FIVE years after breaking a 1044-day winning drought and being on the receiving end of some hard-to-swallow defeats, Boort on Saturday signalled its arrival as the side on the rise in North Central football.
The Pies poured on the goals in every quarter against a hapless Charlton. 
Assistant coach Jhye Baddeley-Kelly headed the board with a bag of 10, Kayne Rutley almost equally as ruthless in front of sticks with eight while stocky forward Peter Barbopoulos finished with six - a couple of dropped marks cruelled his chances of also hitting double figures.
The 188-point victory was a reversal of scorelines for some veteran Magpies and has sent statisticians scratching their heads for the last time Boort booted more than 30 goals. They kicked 26 goals in the famous 1982 flag win.
On Saturday, Boort was relentless in overcoming occasional challenges across the midfield where Kieran Jaksic was among solid Pie performers. Defenders more than did their job, denying Charlton any scores in the first term and just a behind in the second. Goals in the second half to Elliott Fitzpatrick, Rhys Thompson and Ashton Wood little consolation as the Pies have cemented their place in the league’s mid-tier and relishing encounters with the big three of Sea Lake Nandaly, Birchip Watchem and Calder United over consecutive weeks next month.
That gives coach Dale Cameron time to refine the forward zone game plan. Last weekend, there were a handful of times when Magpie forwards left the square unattended in the final term.