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Snowy softball in Sicamous

The 2020 snowpitch tournament took place at Finlayson Park on Jan. 18 and 19.
Jim Elliot
Jim Elliot
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The 鈥淪icamooses鈥� were one of the wildly-dressed teams who competed in the 2020 snow-pitch tournament in Sicamous鈥� Finlayson Park. (Clancy Whiteside - Eagle Valley News)

Softball isn鈥檛 just a summer sport.

That much was obvious as costume-clad competitors rounded the bases for the 2020 iteration of the annual snowpitch tournament. The annual deep-snow sporting event returned to Sicamous鈥� Finlayson Park on Jan. 18 and 19.

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Players dressed in a variety of creative uniforms with themes. Pirates, Mario Kart characters and 鈥楽icamooses鈥� had to contend with some of the deepest snow the tournament has ever seen in order to make it over home plate.


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I鈥檓 a B.C. transplant here in Whitehorse at The News telling stories about the Yukon's people, environment, and culture.
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