The Okanagan Athletics are the new BC Premier Baseball League (BCPBL) champions, after defeating the North Shore Twins 9-7 in the 2012 BCPBL Final 4 Provincial Championship final on the BC Day long weekend.
The Athletics finished fourth in the regular season, the highest standing in the club’s history.
The Salmon Arm Minor Baseball website points out that “MLB (Major League Baseball) players such as Brett Lawrie, Jeff Francis, Rich Harden, Ryan Dempster, Justin Morneau and Mike Saunders, and many AAA players. are products of this excellent baseball league (the BC Premier Baseball League).”