NAVARRE Grasshoppers were in total control as they dominated against Dunolly in the Maryborough Castlemaine and District Football League.
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Navarre continued their winning run in style with a 170 point win over the Eagles, who only managed to score one goal for the entire game.
The Grasshoppers defence proved to be extremely difficult for the Eagles to penetrate with Dunolly managing a total four shots on goal, while Navarre had a total of 44 shots.
Ash Driscoll has moved to the top of this year's goalkicking table after a nine goal performance for the Grasshoppers, despite pushing up the ground.
Brother Cody Driscoll and Kris Brennan both scored four goals apiece.
Louis Hannett continued with his good form in the middle of the ground, while Daniel Parkin had another solid game for the Grasshoppers.
Coaching panel member Hannett said it was Navarre's best game of the season.
"We went into the game unsure what to expect," Hannett said.
"Our boys played really well in fact it was probably the best football we have played this year."
Navarre went into the game with a few key areas to work on, one of which was their run and carry.
"We really wanted to play on at every opportunity," Hannett said.
"The game plan was to play on."
Navarre certainly capitalised on their running game and produced a 93 point margin by half time, giving them the second half to experiment with a number of different things.
"We worked on a couple of different things across that second half," Hannett said.
"We changed our forward structures and gave everyone a bit of a go."
Hannett was best on ground following by Ash Driscoll and Lachlan Slorach.
Josh Fowkes was also among the best players for Navarre for his work in the ruck throughout the game.
Fowkes gave Navarre first use of the football time and time again.
The Eagles better players were Jordi Philbrick, Jamie Townsend, Mick Campbell and Matt Gibbs who all gave their all under the extreme pressure applied by the Grasshoppers
The final score saw Navarre 27.17.179 defeat Dunolly 1.3.9.