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The Casey Scorpions responded to last week's humiliation at the hands of Sandringham with a much improved performance at home under lights at Casey Fields on Saturday night. After trailing throughout the Scorpions rallied late in the game but narrowly missed out on their first win for the season.
BY KC from Casey
A confident Port Melbourne, fresh from avenging last year's grand final humbling at the hands of North Ballarat, opened brightly and won the first quarter kicking two goals and keeping Casey to just three points to hold a 13 point lead at the first change.
The home side squandered opportunities in front of goal and their only major for the first half came from high flying forward Russell Robertson who was working in well with Addam Maric but unfortunately, the score line of 1.7.13 to 4.5.29 at half time told the story. The youthful Casey combination was not overawed by the VFL power house but those wasted opportunities in front of goal were having a telling effect.
The Scorpions kept plugging away after half time with the lanky Jake Spencer toiling hard in the ruck to get the ball down to small men in Shane Valenti who was getting a lot of the football and captain Kyle Matthews in the middle. Casey was also getting great service from their young veterans in Alex Silvagni in defence and James Wall who was combining well with the forwards while Beau Vernon was a good contributor on the night.
The further the game progressed the more impact Jack Grimes was having on the game. The magical Liam Jurrah chipped in with a brilliant goal to narrow the gap. But Port managed to rally to hold a 10 point lead at the final break. Ben MaCreadie, who played well in just his second game for the club was reported for charging during the term and the team was momentarily unsettled.
Russell Robertson continued to add bite up forward but it was still tough going for the home side as it played catch up football. There were several opportunities to win the game thanks to some hard work from Maric and Grimes and Pierce Liddle did all he could to win the game in the dying minutes with some long runs but it was a close shave for Port as the fast-finishing Scorpions fell short by a mere 3 points.
The result underlines the importance in football if getting off to a good start (Casey won each of the last three quarters but still lost) and of accurate kicking around the ground and in front of goal. Coach Peter German is likely to impress these things on his charges next week as they take on another difficult opponent in Frankston at Frankston City Oval on Sunday.
Casey Scorpions 0.3.3 1.7.13 5.11.41 9.13.67
Port Melbourne 2.4.16 4.5.29 7.9.51 10.11.71
Goals
Casey Scorpions Robertson 3 Maric 2 Grimes Jurrah McGough Moore
Port Melbourne Bonaddio 3 Robbins 2 Burstin Dillon Mullins Raymond Smith
Best
Casey Scorpions Valenti Wall Silvagni Spencer Panozza Robertson
Port Melbourne McGrath Pleming Smith Brewer Dalton Bonaddio
Report
B MaCreadie (Casey Scorpions) for charging M. Smith (Port Melbourne) during the 3rd quarter
The Casey Scorpions Reserves stared well and were still in the game at three quarter time but Port Melbourne was able to streak away with a 9 goal final quarter. Luke Williams and Ben Waite worked hard in defence while Danny Hughes and Brad Sykes did well up forward with three goals each. One of Hughes' marks would be hard to beat if there was a mark of the year award for the VFL Reserves.
Casey Scorpions 4.4.28 6.8.44 9.13.67 13.14.92
Port Melbourne 3.2.20 9.8.62 10.12.72 19.18.132
Goals
Casey Scorpions Hughes Sykes 3 Bolton 2 Chivers McLeod Mildren Schrape Watts
Port Melbourne Schultz 4 Hassett Kennedy Martin Scipione 2 Edwards Irving Kilpin Neville O'Keefe Sengstock Suckling
Best
Casey Scorpions Williams Mazurek Waite Hughes Healey Chivers
Port Melbourne Schultz Wall Sengstock Siciliano Clarkson Scipione |
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Practice Match
Casey Scorpions v Port Melbourne Saturday 3rd March Casey Fields Reserves @ 11.00am Seniors @ 2.00pm
2012 Practice Matches
All matches at Casey FieldsSaturday 3rd March
Scorpions v Pt Melbourne Saturday 10th March Scorpions v Box Hill Saturday 17th March Scorpions v Frankston Reserves at 11.00am Seniors at 2.00pm
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