NETBALL
D-Grade lost 8-27
Ladder position: 4th (based on percentage)
Best on: Lisa Sazonov
For a young side Lakers didn’t let the older Yea side get to them, as a rough contest took place.
Speaking to coach Taryn, she states “everyone committed to the game and had such high energy”.
Danielle Moore and Lisa Sazonov controlled the defensive end and did their best to get some much needed turnovers to keep Lakers in the game.
Sarah Jensen had a ripper in the mid court as she continues to show great improvement each week.
Unfortunately our young goalers had their work cut out and did their best to convert every opportunity presented to them.
Not the result they were after but lots to be taken away from the game as the D girls continue to adjust to this new combination of players.

C-Grade Lost 13-40
Ladder position: 3rd
(equal 1st based on percentage)
Best on: Patricia Turner
The C girls came out firing this round wanting to continue on their winning streak.
Unfortunately the game proved that it wasn’t going to be easy and Yea weren’t going down without a fight.
The defensive end including rotations between Amy T, Carly Fowles and Danielle showed great versatility whilst trying to close off Yea’s accurate shooting.
The mid court for Lakers ran hard all game trying to shut down Yea’s play and to prevent their attackers finding their position on the ring. Mykaela Smith had amazing vision into the goalers whilst Errin White backed her up, when the rotation around the circle was needed.
Jac Jac Jacqui continued to hold her own whilst Yea continue to push and shove in any attempt to put her off her goals.
Speaking to coach Taryn, she states ” C-Grade will be focusing on coming back bigger and stronger in Round 6″.
It might not of been C-Grade’s week but don’t underestimate them. One bad game doesn’t define a team.

B-Grade lost 27-54
Ladder position: 4th
Best on: Molly Rose McAllister
With new recruits to Yea, the B girls knew that they would be coming up against a stronger Yea this season.
The girls came out hard and fast, however making unforced errors allowed Yea to get an early lead.
Molly came on in the 2nd quarter which opened up the attacking end for the goalers to find a little bit of rhythm.
Amy T stepped up this week to add some height in the defence circle to rotate with Chelsey-Maree Quilliam as they made every attempt to pick off Yea’s wasted passes.
Yea were too quick in their feed into the accurate shooters and although Caitlyn Hendrie and Stacey Norbury worked tirelessy to prevent this, Yea snuck away.
Sadly the game did not go Lakers way and we can graciously say it will be a different story next time.

A-Grade Won 51-49
Ladder position: 2nd
(equal 1st based on percentage)
Best on: Casey Lee
Coaches: Abbie
Round 5 was the battle of the top position for A-Grade. After Yea playing 4 rounds of top quality netball with new recruits and cruising to easy wins, not only were Kinglake and Yea supporters waiting for this match up so was the entire Division 2 netball league.
This game was perfectly match up with both teams producing quality sides. Casey Barns and Caitlin Ryan tested Yea’s shooters as Lakers kept them to only a three-goal lead at quarter- time.
Our 2nd quarter saw Yea slip away to six as Monique Nagle and Fiona Olarenshaw made use in goals of every turn over we could produce.
At half-time with some fresh legs Taryn Jennings and Abbie Barns came into attack and shook up Yea as Lakers brought it back to a draw in the third.
Going into the 4th quarter the Lakers side lifted with positivity and team work. Bridget Waack and Latoya Wards controlled the mid court transition from defence into offence whilst Nakita Lastrina fed the goalers the balls right where they asked.
With one minute to go and both teams being even. the defence end made a stunning turn over which put us one in front.
With the final Centre pass being Kinglake’s, the game was all ours as we played with great accuracy to score the final goals to a well deserved two-point win.
Thankyou to all supporters, scorers and interchange players for a great round. Bring on Round 6 as we travelled to Powelltown.

FOOTBALL
RESERVES
The Reserves had a disappointing day against a strong Yea reserves outfit.
The first quarter was quite a hard contest with lots of tackling and contested ball being won from both sides.
Yea made the most of the opportunities in the first quarter kicking 3 goals to 1.
Yea then came out firing in the second quarter, kicking six goals and keeping us to 0 goals. To our credit in the second half we really fought it out and held our own.
Lots of encouraging signs from us but just need to be more consistent over four quarters. Andy Griffiths and Ryan Hurst both played well in defence.
Yea 12.8 (80) d Kinglake 4.5 (29)

SENIORS
The day did not start well for us with having two players get injured in the first quarter.
This really put us on the back foot and Yea took advantage of this by kickingfive goals to one in the first.
The second quarter was a similar story with yea kicking four goals to our one.
We made a few changes after half-time which worked well and helped us put in a much more competitive effort in the second half still being outscored but kicking seven goals to Yea’s nine.
Full credit to Yea. Their spread was the best we have come across this year.
Proud of wthe ay we fought out the second half but same as Twos, we just need to be more consistent over four quarters.
Jayden Butterworth, Jake Orchard and Jack Hamilton all played great games.
– Ryan Hurst