TEN ON END by KC from Casey

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The Casey Demons made it ten wins on end and secured a stranglehold on a top two placing and home finals with a magnificent come-from-behind victory over Geelong VFL at GMHBA Stadium.

The Cats had led the game from the seven-minute mark of the opening quarter and led by as much as 28 points during the third term. The Demons managed a solitary goal in the opening half and by the final break they had managed only three goals. 

They started the last quarter with a flourish and managed to bring up their next three goals to Jay Lockhart, Sam Weideman (his second for the day), Cory Machaya in less than ten minutes to draw to within three points of the home side. Casey had been subdued for much of the game and playing to a losing ruck in the absence of Mitch King so for most of the game they were being beaten badly at the stoppages but suddenly they had come back to life. Cam Pedersen was the team’s lifeblood.

The Cats were not to be denied and they scored their only goal for the quarter but the Demons responded through Pat McKenna, his first since joining the club in a trade with GWS Giants. There followed a long period of wrestling back and forth without a score until Mitch Gent’s goal gave them the lead with two minutes left on the clock for the first time since early in the first quarter. 

Apart from Pedersen, the hero for the club was James Munro who played a solid four quarter game. Lockhart and Cory Wagner were consistent on the day and youngsters Cory Stockdale was impressive in the second half. Declan Keilty was strong in defence while Tim Smith worked hard all day and even had a stint in the ruck when the team was struggling in the mid part of the game.

The Demons have a this week and look poised to continue their strong run to the finals with hopefully a few players returning over the next fortnight.

Peter Jackson VFL 2018

Casey Demons 0.4.4 1.4.10 3.8.26 8.9.57

Geelong VFL 2.0.12 5.5.35 7.6.48 8.6.54

Goals 

Casey Demons Weideman 2 Gent Lockhart McKenna Machaya vandenBerg C Wagner 

Geelong VFL Grace McLachlan 2 Abbott Gardner Miers Murdoch

Best

Casey Demons Pedersen Stockdale Munro Keilty Smith Wagner

Geelong VFL Atkins Smith McLachlan Gardner Kiel Constable

Statistics 

Oskar Baker 11 kicks 7 handballs 18 disposals 3 marks 7 tackles 85 dream team points
Harley Balic 10 kicks 7 handballs 17 disposals 3 marks 51 dream team points
Jaxon Briggs 4 kicks 7 handballs 11 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 33 dream team points
Tomas Bugg 1 behind 4 kicks 6 handballs 10 disposals 6 tackles 44 dream team points
Lachlan Filipovic 2 kicks 4 handballs 6 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 10 hit outs dream team points
James Freeman 1 behind 6 kicks 2 handballs 8 disposals 4 marks 36 dream team points
Mitch Gent 1 goal 10 kicks 2 handballs 12 disposals 4 marks 49 dream team points
Liam Hiscock 2 kicks 1 handballs 3 disposals 1 marks 4 tackles 27 dream team points
Jack Hutchins 11 kicks 4 handballs 15 disposals 4 marks 1 tackles 60 dream team points 
Declan Keilty 7 kicks 5 handballs 12 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 53 dream team points
Dean Kent 8 kicks 6 handballs 14 disposals 1 mark 6 tackles 62 dream team points
Jay Lockhart kicks handballs disposals marks tackles dream team points 
Goy Lok 10 kicks 2 handballs 12 disposals 5 marks 8 tackles 58 dream team points
Pat McKenna 1 goal 5 kicks 4 handballs 9 disposals 1 marks 32 dream team point
Cory Machaya 1 goal 4 kicks 8 handballs 12 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 46 dream team points
James Munro 1 behind 8 kicks 15 handballs 23 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 74 dream team points 
Cameron Pedersen 1 behind 11 kicks 6 handballs 17 disposals 9 marks 73 dream team points  
Angus Scott 9 kicks 9 disposals 2 marks 1 tackle 38 dream team points
Tim Smith 1 behind 13 kicks 8 handballs 21 disposals 6 marks 5 tackles 6 hit outs 100 dream team points
Cory Stockdale 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 50 dream team points
Aaron vandenBerg 1 goal 5 kicks 8 handballs 13 disposals 1 mark 10 tackles 77 dream team points 
Corey Wagner 1 goal 1 behind 12 kicks 7 handballs 19 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 79 dream team points
Sam Weideman 2 goals 1 behind 8 kicks 4 handballs 12 disposals 4 marks 4 tackles 7 hit outs 80 dream team points