St. John's, NL - Stack wins a bronze with Canada at world junior softball championship
Mitch Stack
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ORIGINAL STORY By Telegram Sports
Mitch Stack of Petty Harbour became the 14th player from Newfoundland and Labrador to win a medal in world junior softball as Canada finished third in the 2016 WBSC junior men’s fastpitch championship which finished up in Midland, Mich., over the weekend.
Mitch Stack
Canada had finished 3-2 in the round-robin, but with just a single life, rang up three straight wins over the Czech Republic, United States and defending champion Argentina before losing 12-7 to New Zealand in the Page semifinal Saturday.
New Zealand would fall 2-1 to Japan in the final.
Stack, a catcher, went 2-for-3, with a walk and three runs scored in the tourney.
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Others from this province who have represented Canada in world junior men’s championships (with Canadian finish):
 1985 — Rodney Fewer in Fargo, N.D. (silver)
1989 — Colin Abbott and Scott Mercer in Summerside, P.E.I (silver)
1993 — Robbie O'Brien, Mike Tilley and Greg Webber in Auckland, New Zealand (gold)
1997 — Chris Maher and Ryan O’Neill in St. John’s (bronze);
2005 —  Justin Gill, Jon Kane and Mark Lewis in Summerside, P.E.I. (bronze)
2008 —  Shane Boland and Mike Noftall in Whitehorse, Yukon (silver)
2014 — Eric Healey in Whitehorse, Yukon (seventh)
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