May 28, 2015
The South Burnett Saints’ men’s team celebrated their first home game of the 2015 competition with a thumping win over Lockyer Valley at Lyle Vidler Oval on Sunday.
The Saints were ahead by four goals at the first change, and then kept the Demons scoreless in the 2nd and 3rd quarters.
Lockyer managed to slot home two more goals in the last quarter but it was far too late, with the Saints scooting away to a 21.16 (142) to 3.3 (21) victory.
South Burnett goals were kicked by Ty Snow (4), Bryce Commerford (3), Joshua Miller (3), Kyall Shepherd (2), Keiran Snow (2), Dylan Bowater (2), Jack Day, Brad Edwards, Daniel Rogers, Carl Stevenson and Scott Stewart.
After six rounds, South Burnett is equal with Dalby at the top of the ladder with 24 points.
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Lockyer Valley didn’t fare well in their game against the South Burnett Saints women, either.
The locals repeated the effort of their brothers, keeping the Demons scoreless in the 1st and 2nd quarters.
And as in the men’s game, Lockyer managed to score two more goals before full-time.
At half time, the Saints led 6.5 (41) to nil. By full-time, their lead had blown out to 13.11 (89) to 2.0 (12).
South Burnett goals were kicked by Renee Irvine (6), Jessica Langton (3), Natalie Fenton, Tamika Schick , Marika Burrows and Ashleigh Irvine.
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The U16s game was much closer with the Saints managing to scrape home for a one-point win over the Toowoomba Tigers after a nail-biting last quarter for fans.
The young Saints won the first quarter easily, 4.1 (25) to 1.0 (6).
But the Tigers roared into action in the second, kicking three goals to the South Burnett’s one.
At half-time, the Saints were still ahead but the margin was much closer, 5.4 (34) to 4.4 (28).
At the end of the third-quarter, South Burnett’s lead had extended to 12 points but they were about to face a strong sprint to the full-time whistle by Toowoomba.
In the last quarter, the Tigers kicked three majors and four one-pointers while managing to hold out the Saints’ attack.
South Burnett’s solitary one point in the quarter was just enough to scrape home with a win: 7.12 (54) to 7.11 (53).
Saints’ goals were kicked by Keegan Wright (3), Taj Jones (2), Matt Patroni and Amos Hicks.
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The South Burnett’s next games will be played at Lyle Vidler Oval on Saturday:
- 11:30am – Saints v Coolaroo (U16s)
- 1:10pm – Saints v Coolaroo (Men’s)
- 3:00pm – Saints v Coolaroo (Women’s)
