The Stettler C-Jays U-16 team took the provincial silver medal in their softball tournament organized in Leduc over the weekend of July 3-5.
The C-Jays played a strong High Park (Edmonton) team to start the tournament; the C-Jays bats were silent as they fell 8-0 to High Park.
Next up was Sherwood Park, the ladies played a strong game and prevailed 13-3.
Saturday, Okatoks was the next opponent, Stettler overpowered them 23-7 on the strength of superior hitting.
The last game of the round robin was against Calgary and the C-Jay bats kept on coming as they beat Calgary 19-4 in three innings.
A hard fought, well-played game in the semi-final against Clive followed, the Stettler ladies preserved in a 7-3 victory.
The finals were against the High Park Team out of Edmonton, the Stettler team kept it close throughout the game, but gave up 7 runs in the last inning losing the final 13-3.
Stettler finished with a silver medal, for 7 girls it was their second podium finish in two years, as they won gold last year with the U-14 team, for 4 players it was their first medal in provincial play.