Football
21 May, 2025
Saints record narrow win against Warrack
The Horsham Saints recorded a win against Warrack on Saturday in round five of the Wimmera Football Netball League.
In doing so they denied the Eagles their first win of the season, the team currently eighth on the ladder.
In comparison, the Saints sit at sixth, having three losses and two wins on the board this season.
On Saturday the final score was Horsham Saints 12.8 (80) to Warrack 10.6 (66).
The Matt Walder-led Eagles got off to a brilliant start, with 6.1 on the board at the end of the quarter while their opposition had scored 2.1.
But the Saints came out strongly in the following quarter and at half-time held the lead by four points.
Horsham extended the lead to a goal heading into the final quarter, before running out 14-point winners.
Mitch Martin was in brilliant form for Horsham Saints in the forward line, booting five majors, while Charlie Wilson and Ned Grieve contributed a couple of goals each for Warrack.
Better players were Martin and Keegan Mellington (Saints) and Machok Garang and Sam Hanna (Warrack).