A Grade
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Yarrawonga 42 defeated Wangaratta Magpies 31.
The excitement was real at Yarrawonga on Saturday with the A grade girls very eager to keep up their winning form against the reigning premiers Wangaratta Magpies.
After a lengthy break the girls had one goal in mind and that was getting on the court and having fun whilst they had the opportunity.
The game went off to a fiery start with Cassar and Senini scoring the first two goals, the Magpies answered back quickly and Leslie and Grinter knew they needed to bring their A game if they were to stop the Magpies’ very accurate shooters.
Yarrawonga led by just 2 goals at quarter time. The pace of the game went up a level in the second quarter with Laura Irvine, Sharni Hazelman and Liv Lovell managing to shut down the fast-paced mid court to allow a 5-point lead at the half time break.
Yarrawonga showed their depth in the third quarter with the fresh legs from Laura Davis and Tilly Kennedy allowing the game to open and expand the lead to 9 goals at three quarter time.
With the sun shining and the knowledge that NSW would head into lockdown at the end of the game Yarrawonga faced the last quarter like it could very well be the last for the year. They walked away from the game with a 11-goal win and undoubtedly secured themselves second spot on the ladder.
B Grade
Yarrawonga 45 defeated Wangaratta Magpies 31.
B Grade continued their strong form in season 2021, returning after the Victorian lockdown to beat Wangaratta by 14.
The Pigeons started strong with Ellie Dickens and Maddie Kennedy finding form early.
Caitlin Seymour earned the title of player of the match with a number of intercepts, causing headaches for her opponents.
Suzy Levesque, Chloe Wheaton and Tess Byrne put on a strong performance on debut, each contributing to the teams extending lead throughout the game.
C Grade
Yarrawonga 54 defeated Wangaratta Magpies 33.
C Grade were very excited to be back playing again this Saturday and with the full squad of girls too.
The Pigeons got off to a slow start which is to be expected considering the stop start season we have had.
But it didn’t take long to find their groove again and hit the lead. The defence end was dynamite in the first half receiving intercepts and putting pressure on all the way down the court making it difficult for Wang Maggie’s to enter into their goal circle.
Sarah, Amy and Rennae were strong in defence taking every rebound that came their way.
The attack end was equally as strong adjusting to all the changes throughout the game. Eliana and Dee shot beautifully all day with a strong defence on them.
Unfortunately, there won’t be any play again this weekend which does mean the C Grade has finished on top of the ladder.
An amazing effort with almost a completely new side this year.
Fingers crossed the team get to show what they are made of in the finals series coming up.
U17
Yarrawonga 61 defeated Wangaratta Magpies 33.
The players of the Under 17s team were absolutely raring to go after another long break without netball.
They started the match with energy, excitement and a strong team spirit. Wangaratta went goal for goal with Yarrawonga for the first half of the first quarter.
The defence end tightened up their one-on-one defence and the intercepts that they are renowned for, started to occur.
The centre courters and shooters were dynamite – scoring on every available opportunity. Wangaratta put together a solid third quarter, but we were able to push ahead in the last to finish with a 61-33 final score.