By Michael Gorman
THE VANGUARD
NovaNewsNow.com
The Yarmouth Red Knights' reign as Over 35 national baseball champions is over.
The Red Knights lost in the championship game to the Cadogan Nitehawks 7-6 in Burnaby, B.C.
Yarmouth jumped out to a 3-0 lead after three innings and was in control of the game. From there the tide turned in favour of the team from Alberta.
“Kind of the wheels fell off," said Rick Clayton of the Red Knights. "We made all kinds of mental mistakes.”
The frustrating thing about baseball is that when mistakes start to come, they tend to come in bunches. Clayton said after the third inning it seemed like nothing could go right for the team.
Cadogan jumped on Yarmouth for five runs to make it 5-3 and, despite their best efforts, Yarmouth could get no closer than 7-6.
“Basically we beat ourselves,” said Clayton. “We were definitely the best team on the field but that’s not always who wins.”
The team travels back to Nova Scotia tomorrow and Clayton said most of the team would be back in Yarmouth by late Tuesdsay evening.
