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Don Deeble Rising Star award for young sportspersons.

Tsapatolis

Tsapatolis the new star of the west

A stellar year on the basketball court has landed Paul Tsapatolis the 2019 Don Deeble Rising Star award. Tsapatolis, from Point Cook, was crowned the...
Altona

Altona hockey star Connar Otterbach is in the mix

Altona Hockey Club young gun Connar Otterbach has never had a shortage of idols to model his game on. Since the age of seven, the...

Maddi Puli thrives on true grit

If you put a challenge in the way of Werribee basketball rising star Maddi Puli, she will invariably find a way to overcome it. The...

Abbey O’Mahony on the upswing

Williamstown Women’s Lacrosse Club rising star Abbey O’Mahony will be the pulse of Australia’s midfield at the under-19 Women’s Lacrosse World Championships in Canada...

Don Deeble: Cameron Moyes

Making his entrance into taekwondo at age four, Cameron Moyes has spent more than a decade on the mat – but he will look...

Celeste Mucci eyes Tokyo

Celeste Mucci has beaten a star-studded field of young western suburbs athletes to emerge with the Don Deeble rising sport star of the year...

Young Newport Rams star is a major hit

All roads lead to the United States for Newport Rams rising baseball star Nikau Pouaka-Grego. The ultimate dream for the young infielder is to make...

Carly James makes the cut

Carly James is not one to put forecasts on her hockey career. The modest potential future Hockeyroo prefers to live in the now and make...

Bailey Lewis flying high

Bailey Lewis is racking up the frequent flyer points in search of the grandest taekwondo mat of all. The target for the City West Taekwondo...

Luke Plapp on track for standout year

Luke Plapp has been a revelation on the bike this season. The up-and-coming track and road cycling star from Maribyrnong has surprised even himself with...

Louise Mendes throws herself into international competition

Louise Mendes is ready to take her talents to the world. The 19-year-old hammer thrower will represent Australia for the first time at the IAAF...

Dylan Brasher’s bold progress

Dylan Brasher’s cricket career blossomed from the moment he scored a century in his first tournament with a Victorian team. Playing in the title-winning Victorian...

Dylan Molinaro dreams big

Dylan Molinaro has secured a ticket to the big squash events at this year’s Commonwealth Games. In four years time, he wants to turn that...

Thomas Armstrong’s feat of clay

Shooting sensation Thomas Armstrong has put the icing on the cake of a stellar sporting year, being adjudged the 2017 Don Deeble Rising Star...

Young hoop Paul Tsapatolis leads by example

Paul Tsapatolis is more than just the dominant centre that will lead Vic Metro’s title defence at the under-16 national basketball championships in Perth...

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Police are investigating after the driver of a stolen car refused to pull over and dumped the vehicle in Sunshine, late last night. The white...

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