Sport

Sale United continues to stay ahead of the pack on the LVSL women's ladder.

With the dust settled since their history making win in last month's Sale-Maffra Cricket Association first grade grand final, Boisdale-Briagolong players, members and supporters are slowly coming to grips with the fact that they climbed from back-to-back wooden spoons to reach the premiership summit.

The Gippsland Baseball Championships were held at Stephenson Park over the weekend.

Gippsland Power travelled to Bendigo last weekend and emerged victorious over the Pioneers in the under 18 boys' football competition.

Sale's Gippsland League netball season got off to a roaring start, defeating Bairnsdale 46-38 at home.

Rosedale began its North Gippsland netball premiership defence in blistering fashion.

Three unanswered goals in the first quarter gave Leongatha victory over Maffra in the Gippsland League grand final rematch.

In a day of big wins to begin the North Gippsland football season, the biggest went to Rosedale, which thrashed Gormandale by 93 points.

Stratford began its premiership defence in emphatic fashion, inflicting Lakes Entrance with a 65-point hammering in the opening round of East Gippsland football.

Boisdale-Briagolong got its East Gippsland football season off to a promising start with a big win over Orbost-Snowy Rovers.

Sale scraped home with a three-point win over Bairnsdale during the first round of Gippsland League football.

Maffra won't need much more incentive to win its opening match of the Gippsland League football season on Saturday, after seeing Leongatha's premiership flag hoisted beforehand.