Moose Jaw All Stars returning to the Little League Canadian Championship

All Stars take 10-0 victory over North Regina in Game 4 of provincial championship tournament, to represent Prairie region at Canadians Aug. 1-10 in Regina

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The Moose Jaw All Stars are heading back to the Little League Canadian Championship.

The All Stars clinched their berth on Monday, July 24 thanks to a 10-0 mercy rule win over North Regina in Game 4 of the provincial championship at Gamble Diamond, giving the local squad a threeseries.

As a result, Moose Jaw will once again be the Prairie representative at Canadians from Aug. 1-10 in Regina.

“This was the goal from the start,” said All Stars coach Scott Nielsen. “That’s what I told the boys before the game, our whole goal was to get to Canadians and now we’re going to have fun and represent Moose Jaw.” in control, four more runs in the fourth put things off with the shutout. from Moose Jaw, we’re going to have tons of fans there, even more than (2022 in) Calgary, so it’s going to be fun,” Nielsen said. “I’m excited, the kids are excited and we’re looking forward to it.”

Taylor Usher got the job done on thelowing only seven baserunners throughout the night.

Most of Moose Jaw’s offensive production came from the bottom of the order, as Glenn Drummond, Jacob Warren and Grayden Mowrey scored two runs each while hitting ninth, 10th and 12th respectively. Burke Bechard also reached base three times and scored a run.

Now the focus turns to nationals in just over a week’s time.

Based on how things went in tournament play in the lead-up to provincials, Nielsen is hoping his crew will be in the hunt.

Canadian Championship schedule and played how they were supposed to, but the third game, I think maybe they thought they had it in the bag and they learned a lesson,” Nielsen said. “I told them nobody wins a championship without losing some games, and they bounced back and were ready to go today.”

The All Stars open the tournament against Ontario Little League West at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 1 and face Quebec’s Mirabel Academy at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Aug. 2 before receiving their off day on Thursday, Aug. 3.

The round robin continues against Alberta Calgary West at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 5 and against defending champion B.C. Little Mountain Little League at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 6. Moose Jaw then wraps up the preliminary round on Monday, Aug. 7 when they take on host North Regina Little League at 2 p.m.

The top four teams from the round Wednesday, Aug. 9 at 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., with the gold medal game set for Thursday, Aug. 10 at 12 p.m.

All games are at Kinsmen Park, located at 3310 Lakeview Ave. in Regina.

The Little League Canadian Championship winner will advance to the Little League World Series Aug. 16-27 in Williamsport, Penn.

The big win was a rebound for the All Stars, as they’d dropped an 8-1 decision to North Regina in Game 3 after taking a 12-1 victory in Game 1 and winning 7-1 in Game 2.

The All Stars only scored a single run

“We should compete at Canadians, we’ll be the underdogs, but you never know what can happen,” he said. “We went to Alberta for quite a few tournaments and our last one was in Lethbridge, we battled really hard and were within a couple of runs of the top teams there. So it’s going to be a really good Canadians for these kids.”

It certainly won’t hurt that the tournament is a mere 45 minutes east, with the All Stars certain to see incredible fan support as a result.

“We’re going to have a huge turnout