Dandaragan claim first victory against Cervantes in six years as Lancelin on the board this season with a win

Dandaragan football has claimed the top spot in the CMCFL after taking down Cervantes for the first time in six years. The Tiger Sharks had won all four games this season and 11 straight going into last year, including the grand finale. That was until the weekend when the Saints handed them a belting, scoring 17.11 (113) to the Tiger Sharks’ 4.8 (32). The game never looked like a contest from the start, as the top side Cervantes put up a single goal in the first quarter to Dandaragan’s seven goals and six behinds. The game continued to be a blowout, as the Saints finished the first half with 63 points to the Tiger Sharks’ 14. The story did not get better as the Saints continued to pile on the scoring in the third term, adding six goals in the quarter while the struggling Tiger Sharks could only muster one goal and two behinds. In the final quarter Cervantes kicked one goal and four behinds to Dandaragan’s two goals and two behinds. The Saints now sit on top of the ladder at 4-1, gaining revenge of their 43-point loss in round one against the Tiger Sharks with the 81-point victory. Dandaragan had nine individual goal kickers to Cervantes’ three, while also having five majors come off the boot of Matthew Tilbee, along with three goals from Campbell Putland, while James Venturini scored two for the losing side. While the clash between the two top teams was one-sided, the bottom-of-the-ladder clash between Moora and Lancelin Ledge Point was a tight contest. The Pirates got their first win of the season over the weekend, scoring 14.10 (94) to the Mavericks’ 12.11 (83). The teams traded shots from start to finish, with Moora taking a two-point lead in the first after kicking 5.3 to Lancelin’s 5.1. The game was tied at the half thanks to some accurate goal-kicking from the Pirates who slotted three goals in the second term, while the Mavericks’ two goals and four behinds saw them lose the lead. They claimed it back in the third quarter, once again going up by three points over the pirates heading into the last quarter. The Pirates, however, dominated the final term of the day to take the 11-point victory and earn their first points of the season. Oliver McDonald was a standout for the pirates, slotting five goals in the win, he was accompanied on the score board by Mitchell Price with three and Lachie Glasfurd with two, while Kade Screaigh and Gabriel Westlake scored three for the Mavericks.