MITIAMO has launched its A Grade netball premiership defence in spectacular fashion, sinking an astonishing 94 goals against Calivil on Saturday.
The scoring frenzy – that’s a goal a little less than every 40 seconds for the Superoos alone – led to a 94-44 final total.
It helped set the seal on a big weekend for Miti, with the senior men’s football team winning its first game since July 2023.
You have to go back to round six of the 2023 season to find a higher score, when Marong netted 101 goals to Bears Lagoon Serpentine’s 31.
Coach Abbey Battersby, in her first game in charge of Mitiamo, said the players discussed at three-quarter time trying to reach 100 goals.
However, in the heat and after choosing to keep on court the same seven players all game, the Superoos ran out of juice.
The bench was made up of A Reserve players who had run out a full game earlier: “They were already pretty buggered,” Battersby said. The court surface was radiating heat, and conditions were “the hottest we have ever played in”.
The Superoos led by 20 goals at quarter-time, and 29 at half-time before really stepping on the pedal in the third quarter, scoring 28 goals to 10.
The Demons held their own in the last quarter, scoring 16 goals to Mitiamo’s 19. alivil, though, was dominant in the junior ranks, winning 52-1 in 13-and-under, 80-11 in 15-and-under, and 76-41 in the 17-and-under competition.
Pyramid Hill prevailed in a tough battle with Marong at Malone Park, 50-57.
Last season’s runners up were challenged strongly by the Panthers but held onto a narrow lead throughout.
Bulldogs coach Chelsea Emmerson said Marong was a good side.
“It was really only a couple of missed goals and good rebounds that separated us,” she said.
Centre Morgan Dingwall was Pyramid Hill’s best, along with Abbey Dingwall at goal defence.
The Bulldogs face last season’s nemesis, Mitiamo, at home after the Easter bye.
“We’ve had a really hard start to the season with Newbridge and Marong, both strong teams that are not to be discounted at all,” Emmerson said. And with Bears Lagoon Serpentine and Bridgewater to follow after Mitiamo, the season only gets tougher for the Bulldogs.
Bears Lagoon Serpentine is on top of the ladder after a big win over struggling Inglewood.
Given the Bears were winless in 2023, making the finals last season and starting 2025 in excellent form represents a remarkable turnaround in fortunes.
Serp, led by star shooter Ava Francis, last season’s league rising star, won 57-25 as the Woodies were outclassed.
Inglewood’s best players in the absence of last season’s best-and-fairest Abbey Hayes, were centre Lily Wynne and goal keeper Grace Christiansen.  
Bridgewater has won its first match of the season with a 54-41 victory over Maiden Gully.
The Mean Machine rebounded after their narrow loss to Bears Lagoon Serpentine in round one to record a comfortable win, pulling away in the third quarter with 15 goals to nine.
Maiden Gully sits 1-1 for the season, along with Bridgewater, with the teams in sixth and fifth place on the ladder respectively.
 

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