Carter Loewen (pictured above at the plate) and Chase Stewart brought home silver medals from the national bantam baseball championships.

Carter Loewen (pictured above at the plate) and Chase Stewart brought home silver medals from the national bantam baseball championships.

Sports in brief: Baseball stars strike silver with Spurs

Abbotsford Angels baseball players Chase Stewart and Carter Loewen brought home silver medals from the Canadian bantam AAA championships

Abbotsford Angels baseball players Chase Stewart and Carter Loewen brought home silver medals from the Canadian bantam AAA championship tournament in Vaughan, Ont. last week.

Stewart and Loewen were picked up by the B.C. champion Cloverdale Spurs for the national tourney, and they made it all the way to the final, knocking off Quebec 9-3 in the semis. They fell 8-1 to Ontario in the gold medal game.

FUSION COMING TOGETHER FOR TRYOUTS

The Fraser Valley Fusion 99A girls fastpitch team will host tryouts this week.

The tryouts run Thursday and Friday from 5:30 to 6 p.m. for pitchers and catchers only, and then for all players from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday’s session is 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. for all players. Visit fraservalleyfusion.com for more information and field locations.

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