By JARROD POTTER
SFL DIVISION 3 – ROUND 5
A HOWLING result – both wind wise and on the scoreboard – as Endeavour Hills squandered chance-after-chance against Ashwood.
With a monstrous zephyr buffeting Barry Simon Reserve, all the Falcons and Magpies could do at the scoreboard end was to defend for their lives.
Spraying everything that came its way, Endeavour Hills suffered at the goal-face with 20 behinds going through to let Ashwood off the hook.
Without titan forward Daniel Morrison – derailed by a quad-injury – the Falcons’ didn’t have the mercurial accuracy needed to get the job done.
Even with the wind in the final term, Endeavour Hills could not outscore Ashwood as the visitors boot four-goals-one to an embarrassing two-goals-seven.
Shane Peake (four goals) held up his end of the bargain and continued a strong showing thus far in SFL Division 3 while Cade Marshall, Cedric Legrand and Nathan Crutchley were admirable across the field.
Endeavour Hills has fallen from the top-four following consecutive losses and now sits eighth in the pecking order before hosting Lyndale at home.
DIVISION 2
Keysborough continued its merry march through the SFL with a 27-point victory over Skye. Tyson King (five goals) is blitzing all and sundry in the division while Will Gayfer, Shaun Witherden and Daniel Morland were best afield. Doveton Eagles – lost by 66 to Highett – continued to struggle and are at the foot of the SFL Division-2 ladder after five rounds.
VAFA – DIVISION 2
CHALLENGED earnestly for the first time this year, St John’s had to dig deep to come-from-behind to knock off Richmond Central.
A perilously-even clash threatened to go either way, but in the end Ben McGee’s men stood victorious after a four-goal final term clinched the seven-point triumph, 16.13 (109) – 16.6 (102).
Rohan Scott continues to be a lace-out target for the JOCs as he bagged six goals, while powerful defender/ruck Daniel Cattolico also impressed alongside Rhys Dyker and Cameron Christiansen.
The win keeps the JOCs atop the VAFA Division 2 ladder as the only unbeaten side and will host third ranked Old Paradians in St John’s biggest test yet.
