Challenge on at top of the table
Wickliffe-lake Bolac continues to enjoy top spot on a Mininera and District Football League ladder, having yet to drop a game.
In fact the Magpies’ win over Hawkesdale-macarthur last weekend puts Wickliffe-lake Bolac 10 points clear of the field.
Will Slattery continued his form in front of goal for the Magpies, booting another six goals, while James Quayle also slotted six.
With Tas Clingan and Lachlan Whiting finding plenty of form, the Magpies will be primed to take on Glenthompson-dunkeld in another top-of-thetable clash.
Glenthompson-dunkeld had a big win last week, defeating Ararat Eagles by 140 points.
Tyler Fehsler and Adam Cameron kicked four goals each, the most of the Rams’ 15 different goal-scorers. And while Darcy Mccallum, Cameron Pepper and Nathan Lester were the best players on the day, they’ll have to put their best foot forward to beat Wickliffe-lake Bolac and try to put a stop to its winning streak.
Third-placed Lismore-derrinallum plays fifthplaced Tatyoon, however, with both teams being on the same amount of wins, victory here would bump Tatyoon up into a top-three spot.
Both teams are coming off recent wins, with Tatyoon defeating Caramut by more than 80 points, while Lismore-derrinallum beat Woorndoo Mortlake by more than 10 goals.
Moving into the final stages of the season, a win here will be crucial.
The Demons will look to James Boag, Michael Lockyer and Shannon Berriman to lead their team to victory, but standing in their way will be in-form Hawks Riley Wood and Trevor-john Wanganeen, having kicked 10 goals between them last week, along with Matthew Smith and Joe Thompson making plenty of play.
Struggling Moyston-willaura takes on Woorndoo-mortlake in a game where both teams need a win to keep themselves in touch with the top five.
Moyston-willaura’s fifth loss in a row on the weekend came at the hands of SMW Rovers, despite the best efforts of Patrick Higgins, Matthew Peel and Jeremy and Rhys Cronin.
In comparison, the Tigers have won three of their last five and will look to notch up another win this weekend. Cameron Howland, Thomas Gray and Luke Kensit were best players in the Tigers’ most recent game, with Karl Dunn and Matthew Pemberton kicking three goals each.
In other games, Caramut hosts Penshurst, Great Western travels to Hawkesdale to take on the Eagles and SMW Rovers, coming off their fourth straight win, will be keen for more success against Ararat, particularly considering the Eagles beat them by 11 points in round two.