There was no ultimate victory for softball players from Rankin Inlet who travelled to Winnipeg, Man., for the national slo-pitch championships, but the team came away feeling good.

The Juggernauts joined teams from across Canada for the tournament, which ran from Aug. 4 to 7.

The Juggernauts put in two teams for the competition. Team captain Chad Graham said 11 men and five women travelled south to form the men's and co-ed teams.

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The men's team lost four round robin games on Aug. 4 and 5 as well as a men's playoffs game on Aug. 6, leading to their elimination from the tournament.

The co-ed team came out strong, winning in the round robin against two Manitoba teams on Aug. 4 and a Saskatchewan team on Aug. 5, only losing by four points to Manitoba in their fourth game.

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They showed well in the playoffs, losing a close 6-9 game against Manitoba on Aug. 6 before claiming a sound win against Saskatchewan with a 15-3 win later that day.

Aug. 7 proved to be the fateful day for the team, which lost their third playoffs game by a single point against the Paperwork Pounders from Manitoba, resulting in their elimination.

Graham said the team, which has been to the championships four or five times in the past, has never played so well.

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Slo-Pitch Nationals include tournaments in Langley, B.C., Saskatoon, Sask., Winnipeg and Moncton, N.B.

The organizer for Winnipeg's tournament, Barry Black, described the tournament as a SA国际影视传媒渉uge successSA国际影视传媒� and lauded the efforts of the Juggernauts on the field.

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For Graham, meeting players from other parts of Canada was a real highlight of the event.

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