HEIGHTS END KEILOR'S WINNING RUN

ARTICLE FROM HERALD SUN - 3 MAY 2021

AVONDALE HEIGHTS END KEILOR'S 23 GAME WINNING RUN
The Essendon District Football League’s longest winning run is over.
Avondale Heights on Saturday inflicted Keilor’s first defeat since the 2018 grand final, prevailing by four points in a gripping Premier Division contest.

Caleb McPherson nailed the match-winning major with about 15 seconds remaining to secure a memorable 12.10 (82) to 12.6 (78) victory at Canning Reserve.
The visitors were missing stars Nick O’Kearney, Dean Galea, David Isbister and Todd Stevenson, but the Heights deserve plaudits for taking down the reigning premier for the first time since June 2017 and ending a 23-game winning streak.

“We’ve been playing pretty good footy, but our errors have been killing us, just in crucial periods,” Avondale Heights coach Paddy Byrne said.
“(Saturday) was the first game we’ve played that was reasonably error free.
“I was pretty happy with the way they finished it off to be honest.
“It just reinforces what you’re trying to implement.
“To get them to put it together for four quarters was pretty pleasing, and it could have gone either way in the end, but a couple of the mids were pretty cool with a couple of crucial shots late.”

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