By Justin Flynn
Modewarre faces the toughest test in the Bellarine Football League this week – a clash against undefeated powerhouse Torquay.
Modda heads to Spring Creek Reserve on the back of three hard-fought wins in a row, including a 16-point win against Ocean Grove in round five.
“We’ve got a little bit of momentum and we’ve had to grind it out a little bit, but I don’t mind that,” coach Mark Hovey said.
“I think the boys now have got a bit of an understanding of the way the coaching group wants them to play, but we’ll play the way we want to play.
“Clearly, we really need to be on our toes, but we’re not going to look too much into them (Torquay) and focus on them too much. It’s more of a matter of us focusing on us, doing what we want to do and doing it really well.”
The Warriors got out of the blocks quickly against Ocean Grove, leading by 33 points at the first break, but from there it was an even contest.
“We got to about six goals up by half time, but to Ocean Grove’s credit, they came out and they really challenged us in the third quarter and a couple of their big blokes took control of the game,” Hovey said.
“That brought a few of their other fellas into it and we had a fight on our hands. They got close, but then we were able to pull away a couple of times so we’ve done enough to win.”
Modda will be without captain Jeremy Ollis this week after he copped a nasty cut to his head in what Hovey described as “bad as I’ve seen on the footy field”.
Tom Worpel is out for the season with a knee injury while Hovey’s son Josh is out for a few more weeks after having surgery on a broken finger.
“We haven’t had much luck with injuries to key players, but that’s no excuse,” Hovey said.
“That’s just just a little bit of bad luck.”
A FAST-finishing Barwon Heads snatched a draw against Geelong Amateur. Ammos led comfortably at every change, but a six-goal final term, including a Cooper Ward goal just before the siren had both sides sharing the points.
TORQUAY stayed unbeaten with a 19-point win against Anglesea. Tom Diamond was best for the Tigers.
DRYSDALE was too good for Portarlington on Anzac Day to the tune of 84 points. Jake Hargreaves booted seven goals and Joel Watson five.
ISAAC McCabe and Will Baker each kicked five goals in Queenscliff’s 68-point win against Newcomb.
