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The dynasty lives on as the P & M鈥圧ecycling Guns slid to another Men鈥檚 A division Dustball title with a 16-13 win over Jat鈥檚 Diggers on a bluebird Father鈥檚 Day at the Pepsi Softball Centre last Sunday.

Defending their titles from 2015 and 2016, the Guns have now won the Men鈥檚 A division nine out of 12 years.

鈥淲e feel like the pressure is on us as soon as the tournament starts,鈥� said player-coach Michael Tuton.

This year Tuton played full-time coach duty as he continues to recover from a broken leg sustained at this tournament last year.

The Guns is a mix of young talent and veterans with a decent amount of the team over 35.

Tuton said that the final wasn鈥檛 their best game of the tournament, but it wasn鈥檛 their worst either.

Near the middle of the game, their bats went quiet.

鈥淲e couldn鈥檛 string together the hits we needed,鈥� he said.

Joe Vigneau got the team back on track with an at-bat that Tuton called a 鈥渢urning point鈥� in the game. From then on, the Guns were able to score runs in each of the remaining innings.

It was 鈥渏ust good enough to win,鈥� said Tuton.

The Guns will have to wait until next year to wear their royal blue jerseys again as the local men鈥檚 slo-pitch season wrapped up with the tournament.

2017 Dustball division winners

Co-ed A

1st 鈥� Back Door Sliders
2nd 鈥� Whitehorse Dental Donkeys
3rd 鈥� Slammin Salmons

Co-ed B

1st 鈥� Masterbatters
2nd 鈥� Mutts
3rd 鈥� Floor By Floor Rugburns

Co-ed C

1st 鈥� All Pro Selects
2nd 鈥� Jim Shockey Predators
3rd 鈥� Sandors

Co-ed D

1st 鈥� CRB NightHawks
2nd 鈥� Whitehorse Physio Jays
3rd 鈥� CRB Challengers

Men鈥檚 A

1st 鈥� P & M Recycling Guns
2nd 鈥� Jat鈥檚 Diggers
3rd 鈥� Chico鈥檚 Bail Bonds

Men鈥檚 B

1st 鈥� Fountain Tire Mudders
2nd 鈥� Brewers
3rd 鈥� Dawson City Dingbats

Men鈥檚 C

1st 鈥� Rounders
2nd 鈥� Territorial Terminators
3rd 鈥� Wolverines

Women鈥檚 A

1st 鈥� Klondike Rib & Salmon
2nd 鈥� AFD Titans
3rd 鈥� Booster Juice

Women鈥檚 B

1st 鈥� Frontier Gifts
2nd 鈥� Triple J鈥檚 Cougars
3rd 鈥� Dawson City Snatchers