Four squash teams took to the courts at Better Bodies Whitehorse on Tuesday night to crown the Division One champion of the Squash Yukon league.

Pizza Hut, the favorite heading into the playoffs, led the league with 315 points during the regular season and captured the title after defeating Underhill 3-1.

Underhill, who totaled 290 points, traded top spots with Pizza Hut throughout the year.

The Pizza Hut squad featured two young players who just returned from the Canadian Junior Squash Championships in Toronto; Matt Henderson and Mustafa Syed.

The two 14-year-olds defeated each of their opponents and helped propel the squad to gold.

"Our team has very good players,” said Syed.

"We stick to it and play with our heads.”

Syed defeated his opponent, Grayson Peters, in a marathon of five sets.

"I just stayed focused,” he said of the lengthy battle. "Usually, you lose focus when you get tired and you can't hit the ball and place your shots.”

"It was pretty insane,” said Peters of the match.

"It came down to fitness in the end and who could run longer, we were pretty evenly matched,” he said.

"It could have gone either way and I'm pretty happy with the outcome. It's been a good season, we've got a strong team.”

Peters said the two teams spent most of the year trading top place in the league.

"They've definitely been our number one competition,” he said.

Rounding out the Underhill team were Glenn Rudman, Lori Muir and Doug Thorseth.

The team was missing one of their best players in Stephen Grundmanis.

"Glenn and Stephen have been the backbone of the team,” said Peters.

"Stephen hasn't lost a match all year so that definitely helps.”

Having just returned from nationals the day before, Henderson said the victory "felt pretty good.”

"We're playing really well these days,” he said.

Henderson, who is up from Victoria for the next six months, currently holds a national ranking of 16th overall after placing in the top 20 in Toronto.

"I hope to keep playing as much as I can and go to University with it,” he said.

"Hopefully, I'll keep playing and keep trying to get as good as I can.”

Both Henderson and Syed posted 1-2 records in Toronto against the best competition in the nation.

"I want to be back next year,” said Syed. "I have four more years of eligibility so I'm going to try and keep going and getting better results.”

Syed has been playing squash for just over two seasons and said he wants to reach as high on the national level as he can.

"I'm just trying to improve,” he said.

"I want to work on my shot placement and fitness over the summer and hopefully get better there.”

Syed was born in Toronto but the nationals were the first time he'd returned to the city in 10 years.

"It felt good to be there,” he said of playing on hometown soil. "But I wasn't used to the big city life.”

Mustafa's brother, Zain, also joined the pair in Toronto and was battling for third place on Tuesday night.

His team, Meadia Solutions, lost to Outside the Cub 3-1.

Zain was the only player to get a win after his opponent, Chris Toleman, was forced to stop playing due to a hamstring injury.

"I was pleased with our team,” said Toleman.

"We were here every week. It was a good year.”

Toleman said it was rewarding to see the younger players develop in the league throughout the season.

"You can beat them at the start of the year but by the end they are beating you and well ahead,” he said.

"At one stage they just hit the ball hard and don't think a lot and after a while you see them start to think and play with more imagination and see them develop over the year.

"It's quite rewarding that way.”

Khoon Chau, who is running the league for his second season, said it was a good season from a development and coaching perspective.

"We have lots of players developing and coming through the system,” he said.

The playoffs were postponed a week this year to accommodate the players that were out of town for nationals.

Chau said it was not a surprise that Pizza Hut and Underhill were battling at the top of the league.

"They were the top two teams all season,” he said. "It was pretty close between them.”

Chau said the progress the younger players make is notable by this time of the year.

"We try and make the teams as even as possible when players sign up but they change a lot during the season, especially the younger players,” he said.

"They get better as it goes on.”