WHITTLESEA remain on the heels of Macleod on the division two ladder after securing a 105-point road victory against Lower Plenty at the weekend.
The Eagles opened their account with the first three goals of the match, adding another three, to the Bears’ two before kicking away in the second half to a 90-34 lead.
Jaron Murphy starred in the second quarter, kicking three of his four goals, while Paul Higgins kicked three in the half.
The second half was a tale similar to the first for the Eagles, keeping on with momentum to build on their lead.
Murphy and Higgins added more to the scoreboard, while Riley Alexander found two of his own, helping extend the lead to 72 points at the final change.
A nine-goal surge in the fourth quarter pushed the lead out to triple figures as the Bears only found three of their own for the game to finish 10.15 (75) to 28.12 (180).
Murphy featured in the Eagles’ best for his four-goal effort alongside teammates Thomas Falls, Liam Tyrrell, Taidhg Bland, Angus Smith and Matthew Atta.
Division three ladder leaders Laurimar narrowly went down to Fitzroy Stars by eight points at Sir D Nicholls Reserve in a match that looked like it could have gone either way all afternoon.
A slow start by the Power saw the Stars lead at quarter time 27-7, with Joel Lawson only managing to find the middle of the sticks.
It was the wakeup call the Power needed to come out in the second kicking six goals to the Stars two, giving them a five point lead into the main break, with two coming from Patrick Fitzgerald.
Things slowed down in the third, with only three kicked between both sides, but the Power were able to hang on to a 11-point lead going into the final change.
It was here when the Stars found the last bit of petrol left in the tank and needed only four goals to the Power’s one to run away with a 11.10 (760) to 10.8 (68) victory.
Luke Wilson, Ethan Bateman, Micah Vecchio, Harley Marsh, Bailey Macleod and Cooper Herbert were named in Laurimar’s best.
Laurimar remains in first place, two games clear of Kilmore, Fitzroy and Mernda, which all sit on 36 point. Kilmore, however, have a game in hand.
Meanwhile in division one, South Morang fought an incredible battle against Greensborough to only go down by a goal at Mill Park Lakes Recreation Reserve.
Greensborough led by two goals at quarter time before the Lions gave the visitors a shock they perhaps didn’t see coming with a six-goal-to-none second quarter to head into the main break 47-21.
The Lions couldn’t hang onto to its lead, with Greensborough firing back with five goals to take a narrow two-point lead into the final quarter.
South Morang put on an almighty fight, doing everything they could against the competition’s second-best team, and while it could only find one more goal for itself, it restricted Greensborough to just another two, seeing the final score 9.8 (62) to 10.8 (68).
Named in South Morang’s best were Kobe Van Zwienen, Mitchell Kalpakis, Deacon Kalpakis, Rohan Buzzini, Alex Kirkopoulos and Jesse John Christidis.
