Cricket’s school champs

Over the course of the season, more than 850 secondary school teams participated in the modified competition, across the Year 7, 8 and 9/10 divisions.

Teams that advanced to the state final competed at both their local carnival and regional finals to progress through to the MCG with all winning schools receiving a laptop.

The closest encounter was in the Year 8 girl’s division with Trinity College Colac defeating Norwood Secondary by only one run (85-84).

Clonard surpassed McKinnon’s score of 90 and piled on 121 to take the Year 7 girl’s title while Monivae College smashed 154 against Catholic Ladies College’s, who scored 76, to be crowned state champions in the Year 9/10 division.

In the boy’s category, St Joseph’s Mildura took a close win over Kooweerup, completing their innings on 5-115 compared to 3-106.

Emmanuel College posted the highest score of the day with 167 against Waverley Christian College who accumulated 116 in the Year 8 boy’s while St Joseph’s Geelong grabbed hold of the Year 7 title, defeating Wantirna 141-102.

“We had schools travel from all over the state to play so it was great they had the opportunity to get out on to the MCG,” Cricket Victoria Schools Coordinator Ryan Batchelder said.

“There was some really good cricket played and everyone enjoyed it which is the most important part of the day.

“Cricket Victoria would like to congratulate this year’s state champions, finalists and participants.”