The wait will have made the players even more feverish for this tournament, which kicked off on Wednesday evening. “In fact, all of our regional teams signed up. […] I spoke to young people this week, I went to see two Association teams, and the young people are angry, they are happy. There is a feverishness in the air. A tournament is always a different energy. ”
If the weather worried Maryse Prévost a little until very recently, when the announced “35 millimeters of rain” forced the forecast of plans B and C, Mother Nature did not ultimately interfere with the smooth running of the first meetings on Wednesday.
The Chicoutimi Indians won on the count of 10 to 9 as a curtain raiser against the Jonquière Blue Jays in the A. The Laterrière Red Sox then defeated the Chicoutimi Yankees 11-10 (B), while the Royals de Jonquière disposed of the Chicoutimi Phillies by a score of 6 to 4 (A).