The good news is that one of the Saskota Baseball League teams made the final of the Senior Men's AA Tier II Provincials on the weekend.
The bad news, at least locally, was that team wasn't the Saskota champion Estevan Tower Wolves. The Oxbow Chiefs, who the Wolves defeated in the league final a couple of weeks ago, ended up making the provincial final in Yorkton only to lose 7-0 to the Lloydminster Border City Blue Jays.
The Tower Wolves lost Sunday in the tiebreaker 5-3 to the host Yorkton E&S Yankees after going 2-1 in the round robin. They lost 12-10 to the Blue Jays to open the tournament but defeated the Cabri River Cats 16-5 and the Yankees 15-5 Saturday.
The Carlyle Cardinals, another Saskota team, went 1-2 in the round robin, with their only victory coming 6-3 over the Swift Current Yard Goats.
In the Tier III provincials in Unity, the Carnduff Astros opened Friday with a 16-0 victory over the Bruno Bisons but lost their remaining games to the Lloydminster Twins (11-3) and the Wilkie Brewers (11-0) to miss the playoffs.
At the Standard Hill playoffs for Tier IV teams, the Kenosee Cubs lost 8-3 in the semifinal to the Meadow Lake White Sox after winning two of three in the round robin. The Arcola Threshers were also a part of the tournament and made the playoffs with a 1-2 record but lost in the other semifinal, 7-1 to the host Standard Hill Lakers.
The Windthorst Pirates hosted the Tier V provincials and made the tiebreaker after going 1-1 in the round robin. They lost 8-7 to the Regina Red Dogs and defeated the Shaunavon Badgers 7-5 in the round robin but lost 13-1 to Kenaston. The Redvers As won both round robin games but lost their lone playoff game 11-6 to Shaunavon.
