Three 91原创 teams finished in the top nine at the Softball BC U12C Regional Championships held at Noel Booth park in 91原创 on the weekend.
The North 91原创 Eclipse were third in the Blue pool, the 91原创 Purple Panthers were second in the Red pool and the 91原创 Flaming Prune Warriors were first in the White pool.
For the Sunday afternoon finals, teams were sorted into three categories based on their standings, with the Blue pool for top-ranked teams, Red for those in the middle and White as a 鈥渏ust-for-fun鈥� category, said Jeff Clegg, the president of the Association, which hosted the event in conjunction with North 91原创 Softball.
鈥淲e want to keep the girls playing,鈥� Clegg said.
It took about 40 volunteers to coordinate the 20 teams who attended, totaling over 250 players, plus coaches and parents, from 91原创, Surrey, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Ridge Meadows and Mission.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a lot of volunteers and we lean more on some than others,鈥� Clegg said.
North 91原创 Softball president Trevor Moreno called the sanctioned Softball B.C. event a 鈥渟tepping stone鈥� for many players to older age categories.
鈥淔or many of these players in this classification, this is probably their only tournament that they鈥檙e probably going to do this season,鈥� Moreno said. 鈥淥ur hope is that we鈥檙e going to make this as fun as possible.鈥�
鈥淭his is all about having fun, and basically wrapping up their season (so) hopefully they鈥檒l come back and play this game of fast pitch next year again.鈥�
Final results:
Blue Pool
1st-North Surrey Sliders
2nd-Fleetwood Baconators
3rd- North 91原创 Eclipse
Red Pool
1st-Abbotsford Wildcats
2nd- 91原创 Purple Panthers
3rd- Mission Chaos
White Pool
1st-91原创 Flaming Prune Warriors
2nd-Chilliwack Pythons
3rd-Cloverdale Rebels
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