Cats end dream season on top
Mooroopna completed a dream season to lift the SDJFL Youth Girls premiership cup at Deakin Reserve on Saturday.
The Cats carried the mantle as favourites with seamless aplomb to outclass Shepparton Notre by 67 points.
Mooroopna dominated proceedings from the get-go, restricting the Bears to a solitary behind in the first
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Mooroopna 11.13 (79) d Shepparton Notre 1.6 (12) quarter as it 20-point lead.
The Cats stretched that gap to 27 at the half-time break despite Notre kicking its first, and only goal, of the game through Abby Favaro. raced to a
Mooroopna’s Tamara Smith earned the mantle as best-on-ground for the Cats, with her four-quarter performance typifying the Cats’ relentless approach to the match.
The minor premier booted three goals in the third term and added a further three in the last to score one of its biggest wins of the season on the day it mattered most.
Star forward Allie Johns and Chelsea Briggs-Baksh each kicked three goals for Mooroopna, with Rebecca Webster another multiple goalkicker on two.
Webster also had a fine game, with Hayley Whitehand, Millie Brown, Johns and Caitlan Sellick featuring in the Cats’ best.
On a difficult day for Notre, Grace Egan and Alana Cuthbert worked hard, with Favaro a solid contributor. The joy of success: