Scoring blow-out

All the talk in Mininera and District Football League has been around a Great Western versus Ararat Eagles game at the weekend.

And rightly so – it was a massive scoreline of 79.41 (515) for Great Western to 1.0 (6) and you don’t see that every day.

However, there were five other games played during the weekend, with wins to Lismore-derrinallum, Tatyoon, Penshurst, SMW Rovers and Woorndoo-mortlake.

And things are really gearing up for an exciting final couple of weeks and finals series.

Glenthompson-dunkeld’s loss to Lismore-derrinallum at the weekend saw its finals hopes suffer a major setback and the team is now three games out of the top five.

The Rams trailed the Demons from the start, responding to 7.6 to 1.2 in the first quarter.

The Rams were able to outscore their opponents in the third term, but the damage was already done.

Lachlan Seed, Alexander Richardson and Carl Joyce were the better players for the Rams, and they will look to take their good form into this weekend against Ararat Eagles.

Tatyoon, meanwhile, will be the next team to take on ladder-leader Penshurst.

Tatyoon had a narrow win Hawkesdale-macarthur in a game.

There was only one point separating the teams at half time, but a six-goal third quarter from the home side put the game out of reach for the visiting Eagles.

Tatyoon came out 19-point winners in the end to jump into fifth spot on the ladder.

Sean Mcdougall was again at his best for Tatyoon, along with Sam Thompson and Rhys Cronin for the Hawks, and they will be keen to have another good game against the league’s yardstick.

Penshurst is coming off a good battle with Wickliffe-lake Bolac, winning narrowly by three points.

The lead changed at every quarter in the windy conditions, but the Bombers were able to hang on for the win.

Aaron Glare, Justin Eales and Sam Weston all again played a major role in the victory, and they will be happy to keep their good form rolling through these last weeks into the finals.

The loss for the Magpies, as narrow as it was, saw them drop out of the top five and sit game behind Tatyoon.

In other games this weekend, Caramut over lowscoring plays Moyston-willaura, Hawkesdalemacarthur is set to take on Great Western, a big game looms between Wickliffe-lake Bolac and Woorndoomortlake, and SMW Rovers will travel to Lismore to take on the in-form Lismore-derrinallum Demons.