Pirates, Sabres take Zone 13 titles
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Local diamonds were busy yesterday as Zone 13 high school champions were declared in both boys baseball and girls fastpitch.
In baseball at Mitchell, it was Grunthal’s Green Valley Pirates that captured the Zone 13 title as they blanked the SRSS Sabres 9-0 in the final behind a winning pitching performance from Carson Epp. In the earlier semi-finals, Green Valley defeated Edward Schreyer 15-7 and the SRSS crushed Gabrielle Roy 20-4.
Green Valley will now represent Zone 13 at the Provincial High School Baseball Championships, being contested June 1-3 at Altona.
In girls faspitch at Steinbach, the SRSS Sabres won the zone title, defeating Gabrielle Roy 9-2 in the final. Semi-final action saw SRSS trounce Green Valley 22-3 and Gabrielle Roy downed Lorette 7-2.
The Sabres are the host team at the Provincial High School Fastpitch Championships, being held June 2 & 3 at Mitchell.
The losing teams in both baseball and fastpitch zone tournaments have the option of applying for a wildcard berth or playoff to get into the provincial championships.