For the first time in history, this year’s Team Saskatchewan captured a gold medal in baseball at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg.
On Friday, Saskatchewan beat Manitoba 3-1 for the title.
Gregor Farquharson, a Saltcoats product and Parkland Expos player, was part of the winning team.
Muenster’s Logan Hofmann was the winning pitcher of the gold medal game. He allowed five hits and one run in six innings. Brody Frerichs (Muenster), Connor Sparks (Saskatoon) and Ryan Olchoway (Saskatoon) scored the runs for Saskatchewan.
In other sports, Saskatchewan also earned two gold medals in athletics, which came from Regina’s Alexander Eiswirth in the male 1500m and Saskatoon’s Julie Labach in the female 800m.
Joe Gerlinsky of Saskatoon tacked on a gold medal for Saskatchewan for sailing in the 2.4m para mix event.
The Saskatchewan men’s softball team earned a silver medal after losing 4-1 to Ontario in the final. Yorkton Terriers’ forward Jordan Hudson, from Saskatoon, was part of that team.
In men’s basketball, Yorkton’s Matthew Mandziuk helped Team Saskatchewan in a seventh place overall finish after beating New Brunswick 85-67.
At the time of print, Saskatchewan was sixth place in the medal standings with 22 (four gold, eight silver, ten bronze). In first place is Ontario with an impressive 101 medals (39 gold, 30 silver, 32 bronze). The second half of the Canada Summer Games are now underway and will include canoe-kayak, in which Yorkton’s Jessica Riley will be competing. In golf, Yorkton’s Kade Johnson will be competing. And in men’s soccer, Canora’s Spencer Steele will be one of the players representing Team Saskatchewan.
