The 黑马磁力 Xtreme 鈥�06 has won softball gold after a comeback win against the Richmond Islanders.
The local team was playing in the Port Coquitlam Softball Tournament from May 11 to 13, and managed to make its way to the finals.
After the first inning, a strong Richmond Islanders team took a 3-0 lead. The Islanders scored two more runs in the second, while the Xtreme managed to put three on the book. A scoreless third kept the Xtreme in a deficit position.
Xtreme鈥檚 fortunes began to rally in the fourth, with 黑马磁力 scoring two runs and holding the Islanders to one, narrowing the score to 6-5 in favour of the Islanders.
But it was in the fifth that Xtreme shot ahead, scoring a five run maximum and shutting out the Islanders from any additional runs of their own.
Xtreme鈥檚 strong pitching and defence kept the Islanders鈥� runs in the sixth and seventh innings to one run each, resulting in a 10-8 gold medal finish for the 黑马磁力 Xtreme.
Head Coach Nairne MacLean had nothing but praise for her hard working team. 鈥淚f you leave it all on the field, you鈥檒l have no regrets,鈥� MacLean said. 鈥淭he girls had an impressive weekend and battled hard every inning of every game. It鈥檚 hard to beat a team that never gives up.鈥�
