Weekly Advertiser | Two classic finals played out in Wimmera league A Grade netball at the weekend – one match giving Horsham Demons the upper-hand over the evenly matched Dimboola and the elimination final going into extra time.

On Saturday at Dimboola, the Roos, in third spot, took on reigning premiers Horsham Demons, who finished second on the ladder, in the qualifying final.

The teams had won one each against each other during the season – so the scene was set for a close match and it did not disappoint.

The Demons started well to jump out to a 7-2 lead early before Dimboola got a run-on, through the work of defenders Stephanie Glover and Bridget Dorrington, to take a 13-11 lead into quarter time.

It was neck-and-neck in the second term before the Demons made some positional changes that worked.

Defender Romi Miller, after leaving to play at Birchip earlier this year, made an impression, coming on into goal defence, allowing captain Ebonie Salter to return to the goal keeper position.

But the Demons defenders had their work cut out for them against the tall Dimboola goalers – Nicole Polycarpou and Olivia Beugelaar.

Beugelaar in particular, with her one-handed goaling style, was a driving force in attack and under the ring.

With just a goal the difference at half-time, 25-24 the Demons’ way, the third quarter produced a high-class yet physical clash.

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