Big V Youth League Women: Round 4, 2017: Werribee 35, Warrandyte 80

Big V Youth League Women: Round 4, 2017
Werribee Devils 35 v Warrandyte Venom 80
Werribee      13       6         7         9         35
Warrandyte  21       17       25       17       80

Hayley Jones 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals

Maeghan Ridder 6 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals

Taylah Lea 8 rebounds

Rachel Miller 7 rebounds

Shae Beckworth 5 rebounds, 2 assists
Eliza Herne 5 rebounds, 2 steals

The Werribee Devils Youth League Women faced a tough challenge when they hosted league-leaders Warrandyte Venom in Round 4.

Although the visitors controlled the contest early, the Devils were competitive, staying within single-digits. Eliza Herne and Hayley Jones were busy, while Taylah Lea, Rachel Miller and Maeghan Ridder contributed well on the boards.

Through the middle stages the Devils could only manage 13 points, while the Venom kept the scoreboard ticking over thanks to Ellie Locke (23 points) and Michaela Kuen (17). Turnovers proved costly, with 33 of the Venom’s points coming as a result of Devils mistakes.

After the Easter break the Devils (10^th, 0-4) will go searching for their first win of the season against the Coburg Giants (6^th, 2-2).

First Quarter (Werribee 13, Warrandyte 21)
Eliza Herne 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals
Hayley Jones 4 points
Taylah Lea & Rachel Miller 2 rebounds

Second Quarter (Werribee 6, Warrandyte 17) HT 19-38
Hayley Jones 3 points
Natasha Currao 2 points
Taylah Lea 4 rebounds
Maeghan Ridder 2 rebounds

Third Quarter (Werribee 7, Warrandyte 25) 3QT 26-63
Maeghan Ridder 3 points, 2 rebounds
Natasha Currao 2 points
Shae Beckworth 2 points, 2 rebounds
Rachel Miller 2 rebounds

Fourth Quarter (Werribee 9, Warrandyte 17) FT 35-80
Hayley Jones 4 points, 2 rebounds
Darcy Alfred 2 points
Shae Beckworth 2 points, 2 rebounds
Maeghan Ridder 2 rebounds, 2 steals
Rachel Miller 2 rebounds

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Big V Youth League Men Round 4, 2017: Werribee v Ballarat & Bendigo

Big V Youth League Men Double Header: Werribee v Ballarat & Bendigo
Werribee 93 defeated Ballarat Miners 61
Werribee      19       21       24       29       93
Ballarat        12       13       15       21       61

Mitch Alush 15 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks

Josh Tang 12 points, 5 rebounds

Patrick Daley 11 points, 11 rebounds, 6 blocks

Josh Zamperoni 11 points, 5 rebounds

TJ Remy 10 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals

Dylan Harberger 10 points, 6 rebounds

Cameron Hutton 6 rebounds, 4 steals

Jesse Harberger 8 rebounds, 2 blocks

The Werribee Devils Youth League Men have made a fantastic start to the 2017 season. Despite being handed three double-headers in the first four rounds, the Devils have not lost a game and go into the Easter break at 6-0, equal at the top of the table with Keilor Thunder.

In Round 4 the Devils hosted the Ballarat Miners on Saturday night before heading up to Bendigo on Sunday to face the Braves.

The Devils got off to the better start against Ballarat, establishing a seven-point lead at quarter time. Both teams increased their scoring output in each quarter, but the Devils had the superior firepower with a huge 29-point final term resulting in the final margin pushing beyond 30.

One thing that stood out was the Devils defensive pressure. Paddy Daley (six) and Mitch Alush (three) had nine blocks between them, while TJ Remy (three) and Cam Hutton (four) combined for seven steals.

The really impressive thing about this Devils unit is the number of contributors they have on any given day. The workload is generally spread evenly, with all players putting up numbers when they have a chance. The Devils had six players in double figures against Ballarat, and had at least six scorers in every quarter. There were nine Devils rebounders in the third quarter and ten players took a rebound in the last quarter.

The Devils (1^st, 6-0) have won their six games by an average of 20 points and have only dropped three quarters so far this season. After Easter they return for their fourth double-header, taking on Corio Bay Stingrays (4^th, 3-3) away before returning to host Warrandyte Venom (8^th, 2-2) at Eagle Stadium.

Check out these great action shots from Claire Tang Photography.

First Quarter (Werribee 19, Ballarat 12)
Patrick Daley 7 points, 4 rebounds
Josh Zamperoni 3 points
Cameron Hutton 3 points, 3 steals
TJ Remy 3 rebounds
Bubby Luxford 3 assists

Second Quarter (Werribee 21, Ballarat 13) HT 40-25
Cameron Hutton 6 points, 3 rebounds
Dylan Harberger 5 points, 2 rebounds
Mitch Alush 2 assists
Patrick Daley 3 blocks
Jesse Harberger & Liam Paul 3 rebounds

Third Quarter (Werribee 24, Ballarat 15) 3QT 64-40
Josh Zamperoni 8 points, 3 rebounds
Dylan Harberger 5 points, 2 rebounds
Mitch Alush 3 points, 3 rebounds
TJ Remy 2 rebounds, 2 assists
Patrick Daley 3 rebounds

Fourth Quarter (Werribee 29, Ballarat 21) FT 93-61
Mitch Alush 8 points
Josh Toniato 5 points
TJ Remy 5 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 assists
Josh Tang 5 points, 3 rebounds

Youth League Men 72 defeated Bendigo Braves 64
Werribee      19       15       20       18       72
Bendigo       14       14       21       15       64

TJ Remy 14 points, 3 steals

Patrick Daley 13 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists

Mitch Alush 12 points, 9 rebounds

Josh Zamperoni 10 points, 8 rebounds

Cam Hutton 9 points 12 rebounds

Jesse Harberger 9 rebounds

The Devils had a tougher outing against Bendigo on Sunday. The visitors started better and briefly managed to gain a double digit lead in the second quarter. However, they couldn’t shake the Braves, who drew within one point during the third term. In the end, the Devils maintained a single-digit lead and left with an eight-point win.

First Quarter (Werribee 19, Bendigo 14)
TJ Remy 6 points
Patrick Daley 4 points, 5 rebounds
Cameron Hutton 4 points, 2 rebounds
Mitch Alush 6 rebounds, 2 blocks
Jesse Harberger 3 rebounds

Second Quarter (Werribee 15, Bendigo 14) HT 34-28
Mitch Alush 5 points
Patrick Daley 4 points, 4 rebounds
Josh Zamperoni 3 points, 3 rebounds

Third Quarter (Werribee 20, Bendigo 21) 3QT 54-49
TJ Remy 5 points
Mitch Alush 4 points
Josh Zamperoni 3 points, 4 rebounds
Jesse Harberger & Cam Hutton 4 rebounds

Fourth Quarter (Werribee 18, Bendigo 15) FT 72-64
Josh Zamperoni 3 points
TJ Remy 3 points
Patrick Daley 3 points, 2 assists
Cam Hutton 6 rebounds

Big V Division One Women - Round 4, 2017: Werribee 79, Hawthorn 58

Big V Division 1 Women - Round 4, 2017
Werribee Devils 79 defeated Hawthorn Magic 58
Werribee      17       18       27       17       79      
Hawthorn     7         17       21       13       58

Rohanee Cox 22 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, 4 blocks

Sumar Leslie 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 8 steals (Big V Blue Carpet)
Jessy Price 17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists
Kennedy Taylor, Charlotte Vincent-Lord & Ashleigh Rozenfeld 5 rebounds
Nicole Greene & Tayla Brunato 4 rebounds

The Werribee Devils Division One Women continued their excellent start to the 2017 season with a solid 79-58 road win over Hawthorn Magic in Round 4. Sumar Leslie put in another Big V Blue Carpet performance, with Roey Cox arguably unlucky to miss out as well with a great all-round defensive game.

The Devils won every quarter, setting the tone with a 17-7 first term. The Magic stepped up their scoring in the middle stages but the visitors had all the answers, with Jessy Price spearheading a huge third term which yielded 27 points.

The Devils (1^st, 5-0) have won by an average of 21 points and have lost just three quarters in their first five games. They return to Eagle Stadium after Easter to host La Trobe City Energy (7^th, 2-1).

First Quarter (Werribee 17, Hawthorn 7)
Sumar Leslie 7 points, 3 rebounds
Rohanee Cox 6 points, 2 steals, 3 blocks
Ashleigh Rozenfeld 2 rebounds

Second Quarter (Werribee 18, Hawthorn 17) HT 35-24
Rohanee Cox 6 points,
Jessy Price 5 points, 3 rebounds
Sumar Leslie 5 points, 2 steals
Nicole Greene 3 rebounds

Third Quarter (Werribee 27, Hawthorn 21) 3QT 62-45
Jessy Price 10 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists
Rohanee Cox 5 points
Ashleigh Rozenfeld 5 points
Kennedy Taylor 4 points
Sumar Leslie 2 assists, 4 steals

Fourth Quarter (Werribee 17, Hawthorn 13) FT 79-58
Sumar Leslie 6 points
Rohanee Cox 5 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists
Charlotte Lord 4 points, 3 rebounds
Jasmine Silcock 2 rebounds
Kennedy Taylor 2 rebounds

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Big V Youth League Women Round 3 2017: Werribee 65, Corio Bay 93

Big V Youth League Women – Round 3, Saturday April 1^st, 2017
Werribee Devils 65 lost to Corio Bay Stingrays 93
Werribee       24        15        14        12        65
Corio Bay     21        16        29        27        93

Eliza Herne 14 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 2 blocks

Hayley Jones 10 points, 4 rebounds

Natasha Currao 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists
Shae Beckworth 7 points, 6 rebounds
Darcy Alfred 7 points

The Werribee Devils Youth League Women travelled down to Geelong to take on the Corio Bay Stingrays for their Round 3 clash as they went searching for their first win of the season. The Stingrays had an impressive first couple of rounds, beating Coburg by 25 then handing Craigieburn a 116-53 belting.

First Quarter (Werribee 24, Corio Bay 21)
Eliza Herne 9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals
Natasha Currao 5 points
Hayley Jones 5 points
Tori Kalos 2 steals

Given the two teams contrasting start to the season, it would have been understandable if the Devils had come out with some nerves or trepidation about what would happen. As it turned out, the opposite was true as Eliza Herne, Natasha Currao and Taylah Lea got the Devils on the board early. They matched it with the Stingrays danger players Tahlia and Teagan Tatlock and captain Tamara Knox. The lead changed several times and neither side led by more than three points. Hayley Jones hit the last five points of the quarter, giving the visitors a three point lead at quarter time.

Second Quarter (Werribee 15, Corio Bay 16) HT 39-37
Rachel Miller 4 points
Eliza Herne 3 points
six individual scorers
Maeghan Ridder 3 rebounds,
Shae Beckworth & Lauren Tipper 2 rebounds
Tori Kalos 2 assists

Both teams took a while to get going in the second term, and Tori Kalos put the Devils on the board, but Elisha Montgomery, Alexandra Drake and Madeline Hinkley combined to put the Stingrays back in front three minutes into the quarter. Four points to Rachel Miller gave the Devils back a narrow lead, before Herne scored in between a pair of Stingray baskets to Hinkley and Meg Hanna, and at the halfway point of the quarter it was all tied up. Maeghan Ridder’s 20 point game gave her a starting spot against the Stingrays, and she finally got on the board with a pair of free throws with four minutes to go. Shae Beckworth joined in with a layup, and Herne gave the Devils their biggest lead of the match. The two teams traded baskets in the last two minutes, with Tayla Reid and Hanna scoring for the Stingrays and Darcy Alfred getting one back for the visitors. At the half time buzzer, the Devils managed to go into the long break with a two point lead, 39-37.

Third Quarter (Werribee 14, Corio Bay 29) 3QT 53-66
Shae Beckworth 4 points
Hayley Jones 3 points, 2 rebounds
six individual scorers
Maeghan Ridder 2 rebounds
Eliza Herne 2 blocks

Hanna tied the game up for the Stingrays in the first 30 seconds of the term, before Miller restored the Devils lead. The Stingrays attempted to start building a lead, scoring seven unanswered points before Currao kept the Devils in touch. Kelsey Jordan, Knox and Tatlock extended the Stingrays lead further and then Ridder put one in for the Devils. Two free throws to Tatlock were answered by a Hayley Jones three-pointer, then Jordan and Tatlock hit consecutive jumpshots to consolidate the Stingray’s advantage. Beckworth brought the Devils within seven points, then a 7-1 Stingrays run late in the quarter took the margin out to double figures at three-quarter time.

Fourth Quarter (Werribee 12, Corio Bay 27) FT 65-93

Darcy Alfred 4 points
Shae Beckworth 3 rebounds
Lauren Tipper 2 rebounds

Despite a positive and competitive first half, unfortunately for the Devils they were run over by the Stingrays in the last quarter. Free throws to Currao and Alfred were the only scores the visitors could manage in the first seven minutes, while the home side added 20 points in that time, extending their lead to 30. Lea, Herne and Alfred all managed field goals late in the game for the visitors who, at 0-3, have another tough matchup in Round 4 against the top-placed Warrandyte Venom.

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Big V State Championship Men Round 3 2017: Werribee 112, Hume City 103

Big V State Championship Men - Round 3, Saturday April 1^st, 2017

Werribee Devils 112 defeated Hume City Broncos 103

Werribee       27        29        29        27        112
Hume City    23        31        19        30        103

Jeremy Smith 43 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists (Big V Blue Carpet)

Jordan Hughes 25 points, 6 rebounds

Fred Hunter 14 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals
Nathan Wilson 13 points, 5 rebounds

Blake Allison 9 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists

The Werribee Devils State Champ Men have outlasted the Hume City Broncos in a gripping Round 3 contest at Eagle Stadium, 112-103. After opening their season with an 83-98 loss to Ringwood, the Devils bounced back last week with two home wins over the McKinnon Cougars and Diamond Valley Eagles. The Broncos posted a five point win over Hawthorn before also losing to Ringwood in Round 2.

In what turned out to be an amazing shootout, the highlight of the night was seeing Devil’s Jeremy Smith go head-to-head with Hume City’s Luke Egan, with both players scoring over 40 points for the night.



First Quarter (Werribee 27, Hume City 23)
Jordan Hughes 14 points, 3 rebounds
Jeremy Smith 9 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists
Nathan Wilson 3 rebounds
Fred Hunter 3 steals

It was the “Jeremy and Jordan Show” early on, with Jordan Hughes wasting no time finding his shooting range, including a couple of nice three pointers. The Broncos jumped to an 11-6 lead inside the first four minutes, but a 16-2 run by the Devils gave them control of the contest late in the first quarter. Shaun Prendergast and Trevon Clayton brought the visitors back within two points, and the two teams traded baskets for the last couple of minutes before the Devils took a four point lead into quarter time.

Second Quarter (Werribee 29, Hume City 31) HT 56-54
Nathan Wilson 13 points
Jeremy Smith 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists
Blake Allison 2 rebounds, 3 assists

It was more of the same in the second quarter. Phill Renteria started with a three for the Broncos, and was answered by Blake Allison. For the next seven minutes the two teams were like heavyweight boxers trading blows as the ball flew from end-to-end and the scorers were kept busy. Nathan Wilson stood up for the Devils and scored ten points in under three minutes, maintaining the Devils narrow lead. A Prendergast three-pointer got the lead back briefly for the Broncos but four quick points from Smith got the Devils back in front. The Broncos long range shooting was keeping them in the game, with five three-pointers in the last four minutes. Wilson and Nick Morda did the same up the other end and Smith scored on the buzzer, giving the Devils a two-point lead at the main break.

Third Quarter (Werribee 29, Hume City 19) 3QT 85-73
Jeremy Smith 11 points
Jordan Hughes 8 points
Fred Hunter 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists
Wilson Arob 5 rebounds

A couple of Luke Egan free throws tied the game up at the start of the third, but baskets to Fred Hunter and Hughes, and a couple of free throws to Smith gave the Devils some breathing space. Uncharacteristically for such a high-scoring game, there was a period of 90 seconds early in the term where neither team scored, and there was three and a half minutes between Egan’s free throws and the Broncos next basket. The scoring dried up completely for the Broncos in the middle stages of the quarter as Smith, Hughes and Wilson Arob combined to push the Devils advantage out to double figures. Egan, Prendergast and Mark Berezdecky worked hard to get the Broncos back in the game, reducing a 15 point deficit to nine with a minute to play, but the Devils had all the answers, taking a 12-point lead into the last quarter.

Fourth Quarter (Werribee 27, Hume City 30) FT 112-103
Jeremy Smith 17 points, 6 rebounds
Blake Allison 5 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists
Fred Hunter 2 rebounds, 2 assists

Hunter opened the scoring for the Devils, but the Broncos scored eight unanswered points in a minute to make it a close contest. Blake Allison stemmed the flow for the Devils, then Trevon Clayton traded a couple of baskets with Smith and Sonda. Neither team had any success on the scoreboard over the next minute, before Egan nailed a couple of free throws.

In the last six minutes of the match, it wouldn’t be hyperbole to say that Jeremy Smith stood up and completely took over the contest. Just when the Devils were being challenged and couldn’t quite shake the Broncos, he scored 15 points in the space of three minutes, putting the game beyond the reach of their determined opponents. Luke Egan battled valiantly up the other end, scoring 13 in the same period, but when Blake Allison added a basket and converted the bonus free throw with 1.37 left, the difference was 14. The Broncos scored the last five points of the match to bring the final score to 112-103.

The Devils (3-1) are third on ladder have a couple of weeks off, with a bye in Round 4 and the Easter break, before a double header against Corio Bay Stingrays (12^th, 0-3) and Knox Raiders (1^st, 4-0).

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