Eagles soar

NORTH Warrnambool Eagles have soared to the top of the Hampden League ladder.

By Staff Writer

Playing at Bushfield last weekend, the Eagles held off a determined Portland side to take a narrow six-point win.

The second-placed Tigers, who have shown some great form to date, jumped the home side on Saturday to be 14 points in front at the end of the opening term.

The Eagles rallied in the second quarter to bridge the gap to just four points by the main break.

A 9.5 to 6.9 third term saw the Tigers hold on to a 14-point lead going into the final quarter.

Spurred on by their home crowd, the Eagles kicked a match-winning 4.4 to 1.2 in the final quarter to scrape through by just six points to take the win, 10.13.73 to 10.7.67.

Best for the Eagles were Will Brennan, Tom Keast, Sam McLachlan, Adam Wines, Harry Keast and Luke Wines.

For the Tigers, Ben Malcolm, Daniel Jackson, Tanner Lovell, Lachlan Huppatz, Connor Peters and Martin Curtis were best.

Thomas Batten and Sam McLachlan kicked two apiece for the victors while for Portland, Jake Wilson and Kyle Richardson each kicked two.

In other Hampden league round five matches, the Roosters defeated Terang Mortlake, Port Fairy defeated Cobden, Warrnambool got the points over Camperdown and Koroit stormed home over Hamilton.

Tomorrow (Saturday) will see Portland at home to Warrnambool, South Warrnambool will host Camperdown, Cobden will host North Warrnambool, Port Fairy will travel to Koroit and the Bloods will host Hamilton.