Bendigo Senior Secondary College's boys cricket team will compete in the Loddon Mallee Region Final after winning the Sandhurst Division.
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BSSC defeated Girton Grammar in its first game.
Girton needed to score 10 runs off the last over, but could muster just five as BSSC hung on to win a hard-fought encounter.
BSSC's top run scorers in its win were Riley Burns (29) and Braydon Vaz (25), with the leading wicket-takers captain Kayde Howard (2-17) and Vaz (3-12).
In the second game BSSC played Catherine McAuley College.
Bowling first, BSSC limited CMC to 103 off its 20 overs, with Jack Merrin (3-20) the best with the ball.
In reply BSSC won in the final over, with solid batting performances from Vaz (51), Jack Ginnivan (20) and Ben Williams (15).
"The team played really well together," coach Duane Anderson said.
"Special mention to the 'spin twins" Howard and Noah Begg, who bowled really well during the games to help contain CMC and Girton."
Anderson has been the coach of the team for the past seven years, during that time he has been impressed with the skills of teams past and present.
"Because we are such a big school, we always have competitive high-level sports teams which perform well," Anderson said.
"It's hard because the players are from various clubs and associations which play against each other in other leagues.
"Considering the team doesn't train together, they always come to games well prepared and ready to go."
The Loddon Mallee Region Final will be played in mid-March.
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