EIGHT of the Perth Football Club’s most promising youngsters have been selected to participate in the State 16’s and 18’s academies.
The State 18’s Academy, coached by Andrew Lockyer, will comprise of six Demons who will be eligible to represent WA at the NAB AFL State 18s Championships in June, and the State 16’s Academy will feature two Demons in preparation for the NAB AFL State 16s Championships in June and July.
Ian Hill and Sydney Stack, both from Northam, will take part in a 10-week training schedule, participate in two camps, take part in combine testing and play four trial matches before the final team is selected to represent WA at the National 16s Championships.
Hill, a midfielder who can play as a small forward as well, was involved with the Western Australian schoolboys team as a fifteen year old, and was named All-Australian where he went on tour to South Africa.
Stack also joins the academy as a midfielder with high achievements in his early career, which comes with selection in the AFL Flying Boomerangs, which competed in the NAB Under 16s Championships last year.
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