Junior Brookers turn on style

By Carleen Mynott
Gembrook-Cockatoo Junior Football Club
Under 16
GEMBROOK played really well as a team. The leadership group stepped up and united the team, resulting in a great win.
Gembrook-Cockatoo 20.9.129 d Seville 1.4.10.
Best: R. Wilson, M. Spiller, N. Muratore, C. Scott, B. West.
Under 14
GEMBROOK-Cockatoo was victorious in a hard, contested game against Seville. It was a real arm wrestle all game. The Brookers toughed it out and came away with the win.
Gembrook-Cockatoo 6.4.40 d Seville 4.7.31.
Best: D. McPherson, M. McLennan, D. Misso, J. Randall, M. Dalgleish.
Under 13
THE game was a tough hard fought win in foggy and wet conditions.
The Brookers won it in the first half, but let Mount Evelyn control the ball in the second half. A four-quarter effort will be required to match or better the tougher sides in the competition.
Gembrook-Cockatoo 6.5.41 d Mount Evelyn 2.2.14.
Best: T. Hutchinson, C. Sawyer, C. Retzack, J. Berry, J. McMahon.
Under 12
IN A well contested game, the Brookers played good football in patches and the team was able to win by a few points.
Gembrook-Cockatoo 4.5.29 d Seville 4.1.25.
Best: T. Quirk, Z. Epstein, J. Williams Spry, J. Johnstone.
Under 11
THE Brookers, up against the top side Emerald, tried hard all day and made it difficult for Emerald to get a run on and a good score on the board.
Well done to Jason Breakwell and Riley Wood for their 50th game.
Gembrook-Cockatoo 0.0.0 v Emerald 2.6.18.
Best: J. Breakwell, R. Wood, B. Standeven, L. Madden, K. Murphy.
Under 10
GEMBROOK-Cockatoo got off to a slow start, but did enough to ensure a quarter time lead.
After that they started running a lot more and spent the rest of the game linking up beautifully with a lot of quick handballing to get out of trouble and moved the ball forward quickly.
The team’s second and third quarters were sensational, with plenty of scoreboard pressure.
More accuracy would have been good but, they still got the job done.
Best: Joel Jensen, Scott Hilder, Curtis Sweeney and Matt Templeton.