Congratulations to the Junior AFL Team

AFL State Grand final

The morning of the state grand final had arrived. We could feel the nerves and the tension in the air. As we hopped on the bus and headed down to Craigieburn we only had one thought on our mind and that was to win a gold medal. With a team goal set we knew what we had to do. The umpire held up the ball and the siren went. The time to shine was now. He threw it up and the game begun. The first quarter was tough as we were going against the wind. Our defense line was doing there best to keep Lilydale from scoring and did a superb job. With Lilydale being only one point ahead of us we knew we had done a great job in defense and was time to release the forwards in the second quarter.

The second quarter begun and we were going after the ball harder than ever. Any scoring opportunity we had we took. With some great marks in the forward line we were now on top of Lilydale by 8 points. It was a great lead and it would need to keep it for the third quarter. We went into the clubrooms at half time break and got some feedback and inspiration to keep pushing and win this quarter. With this task set we knew we had to play defensively. As the wind picked up it decided to bring along some rain. By the end of the third quarter the score was even. We knew the fourth quarter was ours. With a state win so close we knew we had to kick some goals. The first goal was kicked by Grace which was on a very tough angle but got us pumped up and making us want to kick more. With our spirit lifted we kept on adding to the scoreboard and sealed the win. Everyone was over the moon with their gold medals and a state title.