In this weekends basketball action, the Under 14 B Girls renewed hostilities with their great rivals, Drummo Dragons.
These match-ups between perennial contenders are usually intense, highly physical encounters and this was no different as both sides played smash-mouth defense, simply refusing to let the other get a clean look at the basket through the opening half.
It took four minutes for Drummo to get on the scoreboard through Sienna Molloy; it took Ballan a full nine minutes before Chloe Newton eventually scored on a driving layup.
The always impressive Charlee Johnson was slicing through Ballan's perimeter defense but was met at the rim by Albi Pike and Dakota Mulgrew, the two ace defenders repeatedly halting Drummo's prime mover.
Molloy and Newton exchanged late baskets that saw a rock-fight of a match evenly poised at 6-4 Dragons way at half time.
Sophia Addison got the first basket of the 2nd stanza for the Dragons, Indiya Cassar quickly answering, though neither team were able to add to the score over the next five or so minutes.
Then, out of nothing, the Brumbies exploded.
Clara Monterosso drove hard to the hoop, drawing a foul. She connected on the first free throw, but missed the second. Ruby McLeod hustled hard to chase down the rebound, setting up Ruby Sims for a bucket.
Solid Ballan defense saw the girls get out on the break, Sims and Newton able to hit layups. Sims - on somewhat of a heater by this point - then hit a difficult mid-range jumper before banking in an almost impossible turnaround jumper from the low post.
A Sims free throw saw Ballan, in what felt like the blink of an eye, surge to an 18-8 lead.
Drummo eventually recovered from their stumble, Addison and Molloy both scoring on the drive, but the Brumbies girls held firm, Sims scoring inside and Newton connecting on a jump-shot from the wing.
The teams exchanged baskets to finish the game, Ballan keeping Drummo at arms distance as their explosive 2nd half saw them take a satisfying 28-18 won over their arch rival.
Under 8's defeated Excies Acmy 27-16 Under 12 Boys E lost to Sovereign Knights 5-32 Under 12 Boys C defeated Drummo Dragons 68-8 Under 12 Girls lost to Phoenix Jaspers 4-18 Under 14 Boys F Blue defeated Sovereign Knights 40-19 Under 14 Boys D defeated Phoenix Cannons 52-9 Under 14 Boys B drew with Wildcats 36-36 Under 14 Girls D defeated Phoenix Ice 34-13 Under 14 Girls B defeated Drummo Dragons 28-18 Under 16 Boys G Blue lost to Ballan Brumbies White 26-42 Under 16 Boys G White defeated Ballan Brumbies Blue 42-26 Under 16 Boys E defeated Phoenix Flames 49-23 Under 16 Boys C defeated Saints Blazers 40-37 Under 19 Boys H lost to Phoenix Broncos 25-34 Under 19 Boys E defeated Phoenix Pacers 51-50 Under 19 Boys D defeated Sovereign Knights 25-20 Under 19 Girls defeated Drummo Dragons 34-27
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