The 100 Mile 'N' Hour Squirts Minor Softball team finished up as the winner of a four-team tournament hosted by South Cariboo Minor Softball at Lumberman's Park, June 15-16.
In second place were the 100 Mile 'N' Hour Mites, which had to play up a division to participate. A team from Clearwater placed third and Barriere was fourth.
The event was planned as both a squirt and mite division tournament, but 100 Mile 'N' Hour Mites were the only mites to register, so had to take on the older squirt teams or bow out of the tournament.
The local squirts took the tournament win with a five-game sweep, beating Clearwater in round-robin play by a score of 20-11; Barriere – 30-7; and 100 Mile 'N' Hour Mites – 19-6.
They met Clearwater in the semifinals where Hayden Prodnuk contributed a home run and teammate Tanner Hooper hit two grand slams to add to a 15-9 victory.
In the round robin, Prodnuk picked up two MVP awards for 100 Mile 'N' Hour Squirts and Denny Gosselin got the nod for one.
The 100 Mile Mites' only two losses were to 100 Mile Squirts, with one each in the round robin and the final. Other round robin results for the Mites were an 11-10 win against Clearwater and a 13-11 victory over Barriere.
The 100 Mile 'N' Hour Mites met Barriere in the semifinals where they pulled themselves out of an early seven-run deficit to win the game, 18-14.
MVP awards went to Ethan Sanders, Colby Glen and Easton Mills.
In the final with the squirt home team, 100 Mile Mites held the lead for several innings, but the squirts managed to build up a three-run lead going into the final inning. They held the mites to two runs and did not need to use their last bats to win the game 12-11.
“100 Mile fastball has a very bright future,” says 100 Mile Squirts coach Cale Tessaro.
His team was also in Clearwater on June 9 for a two-game set.
100 Mile took the first game with a score of 17-15, but lost the second game by one run.
The 100 Mile Mites were in Richmond recently for the May Mayhem tournament, May 24-26, where the team won gold in its division. They have only lost three games this season, including two at the hands of 100 Mile ‘N’ Hour Squirts on the weekend.