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Winners are grinners

THE burgeoning Latrobe Valley Hockey Association junior league's continued growth culminated in a spectacular display of skill on grand final day at the weekend.

Points system penned in

A UNIFORM player points system will roll out across Victorian football leagues next season, and a salary cap as early as 2017, as part of the battle to stem escalating player payments in community football.

Saints soar to back-to-back premierships

UNDEFEATED Combined Saints faced the prospect of their first loss of the Traralgon and District Junior Football League under 16 season in the biggest game of the year at the weekend.

No more second chances

YALLOURN-Yallourn North and Mirboo North will do battle in Mid Gippsland's preliminary finals across both seniors and reserves at Trafalgar this weekend.

Roos or Blues to cruise into final

ROSEDALE and Heyfield will square off at Churchill on Saturday in a mighty North Gippsland Football clash with the winner advancing to the grand final.

Galaxy takes top prize

GIPPSLAND Galaxy made women's football history on Saturday by winning the division five east Victorian Women's Football League in its debut season.

Lions sneak into fifth

TRARALGON confirmed the Gippsland League A grade netball minor premiership at the weekend, after hammering Warragul 88-13, while Moe crept into the five.

Parrots finish on top

MOE finished the Gippsland League season on a high with a win over Bairnsdale, while Leongatha sewed up the minor premiership.

Tigers shot down on eve of final

REIGNING Mid Gippsland A grade netball premier Mirboo North will need to play off again next week for a chance to defend the title, after going down to Boolarra in the qualifying final at Newborough on Saturday.

Heyfield hoodoo continues for Dogs

CHURCHILL eliminated TTU from the 2015 North Gippsland premiership race, while Heyfield toppled Sale City for the third time this season.

Magpies soar into grand final

YINNAR flew straight into the Mid Gippsland grand final with a late fightback victory over Yallourn-Yallourn North, while Newborough was eliminated by its finals nemesis, Mirboo North.

Potent Power slays Dragons

RIDING the high of its stunning comeback victory over North Ballarat, Gippsland Power made another stride toward the TAC Cup finals series with a 51-point win over Sandringham at Morwell.

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