THREE Healesville junior teams this week travelled to play their elimination finals at Olinda.
The Under 12s Girls took on Yarra Glen, which had previously beaten them by 80 points.
Yarra Glen got off to a quick start with an early goal, but the Healesville girls worked hard and locked down the ball in their forward line for the next two quarters and went into the half-time break with a 5-point lead.
The girls did a fantastic job of shutting down the Yarra Glen playmakers for the middle two quarters, but Yarra Glen hit back in the final quarter with three quick goals.
However, the Healesville girls held on for a fantastic win by five points.
The Under 11s had a hard assignment against Upwey.
They worked hard, but just couldn’t convert the opportunities on the scoreboard.
Upwey went into the half-time break with an 18-point lead.
Healesville had much of the play in the third quarter, but could only manage one goal.
Upwey continued to play their running game, which Healesville couldn’t contain, and ran out eventual winners by 38 points.
Monbulk got off to a quick start in the first quarter against the Healesville Under 16s, with Healesville having many scoring opportunities, but not being able to convert them to goals.
Monbulk went into the quarter time break with a 9-point lead.
Healesville had numerous scoring opportunities in the second quarter and clawed back to having scores level at half-time.
Healesville continued to pile on the pressure and this started to show on the scoreboard with Healesville going into the final break with a 5-point lead.
Monbulk hit back in the last quarter with three goals to two and, in a nail-biting finish, Monbulk were the winners by three points.
U16s
Monbulk 8.11 (59) d Healesville 7.14 (56)
Goals: D. Senior 4, C. Fulford, E. Muke, J. Clayton
Best Players: D. Senior, J. Methven, J. Rosser, G. Schiavello, L. Mills, C. Fulford
U12s Girls
Healesville 4.6 (30) d Yarra Glen 4.1 (25)
Goals: C. Bateman-Hirst 2, J. Scragg, O. Oude-Meilink
Best Players: M. Tarr-Hatherall, K. McDonald, J. Scragg, M. MacDonald, C. Bateman-Hirst
U11s
Upwey 6.9 (45) d Healesville 1.1 (7)
Goals: A. Briggs
Best Players: C. Brown, L. Hyde, D. Close, D. Ebbels, C. Frazzetto
