Starting on Friday, August 19, the 18U Select team began their first OBA Provincial journey by winning against Milton, Oakville and Toronto Playgrounds.  After losing to East York Saturday morning, the team stormed back to beat East York Sunday morning to finish in a 3-way tie for top of the standings in the double elimination tournament.  The team earned a bye to the gold medal finals by winning the coin toss against East Hamilton – watched by 12 players anxiously holding their breath in anticipation!  The final game ended up being delayed by a week as Mother Nature decided to end that Sunday with some stormy weather.  The championships resumed the following week when Martingrove once again faced East York – this time for the gold medal game!  It was a close, tight & well-played game by Martingrove with the game going into extra innings!  Alas, in the bottom of the 8^th, East York walked it off to claim the championship by 1 run.  Martingrove 18U Select held their heads high as they know how much they accomplished this season – they were competitive, supportive, positive and most of all they had a blast!!  Thank you to OBA for a great first Provincial championship, to Brampton for hosting and to all the players, coaches & families for a FABULOUS season!  Very excited to see what these team does next season!!