Baseball

Thurston County Senators 3, North Sound Emeralds 0

Black Hills alum Ryan Smith threw a complete game shutout in a 3-0 Thurston County Senators victory over the North Sound Emeralds in the opening day of pool play at the Canada Day Blast in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Pool play in the tournament continues tomorrow when the Senators take on the Everett Merchants at 9:00 AM and the Nanaimo Coal Miners at 1:30 PM. The winner of the tournament takes home $7,000. The Senators finished second in 2010 and 2011 and took third place last year.