, 15.12 (102)
Woorndoo-Mortlake 2.0, 5.1, 7.3, 7.6 (48)
GOALS - Hawkesdale-Macarthur: Nield 3, Reichman 2, Gleeson 2, Reichman 1, Webb 1, Julius 1, Dwyer 1, Buchanan 1, Bos 1, Sholl 1, Johnson 1. Woorndoo-Mortlake: Osborne 2, Johnson 1, Schafer 1, Lucas 1, Murrell 1, Robertson 1.
BEST - Hawkesdale-Macarthur: Reichman, Bos, Julius, Wythe, Reichman, Huglin. Woorndoo-Mortlake: Robertson, Osborne, Grice, Bourchier, Harris.
Wickliffe-Lake Bolac 6.6, 10.12, 13.16, 15.22 (112)
Great Western 1.0, 3.3, 5.4, 7.6 (48)
GOALS - Wickliffe-Lake Bolac: Keys 4, Smith 3, Blake 3, Duff 2, Higgins 2, Willox. Great Western: Notting 2, McCord 2, Bond 1, Cocks 1, Scott.
BEST - Wickliffe-Lake Bolac: Blake, Higgins, Johnson, Keilar, Willox, Smith. Great Western: Green, McCord, Cooper, McCartney, O'Neill, Slorach.
BASKETBALL
SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE
Ballarat Miners defeat Mt Gambier 97-78 at the Minerdome on Saturday night.
Tim Coenraad shot 25 points, Jared Scoines 15 points (11 rebounds, 4 assists), Dan Joyce 16 and Shaun Bruce 16 (5 assists).
The Miners and Ballarat Rush travel to Sandringham on Sunday.
SOCCER
Ballarat Red Devils have claimed their second consecutive win. The Reds won on Saturday afternoon on the road in Football Federation State League two.
Ballarat 4 d La Trobe 2
VICTORIAN NETBALL LEAGUE
Ballarat Pride fought hard to contain Malawian international goaler Mwai Kumwenda at the Wendouree Sports and Events Centre on Saturday night.
Simple errors and failure to capitalise on attacking moves left Pride 18 goals short of the top-four Victorian Netball League championship division rival.
Championship division
PENINSULA 14 31 45 62
BALLARAT 11 22 32 44
19/unders
BALLARAT 11 25 39 50
PENINSULA 15 25 36 49
