Weekly Advertiser | Edenhope-Apsley’s new goal shooter has become the talk of the Horsham District Football Netball League after the Saints became the second side this season to defeat reigning A Grade premier Laharum.

Playing at Cameron Oval on Saturday, goalie Dee Dee Lambert scored an impressive 41 goals from 51 attempts to give the visiting Saints a 54-49 win.

Lambert was last year a member of the Victorian Netball League’s North East Blaze, having previously represented Victoria at junior level and been a member of the Melbourne Vixens development program.

She made her debut for the Saints in round eight against Taylors Lake with 36 goals, but played an even more important role in Saturday’s match.

Laharum started strongly, with Courtney Taylor getting the better of Edenhope-Apsley defender Danielle Grindlay to score 13 first-quarter goals, helping the Demons to a 19-11 advantage.

But a change in defence, swapping Grindlay for Rebecca Carter, helped the Saints suppress Laharum’s scoring thereafter, with Jasmine McIntyre providing pressure at wing defence.

The Saints outscored the Demons by four goals in the second quarter, three in the third and six in a big final term to secure the victory, despite the best efforts of Laharum midcourt leader Liv Jones-Story. The result lifted the Saints to third on the ladder, only four premiership points behind Laharum and Rupanyup, while Lambert’s presence alongside fellow Victorian Netball League player and team coach Lavinia Fox in attack is set to strain every opposition defence.

Rupanyup retook top position on the ladder thanks to Laharum’s loss and a thumping 58-22 win over Harrow-Balmoral on Saturday.

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