COUGARS maintained its position at the head of the Portland Touch Football Association ladder with another strong win on Thursday night.

Cougars were able to defeat Shake & Bake 10-2 in the round eight encounter, with the Keiller brothers combined for six of their team’s 10 tries.

Nick Bristow scored both of his team’s tries in this matchup.

Try scorers: Cougars –  Hunter Keiller 3, Charlie Keiller 2, Jayke Cannon 2, Elijah Reeves 2, Jock Keiller 1. Shake & Bake – Nick Bristow 2.

Teen Titans defeated Razzmatazz 8-2 in match between two sides sitting mid-table.

Adrian James was the head of the offence in this game, torching Razzmatazz and scoring four tries in a game that was close at half time with the scores being 2-1 in favour of Teen Titans.

Teen Titans ran away in the second half, scoring six tries to one.

Try scorers: Teen Titans – Adrian James 4, Sean Fulton 1, Eleazar Meola 1, Joaquin Rahman 1, Sandy Trace 1. Razzmatazz – Troy Lovett 1, Dylan Jennings (fill-in) 1.

Panthers, after winning on forfeit last week, resumed their season after the Christmas break with a 6-2 victory over Midas Touch.

Beau Stafford led the way for his team, scoring two tries and playing a large role in playmaking for his team, as he also helped to set up other tries for Panthers.

Try scorers: Panthers – Beau Stafford 2, Joshua Mitchell 1, Lachlan Murray 1, Rob Magilton 1, 1 try was scored by an unregistered fill in. Midas Touch – Jebediah Edwards 1, Andrew Reeves 1.

Sore4days has started the New Year in blistering fashion, backing up last week’s 11-0 win with a 7-4 defeat of Xmen.

A hat-trick to Cameron Gleeson helped propel Sore4days into the winning column in a hard fought game with both teams having good offensive and defensive structures. Jenna-May Bristow scored a hat-trick for the Xmen.

Try scorers: Sore4days - Cameron Gleeson 3, Sarah Opie 1, Benjamin England 1, Zakia Eichler 1, Cecilia Eichler 1. Xmen – Jenna-May Bristow 3, Ceejay Durbidge 1.

The biggest margin of the night came in Al Tryeda’s 16-2 thumping of Fakari Rugs.

Hat-tricks to Connor Peters and Daniel Jackson were just two of the eight individual scorers in this game for Al Tryeda in their domination of the young Fakari Rugs side.

Try scorers: Al Tryeda –  Daniel Jackson 3, Connor Peters 3, Dylan Jennings 2, Sarah Pedrazzi 2, Andrea Smith 2, Ebony Stiles 2, Reece Williams 1, Samantha Shepherd 1. Fakari Rugs – Daniel Bennett 1, Eden King 1.

The Thunder vs Mighty Mighty House Cats was postponed due to players being unavailable.