Estevan Girls' Softball sent two teams to the Summer Classic Fast Pitch tournament in Saskatoon on the weekend.
The Estevan Gem Well Elite bantam team posted a 3-1 record, while the Estevan M&H Elite squirts went 2-1.
The squirts played in a 16-team field in the Squirt B tournament. They opened with an 18-11 victory over the Muenster A's after taking a 5-1 lead after the first inning. Estevan starter Emily Hanson held the A's to five runs in three innings, with Morgan Walter pitching the last two innings.
In their second game, played less than three hours after their opener, the Elite fell 20-10 to the Humboldt Thunder, failing to overcome a slow start.
The squirts edged the Saskatoon Super Sonic Lasers 17-15 in their third game on Sunday morning. Saskatoon took a 5-3 lead in the first inning and held it until the bottom of the third.
Both teams continued to pile up runs until the Elite hit their five-run maximum in the final inning, then held the Lasers to two runs in the bottom to pull out the win.
The squirts needed Muenster to beat Humboldt in order for them to reach the semis, which didn't happen.
Meanwhile, the bantam girls opened their 18-team tournament with a pair of dominant wins, crushing the Saskatoon Raiders 16-1 in three innings in their opener, then dumping the Rosetown Angels 16-3 in five innings. Taylor Marcotte and Cassie Blanchette pitched in the first game, while Daria Schaff earned the win against Rosetown.
The Elite's third game was much closer, as they trailed the Prince Albert Aces 5-2 entering the bottom of the seventh. Macy Earl and Blanchette began the comeback bid with a pair of walks, and Kristen Skjonsby stepped up and drove in both with a triple to straightaway centre field. Schaff then hit an RBI single to tie the game.
After that, Mackenzie Ronyk walked and Cheyenne Odgers singled to load the bases for Madison Frehlick, who drove in the winning run.
Marcotte pitched into the sixth inning for Estevan, when Schaff came in to close out the game.
Estevan lost 10-7 to the Macklin Lakers on Sunday morning, which ended their hopes of making the semis. Schaff and Marcotte pitched for the Elite.
Macklin took a 7-4 lead in the second inning and Estevan wasn't able to stage a comeback.
Earl and Skjonsby shared the catching duties for the bantams all weekend.
The team's next tournament is in Watrous next weekend. Meanwhile, the peewee Rocket Sales Elite team will attend a tournament in Moose Jaw the same weekend.
