From the Pakenham Cardinia Leader
Reported by Paul Amy

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FORMER Dandenong star Andrew Lacko has joined the Casey Scorpions as an assistant coach.

The dual Dandy best and fairest played for the club briefly in its Springvale days, after the Redlegs were wound up at the end of the 1994 season.

He later coached and played in the Eastern league.

A classy centreman, Lacko covered a lot of ground during his playing days. But he will be doing less miles in his coaching role: he lives not far from the Casey Fields ground.

Meanwhile the Scorpions have signed leading VAFA forward Matt Moore.

From the Border Mail
Reported by Brad McGrath
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WODONGA Raiders impressive pre-season recruiting campaign has been capped off by signing Williamstown star Adam Cook.

Cook, 22, agreed to join the Raiders on Tuesday with his signature heading off interest from at least one other Ovens and Murray club.

From the Ballarat Courier
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AN AFL-standard playing surface for Ballarat is a step closer to reality.
Turf laying works as part of the $950,000 Northern Oval upgrade were finished late this week.

The new couch grass surface has eleven weeks to settle in to be ready in time for the North Ballarat Football Club's first VFL season home game against Collingwood on May 2.

CASEY Scorpions football manager Craig Lees is tipping big things for his club’s new AFL relationship with Melbourne on the eve of the 2009 VFL season.

Lees praised Demons officials’ approachability after their intra-club match on Saturday and expects the alignment to be more successful than the Scorpions’ eight-year partnership with St Kilda.