     The Â鶹ÊÓƵeast Squirts U12 team competed against 11 other teams in the U12 ‘B’ provincials in Moose Jaw on July 3, 4 & 5. Our team consists of 14 girls from the communities of Carlyle, Alameda and Carnduff. It’s coached by Larrie Rae, Carri-Lee Rutten, Tanya Robertson and Autumn Barta.
     Our first game was against the Saskatoon Raiders Black and we came out on top with a 15-1 win after 4 innings. We won our second game 13-5 against the Regina Falcons and our third game 15-1 against the Regina Fighting Saints. Undefeated in our pool, we moved on to play the hometown team, the Moose Jaw Ice, in the semi-finals. Our girls played hard and we came out on top with a score of 11-3.
     Our final game put us against the undefeated Unity Panthers. We started our first 3 innings only allowing one run in the first. At the end of the third inning the score was 2-1 for us. Unity chipped away and scored one run in the 4th, and 2 runs in the 5th. The score was 4-2 for Unity at the end of 5 innings. The sixth inning saw Unity score one more run but our bats were finally coming alive and we scored 3 runs in the bottom of the inning to make it a tie of 5-5 going into the 7th and final inning. With 2 out and 3 on base, a Unity player hit a triple into right field, scoring 3 runs. We were now down 8-5 going into our last bat. Unfortunately, our bats didn’t answer the call and we were denied more runs by Unity’s defense.
     The final was a great game of softball between two very strong teams. We are very proud the girls for their efforts. They played hard & we had a great season of ball!
