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Junior Blaze head to provincials as top seed

Langley U16 baseball team closes regular season with 8-0 victory over Whalley
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Langley Junior Blaze's Wesley Moore delivers the pitch during his U16 team's game earlier this season. Moore had a four-hit shutout on Aug. 1 in an 8-0 Langley victory as the team heads into this weekend's provincial championships as the top seed after a 27-9 regular season.

A four-hit shutout from Wesley Moore helped the Langley Junior Blaze win their regular season finale.

The U16 baseball team blanked the Whalley Junior Chiefs 8-0 on Saturday at Whalley Athletic Park. Langley finished as the top team in the B.C. Junior Premier Baseball League with a 27-9 record, three games ahead of second place.

Cole Schwing powered the offence with a pair of RBIs while Colby Ring had an RBI triple and Jaron Jeske had three base hits.

The teams also played on July 30 with Whalley winning a wild one, scoring six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to force extra innings and then winning 14-13 in the ninth inning.

Brockton Wickins had a pair of RBIs while Jake Kristensen and Jayden Knight drove in one run apiece.

Langley will compete at the eight-team provincial championships this weekend (Aug. 7 to 9) at North Vancouver's Parkgate Park.

The Junior Blaze are in a pool with the Victoria Junior Mariners (13-23), the Victoria Junior Eagles (20-16) and Whalley (21-15).

The other pool features the North Shore Junior Twins (24-12), Abbotsford Junior Cardinals (23-13), North Delta Junior Blue Jays (19-17) and the White Rock Junior Tritons (18-18).



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