The field of eight is set for the 2017 Governor’s Plate in Summerside on Saturday.
Hot Deuce won the first elimination in 1.52/1 for Walter Cheverie on Sunday.
Crombie A, Forever Paradise and Allstar Seelster also qualified.
In the second elimination Do Over Hanover with driver Marc Campbell won in 1.53/1.
Good Friday Three, Invictus Hanover and Junebugs Baby also qualified.
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PEI won the Under 13 girls gold medal game in the Atlantic Soccer Championship, 2-0 over New Brunswick. Cyla McCloskey and Paige MacLean scored the goals. Alyana Trenholm had the shutout.
PEI also won bronze in the Under 14 girls with a 4-0 win over New Brunswick.
Bronze for PEI in the Under 13 boys, a shootout win over Newfoundland-Labrador. The game was tied 1-1 in regulation.
PEI won bronze in the Under 14 boys, 4-1 facing Newfoundland-Labrador.
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The Toronto Blue Jays entered the All-Star break on a sour note as they were walloped, 19-1 by the best team in the American League. The Houston Astros got their 60th win used a 17 hit attack with five home runs. Two of them from Carlos Correa.
The Jays are 5 out in the battle for the second wild card spot at the break.
Boston is up by 3.5 on the Yankees and Rays. Tampa Bay came back to beat the Red Sox, 5-3.
New York lost 5-3 to Milwaukee.
Baltimore over Minnesota, 11-5.
Pittsburgh routed the Chicago Cubs, 14-3.
The L.A. Dodgers are the best team in baseball after a 5-2 victory facing the KC Royals. The Dodgers have 61 wins.
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Canada downed Italy 79-60 to win the FIBA World Under-19 basketball championship. Nate Darling of Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia had 12 points.