Baseball teams from around the prov- ince and from as far away as North Bay arrived in Orangeville for the Pewee Select Provincial Championships over the Labour Day weekend.

Twelve teams made the cut locally and earned the right to attend the Provincial tournament.

The double elimination play got underway on Friday night at Rotary Park.

The Orangeville Bengals played their first game of the tournament against the East York Bulldogs under the lights on the south diamond.

The Bengals and Bulldogs found them- selves in a very tight game with Orangeville leading by a single run late in the game.

An East York run tied the game at six and forced an extra inning to decide the winner.

The end came with Orangeville scoring a run in their at-bat then shutting down East York with a play at third base that ended the Bulldogs chances of getting back into the game.

“We had to shut them down and not allow any runs,” said Bengals pitcher Carter Giles who was on the mound for the last couple of innings and pitched a solid game under the pressure of delivering the ball in an overtime inning.