Saints march into grand final

Sunraysia Daily

The Saints have marched into their first A grade grand final in 10 years.

Led by Raiden Wakefield, the Saints led from start to finish against Eagles in a high-scoring A grade preliminary final.

Raiden controlled the game for Saints, collecting 22 of the 27 outs from the mound.

A GRADE

EAGLE 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 4 0 – 13

SAINTS1 6 1 0 4 4 2 0 1 – 19

Safe Hits: Eagles: Lachlan Spratt 3, Harry Grambau 3, Tyler Butterwick 2, Taylor Pay 2, Jack Barrott 2, Matt Gee, Jordan Spratt, Dylan Twaddle, Blake Peterson 1. Saints: Matt Ford 3 (1HR), Kale McBain 2 (1HR), Ronan Scott 2, Jake Moras 2, Beau Matthews 2, Kolby Wakefield, Raiden Wakefield.

B GRADE

WANDERERS 1 0 0 3 0 1 X – 5

SAINTS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 1

Safe Hits: Wanderers: Nick Carroll, Cameron Edwards and Stephen Edwards 2; Arthur Efstratiou. Saints: Cody Clifford 3; Matt Fabich 2; Darcy Waldron.

C GRADE

HAWKS 3 0 5 5 X – 13

WANDERERS 0 0 1 0 1 – 2

Safe Hits: Hawks: Bailey Ferguson, Dan Fraser and Trista Rickard 2; Clint Williams. Wanderers: Tony Malycha, Brett Higginbotham, Darcy Roden.

Finals week two:

Games at Newey Field

Sunday, August 18

A Grade: Saints v Wanderers, grand final game 1 at 2pm

B Grade: Saints v Hawks, preliminary final at 11.30am

C Grade: Wanderers Green v Wanderers Gold, preliminary final at 9am

Finals week three:Games at Southern Cross Field

Saturday, August 24

A Grade: Wanderers v Saints, grand final game 2 at 2pm

B Grade: Wanderers v (winner of prelim), grand final at 11.30am

C Grade: Hawks v (winner of prelim), grand final at 9am

Sunday, August 25

A Grade: Wanderers v Saints grand final game 3 (if required)

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