BY NATHAN DOLE
THE Demons from White Hills sit on top of the ladder in three age divisions after eight weeks of the Bendigo Bank Bendigo Junior Football League season.
Highs for White Hills include the unbeaten run of the under-14 girls; the under-18 girls have a win-loss tally of 5-1; and under-16 reserves, division one team which also leads the premiership race.
Another group of Demons from Quarry Hill are third in the under-12B competition.
Week eight kicked off Friday night.
White Hills was at home to play Mt Pleasant in the under-12 girls match at Winslow Constructors Oval in Scott Street.
The Demons were beaten 22-45.
Best for White Hills were Amber Morley, Tilly Sawyer, Lola McGrath, Phoebe Pedersen, Amelia Savage and Hayley Molyneux.
The under-14 girls played on Sunday.
White Hills was in hot form at home as it won 86-1 against Golden Square.
Sophie O’Connell kicked five goals as Mia Clark added four.
Best for the Demons were Milly Kelleher, Sophie Healy, Georgie Coller, Kaylee Elliott, Elly Pickering and Sahrii Alford.
The under-18 girls also played on Sunday.
White Hills won the match on Golden Square’s ground at Fur Life Oval in Wade Street by 121 points.
Multiple goalkickers for the red and black in a tally of 18 were Sasha Pearce, five; Eve Cail and Oakley Turner, three; Amelie Haigh and Tarliah Murphy, two.
Best for White Hills were Hannah Ripper, Sasha Pearce, Tahlia Kendall, Oakley Turner, Matilda Meersbergen and Ruby Hilson.
In the under-12A competition, White Hills headed to Marist College Bendigo to play Maiden Gully YCW Eagles.
The Eagles soared to a 50-22 victory.
Goalkickers for White Hills were Charles Matthews, Lon Schelfhout and Blaik Young.
Jack Yates, Axl Birch, Roman Middleton, Memphis Slattery, Xander Baerken and Miller Polglase were best for the Demons.
White Hills scored a 40-point win against South Bendigo in the under-12D match at Kennington’s Harry Trott Oval.
Tamati McLarty kicked three goals as Mitchell Fuller booted two and Chase Kelson and Thomas Parks chipped in with one each in the 47-7 result.
The Demons’ best were Declan Mills, Dustin Sinclair, Mitchell Fuller, Cooper Boyd, Harrison Rothacker and Tamati McLarty.
White Hills marked a 78-15 victory against Strathfieldsaye in the under-14 reserves, division two match at Enterprise Oval in Strathfieldsaye’s Tannery Lane.
Goalkickers for the Demons were Isaiah Cass and Jackson Mahood, three; Rhyder Michielsen, two; Charlie Dickins, Ben Jorgensen and Ewan Paterson.
Best for the red and black were Finnigan Prker, Rhyder Michielsen, Jackson Mahood, Ewan Paterson, Ryder Argus and Lachlan Mitchell.
A closely-fought under-16 reserves, division one match between White Hills and Kangaroo Flat went the way of the Demons.
White Hills led 43-25 at half-time and 55-37 at a quarter to play.
In the last the Roos added 2.1 to 0.2 as the Demons held on for a 57-50 victory.
Liam Cummings kicked two goals for White Hills as Paul Kabalan, Dustin Murley, Jarrell Ratcliffe, Lucas Rice and Talan Schultz added one each.
Best for the Demons were Hayden Mills, Jack Ketterer, Jarrell Ratcliffe, Hunter Middleton, Tynan Caine and Jacob Langtree.
White Hills Red was beaten in the under-16 reserves, division two match with Maiden Gully YCW by 51 points.
Kai Pearce and Josh Sherwood kicked a goal for Red as the Eagles won 68-17.
Best for the Demons were Kai Pearce, Mitchell Coffey, Will Runnalls, Ryan Riding, Kobie Nieto and Ashton Oehms.
Bendigo JFL week eight scoreboard:
Under-12 girls:
St Francis of the Field 4.1 (25) lt Golden Square 7.8 (50), St Therese’s v Marong, White Hills v Mount Pleasant, Eaglehawk bye.
Under-12A:
St Francis of the Field 1.0 (6) lt Strathfieldsaye 8.10 (58), Maiden Gully YCW 7.8 (50) d White Hills Black 3.4 (22), Golden Square 8.8 (56) d St Therese’s 3.7 (25).
Under-12B:
South Bendigo 10.14 (74) d Strathfieldsaye 0.0 (0), Huntly Gold 9.8 (62) d Maryborough 3.4 (22), St Kilian’s-St Peter’s Gold 3.4 (22) d Castlemaine 1.5 (11), Eaglehawk Eagles 11.4 (70) d Quarry Hill 6.7 (43), St Therese’s bye.
Under-12C:
Heathcote 2.5 (17) d Marong 2.1 (13), Huntly Brown 2.3 (15) lt Kangaroo Flat 8.11 (59), St Kilian’s-St Peter’s Green 1.3 (9) lt St Therese’s 9.6 (60), Eaglehawk Hawks 8.9 (57) d St Francis of the Field 2.3 (15), Golden Square 5.0 (30) d Maiden Gully YCW 4.4 (28), St Monica’s 10.15 (75) d Strathfieldsaye 1.3 (9).
Under-12D:
Eaglehawk Two Blues 2.5 (17) lt North Bendigo 13.14 (92), Golden Square 7.15 (57) d Maiden Gully YCW 1.3 (9), South Bendigo 1.1 (7) lt White Hills Red 7.5 (47), Strathfieldsaye bye.
Under-14 girls:
White Hills 12.14 (86) d Golden Square 0.1 (1), Kangaroo Flat 2.7 (19) lt Strathfieldsaye 6.11 (47), Sandhurst 7.11 (53) d Marong 1.1 (7), Eaglehawk bye.
Under-14 seniors:
Eaglehawk 14.15 (99) d Maiden Gully YCW 8.11 (59), Sandhurst 16.12 (108) d Strathfieldsaye 7.9 (51), Golden Square 1.4 (10) lt South Bendigo 13.13 (91).
Under-14 reserves, division one:
Huntly Gold 8.3 (51) dr Marong 6.15 (51), Castlemaine 6.5 (41) lt Kangaroo Flat 14.11 (95), Rochester 1.1 (7) lt Strathfieldsaye 14.18 (102).
Under-14 reserves, division two:
Huntly Brown 4.5 (29) lt Sandhurst 8.13 (61), Strathfieldsaye 2.3 (15) lt White Hills 11.12 (78), Maryborough 7.9 (51) d South Bendigo 7.6 (48).
Under-14 reserves, division three:
Kangaroo Flat 6.2 (38) lt Maiden Gully YCW 7.8 (50), Golden Square 20.21 (141) d North Bendigo 0.0 (0), South Bendigo bye.
Under-16 seniors:
Sandhurst Maroon 25.18 (168) d Eaglehawk 1.2 (8), Strathfieldsaye 6.8 (44) d South Bendigo 5.7 (37), Maryborough 7.3 (45) d Maiden Gully YCW 4.8 (32), Castlemaine 5.8 (38) lt Sandhurst Navy 7.5 (47), Rochester 5.9 (39) lt Golden Square 17.9 (111).
Under-16 reserves, division one:
Huntly 13.15 (93) d Golden Square 8.3 (51), White Hills Black 8.9 (57) d Kangaroo Flat 8.2 (50), Strathfieldsaye bye.
Under-16 reserves, division two:
Lockington Bamawm United Cats 14.9 (93) d Marong 4.5 (29), White Hills Red 2.5 (17) lt Maiden Gully YCW 9.14 (68).
Under-16 girls:
Castlemaine 2.1 (13) lt Sandhurst 18.15 (123), Strathfieldsaye 2.4 (16) d Golden Square 1.3 (9).
Under-18 girls:
Sandhurst 5.5 (35) lt Woorinen 18.13 (121), Golden Square 0.1 (1) lt White Hills 18.14 (122), Eaglehawk bye.
Ladders after eight rounds:
Under-12 girls:
St Therese’s 2625 per cent, 22 points; Golden Square 461, 22; St Francis of the Field 234, 16; Eaglehawk 93, 12; White Hills 26, 10; Mt Pleasant 24, 8; Marong 19, 6.
Under-12A:
Strathfieldsaye 32 points, Golden Square 28, Maiden Gully YCW 20, White Hills Black 16, St Francis of the Field 8, St Therese’s 8.
Under-12B:
South Bendigo 24 points, St Kilian’s-St Peter’s Gold 20, Quarry Hill 20, Huntly Gold 16, Eagleahwk Eagles 14, Castlemaine 12, Maryborough 12, St Therese’s 12, Strathfieldsaye 6.
Under-12C:
Eaglehawk Hawks 28 points, St Monica’s 24, Marong 20, Heathcote 20, St Therese’s 20, St Francis of the Field 20, Maiden Gully YCW 16, Golden Square 12, Kangaroo Flat 12, Strathfieldsaye 8, St Kilian’s-St Peter’s Green 8, Huntly Brown 4.
Under-12D:
Golden Square 24 points, White Hills Red 20, North Bendigo 16, Strathfieldsaye 12, South Bendigo 10, Maiden Gully YCW 6, Eaglehawk Two Blues 0.
Under-14 girls:
White Hills 1573 per cent, 28 points; Sandhurst 317, 24; Strathfieldsaye 235, 20; Eaglehawk 33, 10; Kangaroo Flat 42, 8; Golden Square 20, 6; Marong 7,0.
Under-14 seniors:
Sandhurst 32 points, Strathfieldsaye 24, South Bendigo 20, Golden Square 20, Eaglehawk 12, Maiden Gully YCW 8.
Under-14 reserves, division one:
Strathfieldsaye 24 points, Huntly Gold 18, Marong 14, Castlemaine 12, Kangaroo Flat 12, Rochester 8.
Under-14 reserves, division two:
South Bendigo 20 points, Sandhurst 20, Maryborough 16, Huntly Brown 16, White Hills 12, Strathfieldsaye 4.
Under-14 reserves, division three:
Golden Square 20 points, Maiden Gully YCW 16, South Bendigo 12, Kangaroo Flat 8, North Bendigo 0.
Under-16 seniors:
Sandhurst Maroon 28 points, Golden Square 28, Maryborough 20, South Bendigo 20, Strathfieldsaye 16, Sandhurst Navy 16, Maiden Gully YCW 12, Rochester 12, Castlemaine 8, Eaglehawk 8.
Under-16 reserves, division one:
White Hills Black 20 points, Kangaroo Flat 20, Strathfieldsaye 12, Huntly 12, Golden Square 8.
Under-16 reserves, division two:
Lockington Bamawm United Cats 24 points, Maiden Gully YCW 16, White Hills Red 4, Marong 0.
Under-16 girls:
Sandhurst 1566 per cent, 28 points; Strathfieldsaye 41, 20; Golden Square 31, 12; Castlemaine 19, 0.
Under-18 girls:
White Hills 372 per cent, 20 points; Woorinen 234, 20; Golden Square 71, 8; Eaglehawk 36, 8; Sandhurst 29, 0.