CARLYLE - The Carlyle Cardinals remain the top team in the Saskota Baseball League.
The Cardinals defeated the Estevan Tap House Wolves 12-2 in five innings Sunday in Estevan to win the Jack Harbourne Memorial Tournament, which crowns the Saskota champions. It is the Cardinals' fourth straight Harbourne Trophy.
The Cardinals were the top team in the regular season, finishing with an 11-1-2 record to finish 3 1/2 games clear of the second-place Weyburn Sun Devils.
And they went a perfect 5-0 during this year's Harbourne Tournament. Carlyle opened with an 8-4 win over the Kenosee Cubs on Friday in Carlyle, and then won twice Saturday in Estevan, beating the Southeast Diamondbacks 7-3 and the Wolves 5-3.
The Cardinals routed the Redvers A's 12-2 in the semifinal, and won the final by the same score over Estevan.
The final game ended on a base hit in the bottom of the fifth that invoked the mercy rule.
Estevan, meanwhile, went 3-2 during the weekend. Entering the tournament as the fourth seed, they opened with a 9-2 victory over the Diamondbacks Friday night in Estevan.
Then they defeated the Kenosee Cubs 9-5 and lost to the Cardinals on Saturday.
Estevan defeated the Oxbow Chiefs 13-9 in the semifinal Sunday afternoon. The Chiefs were the top-ranked team in the other pool, which also included the A's, the Sun Devils and the Carnduff Astros.
This year marked the second straight year that the Harbourne Tournament was held in Estevan, after it happened in Kenosee Lake for many years.
The next edition of the Mercury will have more on this story.
