During the week of Aug. 9 to 16, the Canadian National Men’s and Women’s elite Slopitch Championships were held at White Rock’s “softball city.”
One of the Coast’s own took part.
Playing for the Lower Mainland Kings over the last five years, Mitchell Rainer has been their starting shortstop and lead-off hitter!
Playing in all 12 games, his efforts helped the team to a round robin six wins, two losses. Then into the playoffs. They got to single game knockout; two wins and unfortunately, a last loss. Good game versus the finalists –– DC Team Proaxion.
The tournament was threatened with a wash out (rain storm) on Friday and it forced the teams to play late into Thursday night. Their last game was at 10:30 p.m.
The overall effort of all the teams from across Canada was top flight!
There were many entertaining and thrilling plays made. Lots of them!
The women’s winners were: Alberta Aftermath (game played Saturday night at 2 a.m.) The men: Quebec 1 (played Saturday 11 p.m.) Crazy.
The Kings and Mitchell were excellent representatives of B.C. and finished the tournament as “Best of the West –– Sixth Place”
Congratulations fellas!
