By David Ball
Yarra Glen’s footballers had the bye this week while the netballers had to take on the powerful Berwick teams at Yarra Glen.
Yarra Glen A Grade came up against the top team and started well, being very competitive in the 1 st quarter, but still trailing by 4 goals. As the game progressed Berwick was able to forge further
ahead each quarter, proving to be just too good for the plucky Yarra Glen outfit. Final scores were Yarra Glen 20 to Berwick 45.
Best were Peta Fay, Katelyn Vanderkolk and Skye Corrigan.
B Grade, sitting third on the ladder faced the first-placed Berwick and came out playing some quality netball to keep pace with their opponents in the early stages of the game. By halftime Berwick had started to get right on top and the pressure proved too much for Yarra Glen as they went down 35-57.
Best were Kim Williams, Gemma Ryan and Ellen Brown.
C Grade had a tough assignment against 2nd placed Berwick and were 15 goals down at halftime. Yarra Glen lifted in the third to match it with Berwick, each team shooting 10 goals. Whilst the Yarra Glen girls continued to work hard, Berwick overpowered them in the last to end up victors by 22, Yarra Glen 26 to Berwick 48.
The best players were Michele Young, Ashley Shanks and Jackie Gardner.
D grade was up against it taking on the unbeaten Berwick outfit. Whilst the Yarra Glen girls tried hard the all-over quality of their opponents was on show from the start to the finish of the game. Yarra Glen went down 9 to 43.
The best players were Chantelle Farley, Chelsea Burton and Melissa.
Next week all the Yarra Glen teams head to Emerald.
