Peewee Knights clinch regional title
It took them three games to decide it, but the PG Floor Fashions peewee Knights are provincial-bound.
The Knights knocked off the Quesnel Blue Jays 13-3 in five innings in the third and deciding game of the B.C. Minor Baseball Association regional championship Sunday at Gyro Park.
The bat of Karson Husarski proved especially deadly. He cranked out two hits in two plate appearances and both sailed over the fence for three-run home runs. Aidan Heggelund and Gunner Beetlestone each went 2-for-2 at the plate to drive in runs, while pitcher Josh Tamblyn held the Blue Jays at bay, allowing just one hit and two walks in 5 1/3 innings.
Quesnel opened Saturday morning with a 12-2 win in Game 1. The Knights left the loaded in three innings.
In Game 2 later that night, the Knights took a 6-1 lead after one inning on the way to a 16-12 victory. Heggelund’s three-run shot in the second inning and an RBI from Beetlestone kept the Knights’ lead intact when the Jays went on to score four in the bottom half of that inning.
In the fifth inning, Quesnel pulled to within 14-11 when Blake Riley clubbed a three-run dinger.
Mitchal Heggelund limited the damage and went six innings on the mound for the Knights and Brody Wood came in to finish in the seventh.
Coached by Derek Wood, Ryan Henry, Tony Beetlestone and Mike Mackay, the Knights will travel to Mission for the singleA peewee provincial tournament, Aug. 8-11. • Six other Prince George Youth Baseball teams are involved in B.C. Minor provincial tournaments, including the Jepson Petroleum Knights, who are hosting the 12-team bantam double-A championship this week at Nechako Field (see other story). Five of those Prince George teams begin their provincial tournaments this week, including:
• Northern Baseball mosquito single-A Knights (coached by Brandon Hunter), starts today in Kamloops;
• S2 Mechanical mosquito triple-A Knights (coached by Kimber Callander), starts today in Nanaimo;
• Peterbilt peewee triple-A Knights (coached by Justin McLean), starts today in Victoria;
• PG Surg Med midget double Knights (coached by Murray Lukinchuk), starts today in Kelowna.
• The LTN Contracting bantam single-A Knights (coached by Brad Feniuk) will start their provincial tournament in Mission on Aug. 7.