Dingos Defeat Demons In Final Game Of The Regular Season

The Toronto Dingos will finish the 2025 AFL Ontario season as Minor Premiers, after a 113-point victory against the High Park Demons has seen them end the home and away season undefeated with 10 wins.

The game against the Dees got off to a rocky start when the High Park officials signaled that they would have to forfeit due to player availability, only to come back moments later to say they had enough to field a team and a match could take place.

Despite the news of the forfeit, the Dingos squad had begun to warm up to get the most of the early afternoon Toronto weather and trip down to Humber, so the news that the game was back on was music to their ears as the boys continued to switch on for their final game of the regular season.

The Dingos got off to a hot start with Canadian forward Matteo Lugarini, fresh off his European getaway, snagging a goal in the first 30 seconds of the match. This was the first of a six goal quarter for the Dingos, with Wooten, Talbot and Jepsen joining Lugarini on the goal-scorers list.

Despite the early score line deficit, the Dees continued to hunt the ball and keep pressure on the Dingos players, letting them know that they weren't just going to roll over and make this an easy game. First and second-year Canadians Zenon Sirko and Marco Williams combined for a couple of early goals in the second quarter, whilst Lugarini continued his aerial and scoreboard dominance, giving the Dingos an 11 goal lead heading into the main break.

The second half saw more of the same scoreboard dominance from the Dingos, and unrelenting pressure from the Dees, who had to be applauded for their efforts despite the score line. However, ultimately the Dingos were able to run away with the huge victory, ending the game 17.13 (115) to 0.2 (2).

Goals: M. Lugarini (5), C. Jepsen (4), B. Wooten (2), M. Hastas, M. Ladd, J. Moore, Z. Sirko, J. Talbot & M. Williams

Best: Z. Sirko, M. Lugarini, D.Gunn, H. Moore & J.Talbot