听 听 听 听 听 听 The Estevan Tower Wolves captured the Harbourne Memorial Trophy after a hard-fought 6-5 victory over the Oxbow Chiefs at Kenosee Lake Ball Park, Sunday, July 30.
听听听听听听听听听听听 The Saskota League teams - the Estevan Tower Wolves, the Oxbow Chiefs, the Carlyle Cardinals, the Redvers A's, the Arcola Threshers, the Kenosee Cubs, the Carnduff Astros, the Wawota Pats, the Windthorst Pirates and the 麻豆视频east Fireballs - all vied for the championship during three days of competition, July 28-30.
听听听听听听听听听听听 The Harbourne Trophy tops off the Saskota Baseball League's 2017 season and Estevan team captain Jolan Lingelbach says: 鈥淚t was a lot of hard work by both teams. Our guys battled through it to win.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淭here wasn't a whole lot of scoring going on, but we fought hard. It was a great weekend.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 Saskota Baseball League President David Lemieux agrees.
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淐ongratulations to Estevan,鈥� says Lemieux. 鈥淚t was a great final between Estevan and Oxbow and it was an exciting final right to the end - and you really can't ask for more than that.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 The three-day tournament saw the reiging Harbourne champs - the听 Carlyle Cardinals - losing out in the semi-finals to Estevan in a 9-6 upset. Runner-up team, the Oxbow Chiefs defeated the Redvers A's in the semi-finals, 14-10.
听听听听听听听听听听听 League president Lemieux is also the coach of the Cardinals and said of his team's semi- final game: 鈥淐hris Keating of Estevan pitched extremely well. Both Carlyle and Estevan played well and it was a clean game with no errors, which is always good.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淭he final two teams - Estevan and Oxbow - both hit the ball and both played defence well. It's no surprise they were in the final.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 As League president, Lemieux says that in addition to a Harbourne Championship tournament听 which garnered great fan attendance, he is also pleased with the season as a whole.
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淭he season went very well,鈥� he says. 鈥淭he weather was very cooperative and so the guys didn't have to scramble to make up games. The fans have been great, too.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淒uring the entire season - and during the Harbourne final 鈥� during any given match, any team can beat any team on any given night.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淭hat makes some exciting ball - for the players and the fans.鈥�
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