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BREAKING THE ICE

The Casey Scorpions literally broke the ice on Sunday with a 39 point victory over the Dolphins at Frankston City Oval.

There was a cold, howling westerly whipping up the white caps on nearby Port Phillip Bay and skipper Kyle Matthews had no hesitation on winning the toss in kicking to the Young Street end which was aided by a stiff 6 goal breeze. The winning of the toss ultimately to prove significant because it was well nigh impossible to score into the teeth of the wind for most of the day.

BY KC From Casey

Casey made a number of changes to last week's team bringing in newcomers Glen Chivers and Augustine Patti along with four Demon listed players in Daniel Bell, Kyle Cheney, Danny Hughes and Austin Wonaeamirri who had yet to represent the club in senior matches. Patti is an over age player from the Dandenong Stingrays who is eligible to play as the 23rd man under the VFL's new rules encouraging participation of TAC Cup players at VFL clubs.

The opening quarter belonged to Russell Robertson on the comeback trail after being out for some 10 months with a torn Achilles. The wily forward opened proceedings with a goal in the first minute and by quarter time had snagged two more helping the Scorpions to lead by the total of their score of 5.3.33. Defender Alex Silvagni was moved forward and had a goal to his name while Hughes was the other goal scorer.

Things were altogether different after the teams changed ends. The home side wasted no time in its quest to bridge the gap and, despite the efforts of the Casey backline, the home team managed to take the lead. A desperate last five minutes of strong defensive football managed to limit the visitors' deficit to just three points at half time.

The wind was still having an effect on the game in the third term as Casey swept ahead thanks to its hardworking midfield led by Matthews and the busy Shane Valenti who were getting the ball forward with regularity to Robertson and Silvagni until some slip ups in defence late in the quarter gave the Dolphins the first score against the wind and the tide - a goal. At the final break it was Casey holding an identical lead to the one it held at quarter time and it was still anybody's game at this stage.

The Scorpions dug deep in the early moments of the final term and it was here that the game was won. Robertson kicked his team's first goal (and his own fifth) at the "non-scoring" end with a magnificent kick that seemed to somehow defy the elements. The defence of the Scorpions led by James Wall held the Dolphins out for long enough to knock the wind out of their sails and it was the Scorpions who were now in attacking mode. Two more goals - one each to youngster Beau Vernon in only his second senior game and Hughes saw Casey run out easy winners in the end.

Casey Scorpions 5.3.33 5.3.33 11.9.75 14.12.96

Frankston 0.0.0 5.6.36 6.6.42 8.9.57

Goals

Casey Scorpions Robertson 5 Silvagni 3 Hughes 2 McNamara Vernon Wall Wonaeamirri

Frankston Berry Dickson Lourey 2 Magner Pollard

Best

Casey Scorpions Matthews Wall Robertson Valenti Silvagni Stockdale

Frankston Ablett Casboult Baguley Lombardozzi Dickson Ongarello

The day began on a good footing for the alignment when the Casey Reserves scored their first win for 2009 after heading the home side from start to finish and keeping them down to just four goals for the day. Rohan Bail was outstanding in the midfield.

Casey Scorpions 2.5.17 4.5.29 8.11.59 8.12 60

Frankston 0.2.2 2.5.17 3.5.23 4.7 31

Goals

Casey Scorpions Zomer 2 Oldmeadow 2 Blaser Scanlon Snow Bolton

Frankston Potts 2 Morris 2

Best

Casey Scorpions Bail Blaser Williams Zomer Watts Oldmeadow

Frankston Hibberd Potts Bosward Rogasch Hobbs Sienkiewicz