Castlemaine wins all-magpie showdown

CASTLEMAINE marked win number two in the ’22 campaign, defeating Maryborough by thirty four points in Saturday’s eleventh round of the Bendigo Bank Bendigo Football League season.

In the clash of the league’s Magpies it was the Don Moran-coached Castlemaine that won every quarter at Camp Reserve.

Castlemaine led 33-12 at quarter-time and then added 2.2 to 2.6 in the second.

The Maryborough kept working hard throughout the third, but the ‘Maine had the answers as it scored 4.1 to 3.2.

Led by the play of Zac Denahy who kicked a match-high six goals it was Castlemaine which went on to win 13.12 (90) to 8.8 (56).

The Maryborough defence worked hard to limit Jack Chester, who kicked seven goals against them on Good Friday, to just two majors. Brad Keogh also chipped in with two goals for Castlemaine.

Maryborough’s attack was led by Kaian Constable with three goals and Patrick Van der Pol on two.

The in-form Tommy Horne earned best afield honours for Castlemaine as Riley Pedretti, Jackson Hood, Zac Denahy, Will Moran and Keogh all played well.

Maryborough’s best were Liam Latch, Kya Lanfranchi, Liam Murphy, Patrick Van der Pol, Kaian Constable and Damon Nitschke.

Meanwhile, South Bendigo moved back into the top five after the Bloods beat Eaglehawk by 22 points at Queen Elizabeth Oval.

Kaiden Antonowicz and Brock Harvey led the Bloods’ attack on five and three goals.

As the South Bendigo jumped two spots, Sandhurst went from the fifth rung to sixth after a 78-101 loss on Strathfieldsaye Storm’s turf at Triple M Park in Tannery Lane.

James Schischka kicked five goals for Storm.

Gisborne bounced back from its first defeat of the season and broke Kyneton’s winning streak in a 119-60 result at the Bulldogs’ kennel.

There, Josh Kemp kicked six goals and Macklan Lord named Gisborne’s best.

Golden Square’s powerful attack was on show at Kangaroo Flat’s Dower Park in a 161-45 victory for the local Bulldogs.

Joel Brett and Jayden Burke kicked six and four goals apiece for the blue and gold.

The Bendigo Football Netball League now heads into a bye week with no games on Saturday, 2 July.

Competition resumes with round 12 on Saturday, 9 July.