In a pressure-filled affair, the Salmon Arm Bantam Tips narrowly defeated Kamloops 8-7, at Blackburn Park for the Thompson Okanagan championship.
At the top of the third inning, the Tips defence shut Kamloops down with quick infield work and stellar pitching, then they drove in two to end the third up by three runs. After grabbing another pair in the fourth, Salmon Arm was up 5-0.
After a Kamloops player sustained an injury, the visitors started to rally back scoring a run in the fifth. Kamloops kick-started their offence in the top of the sixth, scoring three before being retired. With the score 5-4, Salmon Arm answered back with three runs of their own. The seventh and final inning saw Kamloops take advantage of a few Tips errors before Eckland calmly struck out the final threat to end the game and win the championship.
Peewee Reds
The Salmon Arm Reds easily downed the Kelowna Black Bears 10-2, in the North Okanagan Peewee championship game.
The Reds hot bats came out in full force, ending the second inning up by six. Colby Heckrodt pitched four solid innings only allowing two runs. Chase Henning came into close the game and was helped out by the strong infield play of Colby Feist and Dylan Eugster. No runs were scored by either team after the fourth inning, allowing the Reds to coast to the championship victory.
