St Pat’s were far too strong for Ballarat Clarendon College, defeating BCC 13.11 (89) – 2.1 (13).

St Patrick’s College is, and for a long time has been, the benchmark of the region’s school competition and it again flexed its muscle.

A 5.4 to 1.1 lead at half-time continued on in the second half, St Pat’s putting on eight goals to one.

Co-coach Joe Carmody was pleased with the performance, particularly the four-quarter effort.

St Pat’s is no stranger to comfortable wins at this level, but they maintained their hunger for the contest right through the match.

“Everything we planned for we put into practice and it turned out pretty well for us today with our pressure and all those little things,” Carmody said.

“We had to stick to a specific process that we’d been working on and we didn’t want to go outside of that (in the second half), or blokes trying to get kicks for themselves, they had to stick to their role and by and large they did that really well.

“It’s just about us trying to jell as best we can from the short time we have to train together.”

Josh Chatfield imposed himself upon the match up forward with some clunking marks while fellow Rebel Matty Lloyd impressed across half back and captain Josh Lohmann was among the best in defence.

St Pat’s will play its semi-final at Rams Arena on July 18, with its opponent still to be determined. If it is successful, the grand final will be played at the MCG on August 18.

Meanwhile in the Ballarat Clarendon College camp, coach Brad Macgowan was pleased with his group’s application to the match.

While the scoreboard made for bleak reading, it was an improvement on last year’s 101-point loss to St Pat’s in the BAS grand final.

Macgowan said his boys executed its game plan and fought the match out how the coaches had wanted, but St Pat’s spread from the contest and overall class was overpowering.

“We were really proud of our boys, they fought all game, they did everything we wanted them to do...in the end we were beaten by a more talented side,” Macgowan said.

“For us it was about being hard to play against, keeping the game close...trying to limit the impact of their pure talent, because pound for pound they’re a quality team.”

While BCC will not advance in the Shield, it has qualified for the Herald Sun Country Shield.

It will now prepare for its next match in the early weeks of next term, with an opponent to be decided this week.