STRATHFIELDSAYE Storm sits on top of three ladders in this season’s Bendigo Bank Bendigo Junior Football League action.
The unbeaten Storm has surged to the lead in the under-16A and under-16B competitions, and the club’s under-15 Girls’ team leads the way on an eight-one record.
It was a bye for Strathfieldsaye’s under-16A team last weekend.
Storm will play Sandhurst on July 12 at Triple M Park in Strathfieldsaye’s Tannery Lane.
Strathfieldsaye won last Sunday’s under-16B match against Marong by 65 points.
Storm surged to a 21-8 lead at quarter-time at Triple M Park and won the next three quarters by margins of 20, 22 and 10 points.
Kobi Read kicked five goals in the 94-29 victory as Declan Brasher booted three.
Storm team-mates Ted Brandt, Romulus Milsom, Logan Morrice, Harry Norman and Thomas Oldham were also on target.
Best for Strathfieldsaye were Logan Morrice, Ted Bradnt, Thomas Oldham, Declan Brasher and Fletcher Hodges.
The under-15 Girls match between Strathfieldsaye and Kangaroo Flat ended in a 17-point win for Storm on Sunday at Triple M Park.
Millie Balic, Amelie Cail, Addison Probert and Scarlett Woodmore all kicked a goal in the 30-13 win.
Best for Storm were Cammie Fitzgerald, Addison Probert, Olivia Flood, Bonnie Bortlotto, Pippa Tyler and Ayla Lowndes.
Strathfieldsaye played Sandhurst in the under-14A match at Bendigo’s Ewing Park.
The Dragons charged to a 142-20 victory.
Goalkickers for Storm were Matt Jennings, Alex Kelly and Jackson Patton.
Storm’s best were William Munro, Cameron Mayes, Sam Elkington, Jude Place, Nate Malone and Darcy Kanzamar.
It was a showdown between the Storm and Hawks as Strathfieldsaye faced Eaglehawk in the under-14B match at Enterprise Oval in Tannery Lane.
The Hawks swooped for a 62-24 victory.
Goalkickers for Strathfieldsaye were Noah Burton, Sam Hurford and Ned McLoughlan.
Storm’s best were Hudson Steele, Lenny Young, Ned McLoughlan, Noah Burton, Fletcher Wood and Patrick Horan.
The round kicked off with Friday night’s matches for under-12 Girls.
Strathfieldsaye played South Bendigo Red at White Hills.
The Red line-up won 32-nil.
Best for Storm were Leni McKern, Charlotte Palmer, Hayley Jensen, Adele McKinley and Maddison Sherwell.
Strathfieldsaye faced St Francis in the under-12A match on Enterprise Oval.
The St Francis team won 52-9.
Oliver Hayse goaled for Strathfieldsaye.
Best for Storm were Levi Smith, Cooper Green, Xanver Janse van Rensburg, Nate Turnbull, Bailey Kaye and Jye Laverty-Smith.
Strathfieldsaye’s under-12D team made its way to the Maiden Gully-based Marist College Oval to play Maiden Gully YCW Eagles.
The Eagles soared to a 70-26 victory.
Goalkickers for Storm were Izaiah Brown, Asher Magee, Brax McLeod and Benjamin Tauelangi.
Strathfieldsaye’s best were Hamish Scullie, Benjamin and Lincoln Tauelangi, Jimmy Jardine, Izaiah Brown and Beau Jardine.
It’s a general bye across the Bendigo JFL on July 3-5.
Round 10 will be played on July 10-12.
Bendigo JFL round nine scoreboard:
Under-12 Girls:
Eaglehawk Hawks 3.6 (24) d Huntly 1.0 (6), Eaglehawk Eagles 3.4 (22) d Golden Square 0.0 (0), South Bendigo Red 4.8 (32) d Strathfieldsaye 0.0 (0), St Therese’s 6.3 (39) d South Bendigo White 0.1 (1), Rochester 9.10 (64) d White Hills 1.2 (8), St Francis Green bye.
Under-12A:
South Bendigo 5.12 (42) d St Therese’s 4.5 (29), Maiden Gully YCW Eagles 9.6 (60) d Golden Square 3.2 (20), St Francis 7.10 (52) d Strathfieldsaye 1.3 (9).
Under-12B:
White Hills 6.4 (40) d Eaglehawk Eagles 6.3 (39), Marong 8.11 (59) d Castlemaine 4.5 (29), Huntly 23.12 (150) d North Bendigo 1.1 (7).
Under-12C:
Maryborough 2.6 (18) d Quarry Hill 2.3 (15), St Kilian’s-St Peter’s 4.9 (33) d St Monica’s 3.2 (20), Maiden Gully YCW Eagles 10.12 (72) d Golden Square 2.5 (17), South Bendigo 18.13 (121) d St Therese’s 0.1 (1).
Under-12D:
Castlemaine 7.6 (48) d Golden Square 1.1 (7), Maiden Gully YCW Eagles 10.10 (70) d Strathfieldsaye 4.2 (26), St Francis 8.11 (59) d South Bendigo 0.0 (0), Kangaroo Flat 13.11 (89) d Eaglehawk Hawks 1.4 (10), Mount Pleasant 14.10 (94) d Marong 2.2 (14), Heathcote 14.12 (96) d White Hills 0.0 (0).
Under-14A:
White Hills 11.9 (75) d Rochester 6.11 (47), Maiden Gully YCW Eagles 10.17 (77) d Golden Square 6.4 (40), Sandhurst 20.22 (142) d Strathfieldsaye 3.2 (20), South Bendigo 26.15 (171) d Huntly 3.3 (21), Eaglehawk bye.
Under-14B:
Sandhurst 8.11 (59) d Maryborough 8.10 (58), Eaglehawk 8.14 (62) d Strathfieldsaye 3.6 (24), South Bendigo 17.15 (117) d Maiden Gully YCW Eagles 5.6 (36), Kangaroo Flat 22.22 (154) d Golden Square 2.3 (15), Castlemaine 24.20 (164) d North Bendigo 2.1 (13).
Under-14C:
South Bendigo 18.20 (128) d Kangaroo Flat 3.1 (19), Marong 14.18 (102) d Maiden Gully YCW Eagles 0.0 (0), White Hills bye.
Under-15 Girls:
Sandhurst Navy 4.3 (27) d Golden Square 2.3 (15), Strathfieldsaye 4.6 (30) d Kangaroo Flat 2.1 (13), White Hills 10.10 (70) d Marong 0.1 (1), Sandhurst White 14.12 (96) d Rochester 0.0 (0), Mount Pleasant 18.14 (122) d North Bendigo 0.0 (0), South Bendigo bye.
Under-16A:
White Hills 12.4 (76) d South Bendigo 8.10 (58), Sandhurst 18.12 (120) d Maiden Gully YCW Eagles 5.11 (41), Golden Square 27.16 (178) d Kangaroo Flat 2.7 (19), Rochester v Castlemaine not supplied, Strathfieldsaye bye.
Under-16B:
Strathfieldsaye 13.16 (94) d Marong 4.5 (29), Golden Square 17.10 (112) d South Bendigo 4.9 (33), Huntly 23.14 (152) d White Hills 4.2 (26), Eaglehawk 26.21 (177) d North Bendigo 1.4 (10).
Bendigo JFL ladders after nine rounds:
Under-12 Girls:
St Francis Green 87 match ratio, 1483 per cent; Rochester 87, 403; South Bendigo Red 75, 332; Eaglehawk Hawks 62, 100; Golden Square 62, 54; St Therese’s 56, 91; Eaglehawk Eagles 44, 133; Strathfieldsaye 37, 95; South Bendigo White 22, 22; Huntly 12, 18; White Hills 6, 9.
Under-12A:
South Bendigo 34 points, St Therese’s 28, Maiden Gully YCW Eagles 22, Golden Square 16, Strathfieldsaye 12, St Francis 4.
Under-12B:
Marong 28 points, White Hills 28, Castlemaine 20, Eaglehawk Eagles 16, Huntly 16, North Bendigo 12.
Under-12C:
St Kilian’s-St Peter’s 32 points, St Monica’s 28, Maiden Gully YCW Eagles 24, South Bendigo 20, Maryborough 20, Quarry Hill 12, Golden Square 4, St Therese’s 0.
Under-12D:
Kangaroo Flat 32 points, Heathcote 28, Maiden Gully YCW Eagles 24, Strathfieldsaye 24, Mount Pleasant 20, Castlemaine 20, Golden Square 20, St Francis 8, Eaglehawk Hawks 8, South Bendigo 8, Marong 8, White Hills 0.
Under-14A:
Sandhurst 100 match ratio, South Bendigo 87, Maiden Gully YCW Eagles 66, Strathfieldsaye 50, Golden Square 50, Eaglehawk 37, Huntly 33, White Hills 33, Rochester 33.
Under-14B:
Kangaroo Flat 28 points, South Bendigo 28, Castlemaine 24, Maryborough 24, Eaglehawk 24, Sandhurst 24, North Bendigo 12, Maiden Gully YCW Eagles 12, Strathfieldsaye 4, Golden Square 4.
Under-14C:
South Bendigo 75 match ratio, Marong 62, Maiden Gully YCW Eagles 37, White Hills 12, Kangaroo Flat 12.
Under-15 Girls:
Strathfieldsaye 88 match ratio, Sandhurst White 75, White Hills 75, Sandhurst Navy 71, Golden Square 62, Mount Pleasant 62, Marong 37, Kangaroo Flat 33 Rochester 22, South Bendigo 12, North Bendigo 0.
Under-16A:
Strathfieldsaye 100 match ratio, Golden Square 88, Sandhurst 66, White Hills 55, Castlemaine 42, Kangaroo Flat 37, South Bendigo 33, Rochester 28, Maiden Gully YCW Eagles 25.
Under-16B:
Strathfieldsaye 34 points, Eaglehawk 26, Golden Square 20, Huntly 20, South Bendigo 12, Marong 8, Norht Bendigo 4, White Hills 0.