Casey had first use of the tricky breeze and dominated from the outset with former Demon skipper Brad Green providing great drive. Liam Jurrah also proved elusive and a difficult customer to handle.
The Casey-listed players were also out to prove a point after they were shunned by VFL selectors for the forthcoming representative match against Tasmania.
Luke Tynan continued to show improvement with a great four quarter effort to finish with 24 disposals. He was particularly impressive in the early going.
Rian McGough and Matt Fieldsend chipped in with the game's first two goals as the visitors opened up a 12 point lead at the first break.
The home side came back strongly in the early stages of the second term. But both teams were off target and the game was sinking into a lacklustre contest of defences, until the experience of Lynden Dunn and the class of Jurrah and Jack Watts pressed home the advantage in favour of the Scorpions.
With Tynan, Sam Blease and Dan Nicholson opening up the game with good running, the team piled on the next three unanswered goals to go into the sheds having doubled their lead during the quarter.
The Scorpions were now unstoppable and they simply dominated the "premiership quarter" with five goals to nil in a great team performance, which saw some of the young unsung members of the team come to the fore.
Names such as Mitch Gent, Ricky Plummer and last year’s reserves best and fairest Tynan are not well known at present in VFL circles, but they continued to contribute in the shadow of the bigger names in the side.
The Demons also look to have uncovered some talent for the future in Rory Taggert (26 disposals) and defenders Troy Davis and Jai Sheahan who were solid all day.
With the game well and truly won by the final break, Box Hill broke through for some goals early in the final term, but coach Brett Lovett would have to be pleased with the persistence of his players who re-established their ascendency late in the game to run out easy winners by 52 points.
He must also be delighted with the improvement of his own VFL-listed players who stood up in the absence of injured co-captain Kyle Matthews and Wade Lees.
Casey goes into the bye in second place and with the interstate game to follow it does not play again until June. An intra-club practice match is being mooted to ensure the momentum of the past weeks can be retained.
Casey Scorpions -13.19.97
Box Hill Hawks - 5.15.45
Goals
Casey Scorpions Fieldsend Taggert 2 Blease Cook Gent Jurrah McGough Martin Tapscott Watts
Box Hill Hawks Hughes 2 McCauley Wanganeen
Best
Casey Scorpions L Tynan Taggert Davis Plummer Fieldsend Nicholson
Box Hill Hawks Murphy Mirra Pattison Hughes Jones Bruce
2012 AFL Vic Development League
Casey Scorpions - 14.18.102
Port Melbourne - 7.13.55
Goals
Casey Scorpions Smith 5 Cleven Page Petropoulos 2 Collins Clay Johnson
Port Melbourne Bond Francis Jawad Morris O'Sullivan Sutcliffe Teasdale
Best
Casey Scorpions Pollard Lang Collins Patti Page Allen
Port Melbourne Johnston McCarthy Sutcliffe Thornton Williams Collopy
