ANTIGONISH – The Pictou Bantam baseball team traveled to Antigonish recently to participate in an A /AA tournament and came home as winners.
Pictou beat Antigonish in their first game with a score of 12-3 with Pictou’s Colten Green fanning 11 batters.
Pictou fell to Sydney Mines in their second game 7 – 2.
The playoff games saw Pictou square off again against Antigonish and Sydney Mines.
They topped Antigonish for a second time winning, 9-6 thanks to defensive efforts from Cody Johnson and batting power from Brandon Scanlon.
In their second time seeing the Sydney Mines team, Pictou pulled out a come-from-behind victory to beat the Cape Breton team and win the tournament. Matt Thomas and Luke Smith of Pictou took defensive and offensive honours for the final game of the weekend.
