Armin Richter
Mixed results for Monbulk Juniors
The penultimate round of home and away matches in the Outer East Junior Football League took place on Sunday. Monbulk have an Auskick squad along with Under 9s, Under 10s Girls and Under 10s Mixed which have been kicking the dew off the grass with encouraging numbers. There is no scoring at this level and these teams will wrap up the year next week.
Monbulk also field teams in all other age groups except Under 11s, Under 13s and Under 14s Girls. All age groups from Under 12s to Under 16s will have a Final 4 except for Under 16 Yarra which have a Final Six. Both Under 12s teams had great wins at home, with the Girls keeping Woori Yallock scoreless and the Mixed team defeating fifth placed Wandin. The Girls head the ladder while the Boys are finishing strongly but are currently in 7th.
The Under 14s had a gallant tussle with Woori Yallock but finished 5 points shy of victory and dropped out of the top four. Monbulk are 5th, tied with Healesville (4th) and Belgrave (6th) on points and will need to defeat Belgrave this week and hope for Seville to cause an upset.
The Under 16s Girls met top side Belgrave and gave a good account of themselves but went down by six goals. Monbulk merged with Woori Yallock this year, to be able to field a team, although they play as Monbulk and in Monbulk colours. The Under 16s Girls are in a similar situation to the Under 14s, also being in fifth, where they will need to defeat Mt. Evelyn Maroon and hope that Upwey-Tecoma can defeat Wesburn.
Meanwhile the Under 16s Boys have swept all before them and are undefeated on top of the ladder, although they did have a draw with third placed Healesville, who will be their opponent in the final round. On Sunday they defeated Upwey-Tecoma by 39 points at Talaskia Reserve.
Ladders (Match ratios affect some ladder positions)
Under 12 Girls: Monbulk 48, Wesburn 44, Wandin 42, Olinda-Ferny Creek 40; Upwey-Tecoma 36; Healesville 28; Gembrook-Cockatoo 30, Belgrave 16, Emerald 12, Woori Yallock 8, Mt. Evelyn 8
Under 12 Mixed: Upwey-Tecoma 48, Mt. Evelyn 48, Wesburn 40, Emerald 36, Wandin 28, Healesville 28, Monbulk 24, Yarra Glen 20, Belgrave 20, Seville 12, Woori Yallock 4, Gembrook-Cockatoo 4
Under 13s Mixed: Healesville 48, Mt. Evelyn 44, Upwey-Tecoma 26, Olinda-Ferny Creek 16, Emerald 14, Woori Yallock 8
Under 14s Girls (match ratio): Healesville 100.0, Mt. Evelyn 86.36, Wesburn 70.83, Upwey-Tecoma 58.33, Belgrave 54.54, Olinda-Ferny Creek 33.33, Emerald 33.33, Seville 18.18, Wandin 0
Under 14s Mixed: Olinda-Ferny Creek 52, Mt. Evelyn 48, Woori Yallock 40, Healesville 32, Monbulk 32, Belgrave 32, Upwey-Tecoma 24, Wandin 20, Gembrook-Cockatoo 16, Seville 12, Yarra Glen 4, Wesburn 0
Under 16s Girls: Belgrave 48, Mt. Evelyn 44, Healesville 36, Wesburn 28, Monbulk 24, Mt. Evelyn 16, Emerald 8, Upwey-Tecoma 4
Under 16s Yarra: Wandin 52, Woori Yallock 36, Upwey-Tecoma 36, Mt. Evelyn 24, Healesville 16, Olinda-Ferny Creek 16
Under 16s Ranges: Monbulk 50, Gembrook-Cockatoo 40, Healesville 30, Wandin 20, Emerald 16, Wesburn 12, Yarra Glen 8, Upwey-Tecoma 4
