Articles by Alex Baird
Team of the Week: Round three
The Colac Herald will select its best XI from the Division One ranks each round in 2021-22.
Local netballers impress on home court
Colac district representative netballers proved hard to handle with a home court advantage during the Zone Association Championships at Eastern Reserve.
Champion netballer steps up for Swans
Champion Colac district netballer Chelsea Hillman will coach Alvie next season, replacing her premiership teammates who have vacated the role.
Love story begins at Stoney
Boom recruit Matthew Love has delivered his first big score at Stoneyford, while a “complete performance” with the ball has given the club early season bragging rights over fellow flag fancies Colac.
Redbacks quicks skittle City
Irrewarra runscoring machine Danny Hegarty has heaped praise on his bowling group for delivering the new captain his first win in charge of the Redbacks.
Classmates to don Big V
Colac’s Sacred Heart classmates Hugh Coulson and Ted Buchanan will don the Big V this weekend during an Australian Football Showcase Day to reward players who missed out on representing their state in 2021.
Garner impresses ex-Aussie star
Former Australian cricketer Cam White is the latest to publicly back Josh Garner for national under-19 selection after the Colac export enjoyed a huge start to his senior career at state level this week.
Panthers set sights on Saints
Warrion leader Rohan Symes says his cricketers are tracking towards a win after challenging this season’s flag fancies Stoneyford and Colac in the opening rounds.