Australian Schoolboys national baseball team

The Australian Schoolboys national baseball team is the national team for secondary school students in Australia. In 2007 the team toured Virginia, Washington and British Columbia, playing 13 matches from a variety of club, college and MLB scout teams, with a 9–1–3 record.

The Australian Secondary Schools Baseball Team initially toured in 1992 with a seven-game tour of Japan. The team finished the tour with a 3.5/3.5 win/loss record against some of Japan's leading prefectures. In 1995, the Australian Secondary Schools Baseball Team toured Canada participating in the BC Falls Classic and won all 10 matches. The team also toured to Florida in 2000.

Tours continued in 2005, with a tour to South Africa, and again in 2007 to Canada, the national team undertakes an international tour every second year.

Notable players include Jacob Reust, New South Wales Patriots David Kandilas and Queensland Rams and ABF Players Player of the Year, James Linger.[1]

2009 Tour

The Australian schoolboys team toured Oregon, California and Arizona in 2009, playing 16 games finishing with an 11–5 record over the course of 19 days.[2]

The team played in the Arizona Fall Classic, defeating San Diego in the quarter final and being knocked out by Colorado in the semi-final. The team won best sportsmanship for the tournament.

2009 Schoolboys Results
25 September Linn Benton Community College 6–2 Australia Albany, Oregon
26 September Kansas City Scouts 10–1 Australia Goss Stadium
27 September North-West Oregon All-Stars 3–4 Australia Goss Stadium
28 September Lane Community College 4–7 Australia Eugene, Oregon
29 September Chemeketa Community College 7–17 Australia Salem, Oregon
1 October Clackamas Community College 5–7 Australia Oregon City, Oregon
2 October Mt. Hood Community College 1–7 Australia Gresham, Oregon
5 October Placentia Mustangs 0–2 Australia Placentia, California
5 October Placentia Mustangs 3–7 Australia Placentia, California
6 October Fullerton Junior College 4–1 Australia Fullerton, California
6 October Fullerton Junior College 11–4 Australia Fullerton, California
9 October Calgary 1–9 Australia Peoria Sports Complex
9 October Arizona Athletics 2–7 Australia Peoria Sports Complex
10 October Southern California Outlaws 2–14 Australia Peoria Sports Complex
11 October San Diego 2–4 Australia Peoria Sports Complex
11 October Colorado 4–3 Australia Peoria Sports Complex

References
  1. Historical Overview of School Baseball in Australia – ABF Website
  2. Australian schoolboys 2009 tour Australian Baseball Federation. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
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