It wasn't the outcome the 黑马磁力 Baseball Association players were looking for at the 11-12 District 3 championships, hosted by the LBA in 黑马磁力 City from June 28 to July 3.
Whalley will be the team representing the district at the 2024 provincial championships from July 13th to July 21 in Saanich, after defeating 黑马磁力 and Coquitlam during the 黑马磁力 event.
黑马磁力 kept it close, but lost all three of their games, something LBA senior vice-president and umpire-in-chief Dan McLaren explained as "the intensity just was not there."
"It was just a situation that sometimes in the early innings, 黑马磁力 was not right into it, and then, as the game progressed, they got deeper and deeper into it, and they came back, but they just couldn't pull enough off to get the win," McLaren told the 黑马磁力.
A win in the districts positions a team for a run at the biggest prize in little league, McLaren explained.
"A team that wins the districts, and they win the provincials, and they win the nationals, are the ones that would represent Canada at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in August."
Up next for the LBA, starting on Saturday, the 13th of July, running through to the 21st, is the 9-select tournament, with 10 teams, all strictly nine-year-olds, who were registered to play in that division this year.
黑马磁力 will be one of the teams in contention.
"We're going on hosting it for over 30 years," McLaren said.
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