Baseball
Werribee Giants came back from a three-run deficit to beat Fitzroy Lions 6-4 in Baseball Victoria summer league division 2 at Merri Park on Sunday. Young Giants pitcher Wes De Jong found the strike zone with regularity and only a three-run first inning got in between him and a win as he left the game with scores deadlocked at four apiece after six. Giants reliever John Curnow and closer Wade Balzer kept the Lions batters in check for the remaining three innings before Jonathon Lowe sealed the victory with a solo home run in the ninth.
Football
Wyndhamvale has appointed Troy Beamond as its senior coach for the 2015 Western Region Football League division 2 season. Beamond has worked on the coaching staffs at various clubs, including as an assistant coach at Geelong West St Peter’s and Sebastopol, and senior coach at Portarlington. Beamond will replace long-time player-coach Luke Dennerley.
Cricket
Little River is poised to notch its first win of the summer in the Geelong Cricket Association division 3 firsts. The Redbacks skittled Winchelsea for 162. Matt Robbins was chief wicket-taker for the Redbacks with 5-34 off 18 overs, while Troy Smith took 3-24. The Redbacks survived the three overs before stumps to be 0-5.
