General News
31 August, 2023
Ultimate act of being good sports
DOWN 16 goals at the final break and without a bare minimum of players, Pyramid Hill’s return season to under 18 football ranks ended on a high at Mitchell Park on Sunday. Inglewood had lent the Bulldogs a couple of players each quarter in the...
DOWN 16 goals at the final break and without a bare minimum of players, Pyramid Hill’s return season to under 18 football ranks ended on a high at Mitchell Park on Sunday.
Inglewood had lent the Bulldogs a couple of players each quarter in the first semi-final.
Come the final term, the Blues demonstrated the ultimate in sportsmanship by sending co-captain and double league best and fairest over to the Pyramid Hill huddle.
No 31, who had kicked two goals for the Blues and would be again named among their best, became No 5 for the last 20 minutes. Nevins wove his Inglewood magic in the temporary colours of Bryden Morison’s Pups.
He kicked two goals and set up others as Pyramid Hill finished its season with hope and promise.
The Pups added 6.2 to the scoreboard while Inglewood scored just one major. And a special goal that was too - Morgan Lonza had control of the ball in the goal square but unselfishly handballed to Daniel Kennedy to bring up his third big one of the season.
Kennedy, a Bendigo Special Development School student, has been a regular with Inglewood for two seasons and now has five career goals to his name.
The Blues had a seven-goal opening quarter in Sunday’s match with Luckman, McClellan, Nevins and Wendels all dominated around the ground.
The win gives another chance to advance to the grand final when taking on East Loddon Rams in the preliminary final.
But playing the game is proving to be more important to winning in local junior football. That was Sunday’s lesson for all teams.
- CHRIS EARL