The New Westminster Major A Blue Jays won the Don Sheard Memorial wooden bat baseball tournament held at Trout Lake Park in East Vancouver last week.
The Blue Jays knocked off rival and unbeaten Hastings 6-1 in the tournament final.
New West got on the board first, when Carter Nestman scored on a Sam Senay single to take a 1-0 lead.
The Jays broke it open in the fourth inning on a bunt single from Nick Young followed by a stand-up double from Jalen Sami.
Solid hits from Jaxon Bohn and Matt Drake increased the New West lead to 6-0.
Hastings would get one run in the 6th but that was as close as they would get.
Max Yuen started all four games for New West and was lights out on the mound in the final, striking out the side in the second inning. Trevor Tong, Nick Young and Sami provided the relief pitching and were nothing short of fantastic throughout. New West offence scored 39 runs in four games with Senay and Oscar Porcellato leading the way.
"We weren't mistake-free but the boys stayed very composed under pressure, our pitching was very good and made the most of our scoring opportunities. It's a great way to start the season," said head coach Ben Tong.
The Jays got started on Saturday with an 11-1 win over Little Mountain.
Porcellato put the game out of reach with a stand-up triple in the fourth that cleared the bases. They
New West finished up the day with a 12-5 win over Dunbar in a game that saw the Blue Jays trailing 4-1 until the fourth inning, when Senay drilled a line drive to center field, knocking in two runs that sparked the comeback win.
Sunday's play was washed out by heavy rains, so New Westminster was put straight through to the semifinal on Tuesday evening against North Van Central. The Jays pitchers were firing and bats were hot, taking care of the North Van little leaguers, 10-0.
The Jays won't get to celebrate long as they will be one of the favourites in the Little Mountain tournament this Easter weekend.
