But on Saturday in the team's first grade ISA match against St Pius X College, two Stannies youngsters - Cooper Brien and Blake Kreuzberger - smashed a ton each at Stait Oval, scoring 123 and 103 respectively.

And not only did Brien and Kruezberger scored centuries, Jack Goodsell capped-off a dream performance with the ball, snaring a remarkable hat-trick in Stannies' 136-run win.

Stannies coach Tony Fisher said both Brien and Kreuzberger took advantage of the chances that fell their way.

"We were 2-9 at one stage and the two boys that got out were from really good deliveries. But after a while, Cooper and Blake batted really well and put on a 211-run partnership," he said.

"They were pretty sensible and they didn't give too many chances and they scored at a pretty good rate, as we had extra drinks because it was just that hot.

"Pius bowled okay, but not as well as we're use to from them because we had such a close game with them last time. We won by about 20 runs last time, but this time, they didn't have a particularly great time in the field with their bowling."

The Stannies players will be thankful for Brien and Kreuzberger's big stand, with only three other players managing double-figure totals - Tom Lynch (12), Liam Cooke (10) and Matthew Beattie (19) - on the way to 7-287 in 50 overs.

And while St Pius showed little chance of chasing down Stannies, their chances were dealt a massive blow when Goodsell ripped through the visitor's middle order.

"At drinks, I said to the boys, 'We're bowling a little bit short. We need to pitch them up a bit'," Fisher said.

"Lo and behold, Jack took three in a row."

Goodsell first wicket of the hat-trick was Liam Chang (out for a duck), before claiming St Pius top scorer Joe Coglan (44 runs).

The third and final ball of the hat-trick came after Goodsell bowled Logan Nicey out for a duck.

Eventually, Stannies' Tim Powell took the final wicket of Josh Hooper and St Pius were all out for 151, securing Stannies the big 136-run win, their fifth win of the season.

"We were expecting a much closer game, but Pius just had a bad day," Fisher admitted.

"We had a really good day, so we'll move on now.

"The heat was oppressive. We had extra drink breaks and if batsmen wanted a drink and gave us an over's notice, we'd run them out. We also ran drinks for the umpires, because it can get hot standing in black clothing.

"It was pretty hot for everyone."

The win keeps Stannies in second position with three weeks remaining in the regular season before finals.

Elsewhere, Scots All Saints College were meant to Blue Mountains Grammar School at Wentworth Falls on the same day, however, the match was cancelled due to hot weather.

With the match unlikely to be rescheduled, SASC's chances of qualifying for finals seem all but over, with tricky games coming up against second place Stannies, third place Oakhill College and undefeated ladder leaders St Patrick's College in the final three weeks of the competition.