Rochester hosted a dozen games on Saturday at its town stadium, as there were 100 teams involved in the different age groups — including eight from Rochester.
Three girls teams represented Rochester at Under-12, 16 and 18 level, along with five boys teams.
For the first time the association had two teams in an age group, with the two Under-14 boys teams in the tournament.
All the teams played at least four games in the qualifying rounds.
The Under-18 boys lost to Wodonga in the final, which was a well-drilled team. They won three qualifying games before beating Mansfield 39-28 in the semi final.
Nate Rasmussen, Harrison Foster and Toby Woodfine were the standouts for the team.
At Under-14 level the boys team finished in the top two after winning all qualifying games and finished on top of their pool.
They played Mansfield in the final and were beaten in a close game, by three points. Toby Phyland, Asher Rasmussen and Harvey Keating were the stand out for the Under-14 boys runner-up team.
Rochester’s Under-12 girls, which didn’t win a game last tournament season, featured in the final of their age group.
They won three of their initial games and won through the semi-final against Wodonga before playing Mansfield in the grand final. They lost that game by just five points, with Mila Cottam, Sienna Weeks and Ayla Nihill the stars for the team.
Finally, the Zac Cooke and Troy Powles-coached boys Under-12 team won all of their qualifying games.
They won 28-18 against Echuca Pirates in the final, chalking up another tournament win. They had a squad of 10 players in the team, with Seth Hunter, Walt James, Harrison Wilkins, Archie Watson and Cooper Rasmussen the pick from the tournament.
The remaining members of the team were Jack Martin, River Powles, Max Lea, Maddox Parker and Orly Cuttriss.
Rochester’s Frank Connerty coached the Under-12 girls, Ellie Cuttriss coached the Under-14 boys runners-up teams and Under-18 boys coached by Darren Payne were runners-up.
The other coaches were: Under-14 boys, Paul McInnes; Under-16 boys, Travis Cartwright; Under-16 girls, Greg Tiller; Under-16 girls, Brett Stone.
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