Mackillop and Sydney West put all their NSW Primary School Sports Association Boys’ Championship rivals on notice on Monday’s opening day of the tournament, stamping their authority with astonishing victories.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
Mackillop routed North West by 182 runs at Country Club, while Sydney West annihilated Barrier at Riawena Oval.
All seven of Mackillop’s batsmen remained unbeaten as the maroons posted 213, the entire top five retiring to give the guys below them a hit.
Of those five, Sam Konstas smashed a stunning 100 from 142 balls to kick off his campaign in style while his opening partner Tom Forrester produced a great knock of 52.
Then Mackillop bowled North West out for just 31, Oliver Smith doing the damage with 4-7 from three overs.
At Riawena, Brock Campbell broke the shackles and pummeled 116 from 80 balls, combining well with Krish Thakur (63), Ethan Anderson (44) and Joel Wright (37) as Sydney West piled on 3-304.
Sydney West rolled Barrier for next to nothing in reply, at one stage it was 7-7 in the chase.
Sydney East also secured a dominant victory, defeating Sydney North by 10 wickets.
The former side restricted the latter to 9-110, before Max Robinson (65 not out) and Jake St John (44 not out) cruised home.
Daniel Gauci (71 not out) led Combined Independent Schools to 5-215, his side rolling through North Coast to win by 134 runs.
Sidhant Singh was superb with the ball, taking 3-4 from 6.4 overs.
Meanwhile the hosts, Western, battled through a heavy, nine-wicket loss to Hunter at Jack Brabham 1.
Western coach Jordan Moran said Hunter’s spearheads were a bit quicker than his top order bats were expecting and that, along with some silly shots, had a huge impact as the hosts were skittled for 69.
Condobolin’s Riley Keen was Western’s best with 15.
Hunter ran it down in 24 overs with nine wickets in hand, Harry Liackman leading the way with 23 not out.
Dubbo’s Rudy Peet (1-15) was Western’s sole wicket-taker.
Considering his side was thumped in its opening game last year and then went on to score three consecutive wins and come third, Western coach Jordan Moran said he’s confident the red and greens will bounce back on Tuesday.
Riverina, on the back of Charlie Hillier’s 94, also defeated Sydney South West while Polding beat South Coast too.
Bathurst’s Blake Kreuzberger made 49 in Polding’s dig of 177, before five run outs crushed South Coast’s chase, the side fell 47 short.
Matt Findlay
Formerly a sports specialist, I'm based at Orange and shift between wide-spread range of subjects here and, often, across the entire Central West region of NSW as well. I have almost a decade of experience in the media and marketing industries both here in Australia and internationally, along with journalism I have experience in content strategy, brand development, and digital and social media. Along the way, I've been fortunate to win a handful of media awards and be nominated for several others too.
Formerly a sports specialist, I'm based at Orange and shift between wide-spread range of subjects here and, often, across the entire Central West region of NSW as well. I have almost a decade of experience in the media and marketing industries both here in Australia and internationally, along with journalism I have experience in content strategy, brand development, and digital and social media. Along the way, I've been fortunate to win a handful of media awards and be nominated for several others too.
