ESTEVAN - Estevan's Tayson Tangjerd, who played for the Estevan U13 AAA Brewers this season, won a Western Canada Baseball championship with a team from Regina.
The Regina White Sox asked Tangjerd to join the club after the White Sox finished second at provincials and punched their ticket for Westerns, which were held in St. James, Man., from Aug. 15-18. Eight teams were entered from across Western Canada.
A left-handed pitcher and a first baseman, Tangjerd was used as a relief pitcher during the first game of the tournament, and started for the White Sox in the championship final against the Red Deer Braves.
In the first game, a 12-5 win over the Marlins, Tangjerd pitched three innings of relief, giving up two hits and an earned run while striking out seven.
Then in the championship final, he went 5 2/3 innings on the mound, giving up just two hits and striking out 11 batters. The White Sox defeated the Red Deer Braves 10-0 in six innings to win Westerns.
Tangjerd's season didn't end at Westerns, as he also attended Baseball Saskatchewan’s 13U Team Sask Selects Camp from Aug. 23-25 in Saskatoon.
