After dominating the first week of the Western NSW leg of the Bing Lee Regional League, Orange Thunder continued in the same vein in the second vein on Sunday.
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The Thunder are yet to lose a game across both rounds of competition, and head into this weekend's final having accounted for each side twice.
Their closest competitors are the Orange Lightning, who stepped up from division two to fill out the top grade, and are sitting on three wins and three losses, while Dubbo has two wins and Bathurst just the one.
The Thunder recorded 41, 32 and 20 point wins on Sunday, but while they're dominating results, centre Tegan Dray said the side wasn't becoming complacent.
I'm really happy with them.
- Tegan Dray talking about her under-15 side
"Even though the scoresheet may look like we've had it easy, it hasn't been, we've had to fight for every turnover, every loose ball," she said.
"Anything can happen in a final."
Despite the side barely coming together before the start of the Regional League, Dray said she wasn't surprised the Thunder outfit had gelled so well on-court.
"I guess it comes from experience playing together and lets us play different combinations," she said.
"We've got that flexibility to adapt."
Kate Mastronardi was given a big chance in shooting positions on the weekend, which Dray said she took with both hands, while Maddie Cole was also impressive.
Dray is also taking the reigns of the under-15 side in division three, who have also gone through the first two rounds undefeated.
"They've played well in every game, undefeated, they had a tough game against Bathurst last week which they won by 10 points in the end, but they really lifted and that was pleasing to see," she said.
"We're using a lot of new combinations, but they've been putting in what we've been training.
"I'm really happy with them."
They sit one game clear of Bathurst in division three, while Orange sits second in division four, behind the undefeated Mudgee side and ahead of winless Gilgandra.
Blayney is sitting on top of the division two ladder, having not lost a game, with Bathurst under-17s and Gilgandra hot on their heels.
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