CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The P.E.I. School Athletic Association baseball championship banner is staying at Westisle Composite High School.
The Westisle Wolverines defeated the Bluefield Bobcats 2-0 in the gold-medal game played at Memorial Field in Charlottetown on Tuesday night.
In the semifinals, also played at Memorial Field on Tuesday, Westisle downed the Montague Vikings 6-2 while Bluefield topped the Charlottetown Rural Raiders 6-1.
Wolverines 2 Bobcats 0
Connor Ellsworth tossed a complete-game gem for the Wolverines in the final. Ellsworth allowed just four hits and struck out 13 in earning the pitching win.
Nathan Grigg and Carson MacArthur added two hits each while Chandler DesRoches went 1-for-3 to lead the Wolverines offensively.
Left-hander Myles Grant had a strong six-inning outing for the Bobcats, only giving up five hits while striking out eight.
Nick Havenga, Jordan Maher, Connor Hennessey and Josh Smith recorded hits for Bluefield.
Wolverines 6 Vikings 2
A timely two-run triple from catcher Cole Robinson generated a five-run fourth inning for Westisle in the semifinal featuring the second-and-third-place teams.
DesRoches contributed three hits for the Wolverines while Ellsworth (2), Mike McRae, John Dorgan and Declan Campbell also had hits.
DesRoches, who was relieved by Ellsworth, pitched six solid innings while striking out 12 in earning the win.
For Montague, Jack MacKenzie went the distance, giving up five earned runs on nine hits while fanning six.
Jack Munro went 2-for-3 and drove in a pair of runs to pace Montague at the plate.
Bobcats 6 Raiders 1
Guided by a strong pitching performance from Brandon Langley, the fourth-seeded Bobcats upset the top-seeded Raiders.
Langley, who threw 6 1/3 innings, held Charlottetown Rural to just two hits while giving up one run and striking out 11 batters to pick up the victory. Ben Tsai registered the final two outs.
Havenga’s third-inning sacrifice fly opened the scoring and he later added an RBI single to go 1-for-3. Maher (2-3, walk) and Chris MacDougall (1-4, two runs batted in) were Bluefield’s other top batters.
Tyler Taylor went the distance for Charlottetown Rural. He gave up all six runs, four of which were earned, while striking out nine.
Taylor and Sam Worth had Charlottetown Rural’s two hits.
