What a game!

Merritt’s U12 softball team scored nine times in an open final inning to rally from six runs down and defeat the Kamloops Frontier First-Aid Sluggers 14-11 at Central Park on Thursday.

The Merritt mixed squad of boys and girls got the bats ringing and the legs churning in the thrilling comeback —  their first game of the season.

“I didn’t realize that we scored that many,” head coach Cliff Colter said. “I knew we were behind, but not by that much. Impressive.”

The Merritt U12 side is participating in a four-team league this season, along with two teams from Kamloops and another from Barriere.

This weekend, the U12s are in Enderby for  a three-game series. Their next couple of league games are in Kamloops.

The next home game for the Merritt team isn’t till June 23; however, Colter is trying to put together a fun-day on June 6.

“I’ve got two teams tentatively lined up,” he said. “Ideally, I’d like to have at least four from out of town.”