They didn’t win any games, but Yukoners left their mark at the Men’s and Women’s Canadian Slo-pitch Championships in Dorchester, Ont.

In fact, the women’s team drew the attention of the London Free Press. They appeared on the front page of the sports section, right under the story about the smokin’ Toronto Blue Jays.

“We were recognized by someone walking in downtown London, so, like I say, we felt like little celebrities,” said coach Roni-Sue Steinhagen of the Fountain Tire Titans.

Steinhagen said other teams were asking to have their photos taken with the Titans.

A fan, the uncle of one of the players, asked to keep the Titan banner, and had all the players sign it.

“We had such a crowd around our games cheering for us,” she said. “It was just so great.

“Like I said, we felt like little celebrities.”

Steinhagen said while many of the games were lopsided, the Titans did play well overall.

They held Ontario to a score of 9-3 Wednesday night, as Ontario went on to finish the round robin Thursday in first place.

And in their final game of the tournament Thursday night, they were defeated 25-5 by the defending champions, but they scored five, she pointed out.

Steinhagen said they scored two runs in the first.

And when the leadoff batter got on base in the second, short-stop Heidi Harry moved her around and Harry ended up on second, she pointed out.

The coach said once Harry was on, she told the rest of the team their single focus at that point was to get the short-stop home, and they did. Harry slid home.

“We were so glad to get those five runs.”

With the enthusiasm around the Titans, the Whitehorse club was able to snag some good seats for tomorrow’s game between the Blue Jays and New York Yankees.

After all, said Steinhagen, they did share the front sport page with the Blue Jays.

The men’s team, the Urban Realty Reds, were also winless.

The Yukon is hosting next year’s national slo-pitch championships.