聽 聽 聽 聽 聽The Carlyle Cardinals once again had a very successful season, not only did they come away with the championship title from the Saskota League, the Cardinals returned from Senior AA Tier 2 Provincials in Kindersley.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Cardinals got off to a rocky start losing to Lloydminster 2-1, but came back strong beating Saskatoon 5-4 and Arm River 13-1. Moving onto the semi-finals they came up against Swift Current, which they beat with a 13-10 win and a spot in the final.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Coming up against Yorkton, the Cardinals played hard and swept the final with a score of 4-0 to become this year鈥檚 Senior AA Tier 2 Provincials champions.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e had really good pitching throughout the tournament,鈥� David Lemiuex explained. 鈥淟ost a tough game early on but bounced back well to win our next two pool games. In the semi finals we actually trailed Swift Current 8-1 and ended up winning. The final was extremely close the entire game and we ended up pulling it off. Everyone contributed throughout the weekend and it was a real team effort.鈥�
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Competing in the Senior AA Tier 3 Provincials were the Oxbow Chiefs, Carnduff Astros, and Estevan Tower Wolves. Estevan and Carnduff both made it to the semi-finals. Carnduff would take on Unity and Estevan would take on Wilkie; but it would be Unity and Wilkie that would face off in the final.
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Other teams competing at Senior Provincials included the Windthorst Pirates and Redvers A鈥檚 who competed in the Senior AA Tier 4 competition. The A鈥檚 were unable to make the playoffs, while the Windthorst Pirates lost out in a semi-final game versus the Macklin Lakers in a tight game with a score of 8-6.
