General News
8 August, 2024
Performance shy of perfect 10
BEARS Lagoon Serpentine ruthlessly disposed of Mitiamo at Janiember Park on Saturday. Seven goals in the opening term, nine in the third and 11 in the last 30 minutes of play. Justin Laird kicked nine of the Bears’ 30 goals for the day. He even...
BEARS Lagoon Serpentine ruthlessly disposed of Mitiamo at Janiember Park on Saturday.
Seven goals in the opening term, nine in the third and 11 in the last 30 minutes of play.
Justin Laird kicked nine of the Bears’ 30 goals for the day.
He even had one in the second term when Mitiamo showed some fight and spirit.
Mid-term goals to Liam Shiell and Kyle Pentreath would be the only moments of scoreboard joy for the Superoos.
Shiell and skipper Luke Lougoon were dashing out of defence for those 10 minutes.
The Bears made a couple of careless mistakes. Laird was pinged by umpires for carrying the ball too far - that’s how Pentreath ended with a goal besides his name.
Superoos’ pressure limited the home team to three goals in the second, as many kicks for goal went through for behinds.
Callum Draper, Louis Mott and skipper Charlie Gadsden were part of the buzzing brigade sending the Bears forward.
Laird was a dominant up the ground as he was in the square. Rippendale, Kemp and Twigg were part of the cohesive and systematic response to the temporary flurry of action and confidence from the Superoos.
Seeing off the mid-term challenge, Laird sent an ominous warning with a late term goal.
The nine-goal half-time lead was extended over the next two quarters.
Rarely did Mitiamo get the ball near the top of the arc.
It was the biggest winning margin for Jake Wilkinson’s outfit the season. Almost double their previous highest against Maiden Gully back in June.
Laird’s goal haul was backed by seven off the boot of Rippendale with another eight players also accurate in front of sticks.
Jean-Miguel Podosky’s goal within second of the third term starting put the Bears into overdrive and showing no mercy.