LSWFL: Deanmill win 2024 reserves premiership at home after a dominant season

Deanmill won the Lower South West Football League 2024 reserves premiership at their home ground on Saturday afternoon with a dominant 99-point win over Kojonup. Securing their first premiership since 2016 — after placing as runner-up in five of the last six grand finals — Deanmill were sure to make it a match to remember, especially after having a dominant and undefeated season. The final score was 20.12 (132) to 5.3 (33). Deanmill’s Blair Fowler was named the 2024 recipient of the Doc Ryan Medal, after showing an impressive performance during the grand final. His teammates Samuel Tempra, Jacob Henry, Brodie Reeve, Ethan Dimitriou and Jack Kilrain were also recognised for their performance, as was Kojonup’s Jamaine Weazel, Tom Coleman, Rhys Baxter, Stratton Jones and Hugh Hassell. The Hawks showed their dominance early in the match, making sure the Cougars had no chance to score during the first quarter and booted six majors. In the second quarter, Kojonup were finally able to put a score on the board, after scoring three goals, although Deanmill easily kept the margin the same, scoring three goals of their own. By half-time, it was not looking good for the visiting team, with Deanmill in the lead by 43 points and a half-time score at 9.7 (61) to 3.0 (18). After half-time, Deanmill booted six more goals, widening their already huge margin while Kojonup fell behind, scoring 1.3 during the quarter. By the final quarter, the writing was on the wall but it didn’t stop the home team, who booted another five goals to take out the premiership with a margin of nearly 100 points.