Another pic of Peterson:
And an article on Peterson's 2nd game for Claremont in the WAFL:
EXCITING PETERSON SOARS TO GREAT HEIGHTS
Ken Casellas
claremontfc.com.au
He can leap a tall building in one mighty bound. He soars into the stratosphere like a skyrocket. He’s Claremont’s latest ebony excitement machine, the ever-smiling Carl Peterson.
Evoking memories of the mercurial Derek Kickett, the fabulous Jim Krakouer and the majestic Chris Lewis, the slender spring-heeled teenager brought untold joy to the fans at Claremont Oval on Saturday with a full range of his spectacular skills.
Revealing a remarkable vertical leap, Peterson spiralled skwards twice in the third quarter of the league match against East Perth to take a couple of breath-taking marks.
He kicked three goals in the space of 21 minutes in the third quarter and two more in the final term to help the Tigers crush East Perth by 78 points --- and all of a sudden AFL recruiting officers throughout the country were sitting up and taking notice.
Here on show was a 19-year-old super star in the making, a lad recruited by Claremont from the club’s new Kimberley zone.
This was only his second appearance in a WAFL league fixture. But even before the rookie from the Ord River Magpies in the remote north of the state had started his career with Claremont in the reserves side his potential was well known in other parts of the land.
The Sydney Swans were well aware of his latent talent and he accepted an offer to travel to Sydney to join the Swans for a couple of weeks in their pre-season training program.
He then played in a variety of positions, including the ruck, in 14 reserves matches for the Tigers before making his league debut against Subiaco at Leederville Oval in round 21 when he came in as a late replacement for the injured Michael Cousens.
He also was a late inclusion for the match against East Perth, being called into action to replace ruckman Michael Gardiner, who was struck down on Friday with a viral complaint.
On Saturday, Peterson sat on the interchange bench before getting a call to arms early in the second quarter, moving to a forward pocket where he was opposed by young Fremantle Dockers squad member Benet Copping.
And it certainly did not take long for Peterson to come under notice. He revealed wonderful composure when he was bumped and was falling to the ground as he handpassed to David Crawford, who snapped Claremont’s fifth goal.
Three minutes later, Tom Matson handpassed to Peterson, who kicked a well-weighted short pass to Anthony Jones for Claremont’s next major.
The crowd erupted when Peterson flew high to take a brilliant mark five minutes into the third quarter. This brought him the first of his handful of goals.
Shortly after that he accepted a pass from the lively Leon Wilson for his second goal, and late in the quarter defender Simon Nimmo sent the ball high towards the goalsquare. Like a coiled spring, Peterson was propelled upwards to grasp another spectacular mark. Landing like a butterfly on the petal of a spring daisy, he then went back and coolly booted his third goal for the quarter.
Details:
Claremont 22.15 (147) beat East Perth 10.9 (69).
Scorers---CLAREMONT: A. Jones 7.2;
C. Peterson 5.0; D. Crawford 3.3; D. Bandy, T. Matson 1.2; R. Walton 1.1; A. Browne, T. Carlon, J. Crabb, L. Wilson 1.0; N. Chidgzey, D. Harper, M. Morton 0.1; 2 points forced.
Best---CLAREMONT: A. Browne, D. Bandy, A. Jones, R. Walton, T. Handley, M. Cousens, L. Wilson,
C. Peterson, A. Taylor, M. Morton, C. Rudeforth, T. Matson.
http://www.claremontfc.com/2006/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=161
