By Anne-Marie Ebbels
Healesville netballers headed north to Yea for Round 17 which was the final home and away game for the A and C Grade teams who have bye next week in the final round for the season.
The football teams and D Grade netball had a bye.
The A Grade game was a nail biter with scores level at quarter time and half time as the teams went goal for goal.
Healesville managed to secure a mini break in the third quarter to go into the three-quarter time break with a two-goal break.
Yea clawed back the difference and when the final siren went Yea were in front by one goal.
In the B grade game, Yea got out to an early lead by three goals and continued to increase their lead at each break.
Healesville fought hard to bridge the gap, but some errant ball handling let Yea back in to secure the win by eight goals.
In their final game for the season C Grade let Yea get the jump on them in the first half with a strong second quarter and Yea was leading by six goals by half time.
Healesville fought back in the third quarter to tie the scores at three quarter time.
In a tight final quarter, Yea got a mini break and managed to hold on until the final siren winning by two goals.
Next week the footballers and B and D Grade head to Hallam for their final home and away game.
A win for the Senior footballers will secure a finals berth without waiting on other results.
A Grade: Healesville 37 defeated by Yea 38 Best: J Agnew, A White, R Thompson
B Grade: Healesville 32 defeated by Yea 40 Best: H Condon, H Blackney, G Young
C Grade: Healesville 19 defeated by Yea 21 Best: T Pinkster
