Longwarry are aiming for a grand final spot when they play Neerim while Trafalgar will be playing to stay alive against Buln Buln. Photograph by JAKUB FABIJANSKI.
by Davyd Reid
A place in the Ellinbank and District football decider is on the line at Catani on Saturday, while sides will fight to keep their season alive at Nyora on Sunday.
On Saturday, Neerim-Neerim South enter its contest fresh from a week off having finished the home and away season undefeated.
They will meet a Longwarry side who for the most part have proven themselves pick of the rest, the Crows advancing after narrowly getting over the line in a high pressure qualifier over Trafalgar.
A strong start will be on the agenda for the Crows, having slipped to an early deficit from which they never recovered the last time they met.
IT will be anyone's game in the reserves, with Lang Lang to meet Trafalgar.
While Lang Lang enter having had the week off, little separated the top three with all coming in with a 16-2 home and away record.
ELLINBANK under 18s also enter the second semi with an unblemished record.
They will meet Longwarry, who won through after finishing the home and away rounds in second.
LITTLE separated Trafalgar and Bunyip in the under 16s, setting up what will be an enthralling second semi.
After missing top spot by just two premiership points, the Bulldogs comfortably won through last week.
ON Sunday Trafalgar meet Buln Buln in what should be a closely contested senior first semi-final.
The Bloods pushed Longwarry all the way last week, but shouldn't take a Buln Buln side lightly given the Lyrebirds have shown they are capable to mixing it with the best.
LONGWARRY meet Ellinbank in the reserves.
The Crows lost the qualifier from second, while the fifth-placed Eagles advanced over fourth-placed Neerim-Neerim South in match ups between evenly matched teams.
In-season form suggests the Crows should bounce back for another shot through the preliminary final.
HAVING taken care of fourth-placed Nilma-Darnum by a solitary point last week, Poowong will hope for more of the same against a Buln Buln side that had also recorded 11 wins.
THIRD placed Poowong and fourth-placed Ellinbank meet in what should be another even battle in the under 16s.
Both sides enter the contest having recorded 12 wins during the home and away season.
