Team Saskatchewan wins bronze medal at U15 Ray Carter Cup baseball championships – Saskatoon
Group Saskatchewan took third place within the boy’s Ray Carter Cup, as Saskatoon hosted Canada’s greatest U15 baseball gamers on the nationwide championships at Nutana Kiwanis Discipline.
The occasion had 11 teams from across the country with two from Saskatchewan.
The host Saskatchewan team from Saskatoon completed in eighth place. The opposite Saskatchewan workforce, comprised of 15 of the best players in the province, completed in third and with a bronze medal after beating Manitoba 7-2.
Group Saskatchewan head coach Mike Lindsay stated it was a “heck of a sport.”
“We had an extra-inning loss (on Sunday) to Quebec within the semifinal. Our coaches needed to get the workforce up. They battled and ended up bringing residence a bronze medal for Saskatchewan,” Lindsay stated.
“Saskatchewan hardly ever medals at these occasions. It’s at all times actually powerful competitors.”
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The host Saskatchewan workforce suffered a 9-7 loss to Alberta of their placement sport.
“It’s not typically Saskatchewan medals at a event like this. It’s a fairly drawn-out event with the large groups in B.C., Ontario, and Quebec and the highest children from throughout the nation. They’re powerful to beat. The gamers rallied all weekend,” Lindsay stated.
The play featured residence runs, strikeouts, nice defensive performs, and large hits for gamers and followers alike.
It was a contest the gamers won’t ever quickly neglect.
“To host the Ray Carter Cup, the final couple years, clearly we haven’t been capable of attend any nationwide occasions and now Saskatoon hosted,” stated Chad Hofmann, workforce Saskatchewan host head coach.
“No person right here has been to a nationwide occasion earlier than within the U13 or U15s. So that is one thing the gamers will bear in mind without end.”
Group B.C. defeated Group Quebec 4-2 within the gold medal sport.
