From the Sunday Age
Reported by Michael Sharkie
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CASEY
Scorpions stepped out of one top-eight logjam and into another with a tenacious
31-point win against arch-rival Sandringham at Casey Fields yesterday. The
Scorpions now join North Ballarat and Port Melbourne on equal points locked for
second place.
Only percentage separated third-placed Sandringham and fourth-placed Casey before yesterday\'s VFL match of the round, and for three quarters little separated the two clubs on the field.
With Sandringham goal-machine Nick Sautner still sidelined with injury and St Kilda half-forward Charlie Gardiner a late call-up to the senior side only hours before the bounce of the ball, the game looked likely to boil down to a battle of the back lines. Casey\'s young defence, headed by Alex Silvagni and James Wall, was ranked No. 1 in the VFL before yesterday\'s game, having conceded only 741 points during the first nine rounds.
