Cannons, Knights season comes to an end

Jade Mclay (Ljubica Vrankovic)

Calder Cannons’ and Northern Knights’ girls Coates Talent League season has come to an end.

Cannons faced the Oakleigh Chargers for their finals wildcard round matchup.

The Chargers were on top all match after kicking the first two goals of the game.

The Cannons finally hit the scoreboard in the second term thanks to Reese Sutton. However, the Chargers still took a 24 point lead into the main break.

The scoring dried up in the third quarter with the Cannons scoring the only point of the term.

In the last the Chargers regained the ascendancy kicking two goals to give them the 7.5 (47)-1.3 (9) win.

Young gun Chloe Baker-West had another fantastic game with 31 touches, six rebound 50s and seven tackles.

AFLW likely, Kayley Kavanagh was also amongst the Cannons best with 22 disposals, seven marks and 10 tackles.

The Cannons finished their season winning eight of their 14 games which saw them finish in fifth on the ladder.

It was a similar story for the Knights, as they were well beaten by the Eastern Ranges.

The Ranges got off to a flying start kicking four first term goals, and another three in the second to give them a 47 point half time lead.

The Knights were kept goalless for the first three quarters before Ava Vincent was able to break through midway into the last term.

Zoe Hargreaves led all comers in the disposal count with 26 touches. She also had five marks and five tackles.

Tahlia Plunkett was another stand out for the Knights with 18 disposals, two marks and three tackles.