Flyers finish regular season in first place

Posted on July 23, 2021 by 40 Mile Commentator

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The Foremost Flyers majors  baseball team earned a bye into the league finals as hosts on July 24 after finishing the regular season with a record of 7-1.

The team that is comprised of 11- and 12-year-old players opened the season at home on June 21 with a nail-biting 13-9 win over Picture Butte before winning 16-4  over Coaldale on June 23.

On July 5, the Flyers beat Coaldale in a much closer affair 13-8, while on July 8 Foremost doubled up Picture Butte 6-3.

The Flyers experienced their first loss of the season at the hands of Picture Butte with a score of 11-10 on July 12.

The team was able to get back on track a couple nights later with a 15-4 shellacking of Coaldale.

Foremost edged Coaldale 16 to 14 on July 20 and wrapped up the regular season with a 14-7 win over Picture Butte.

The baseball club is looking to repeat as league champs.

A full story of the championship will be in the Aug. 3 edition of the Commentator.