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The Okotoks Dawgs went through this a year ago.

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But that won’t make it any easier for the Western Canadian Baseball League team with championship standards.

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The Dawgs have been swept out of the playoffs, eliminated in the West Division final by the Sylvan Lake Gulls for a second straight season.

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Okotoks rallied from six runs down to tie it but fell 9-8 in Game 2 of the best-of-three affair at Gulls Stadium on Wednesday night.

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Coleman Parry’s solo home run in the eighth inning off Brody Burnett was the difference.

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It was the only hit surrendered by the Dawgs’ reliever in 1.1 innings of work.

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Coming off a 7-2, Game 1 loss at Seaman Stadium, the Dawgs’ offence got rolling early with two runs off Gulls starter Mason Little in the first inning — with two outs.

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Landon Kaufmann, who had singled and advanced to third base on Jordan Kievman’s base hit, scored on a wild pitch.

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Then Nash Crowell’s RBI single plated Kievman, although Crowell was called out trying to advance to second base.

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The Gulls responded quickly, getting to Dawgs starter Tyson Willis in the home half of the first.

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Johnboy Rittenhouse’s double drove in the first run, then Charlie Collins’ RBI single tied it.

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Sylvan Lake had loaded the bases when an error by third baseman Jack Lussier allowed two more runs to cross.

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Dalton Hoffart relieved Willis and retired the next three batters in order in his one inning of work.

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Willis was charged with the four runs on four hits. He also walked one.

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The Gulls extended their lead by plating three more runs in the second off Okotoks pitcher Will Lavonte.

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Cleary Simpson and Perry both delivered with two outs, hitting an RBI single and two-run double, respectively.

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Sylvan Lake added another run in the third.

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With the bases loaded again, Rittenhouse’s sacrifice fly off Reid Madariaga made it 8-2.

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That run was charged to Lavonte, who give up four in total on five hits and one walk in one inning of work.

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Madariaga then shut the door, tossing 4.2 innings of three-hit ball while striking out five and walking three.

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His effort allowed the Dawgs to mount a rally, which started in the top of the fourth inning.

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Kievman led off with a double, Crowell was hit by a pitch and Aidan Dougherty’s single loaded the bases, all off Little.

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Jacob Wrubleski cleared those bases with a three-RBI double, and the Dawgs were back in it while chasing the Gulls starter.

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Two batters later, Emmet Stacher’s sac fly off Kyle Froehlich cut the gap to 8-6.

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That run was charged to Little, who gave up six of them on seven hits and one walk over three innings of work.

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The Dawgs continued to chip away in the fifth inning when Crowell brought home Kievman again, on another RBI single.