Demons fight to keep heat on Saints

WHITE Hills will fight to keep the heat on Heathcote in Saturday’s sixteenth round in the Bendigo Bank Heathcote District Football League.

The Demons and Saints will meet in a huge clash on the Scott Street ground in White Hills.

Sixth on the ladder, White Hills is a win and eight per cent behind the fifth-placed Saints.

In the run home, Heathcote has the bye in round 17 and then faces Leitchville-Gunbower at home.

The Demons also play Leitchville-Gunbower in the 17th round and are at home against Huntly a week later.

When the Saints and Demons met in round seven Heathcote won by eight goals.

In-form players for the Andrew Saladino-coached Saints include Braden Padmore, Will Direen and Shaun Harrison.

The Demons had the bye last weekend after a hard-fought 13-point win at Elmore in the 15th round.

Another big match will be at Hibo Hotel Oval in Atkins Street, North Bendigo where the Bulldogs take on the ladder-leading Lockington Bamawm United.

A round seven thriller at Lockington ended in a 10-point win for the Cats.

LBU beat Mount Pleasant by 23 points last Saturday with Tyler Phillips, Jarod Bacon and Riley McIvor leading the way.

A key for North Bendigo will be the centre clearances and stoppages where ruckman Jeremy Lambden is in hot form for the red, white and blue.

Other key players for the Bulldogs include Jordan Ford, Dylan Klemm, Nic Waterson and Sam Demeo.

Colbinabbin tackles Huntly on the Grasshoppers’ turf at M. J. Morgan Reserve in Colbinabbin.

The Grasshoppers are likely to have too much midfield run and attacking power for the Hawks to stop across four quarters.

Colbinabbin’s best in the win at Gunbower were James Brain, Laine Fitzgerald and Michael Battista.

The Stacy Fiske-coached Hawks worked hard against North Bendigo as Harrison Campbell, Jake Maher and Tyler Miles won plenty of contests.

Elmore is at home against Leitchville-Gunbower with the Bloods confident of marking their third win of the season.

Elmore vice-captain Darcy Laffy kicked six goals at Heathcote and will test the Bombers defence.

Key players for the Bloods include Zack Holmberg, captain Nic Kellow, and co-coach Dylan Gordon.

Leitchville-Gunbower has not won since the round two triumph at Huntly’s Strauch Reserve.

Jobee Warde, Billy Hawken and Joel Regan played well in LG’s latest clash.

Mount Pleasant has the bye.