In a social media post, the Cloverdale Minor Softball Association said, “A big congratulations to our 2007A team on winning GOLD at this weekend’s U14A provincials that was hosted by CMSA this weekend.
The newly formed softball team has seven girls coming from a Maple Ridge team called Pride 07A that folded at the end of 2019 after winning the provincial championships that year, said Lyndsy Pahl, a mother of one of the girls.
“They started practicing in October 2020, and amidst the COVID regulations they did the best they could to keep practicing during the winter season in anticipation of the ball season going ahead as previous years.
The season, which was supposed to start in April, didn’t get going until June when restrictions were finally lifted.
This is really a story of resilience and grit as these girls went into extra innings and international rules during their games.
Fortunately we were able to start playing games this spring and the team was out of the gates with enthusiasm to try out their skills they had worked on during the winter.