(RECAPS OF GAMES FROM THE 2013 13U PEEWEE PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT SPRUCE CITY STADIUM AND PG MINOR BOYS FIELDS, AUG. 8-11)

The Cloverdale Spurs have repeated as provincial peewee AAA champions and will represrnt BC at the Western Canadians in Sherwood Park -- and done it in dominating fashion.

The Spurs showed no mercy in destroying the Vancouver Minor Yankees 24-3 in Sunday's final at Spruce City Stadium.

Walter Dingwall hit a three-run home run, Travis Selje had a grand slam and Derek Best was the winning pitcher for Cloverdale. Selje hit for the cycle. Kyle Gee was the losing pitcher.

Tournament All-star Team --

Top hitter -- Damiano Palmegiani, Cloverdale

Top pitcher -- Derek Best, Cloverdale

C -- Seth Lapre, Prince George

1B -- Brevin Gervais, Prince George

2B -- Travis Selje, Cloverdale

SS -- Liam Vulcano, Cloverdale

3B -- Brenden Schulz, Chilliwack

LF -- Kyle Monaghan, Vancouver Minor

CF -- Brett Bass, Abbotsford Angels

RF -- Kyle Gee, Vancouver Minor

SEMIFINALS, Sunday recap...

The two semifinals could not have had more dramatic scripts at the AAA provincial peewee baseball championship in Prince George, both played Sunday.

Vancouver Minor survived a major scare from Prince George 14-11 in one semifinal, while Cloverdale needed an extra inning and a walkoff home run to beat Abbotsford 8-5 in the other.

Van Minor and Cloverdale meet in the 2 pm final at Spruce City Stadium.

The host Prince George LTN Contracting Knights fell behind 10-2 to the Vancouver Minor Yankees in the fifth inning, and in fact were very close to having the game end on mercy rule. Kyle Gee's two home runs helped Van Minor build the lead. But Prince George plated nine straight batters in the sixth inning to take an 11-10 lead.

Vancouver Minor managed four runs in the bottom of the sixth to escape with the win over the scrappy Knights, who made the playoffs thanks to a dramatic extra inning win Saturday over Nanaimo. Prince George had two runners on base when the last out was recorded on a backwards K.

In the other game, Damiano Palmegiani's blast in the eighth, his second of the game, gave top-ranked Cloverdale a shot at repeating as champions. Liam Vulcano also homered for Cloverdale.

 

Day 3, Saturday

What was once a 10-team tournament is now, after three days of battle, down to four teams -- and one of them is the host PG LTN Contracting Knights.

Prince George (2-2, second in Pool A) will face Vancouver Minor (4-0, first in Pool B) at 10 am on Sunday morning at Spruce City Stadium, playoff day in the BC Minor Baseball Association's peewee (13U) provincial championship.

The other semi will see Cloverdale (4-0, first in Pool A) against Abbotsford (3-1, second in Pool B), first pitch at 10 am at PG Minor Boys Field. The semifinal winners will meet up at 2 pm at Spruce City Stadium, the winner of that going to the Western Canadians in Sherwood Park.

Prince George needed extra innings to outslug and outlast the Nanaimo Pirates 8-7 on Saturday. Tommy Kreitz hit a solo shot in the seventh to tie the game, and Brevin Gervais hit a two-run shot in the eighth. Liam Campbell was the winning pitcher. Spencer Walton hit two homers for Nanaimo (2-2).

Nanaimo earlier beat Aldergrove 11-6, while Victoria fell 8-4 to Cloverdale. Rutland split two games, beating Chilliwack 17-15 and losing 11-9 to Vancouver Minor. In the other game, Abbotsford run-ruled White Rock 15-5.

Final pool standings

Pool A -- Cloverdale 4-0... Prince George 2-2... Nanaimo 2-2... Victoria 1-3... Aldergrove 1-3

Pool B -- Vancouver Minor 4-0... Abbotsford 3-1... Rutland 2-2... Chilliwack 1-3... White Rock 0-4.

Day 2, Friday

Late results, and sorry for the lack of detail, been a long day.....Aldergrove and PG both at 1-2 after Aldergrove beats PG 12-5.....Chilliwack stays alive and knocks White Rock (0-3) out of contention with a 7-6 victory....Nanaimo moves to 1-1 and drops Victoria to 1-2 with a 7-4 win. It all sets up meaningful games on Saturday with teams looking to find a way to Sunday's playoffs. Only one team is eliminated, White Rock, while Cloverdale and Vancouver Minor sit atop their respective pools at 3-0.

CLOVERDALE SPURS 11 PRINCE GEORGE KNIGHTS 8

The scrappy Knights did not give up after Cloverdale got out to a 5-0 first-inning lead. Defensive miscues cost the Knights as Cloverdale scored twice in the fourth and seventh. Prince George (1-1) scored five times in the last three innings and had the tying run on deck in the bottom of the seventh. Top-ranked Cloverdale (3-0), which limited the Knights to one hit in the first four innings, is all but assured of a playoff spot now. Walter Dingwall was winning pitcher, Seth Lapre took the loss. Prince George plays Aldergrove at 8 pm in the feature game.

VANCOUVER MINOR 9 ABBOTSFORD ANGELS 3

Vancouver Minor moved to 3-0, and a spot in the playoffs, with a 9-3 win over Abbotsford, the top seed in Pool B, thanks to an 11-hit attack. Three runs in the fourth inning and two more in the fifth proved the difference. Abbotsford falls to 2-1, managing seven hits.

RUTLAND ROCKIES 14 WHITE ROCK TRITONS 13

A grand slam by Marcus Strother highlighted an upset win for Rutland, the big blow coming as part of a six-run third inning. Jackson Hogg was 4-4 with a home run and three doubles in a losing cause. The game ended on a close play at the plate.

VICTORIA EAGLES RED 24 ALDERGROVE DODGERS 5

Victoria scored 17 runs in the first two innings and coasted to an easy win over Aldergrove. Ethan Emile scored four runs for Victoria.

VANCOUVER MINOR 14 CHILLIWACK COUGARS 10

Vancouver improved to 2-0 with Kyle Monaghan slugging a home run, double and triple as his team scored at least once in all six innings they batted. Chilliwack got home runs from Dylan Ohlsen and Brenden Schulz.

Day 1, Thursday

 

STANDINGS as of Thursday

 

Pool A

Cloverdale, 2-0

Prince George, 1-0

Nanaimo, 0-1

Aldergrove, 0-1

Victoria Eagles, 0-1

 

Pool B

Abbotsford 2-0

Vancouver Minor 1-0

Chilliwack 0-1

Rutland 0-1

White Rock 0-1

 

ABBOTSFORD ANGELS 23 RUTLAND ROCKIES 12

Rutland (0-1) put a scare into Abbotsford (2-0) by taking a 9-4 lead, but Abbotsford roared back in a three-hour game that included five home runs.

CLOVERDALE SPURS 5 ALDERGROVE DODGERS 0

Cloverdale moved to 2-0 with two runs in the first, including a homer by Damiano Palmegiani, and three more in the seventh. Aldergrove (0-1) managed just four baserunners.

PRINCE GEORGE LTN CONTRACTING KNIGHTS 5 VICTORIA EAGLES RED 3

Ajay Nickolet pitched into the seventh inning, named player of the game giving up three hits and fanning eight, and Seth Lapre hit a two-run homer for Prince George (1-0), part of a 3-3 day, with three runs. Liam Campbell and Tommy Kreitz also drove in runs. Campbell was 3-3 with two runs scored, and struck out one batter for the save. Victoria is 0-1.

VANCOUVER MINOR 18 WHITE ROCK TRITONS 17

Vancouver Minor (1-0) built up a 16-3 lead and held on to win 18-17 in a slugfest that included homers from Ryan Adamoski and Kyle Gee. Gee was 5-5 with the homer and two doubles. Jackson Hogg hit a home run for White Rock (0-1).

 

CLOVERDALE SPURS 13 NANAIMO PIRATES 0

Cloverdale got a home run from Damiano Palmegiani, also the winning pitcher, in a game ended after five innings. Ben Godard also homered for Cloverdale, the top seed. Nanaimo is 0-1.

ABBOTSFORD ANGELS 3 CHILLIWACK COUGARS 2

Kayden Beauregard's 2-run single in the bottom of the sixth helped Abbotsford (1-0) avoid an early upset. Brendan Schulz hit a two-run homer for Chilliwack (0-1)and Dylan Ohlsen threw 85 pitches and cannot throw again now until Sunday, due to pitching rules. Travis McDougall was the winning pitcher.