With the 2016 National Youth Championships winding down and the finals set for Monday, Sunday saw 12 games underway in Blacktown at Blue Sox Stadium, home to the Australian Baseball League’s Sydney Blue Sox.
The U16 portion of the tournament continued on its eighth day with a matchup between Victoria White and South Australia to start things off, and after scoring in each of the first five innings of the game, SA took down the Victorians 11-2 in seven frames.
Victoria Blue hosted Western Australia in the second game on Sunday and with a four-run first and a three-run fifth, the home team took the matchup 7-1.
Australian Capital Territory made their mark in the third contest of the day, scoring 12 runs on eight hits and shutting out New South Wales Country to take the game 12-0.
Queensland played host to New South Wales Country in the afternoon and in a tight affair and after being down by one in the top of the seventh inning, the squad from the sunshine state came back to walk off 6-5 in the bottom half.
Sunday saw New South Wales take on Australian Capital Territory on home turf, NWS coming out on top 5-2 in a competitive game in Blacktown.
The final matchup of the day for the U16s saw Queensland host New South Wales, the visitors winning 7-1 and allowing just two hits to the Queenslanders.
Western Australia and Victoria White will meet in the bronze-medal game on Monday afternoon, with Victoria Blue taking on South Australia for gold at the same time, as the U16 tournament comes to a close at Blue Sox Stadium.
The U18 National Youth Championships saw six games played on Sunday to narrow down the finalists heading into the last day of the tournament on Monday.
Victoria Blue took on New South Wales to start the second-last day of the event, the Victorians coming out on top 6-3 after falling behind early in the matchup.
South Australia hosted Victoria White in the second game of the day and after scoring in each of their final three frames, SA took down the Victorians 7-3 in seven innings.
Western Australia played host to South Australia in the third matchup on Sunday for the U18s and shut out their visitors 8-0 in seven frames, allowing just six hits in the game.
Australian Capital Territory hosted Victoria White in the afternoon and with just four hits couldn’t overcome the offence from the Victorians, who won the contest 12-3.
Western Australia and Australian Capital Territory squared off in the second-to-last contest of the day on Sunday and after putting four on the board in the first inning, WA couldn’t hold on and fell to ACT 6-4 in seven frames.
The final game of the U18 tournament on Sunday saw New South Wales Country host the squad from the sunshine state, taking down Queensland 5-3 and knocking them into the bronze-medal game on Monday.
In the championship portion of the event, the Queenslanders match up against New South Wales in the first game on Monday, both teams looking to head home with bronze. New South Wales Country takes on Victoria Blue in the battle for top spot, trying to head home with gold.
With the 2016 National Youth Championships winding down and the finals set for Monday, Sunday saw 12 games underway in Blacktown at Blue Sox Stadium, home to the Australian Baseball League’s Sydney Blue Sox.
The U16 portion of the tournament continued on its eighth day with a matchup between Victoria White and South Australia to start things off, and after scoring in each of the first five innings of the game, SA took down the Victorians 11-2 in seven frames.
Victoria Blue hosted Western Australia in the second game on Sunday and with a four-run first and a three-run fifth, the home team took the matchup 7-1.
Australian Capital Territory made their mark in the third contest of the day, scoring 12 runs on eight hits and shutting out New South Wales Country to take the game 12-0.
Queensland played host to New South Wales Country in the afternoon and in a tight affair and after being down by one in the top of the seventh inning, the squad from the sunshine state came back to walk off 6-5 in the bottom half.
Sunday saw New South Wales take on Australian Capital Territory on home turf, NWS coming out on top 5-2 in a competitive game in Blacktown.
The final matchup of the day for the U16s saw Queensland host New South Wales, the visitors winning 7-1 and allowing just two hits to the Queenslanders.
Western Australia and Victoria White will meet in the bronze-medal game on Monday afternoon, with Victoria Blue taking on South Australia for gold at the same time, as the U16 tournament comes to a close at Blue Sox Stadium.
The U18 National Youth Championships saw six games played on Sunday to narrow down the finalists heading into the last day of the tournament on Monday.
Victoria Blue took on New South Wales to start the second-last day of the event, the Victorians coming out on top 6-3 after falling behind early in the matchup.
South Australia hosted Victoria White in the second game of the day and after scoring in each of their final three frames, SA took down the Victorians 7-3 in seven innings.
Western Australia played host to South Australia in the third matchup on Sunday for the U18s and shut out their visitors 8-0 in seven frames, allowing just six hits in the game.
Australian Capital Territory hosted Victoria White in the afternoon and with just four hits couldn’t overcome the offence from the Victorians, who won the contest 12-3.
Western Australia and Australian Capital Territory squared off in the second-to-last contest of the day on Sunday and after putting four on the board in the first inning, WA couldn’t hold on and fell to ACT 6-4 in seven frames.
The final game of the U18 tournament on Sunday saw New South Wales Country host the squad from the sunshine state, taking down Queensland 5-3 and knocking them into the bronze-medal game on Monday.
In the championship portion of the event, the Queenslanders match up against New South Wales in the first game on Monday, both teams looking to head home with bronze. New South Wales Country takes on Victoria Blue in the battle for top spot, trying to head home with gold.