CHAMPION EASTS TOO GOOD FOR TIGERSTIX
LABRADOR are still in the box seat to contest the Brisbane Hockey League’s mid-season trophy game despite losing the top-of-thetable clash on Saturday.
Defending champion Easts extended their winning streak to 24 games with a 7-3 win over the Tigerstix at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre.
Labrador matched Easts until halftime before the visiting team got on a roll after capitalising on Tigerstix defensive lapses.
Blake Wotherspoon hit two goals for Labrador and Luca Brown also scored for the home side.
Despite the loss, Labrador remains in second position on the ladder after third-placed Pine Rivers St Andrews and fourth-placed Bulimba drew 2-2.
Labrador are one of seven teams in contention to qualify for the mid-season Memorial Cup final, featuring the top two teams on the ladder at the end of the first cycle of fixtures.
Second-placed Labrador plays Commercial (fourth) and Redcliffe (ninth) in the next two weeks, before the Memorial Cup final on June 8.
In the Gold Coast division one league, Kingscliff smashed Casuarina 10-0, Burleigh downed Labrador 8-1 and the Roosters took care of Capri 5-1.
In the women’s league, Burleigh defeated Mudgeeraba 4-0 while the Roosters destroyed Capri 7-0.