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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

The Casey Demons were literally blown off the park in the space of a few minutes on either side of the half time break against Geelong VFL at Simonds Stadium on Saturday afternoon and ultimately lost the game by six goals. The Demons were opposed to a stronger, taller and far more experienced Cats outfit and were always going to be up against it, especially after they lost back up ruckman Declan Keilty who was concussed in the very early stages of the game. This left youngster Mitch King, in only his second game back after a knee reconstruction and a further injury which cut deeply into his pre season as the team's only true big man on the ground following the club's rash of injuries. King battled manfully but had to cope with a number of talls in the home team's lineup which included the seasoned Rhys Stanley who also drifted forward to boot three goals for the game. Casey was restricted to just 11 AFL listers including rookies and had a bevy of VFL youngsters in the team. The game also marked the debuts of Frankston Dolphins player Nathan Gardiner and 27 year old on baller Sean Dwyer from Lang Lang. Casey was more than competitive in a four low-scoring struggle despite the Geelong's edge in experience in the first half and led by 8 points late in the second term. The Cats struck them a major blow with two goals in the the last two minutes including one on the siren and then opened the second half strongly booting three unanswered goals in the first 10 minutes to skip away to a 20 point lead. The teams went goal for goal to three quarter time. Casey vice-captain Angus Scott was the saviour again with a couple of goals as the depleted Demon forward line struggled to impact the scoreboard. Scott was his team's only goal scorer in the final term as a stronger and faster Geelong raced away to a six goal victory. The visitors were once again well served by Jack Trengove (27 touches) who was particularly instrumental in his team's strong showing early in the game. Defender Josh Wagner who has had an injury riddled past couple of months returned in good form in defence and Dean Kent had a much better game this week. Experienced Casey listed players Mitch Gent, James Munro lent valuable support to team leaders Jack Hutchins and the goalkicker in Scott but overall the home side was too good finishing with 10 goals to Casey’s four in the second half. Although the team is only outside the top eight on percentage, it will struggle to keep in touch as long as Melbourne's injury woes continue. This week's opposition Werribee also has just one win to its credit but poses another tough assignment at Hoppers Crossing on Sunday. Peter Jackson VFL 2017 Casey Demons 2.1.13 4.2.26 7.5.47 8.8.56 Geelong VFL 1.3.9 4.6.30 10.7.67 14.8.92 Goals Casey Demons Scott 3 Fritsch Gardiner Kennedy Kent White Geelong VFL Stanley 3 Atkins Buzza Jones 2 Capiron Cunico Henry House Reid Best Casey Demons Wagner Kent Hillard Gent Munro Trengove Geelong VFL Stanley Reid Tsitas Atkins Ruggles Gardner Statistics James Harmes 6 kicks 16 handballs 22 disposals 3 marks 11 tackles 1 hit out 101 dream team points Liam Hulett 14 kicks 1 handballs 15 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 60 dream team points Dion Johnstone 2 kicks 2 handballs 4 disposals 1 marks 8 tackles 45 dream team points Declan Keilty 1 handballs 1 disposals 1 mark 1 tackles 9 dream team points [injured] Ben Kennedy 1 goal 1 behind 14 kicks 11 handballs 25 disposals 6 marks 4 tackles 97 dream team points Dean Kent 1 goal 1 behind 15 kicks 8 handballs 23 disposals 5 marks 4 tackles 99 dream team points Mitch King 3 kicks 4 handballs 7 disposals 4 tackles 23 hit outs 50 dream team points Corey Maynard 9 kicks 9 handballs 18 disposals 3 marks 4 tackles 69 dream team points Jack Trengove 13 kicks 14 handballs 27 disposals 6 marks 5 tackles 105 dream team points Josh Wagner 12 kicks 8 handballs 20 disposals 5 marks 6 tackles 91 dream team points Mitchell White 1 goal 15 kicks 8 handballs 23 disposals 6 marks 2 tackles 94 dream team points The Development League team held Sandringham goalless in the first half but conceded eight third quarter goals to go down by 22 points on Sunday. AFL Vic Development League 2017 Casey Demons 1.5.11 4.7.31 6.8.44 6.13.49 Sandringham 0.3.3 0.3.3 8.8.56 10.11.71 Goals Casey Demons Ambler Armour Baker Damian Johnston Machaya Vander Haar Sandringham Dobosz Smith Thompson 2 Cathcart Goddard Holmes Rich Best Casey Demons Collis Kingi Ambler Hiscock Daniel Johnston Gordon Sandringham Holmes Scagliarini Dobosz Goddard Atkins Wallace