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Update: Wolves and Cardinals to meet for Saskota title

Carlyle defeated Estevan 5-3 on Saturday.

Update:

ESTEVAN - The Carlyle Cardinals will face the Estevan Tap House Wolves in the final of the Saskota Baseball League's Jack Harbourne Memorial Tournament.

The game will start at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Lynn Prime Park in Estevan, and the winner will earn the Harbourne Cup, which goes to the league champion.

Carlyle punched their ticket to the final with a 12-2 win over the Redvers A's in the first semifinal Sunday.

Estevan, meanwhile, defeated the Oxbow Chiefs 13-9 in the other semifinal.

The Cardinals have won the Harbourne Cup the past three years. The Wolves, who are the host team for the tournament for the second consecutive year, are seeking their first title since 2018. 

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The Saskota Baseball League has shifted its attention to Estevan for this year's edition of the Jack Harbourne Memorial Tournament.

The first four games of the tournament were played Friday night in the communities of the top four seeds. The top-ranked Carlyle Cardinals defeated the eighth-seeded Kenosee Cubs 8-4 in Carlyle, the No. 7 Oxbow Chiefs upset the No. 2 Weyburn Sun Devils 11-6 in Weyburn, the third-ranked Redvers A's beat the No. 6 Carnduff Astros 4-1 in Redvers, and the fourth-ranked Estevan Tap House Wolves defeated the No. 5 Southeast Diamondbacks 9-2 in Estevan.

Saturday's games kicked off with the Chiefs beating the Astros 8-5 and the Cubs defeating the Diamondbacks 12-2 in the 10 a.m. games. Carnduff defeated Weyburn 8-6 and Carlyle knocked off the Diamondbacks 7-3 in the noon games.

At 2 p.m., Oxbow defeated Redvers 11-4 to wrap up first in their pool, and Estevan defeated Kenosee 9-5 to clinch a playoff spot. Weyburn edged Redvers 6-5 at 4 p.m., and Carlyle defeated Estevan 5-3 to close out the round robin.

Carlyle finished first in their pool at 3-0, followed by Estevan (2-1), Kenosee (1-2) and the Diamondbacks (0-3).

Oxbow went 3-0 to take first in the other pool. Redvers, Weyburn and Carnduff all went 1-2, but Redvers claimed second and a spot in the playoffs based on the tie-breaker.

SASKTODAY.ca will have coverage throughout the weekend. 

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