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‘Roos topple ladder leader

SALE City was handed its first defeat of the North Gippsland football season 2015 at the hands of last year's grand finalist Heyfield, engineered by a seven-goal-to-two second term from the Kangaroos.

Traralgon takes on the nation

THE Traralgon Swim Club retained its title as Australia's top country swimming club following a series of outstanding performances by a team of 13 at the National Open and National Age Swimming Championships in Sydney recently.

Top six standoff

THE competition's top six sides will do battle this weekend in a defining round of North Gippsland Football.

Mini-marathoners in the making

THE physical strain of completing 42 kilometres in one go has traditionally prevented children from being marathon runners, but that will not be the case at this year's Traralgon Marathon and Running Festival.

Power posts cricket score to ground Jets

GIPPSLAND Power slammed home 22 goals and as many behinds to blitz the visiting Western Jets by 105 points in round five of the TAC Cup on Sunday at Morwell.

Tigers turn pink

MORWELL Tigers Junior Football Club will be among hundreds of sporting groups around Australia decking out in pink this Mother's Day weekend to support Breast Cancer Network Australia's annual Pink Sports Day.

Maroons on the march

SITTING equal second on the ladder, the Gippsland League's surprise package Traralgon will be vying for its fourth straight win when it hosts Bairnsdale in round five of the competition on Saturday.

Valley stars among top guns

LATROBE Valley athletes featured in both of Victoria's gold medal winning teams at the Australian Junior Beach Volleyball titles held in Glenelg, South Australia recently.

Falcons win clash of titans

THE reigning Gippsland Soccer League champion Churchill collided with Battle of Britain Cup holder Falcons 2000 on Saturday evening when twilight football returned to Latrobe City Sports Stadium.

Green Gladiators go forth and win

AN almost entirely new Gippsland Gladiators playing roster showed class worthy of their more practiced predecessors to post a 26-6 victory over Ballarat in the Gridiron Victoria division two season opener at Maryvale Reserve on Saturday.

Braves blitz buries Rangers

A THIRD inning onslaught helped Churchill Braves overcome Sale Rangers on the road in round three of Latrobe Valley Baseball at the weekend.

Clay court clean sweep

A TRARALGON Tennis Association quartet turned up the heat on the clay for Central Gippsland at the Tennis Victoria Country Cup in Mornington over the weekend.

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