Second Semi-Final (Willunga v Langhorne Creek)

Reigning premier Langhorne Creek defeated minor premier Willunga by nine points in Saturday’s Second Semi-Final at Myponga to advance to the 2019 Great Southern Football League Grand Final. Langhorne Creek has rattled off 10 consecutive wins to take the competition by storm and are now favourites to secure back-to-back flags. It was a tough and tight contest all day with Willunga leading by one point at quarter time, one point at half-time and two points at the final break as the game was set up for a tense finish. Langhorne Creek got on top in the final term kicking four goals to two to win 10.3 (63) to 8.6 (54). 

Lachie McGregor, in just his sixth game of the season, was the star for the Hawks kicking five of their 10 goals in a best on ground performance. He was well supported by Tom Derham, Jarrod Kellock, Curtis Perrey and Matthew Dominish. Scott Hunt was the only multiple goalkicker for the Demons with two majors. Sam Tregenza, Daniel Lee, James Collier, Sean Beath and Braden Altus were Willunga’s best. Willunga will need to pick themselves up quickly as they take on Mount Compass at Yankalilla in the Preliminary Final on Saturday.

First Semi-Final (Mount Compass v Victor Harbor)

Mount Compass has kept their premiership chances alive with a come-from-behind 25-point victory over a gallant Victor Harbor side in the First Semi-Final at Strathalbyn on Sunday. After a tight opening term saw Mount Compass lead by three points, Victor kicked the first five goals of the second quarter to open up a handy 26-point lead halfway through the term and things were looking decidedly shaky for the 2016-17 premiers. The Bulldogs could see their season slipping away but they hit back hard, kicking the last three goals of the first half to go to the long break with momentum and only trailing by nine points. Buoyed by their good finish to the second quarter, Compass came out firing in the third term to kick 8.3 to Victor’s 3.0 to completely turn the game on its head and led by 24 points at the last change before and even final quarter saw Mount Compass win 17.7 (109) to 13.6 (84) to advance to a Preliminary Final showdown with Willunga. 

The ‘Dynamic Duo’ up forward did all the damage for Mount Compass with Tom Pinyon and Ziggy Vitkunas both booting seven goals for the victors. Pinyon and Vitkunas have now kicked a whopping 203 goals between them for season 2019! Sam Basham kicked three and Clint Alleway two goals for Victor Harbor. Skipper Adam Hunter, Ziggy Vitkunas, Pinyon, Dylan Camac, Tom Corbett and Peter Hoban were best for the Bulldogs while Eljay Connors, Rhys Bartram, Ben Williams, Michael Ross and Jack Lang featured in the best players for the Kangaroos.