Home Sport Page 349

Sport

Birds eye minor premiership

THE 2015 Gippsland League finals series will start a week early when fourth-placed Wonthaggi hosts top-two side Maffra.

Galaxy shoots for the stars

THEY hail from backgrounds in netball, basketball, athletics and touch footy, but now a group of Gippsland girls have one sport in common, Aussie Rules.

Mid Gippy titans to meet

SATURDAY'S match at Newborough will be just the fifth time Yallourn Yallourn North and Yinnar have competed in a Mid Gippsland second semi-final.

Redsox survive

THERE was no bearing on the final ladder standings, but the final round of the Latrobe Valley Baseball Association season was played with the same gusto as the rest of the year.

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.

Falcons’ Red Devil of a day

MOE United put a dent in Falcons 2000's Gippsland Soccer League title hopes on Sunday after knocking the Birds off 3-1 at Olympic Park.

Jezza goes down in history

LOCAL trainers had waited some 443 days for Traralgon Greyhound Racing Club to re-open its doors, and were compensated with a place in history this month.

Galaxy gravitates toward premiership

SIX months ago a Gippsland open women's football team was little more than a pipe dream but on Saturday night, Gippsland Galaxy will vie for a Victorian Women's Football League premiership.

Ref’s passion rekindled

LOCAL referee Jasmine Steger rediscovered the joys of refereeing after being named referee of the tournament at the youth girls nationals in Coffs Harbour.

Demons denied

YARRAM'S finals hopes were dashed at the death for the second consecutive season at the weekend, with a narrow loss to Sale City bundling the Demons out of the North Gippsland top five.

Hawks oust Blues

MORWELL East sent Thorpdale crashing out of the Mid Gippsland A grade netball finals series yesterday at Hill End.

Bulldogs and Magpies move on

YINNAR proved far too strong for Mirboo North in the Mid Gippsland qualifying final on Saturday, while Newborough accounted for Trafalgar on Sunday.

Latest News

Melbourne makes Opals cut

BASKETBALL FIBA BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   SEVEN cuts were made for the Australian Opals, with Traralgon's Jade Melbourne holding her spot. The duel WNBL and WNBA player will don...