Sport

THE contest between the would-be challengers of 2013, Traralgon Tyers United, and reigning premier Heyfield saw the result decided in the closing minutes of the match when the Kangaroos snatched victory from the Bombers' grasp by just one point on Saturday in North Gippsland football.

AN impenetrable Northern Raiders defensive line thwarted a valiant Gippsland Gladiators in Gridiron Victoria division two action in Reservoir on Saturday.

REGARDLESS of the final result in Mid Gippsland's Worksafe Country Championships clash against Picola North West, one thing will live long in the memory of each and every player who takes the field.

HISTORY dictates when Morwell and Sale start the year on the right note, they make it count come September.

LOY Yang B Gippsland Power exhibited two vastly different brands of football on either side of half-time against Eastern Ranges at the weekend, when a meek first half cost it the match.

PRIDE was on the line in Gippsland Soccer League's rivalry round at the weekend, with some heated battles staged in the top flight.

MORWELL Pegasus' succumbed 3-0 to a polished Diamond Valley on its journey to Partingtons Flat in State League division two south east soccer at the weekend.

TRARALGON Redsox baseballer Blake Townsend could be on the path toward a future with his club's Boston namesake following his selection in the Baseball Victoria Kangaroos team to tour Japan in July.

THE sharks will be circling the felt this weekend when the Latrobe Valley Eight Ball Association hosts the 18th Victorian South Eastern Country Cup, with local legends Paul Pike and Steve Gray set to defend home turf.

SIX Latrobe Valley sporting clubs were the beneficiaries of a $13,500 State Government cash splash last Wednesday when Sport and Recreation Minister Hugh Delahunty visited the region.

Traralgon fell 17 points short against Maffra to drop from third to fifth on the ladder in round six of Gippsland League football on Saturday.

Woodside added another top five scalp to its already impressive 2013 season tally when it came from behind to defeat Rosedale by seven points in its round six North Gippsland football match.