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Fraser Valley baseball wins provincial championship, off to Regina for nationals
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The Fraser Valley Cyclones captured the provincial championship and will represent B.C. at nationals in Regina.

A Cyclone warning is in effect for Regina.

The Fraser Valley Cyclones earned the right to represent B.C. beginning Aug. 2 in the Saskatchewan capital, at the Canadian senior Little League national baseball championships.

The Cyclones, made up of players from Langley, North Langley, White Rock, Coquitlam and Whalley, swept the North Shore Monarchs 2-0 in the best-of-three series held over the weekend in Walnut Grove.

Fraser Valley won the opener 8-2 and then held on for an 8-7 win in game two to complete the sweep.

In the second game, the Monarchs were down by two runs in the final inning and had the bases loaded. But after surrending one run, reliever Aidan Davies shook off a knee injury from a collision at the plate to nail down the final strikeout.

Davies relieved starting pitcher Shane Younker, who struck out nine while allowing four hits over six innings. Younker also delivered at the plate with a two-run single in the sixth which snapped the 6-6 tie. He also had a sacrifice fly earlier in the game.

The other Langley ball player in the game, Chad McColm, started that fifth inning comeback with a base hit, and then later scored, the first of four runs in the inning which tied the score.

Allen Velten drove in four runs in the first game and then added three more RBIs in game two.

Ben McCarthy also drove in a pair of runs in the opener while Max Schriber and Austyn Briggs had an RBI apiece.

McCarthy also picked up the victory, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out four.

 

Miranda GATHERCOLE/Langley Times

Fraser Valley Cyclones’ Shane Younker takes a pitch off the side of his face during his team’s game against the North Shore Rebels on Sunday at Walnut Grove Community Park.



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