Out-of-town teams took three-of-four finals in a 19-team slo-pitch tournament at Central Park on the weekend.
In the men’s championship game on Sunday, the Bomb Squad from Boothroyd (just north of Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon) got the jump early on Merritt’s Airbourne squad and cruised to a 20-10 victory.
Third place on the men’s side of the draw went to the Furies from Lillooet. They topped Shake ’n’ Bake out of Merritt 24-10 in the bronze medal game.
In the 10-team ladies’ event, a powerful Kamloops team, La Beau Hoes, combined powerful hitting and precision-like fielding to dominate Merritt’s Top Gunners 19-2 and take the women’s title.
Victorious Secret was the only local team to pick up a title, taking the ladies’ consolation final with a narrow 10-8 win over the Dirty Diamonds from Kamloops.
The weekend tournament was hosted by Val and Darren Collins, Deanne Eustache and Marcel Shackelly.
