{"id":36922,"date":"2013-06-24T18:19:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T08:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=36922"},"modified":"2020-12-18T10:40:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T00:40:35","slug":"saints-keep-fans-excited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/06\/24\/saints-keep-fans-excited\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints Keep Fans Excited"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36923\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-36923\" title=\"20130622 Saints v Highfields\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Saints gave their fans a lot to cheer about on Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>June 24, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The South Burnett Saints AFL team put on another strong performance on Saturday before their home crowd in Kingaroy but in the end didn&#8217;t manage to come away with the points.<\/p>\n<p>On a high after their one-point victory against Chinchilla last week, the Saints were confident going into their match against Highfields, whom they were level-pegging on the ladder.<\/p>\n<p>Highfields were ahead by two goals at the first change, 5.4 (34) to 3.4 (22); and by half-time, the Lions had stretched this to three goals, 10.8 (68) to 7.8 (50).<\/p>\n<p>But the game was by no means over and the Saints had a strong third quarter, clawing back Highfields&#8217; lead, 13.11 (89) to 11.12 (78).<\/p>\n<p>South Burnett powered home in the last quarter, outpointing Highfields but leaving their run a little bit too late.<\/p>\n<p>The final score was 18.13 (121) to 16.16 (112).<\/p>\n<p>Goal scorers for the Saints were Adam Bowater 3, Aidan Brennan 3, Dylan Bowater 2, Jordan Pressnell 2, Brad Edwards 2, Ty Snow, Daniel Clacy, Paul Pressnell and Adam Branch.<\/p>\n<p>Best players were Adam Bowater, Ty Snow, Brad Edwards, Alexander Totton, Lucas Walsh and Aidan Brennan.<\/p>\n<p>Next weekend, the Saints will hit the road again &#8230; taking on Dalby at the Dalby Swans Oval at 2:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Dalby will be fresh, coming off a bye this week. The young side has had an up-and-down season so far, recording some good wins and some big defeats.<\/p>\n<p>On June 15, they defeated 2012 minor premiers South Toowoomba 12.10 (82) to 7.8 (50).<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_36924\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36924\" style=\"width: 465px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-36924\" title=\"20130622 Saints v Highfields\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl4.jpg 380w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl4-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saints scrambled strongly for the ball<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_36925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36925\" style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-36925\" title=\"20130622 Saints v Highfields\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl3.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl3-120x300.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And the big men fly &#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36926\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-36926\" title=\"20130622 Saints v Highfields\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/20130622afl2-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lions outpointed the Saints at the end but the Saints had more kicks at goal\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Burnett Saints AFL team put on another strong performance on Saturday before their home crowd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":36923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[219,3,6],"tags":[1146],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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