Mantha in top 40
Penticton’s Ayrton Mantha finished tied for 35th on the final day of the BC Junior Boys Golf Championship in Trail. Mantha shot 301 for a plus-13 during the tournament.
Rough start for Okanagan Elite
At the Scotiabank Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship, in the under-19 group, the Okanagan Elite Gold 94 lost both its games on Monday. They were defeated by the WR Renegades 92 12-1 and 6-5 against the Richmond Islanders 94. Pen High students Jennifer Black and Kasandra Keir are on the team.
Giants play big
In Summerland Minor Baseball Association action, the Summerland Giants thumped the Vernon All-Stars 13-4 in playoff action. For full briefs, check www.pentictonwesternnews.com
The Giants scored four runs in the fifth inning and five in the seventh to blow the game open. The teams were tied at two after three innings when the Giants began to pull away. Summerland is off to Vernon on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. game.
TDA gets big homer
In Penticton Men’s Slo-pitch action, TDA earned a 13-6 win against the VOA Destroyers. Joe Dierickes hit a three-run homerun for TDA while Doug Goodwin, Jay Carey and Kevin Morris shared the pitching win. In other slo-pitch action Gutter Done Right Titans played a double-header. They rolled over the Flushers 11-0, then edged out the Best Damn Sluggers 22-21.
