A trio of Wimmera-based Western Waves players performed well in the under 16 YPL carnival

Connor Weidemann (Rupanyup), Joey Nagorcka (Horsham) and Logan Millar (Horsham) all contributed for the Waves over their five games.

Weidemann was named Western Waves Player of the Series by his coach John Houston.

The Waves defeated the Falcons in their first match on Monday before just falling short to the Rivers on Tuesday.

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They then played two T20 matches on Wednesday, defeating the Wizards and losing to the Rockets, before they won their final game, a T20 against the Spirit on Thursday.

Against the Falcons it was Weidemann who stole the show.

Batting first, the Waves were nicely-poised at 3-70 when the young lefthander strode to the crease.

He became the sixth wicket to fall exactly 100-runs later for a team high-score of 66, to put the Waves in a commanding position.

Noah Greene (33) and Will Colla (21) were the next best with the bat for the Waves, as the team was all out for 184.

In reply, the Falcons were 1-28 when Nagorcka struck with the ball to remove Braydon O'Connor for 15.

26 runs later and Weidemann - not resting on the laurels of his earlier performance - removed number four Trent McManus (13) to have the Falcons 3-54.

The Rupanyup cricketer went on to take the incredible figures of 4-9 to help dismiss the Falcons for 131, while Nagorcka chimed in with 1-38.

On Tuesday, the Waves again batted first and made an imposing total of 7-197 from their allotted 50 overs.

Greene top-scored with 68 and Colla finished on 47 not out. Millar also struck them well on his way to 24.

The Rivers got off to a rough start to find themselves 3-18 thanks to the work of Nagorcka who bowled Mason Reeves and Brodie Reaper before they could trouble the scores.

Weidemann took the next wicket to have the Rivers 4-39 before Archer Carlile and Jasper Cheesman knuckled down for an 88-run partnership.

Carlile fell for 39 and Cheesman followed shortly after for 77 at the hands of Weidemann. By then the Rivers were sitting at 6-169, needing just 16-runs to win.

The Waves managed to claim two more wickets, however it wasn't enough as the Rivers reached the total inside 47 overs with two wickets remaining.

Nagorcka was his side's best with the ball claiming figures of 2-22, while Weidemann picked up 2-33.

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In the win against the Wizards, Weidemann took 0-12 and scored 11 runs, while Millar finished nine not out.

Against the Rockets Weidemann claimed 2-23 and scored 17, while Millar made eight not out and Nagorcka had figures of 0-7.

In their final match of the week, the Waves finished on a high, setting the Spirit a total of 96 to chase off 20 overs and dismissing them for 86.

Weidemann scored 18 and had the incredibly tidy figures of 2-9 off four overs.

The Waves finish the YPL season in third spot in the Renegades League.

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