Orillia, ON - Orillia Fastball Tournament
The Annual Orillia Fastball Tournament took place this past weekend at Kitchener Park. This year's tournament saw 14 teams from all over Ontario challenge for the tournament title. The c pool championship was captured by the Highland Elite of Fenelon Falls, ON by defeatingthe Chatsworth Express Jr's 12 to 1. In the B pool The Lakes also from Fenelon Falls defeated the Grimsby Diamond Kings 3-1 in strong pitching duel between Grimsby's Frank Cox and The Lakes pitcher Greg Garrity.
The A pool semi –finals saw the Uhthoff Nationals play the Dodgers. Down 1-0 in the 6th inning Uhthoff was able to force extra innings with an Andrew Balkwill solo homerun and took a 2-1 in the top half of extra innings. The Dodgers answered to tie the game in the bottom half and in the following inning and won on a Jordan Bennett RBI single. Rama Braves battled the Dundalk Smoke in the other semi-final game. Down 3-2 late Dundalk completed a comeback as they tied the game with a close play at home which ended with the benches clearing. Once play continued Dundalk added another run to win the game and advance to play the Dodgers in the championship game.
The combination of the Dodgers bats and the pitching of Caleb Keeshig was too much for Dundalk to handle in the championship game as the Dodgers cruised to a 9-3 victory to claim top prize.
Orillia District Fastball League play will continue Tuesday night as the Rama Braves and Reds face off in an Aboriginal Day game at 7pm at Rama's Veterans Ballfield. Afterwards the Orillia Red Sox will host the Brechin Merchants at 8:45pm. For more information on the Orillia District Fastball League check out www.orilliafastball.ca
ORILLIA FASTBALL TOURNAMENT 2016
Round Robin Play - Saturday June 18th
Time Team # 1 Team # 2 Diamond
8:45 AM The Lakes 5 Udney Storm 3 Kitchener Park #1 Lower
9:30 AM Dundalk Smoke 6 Wyevale Tribe 1 Kitchener Park #2 Upper
9:45 AM Highland Elite 0 Rama Braves 7 Rama Veterans Ballfield
10:15 AM Rama Reds 4 Brechin Merchants 6 Kitchener Park #1 Lower
11:00 AM Chatsworth Express 7 Udney Storm 10 Kitchener Park #2 Upper
11:15 AM Grimsby D.K.'s 0 Dodgers 4 Rama Veterans Ballfield
11:45 AM The Lakes 2 Wyevale Tribe 0 Kitchener Park #1 Lower
12:30 PM Arthur Merchants 1 Uhthoff Nationals 4 Kitchener Park #2 Upper
1:15 PM Dundalk Smoke 5 Rama Reds 0 Rama Veterans Ballfield
1:15 PM MoraviatownWarriors 6 Brechin Merchants 1 Kitchener Park #1 Lower
2:00 PM Highland Elite 3 Udney Storm 8 Kitchener Park #2 Upper
2:45 PM Grimsby D.K.'s 2 Rama Braves 3 Rama Veterans Ballfield
2:45 PM ChatsworthExpress1 Wyevale Tribe 0 Kitchener Park #1 Lower
3:30 PM The Lakes 3 Uhthoff Nationals 7 Kitchener Park #2 Upper
4:15 PM Arthur Merchants 3 Dodgers 9 Kitchener Park #1 Lower
4:30 PM Grimsby D.K.'s 3 Rama Reds 2 Rama Veterans Ballfield
5:00 PM Moraviatown Warriors 2 Highland Elite 6 Kitchener Park #2 Upper
5:45 PM Chatsworth Express 5 Uhthoff Nationals 6 Kitchener Park #1 Lower
6:00 PM Dundalk Smoke 8 Rama Braves 2 Rama Veterans Ballfield
6:30 PM Arthur Merchants 9 Brechin Merchants 2 Kitchener Park #2 Upper
7:15 PM Moraviatown Warriors 2 Dodgers 6 Kitchener Park #1 Lower
Play-off Round- Sunday, June 19th
Time Away Team Home Team Diamond
C-Semi Finals
10:00 AM (C4) Score 3
Wyevale Tribe (C1) Score 4
Chatsworth Express Kitchener Park #2 Upper
C-Semi Finals
10:00 AM (C3) Score 5
Brechin Merchants (C2) Score 6
Highland Elite Kitchener Park #1 Lower
B-Semi Finals
11:30 AM (B4) Score 1
Moraviatown Warriors (B1) Score 3
The Lakes Kitchener Park #2 Upper
B-Semi Finals
11:30 AM (B3) Score 1
Grimsby D.K.'s (B2) Score 0
Udney Storm Kitchener Park #1 Lower
A-Semi Finals
1:00 PM (A4) Score 3
Rama Braves (A1) Score 4
Dundalk Smoke Kitchener Park #2 Upper
A-Semi Finals
1:00 PM (A3) Score 2
Uhthoff Nationals (A2) Score 3
Dodgers Kitchener Park #1 Lower
Championship Games- Sunday, June 19th
Time Away Team Home Team Diamond
C - Finals
2:30 PM C - Semi-Finalist
Highland Elite 12 C - Semi-Finalist
Chatsworth Express 1 Kitchener Park #2 Upper
B - Finals
2:30 PM B - Semi-Finalist
Grimsby D.K.'s 1 B - Semi-Finalist
The Lakes 3 Kitchener Park #1 Lower
A - Finals
4:00 PM A - Semi-Finalist
Dodgers 9 A - Semi-Finalist
Dundalk Smoke 3 Kitchener Park #1 Lower
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