One of the most entertaining finals in recent 13U AAA baseball history saw the Canucks beat the visiting Regina Pacers 7-6 in an extra inning to claim the Baseball Regina league title.

The Canucks went down 5-0 early in the game, but didn’t panic and kept chipping away, eventually tying the game at 5-5 to send it to an extra inning.

Coach Dustin Caplette-Tarrant had confidence in his team's bats in the extra inning.

“When one through 12 can put the ball in play, and we can score anywhere, it always helps,” he said.

In that extra inning, Baseball Saskatchewan rules put two runners on the bases to start the inning. While Moose Jaw allowed an early run, a timely double play helped Canucks pitcher Owen Csada get out of the jam with only the single run allowed.

When it was the Canucks’ turn at the plate, it didn’t take long until Csada’s bat helped seal the win, scoring Kale Pratte with the winning run.

“They knew what was on the line… they battled (and) they stuck it out, pitchers threw strikes and the defence stepped up,” Caplette-Tarrant said. “The bats eventually woke up and they pulled it out.”

After a decent start to the season that saw the Canucks go 3-3-1 in their first seven games, Caplette-Tarrant's team caught fire in the last half of the season.

“It started with a couple of big wins against the White Butte team,” Caplette-Tarrant said. “Once they realized they could take them, they realized they could beat anybody. They buckled down, put the work in and came out with a championship.”

The Canucks only lost three games after the White Butte series in early August.

Csada pitched five innings of relief on the mound and ended up driving home the winning runs.

Both Caplette-Tarrant and assistant coach Jon Cotter were a part of history as young ballplayers themselves. At a similar age, both were a major part of the 2004 Junior Little League World Series participants from Moose Jaw. With the success of this team as well as the 11U AA and the 13U AA programs, and the 15U AAA’s winning one of their playoff games, minor baseball in the city. is on a good winning streak.

“It’s nice to see that every division is competing now,” he said. “The future of ball in Moose Jaw looks great.”