The Courier | CENTRAL Highlands Football League remains determined to go it alone after rejecting a financial incentive from AFL Victoria to join the Goldfields Regional Administration Centre.

The Standard | A PLASTER cast stretching from his bicep to wrist conceals Harry Lee’s sickening arm injury.

The Standard | PACE and youth feature strongly in new Hampden interleague coach Chris McLaren’s first training squad.

Geelong Advertiser | NEWTOWN & Chilwell key forward Jay Bett remains off work with his footy return unclear after a serious concussion in a practice match almost six weeks ago.

The Standard | A 35-year-old veteran of 260 senior matches is shaping as defending premier Koroit’s forward-line X-factor this season.

Geelong Advertiser | GEELONG West kicked six unanswered goals in the last quarter to surge to a confidence-boosting victory over Werribee Centrals under lights at West Oval on Saturday night.

Geelong Advertiser | EAST Geelong star Lachlan Szponar is free to play in Saturday’s crucial match against Inverleigh after being found not guilty of kicking at last night’s AFL Barwon tribunal.

Geelong Advertiser | EAST Geelong hard man Brad Huhn is out of hospital and in good spirits after narrowly avoiding a serious head injury in his side’s loss to Thomson.

Geelong Advertiser | INVERLEIGH coach Mark McDowell won’t have to temper his team’s excitement despite the Hawks claiming a 59-point victory over Bell Post Hill.

The Standard | THE goalkicking yips which condemned Nirranda to an opening-round defeat re-emerged yesterday, but without the same damaging consequences.