In a hard-fought affair, the contest went down to the last minute of the game with Cavaliers emerging victorious 41-39, and Kelsey Norquay player of the match.

Cavaliers started slowly but fought back to take control heading into the first break with a two-goal lead.

The arm wrestle continued into the second quarter with Kingston outscoring Cavaliers for an even score-line at half-time.

During the third quarter Kingston pulled ahead by four goals but Cavaliers rallied, reeling the deficit back to lead by one at three-quarter time. 

Scores were neck and neck in the final quarter in an efficiency showdown between the goalies but it was Cavaliers that pulled ahead to win by two goals.

“There were contributions from everyone and it was good to get lots of people on the court in different positions,” Cavaliers coach Dannie Carstens said.

“It’s not about breaking their winning streak for me, rather getting what we wanted to get out of the game - cementing some of the things we’ve been working on in trainings and trying to put them in to action on the court.”

NORTHERN Hawks also had a winning weekend after defeating Southern rival Karana 71-59, at the Break O'Day Community Stadium, with Ashton Whiley player of the match.

Ashlea Mawer was unstoppable in the opening quarter as the Hawks raced to the lead leaving Karana with no answers at either end of the court, winning the quarter 26-7. 

The Hawks strength and speed kept them in the lead despite Karana making game-changing positional moves in the mid-court in the second quarter. 

Hawks coach Ruth Tuohy made changes heading into the third term but they lost their stronghold on the play with Karana pegging back the deficit to 12 at the break, 56-44. In the final quarter, Hawks started to find space and better timing in attack and their defensive pressure grew to run out winners in a high scoring game.

"We started strong and had good defensive pressure but we didn’t adapt to their changes as quickly as we could have in the second quarter,” Tuohy said.