The Printing Place Padres slipped past the Gary Moe Volkswagen Legends 7-6 in Sunday’s all-Red Deer final of the 45-plus division of the Doug Bradford Memorial Fall Classic senior men’s baseball tournament.
The Padres reached the championship game at Great Chief Park with an 11-0 win over the Provost Buds, while the Legends downed the Saskatoon Sportsmen 9-7 in the other semifinal.
Meanwhile, the Cadogan Hawks captured the 30-plus division title with an 11-7 win over the Regina Drifters. In semifinal play earlier in the day, Regina beat Red Deer North Star Sports 5-2 and Cadogan got past Spruce Grove 3-2.
On Saturday, Gary Moe whipped Provost 11-1 and Printing Place dumped Saskatoon 8-2 in 45-plus action, while in the 30-plus category Regina defeated Sylvan Lake 8-3, Cadogan downed The Hideout of Red Deer 10-7 and Sylvan Lake fell 11-4 to Spruce Grove.
In earlier 30-plus games, Spruce Grove was a 10-3 winner over Lacombe Stone and Granite and North Star Sports beat the Clive Red Sox 6-2. Provost and Saskatoon played to a 4-4 tie in the 45-plus category.