MOOSEJAWTODAY.COM -- The Moose Jaw Canucks might not have had anything other than pride to play for heading into their final round robin game during the Baseball Sask 13U AA Tier III provincial championship on Saturday afternoon, but that didn’t keep the local crew from picking up a morale-boosting win just the same.
Despite falling behind 9-0 through the first two innings against the Turtleford Tigers, the Canucks rallied all the way back for a 13-10 win at Lyle Helland Ball Diamond, capping their appearance at the event with a 1-2 record.
Moose Jaw got things going with a five-run third inning and got back within a pair in the fourth before a six-run fifth gave them a 13-9 lead. Turtleford got one back in the bottom of the inning, but that would be as close as they’d get.
Things hadn’t gone as well for the Canucks in their previous two contests, as they dropped a 15-3 decision to the Saskatoon A’s in their opener Friday morning before falling 13-3 to the White Butte Broncos in their second contest.
Both the Unity Cardinals and White Butte were unbeaten at 3-0 through the round robin.
Unity opened with a 12-1 win over the Sask Five Sliders before downing Twin Centers 14-4 and the Saskatoon Sandlot Cardinals 15-10, while White Butte defeated Turtleford 12-2 the A’s 12-11 in their other games.
Unfortunately for the top two round robin teams, things didn’t go as well in the semifinal -- the Luseland Dust Devils took a 12-6 win over Unity to advance to the gold medal game, while the Cardinals downed the Broncos 8-3 to book their spot in the championship final.
Luseland would then emerge as provincial champions, taking a 4-3 win over Saskatoon on Sunday afternoon.
At the 18U AA Tier II provincial championship in Saskatoon, the Moose Jaw Canucks went 1-1 in their round robin before seeing their run come to an end in their first playoff game.
The Canucks opened with a 17-12 win over the Saskatoon A’s before falling 18-11 to the Saskatoon Cubs, setting up a quarter-final rematch with Saskatoon.
Things didn’t go as well for Moose Jaw in that contest as they’d drop a 13-11 decision.
