Ballarat retained the La Trobe University Goldfields Challenge against the Bendigo Junior Football League on Saturday.
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Ballarat won six of the seven matches at Tannery Lane in Strathfieldsaye.
Bendigo’s sole victory was in the under-12 division. The home side kept Ballarat goalless in the first half on its way to a 23-point victory.
Oliver Morris, Bryce Goudge, Oliver Hannaford and Billy Bassett had big games for Bendigo.
The Bendigo under-13s led by nine points at the final change, but couldn’t hold off the fast-finishing Ballarat side. It was a similar story in the under-15s, with Bendigo right in the game at three quarter-time only for Ballarat to have the better of the last term.
Under-16
Ballarat 2.4, 7.4 9.7, 10.11 (71) d Bendigo 1.0, 2.1, 4.2, 4.4 (28)
Goals – Bendigo: Jack Ginnivan 2, Chris Cox, Aidan Hare.
Best – Bendigo: Aidan Hare, Isaac Carracher, Brodie James, Noah Walsh, Mason Wakefield, Charlie Maxted.
Under-15
Ballarat 1.2, 2.5, 5.7, 9.8 (62) d Bendigo 0.3, 2.7, 4.8, 5.9 (39)
Goals - Bendigo: Harry Law 2, Jack Keating, Rhys Beamish, Thomas Perrin.
Best – Bendigo: Dominic Bennington, Ryley Taylor, Thomas Bennett, Kaidan Fuge, Ricky Monti, Jordan Hynes.
Under-14
Ballarat 3.1, 4.2, 7.4, 8.7 (55) d Bendigo 0.0, 2.2, 4.3, 6.4 (40)
Goals – Bendigo: Jack O'Sullivan, Hugh Freckleton, Harry Teasdale, Hugh Morris, Samuel Lowes, Kobi Hall.
Best – Bendigo: Ben Cameron, Jack O'Sullivan, Riley Paetow, Patrick Murphy, Michael Kiraly, Rhys Lourie.
Under-13
Ballarat 0.2, 0.3, 1.3, 4.7 (31) d Bendigo 0.0, 2.4, 2.6, 3.6 (24)
Goals – Bendigo: Bailey Cain, Taylar McKnight, Dayten Uerata.
Best – Bendigo: Malik Gordon, Bailey Cain, Zackery Tickell, Xavier Austin, Riley Mulquiny, Cody Young.
Under-12
Bendigo 1.0, 4.2, 5.2, 7.5 (47) d Ballarat 0.2, 0.2, 1.4, 3.6 (24)
Goals - Bendigo: Billy Bassett 3, Oliver Morris 2, Oliver Hannaford 2.
Best – Bendigo: Oliver Morris, Bryce Goudge, Oliver Hannaford, Billy Bassett, Finlay Lockhart, Jye Chambers.
Youth Girls Under-16
Ballarat 2.4, 4.4, 5.5, 6.6 (42) d Bendigo 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 1.5 (11)
Goals – Bendigo: Carlee Hazlett.
Best – Bendigo: Arkie Donnelly, Carlee Hazlett, Katelyn Hazlett, Madeline Marks, Molly Pianta, Lila Keck.
Youth Girls Under-18
Ballarat 8.11 (59) d Bendigo 4.2 (26)
Goals – Bendigo: Charlotte Noonan 3, Shelby Knoll.
Best – Bendigo: Shelby Knoll, Sharni Barker, Maeve Tupper, Mia Ward, Madeline Marks, Emily Galtieri.