BASEBALL: Cloverdale Spurs wrangling up big tournament wins

Surrey's young all-star squads are turning heads during summer season

  • Jul. 12, 2016 12:00 p.m.
The Cloverdale Spurs (Mosquito AAA Tier 2) earned gold at Burnaby’s Summer Fun tournament last weekend. Back row, from left: Assistant coach Beau Simpson, head coach Scott Wilson and assistant coach Chris Walters. Middle row, from left: Sam Wilson, Keelan Foster, Ashton Purewal, Zachary Doyle, Joshua Pritchard and Cohen Yurick. Front row, from left: Nathan Smithers, Noah Simpson, Jack Walters, Zarek Purewal, Kyle Stodola and Jacob Russ.

The Cloverdale Spurs (Mosquito AAA Tier 2) earned gold at Burnaby’s Summer Fun tournament last weekend. Back row, from left: Assistant coach Beau Simpson, head coach Scott Wilson and assistant coach Chris Walters. Middle row, from left: Sam Wilson, Keelan Foster, Ashton Purewal, Zachary Doyle, Joshua Pritchard and Cohen Yurick. Front row, from left: Nathan Smithers, Noah Simpson, Jack Walters, Zarek Purewal, Kyle Stodola and Jacob Russ.

CLOVERDALE — The boys of summer are piling up the hardware in Cloverdale.

The Cloverdale Spurs Mosquito AAA Tier 2 team went a perfect 4-0 in Burnaby to win gold at last weekend’s Summer Fun tournament.

“The boys really came together and stayed focused,” said head coach Scott Wilson. “And it was great to see everyone contribute. In fact, every single player pitched in the tournament.”

The team’s assistant coaches are Chris Walters and Now editor Beau Simpson.

“At the beginning of the season, I promised the boys if they won a tournament, their photo would be in the paper,” said Simpson. “They worked hard and earned it.”

Meanwhile, the Mosquito A team (pictured below) has picked up two tournament championships. Coached by Steve Tordiffe, the Mosquito A team won gold at Cloverdale’s Boulanger tournament and again at last weekend’s Sea to Sky Invitational in Whistler.

Finally, the Tadpole Spurs (White) won gold at Newton’s Cook tourney and the Spurs (Red) won gold at the Ridge Meadows Rupert Reed tourney in an exciting, all-Cloverdale final.

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