Navarre’s Sophie Bibby was awarded the Simone Mitchell Memorial Medal after her performance for the Maryborough Castlemaine District Netball league under-17 team on Saturday.
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A 24-4 first term set the tone of the match for West Gippsland, with the home side showing no mercy in the interleague clash at Garfield.
They nearly piled on 20 goals a quarter, with the final score reading West Gippsland 77 to Maryborough Castlemaine 20.
It was a difficult day for the senior MCDFNL side, falling 51-35 against West Gippsland.
Bibby was the best on court for the MCDFNL under-17 team, winning the Simone Mitchell Memorial Medal with her performance.
Simone Mitchell was a dominant junior netballer in the Maryborough Castlemaine League, winning multiple league and club best and fairest awards between 2008 and 2011.
Simone was killed in a car accident on October 12 2012, with the best on court MCDFNL 17 and under interleague award founded in her honour.