14+ hour, 44+ min ago (199+ words) Tornadoes are dominating the Bunbury Basketball Association women's competition, claiming the top two spots after thrilling clashes on Friday. Tornadoes Black and Red dominated the Bulls and Eaton Eagles, respectively, to claim the first and second spots on the ladder on Friday night. Bulls had a solid first quarter with a 10-3 run over Blacks, but the Blacks came back stronger in the quarter to finish the first half 29-15. From there on, Blacks maintained a dominant run, finishing the game 89-34 and taking the top spot on the league ladder. The absence of Bulls' top scorer Courtney Bayliss proved detrimental to the team, while Zaya Black (22 points) and Ngaire Parish (21 points) led the Blacks. Bulls are now fourth on the ladder after winning two games and losing three. Tornadoes Red defeated Eaton Eagles by a 16-points margin. Jean Coyle (26 points) and Grace…...

37+ min ago (254+ words) Ella Roberts" rapid rise has been endorsed by her rivals, with the West Coast superstar voted a top-three player at the AFLW Players" Association"s MVP Awards. A day after finishing fourth in the league"s best-and-fairest award, Roberts went one better to snare third place in AFLPA MVP voting, behind winner Jasmine Garner and her gun North Melbourne teammate Ash Riddell. Garner"s MVP win was her third - matching her efforts from 2020 and 2023 - to break a tie with Erin Phillips for the most in the league"s short history. Having surprisingly finished equal-fifth in Monday"s best-and-fairest award, eight votes short of eventual winner Riddell, Garner said she was thrilled to snare the MVP prize. "It is a huge honour to receive the MVP. It"s a really special award," she said. "This feels as special as the previous…...

15+ hour, 44+ min ago (340+ words) Round six of the Geraldton softball season belonged to Marlins in women's division one, with the side claiming two important wins that lifted them right back into the spotlight." Round six of the Geraldton softball season belonged to Marlins in women's division one, with the side claiming two important wins that lifted them right back into the spotlight Their 15-14 triumph against Rams on Friday had the crowd buzzing, and they backed it up with an 8-1 victory over Suiside later in the night to underline their growing confidence and firepower Taryn Purcell was central to both results with her reliable pitching and heavy bat, while Miley Gould, Zoe Purcell and Karla Amos all played key roles across a pair of strong team performances Martians also picked up their first win of the year in the same grade, beating Pi's Panthers 8-6 in…...

15+ hour, 44+ min ago (296+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. Apprentice Natika Riordan made good on her debut at the south-coast track by booting home two winners at Saturday's opening meeting at Esperance Bay Turf Club Riordan, who is indentured to Neville Parnham at Ascot and debuted at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Racing Club in April, continued a solid start to her riding career with success aboard Dothraki ($5) and First Law ($16), for trainers David Page and Jonathon Jachmann, respectively Her double underpinned a six-event card that yielded a mixed bag, with rival trainers Paul Tapper, Gary Burger, Campbell McCallum and Josh Brown also with a win apiece Riordan, who has three years to run of her apprenticeship, said the early stages of her career had drawn major…...