Spotswood is focused on stepping it up each week in the Western Football League division 1 season.
The Woodsmen have been tested at times against some of the top sides but on Saturday were able to level the ledger with a solid win against Parkside.
Woodsmen coach Steve O’Bryan said it was a really good performance after a couple of tough weeks results wise against two of the top three teams.
“We did really well,” he said. “We had a couple of weeks against some good opponents and Parkside is up there as well.
“We were able to play some really good footy and get some people back which was good.”
Spotswood led all day on Saturday but the game was still well alive at the last break with the margin just nine points.
The Woodsmen kicked four last quarter goals to get the margin out and come away with a 12.19 (91)-7.13 (55).
“It was a tight contest for most of the game,” O’Bryan said. “In the last quarter we were able to get some ascendancy and fought the game out and came out on top.”
Kyle Blake kicked three goals for the Woodsmen, while Sam Harvey, Lachie Hunter and Harley Walshe kicked two goals each.
Nathan Haylock, Mitchell Blake and Spencer Meagher were named their best.
O’Bryan, who was in his first year as coach, said they were focused on the bigger picture than just the result each week.
“We’re not trying to think about the game results too much, it’s about trying to be competitive and working on the things that we need to improve on,” he said.
“Overall we’ve played some good footy, but there’s things that we need to work on. We’re thinking about what we need to and taking it each week by week.
“We will focus on key things and the results will take care of themselves.”
The Woodsmen face Sunshine this Saturday.
O’Bryan said they would focus on trying to improve things from last week and continue to do that every week.
For the Magpies, Hugh Williams, Bruno Laguda and Tom Stapleton were their best.
In other matches, Altona won a thriller underlights against Newport.
The Panthers led at each of the breaks before the Vikings kicked the only goal of the final quarter to win, 10.11 (71)-10.9 (69).
Colby Redpath, Ethan Taylor and James Callaway were named the best for the Vikings, while ack Papachatzakis, Darcy Cassar and Joshua Smith stood out for the Panthers.
Yarraville Seddon fell just short against Hoppers Crossing in its match.
The Eagles led all day but weren’t able to hold on as the Warriors kicked four final quarter goals to win, 16.17 (113)-15.5 (95).
Tyson Brazel, Michael Selsby and Akol Deng were named the Eagles best.
North Footscray was among the winners in division 2, beating Laverton.
