Hundreds of children enjoyed Illawarra junior baseball's grand final and gala day, with the strong Wests Cardinals claiming two titles and the club championship.
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Following a huge day at Berkeley's Fred Finch Park, Cardinals were awarded the club championship, with Cards' Sharnee Behr honoured as the top Non-Pitchball player and Johnny Hall-Walsh voted the best Pitchball player of the season.
In the all-Cardinals under-12s grand final, Maroon defeated Gold 9-1, with Drew Behr pitching two solid innings for Maroon and well supported by Zeke Markwell (home run) and Ben Luyten (double) with the bat.
Gold pitcher Kalin Marum scored his team's run with a homer.
In under-14s, Dapto Chiefs Blue beat Cardinals 11-4 in their decider.
Chiefs pitcher Bailey Van Lewin threw a solid three innings for two runs, plus hit 2-2, while teammate Tyson Clark knocked in the biggest hit of the day, smashing a third innings double. Chiefs' closer Ethan Teixeira shut down any Cards comeback in the final innings.
In the under-16s grand final, Cardinals came from 2-0 down to beat Pirates 4-2. With the game tied 2-2 and Cards' Jacob Krkovski in a scoring position, Joel Thompson smashed a home run for the walk-off win.
The under-8s Gala Day was a huge success with Cardinals Maroon claiming the Red Frog Trophy.
In under-10s Zooka-Ball, Pirates Blue won all three games including a tight 1-run affair against inter-club mates Pirates Gold to take the title.
