Hastings Major All-Stars rock past White Rock to capture 2012 B.C. Little League Baseball Championship
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The game was over so fast that anyone late to their seats missed most of the highlights.
Hastings Major All-Stars scores early and often, and them some in blasting White Rock 20-0 in the final of the 2012 B.C. Little League Baseball Championships Saturday at Andy Bilesky Park in Trail.
Dunbar put up nine runs in the first inning, then rode the two-hit pitching of Cole Dalla-Zanna en route to the lopsided victory.
The Vancouver squad pounded White Rock pitching for 22 hits including home runs by Kolby Buljevic Noah Hanson-Stafford and Cez.Paguio.
Evan Lane took the loss for White Rock in a game that lasted only four innings.
Hastings advanced to the final by shutting out Vancouver rival Dunbar 8-0.
White Rock, the top team following a week of round robin play, dumped Beacon Hills of Victoria 21-3 in the other semi final.
White Rock defeated Hastings 7-6 during the round robin, snapping a 6-6 tie by scoring the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning after the Lower Mainland squad scored four in the top of the frame to tie up the ball game.
Hastings started slow in the tournament, but got better with age finishing provincial championships by scoring a total of 100 runs while allowing only 14 runs in seven games played.
The team now moves on to play in the Little League Canadian Champ[ionship tournament in Edmonton, Alberta from August 4-11.
Hastings opens the tournament against Ontario Saturday.
The Trail Allstars, with players from throughout the West Kootenay, finished the tournament with a record of 1-4, missing the playoff round.
