By Adam Smith

The Chicos men’s softball team was victorious in the second annual Skagway Windball Tournament June 14 – 16. 

After losing in the semifinal game on Saturday night, the Chicos battled back through the loser’s bracket to reach the championship game against Royal Flush (a rival team from Whitehorse) who had beaten them in a close bout on Saturday night 11-10. 

Chicos took the first championship game in dramatic fashion – 11-10 in extra innings. Prevailing over the winning bracket team in a double elimination tournament required the Chicos to beat Royal Flush in a second game immediately following the first. In a nail-biting matinee thriller and a repeat final score of, you guessed it, 11-10, Chicos pulled off the unthinkable and kept the hardware on the Alaska side of the border. Chicos will play again in Whitehorse at the annual Dustball tournament July 11 – 14 where they will seek their fourth consecutive men’s A championship in a row.

Members of Chicos will join forces with Skagway women in this weekend’s Coed tournament.