Barwon Heads unfurled its 2022 premiership flag in front of a huge home crowd on Easter Saturday and the players delivered a 157-point drubbing of Portarlington.
Last year’s coach Dan Donati and Peter ‘Chooka’ Piec hoisted the flag to rousing cheers at Howard Harmer Oval and the senior team then went about dismantling a Portarlington side that had shown much promise in round one.
Young gun Ollie Wiltshire was best afield and booted five goals while Lachie Wilson, Jack Blackburn, Mitch Herbison, Archie Hilderbrandt and Luca Vella all joined in on the party with three each.
Ocean Grove opened its account with a superb second half performance against Newcomb.
The Grubbers led by a goal at the long break, but booted 14.7 to two behinds in the second half to win by 95 points.
Brady Pritchard booted five goals and was best on ground while Cam Fowler continued his impressive start to the season.
Newcomb would be disappointed with the fade out although a spate of injuries during the game meant that the Power finished with nobody on the bench.
Anglesea and Drysdale shared the points in a thrilling draw.
Anglesea led by 16 points at the last change, but the Hawks booted five goals to three in the final term.
Dylan Pettingill booted four for the Roos and Matt Gunn snared three for Drysdale.
Geelong Amateur looks set to return to finals footy this season.
Ammos defeated Modewarre by 45 points with Josh Grabowski best afield with five majors while Jai Sheahan kicked four.
Torquay dished out a 99-point flogging to Queenscliff.
The Coutas managed only one goal after half time while Torquay charged away with 11 to double its half-time score.
Lucas Anderson slotted through 10 goals for the Tigers, who again look headed for a top three finish this season.
Lachie Kidd and James Tanner were good for the young Coutas and they would have learned a lot from the thrashing.
