It’s been so far, so good for the Moose Jaw Canucks as hosts of the Baseball Sask 11U AA Tier I provincial championship this weekend at Bell Park.
The Canucks have posted a 3-0 record through the preliminary round of the 10-team tournament and as a result will be playing in the semifinal on Sunday afternoon.
While their opponent is to be determined, the Canucks will be on either Baba or Gamble Field at 12:30 p.m., with the winner of that contest playing for gold at 3:30 p.m. at Baba Field.
The Canucks haven’t left much to chance in their tournament run thus far, either. They opened the tournament with a 12-2 win over the Balcarres Broncs on Friday afternoon before battling to a 10-7 win over the Saskatoon A’s on Saturday morning and finishing off the round robin with an 11-4 win over the Muenster Red Sox Saturday afternoon.
The Saskatoon Cardinals Chaos, Swift Current 57’s and White Butte Broncos also finished 3-0 and will be the other playoff teams.
The Canucks haven’t had as much luck as hosts of the 15U AA Tier 3 tournament at Blackwell and Swarbrick Diamonds.
Moose Jaw lost a heartbreaker in their opener 5-4 to the White Butte Broncos on Friday and split their games Saturday, losing 10-7 to the White Butte Broncos and winning their final round robin game 15-4 over the Esterhazy Cyclones.
Interestingly enough, the way things were playing out had the Canucks still hopeful for a tiebreaker at 9 a.m. on Sunday morning. The top two teams from each round robin pool after tiebreaskers advance to the semifinals at 12 p.m., followed by the gold medal game at 3 p.m. at Blackwell Diamond.
Be sure to check out www.baseballsask.ca for up-to-date scores from the playoff rounds on Sunday.
