All Ontario Native Fastball Championship;Rick McDonald Memorial Fastball League Finals
August 26, 2008
Sudbury, ON
CURVE LAKE AND BEAR ISLAND WIN THE ALL ONTARIO ANISHNAABEK(NATIVE) FASTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Some 30 games later and after rain delays and a late night Sunday , finally the two champions for the tournament were declared. Games got underway Friday afternoon on three fronts .
Here are all the scores from the Old Timers division: Bear Island 14 Whitefish Lake Falcons 3;Wiky Wild Dogs 8 Sagamok 5;Sagamok 10 Whitefish Falcons 3;Bear Island 4 Wiki 0;Sagamok 5 Wiki 4;Sagamok 7 Bear Island 5 ;double knockout therefore Bear Island and Sagamok face each other once more but this time Bear Island cruches Sagamok 17-2 and the game is called after three because of the 15 run mercy rule- Bear Island 2008 Old Timers division champions
Here are the scores from the men's open division(14 participating teams) : Sagamok River Dawgs 8 Bear Island 5;Whitefish Lake Steelers 3 Sagamok Chiefs 1;Moravian Town A's 6 Pickerel River Cardinals 5; Osheweken Redmen 7 Garden River 0; Sagamok River Dawgs 5 Pickerel River Cardinals 1;Parry Island Hawks 4 Garden River 1;Rama Braves 13 Bear Island 2;Saugeen Twisters 9 Sagamok River Dawgs 2;Curve Lake Smoke Cignals 6 Sagamok River Dawgs 0;Whitefish Lake Steelers 6 Parry Island Hawks 2; Marovian Tow A's 10 Rama Braves 1;Oshweken Redmen 12 Saugeen Twisters 1 ;Sagamok River Dawgs 5 Perry Island Hawks 0;Rama Braves 6 Saugeen Twisters 4;Curve Lake Smoke Cignals 9 Whitefish Lake Steelers 1;Oshwegen Redmen 7 Morivian Town A's 0;Morevian Town A's 2 Sagamok River Dawgs 1;Rama Braves 6 Whitefish Lake Steelers 3;Morevian Town A's 7 Rama Braves 6;Curve Lake Smoke Cignals 6 Oshewegen Redmen 3;Oshewegen Redmen 10 Morevian Town A's 5 ; Curve Lake Smoke Cignals 4 Oshwegen Redmen(defending champions of 2007) 2. Curve Lake Smoke Signals finish the doubkle knockout tournament with 5 wins and one loss ..Because of the rain delays and cancellation of Saturday afternoon games all was not decided until the wee hours of Monday morning around 1:45 AM .All weekend long very large crowds of 800 to 1500 attended all games .No final decision yet but spokesperson Bob Naponse told me that the 2009 edition of the championship may once again be held in Whitefish.A final decision up coming this week ..We will keep you posted .The organizing committee of Bob Naponse and Rachel Naponse wish to thank all the fans who came out and the many volonteers who helped make this tournament a very good success.
THE NORTH STARS TAKE GAME ONE OF THE FINALS
The Dog House North Stsars set the tone early in this first game of the Rick McDonald Memorial Fastball League championship final best of five affair. The first three batters of the Garson Hounds went out in quick fashion before the North Stars went to bat. Noreth Stars first two batters went out then catcher Gilles Larocque hit a single followed by Pitou Paquette's two run blast to left field to give Dog House a 2-0 lead.The Garson Hounds replied in the top of the third frame with two hits and a fielding error to notched the game at 2-2 ..Immediately the strong bats of Dog House replied scoring 5 runs on 6 hits to take a commending 7-2 lead. Garson scored two more runs in the final 4 frames while the North Stars had 1 to win going away 9-4 and take a1-0 lead in the`series. Pitou Paquette led the way for the winners with a 2 for 3 performance at bat (2 run homer) with teamate Jean Gilles Larocque hitting 3 for 4(double) while Corey "Pooch" Farmer hit 2 for 3(triple) in a losing cause for the Hounds . Randy Dennis (4-0) went all the`way for the winners scattering 10 hits and striking out 4 Garson hiters . Micky Chartrand (1-2) was the starter for the Hounds and gave way to Gary "Guinou" Lamothe in the 5th frame -bopth pitchers combined to give up 11 hits and fanning 7 North Stars
Line score for the game
Garson Hounds 4 runs 10 hits 1 error 5 left on base
Dog House North Stars 9 runs 11 hits 1 error 3 left on base
Tentative schedule for rest of series
No games this week (both teams leave for tournament in North Bay -World Senior Fastball Championship)
Next week
Possibly game 2 in Whitefish Lake on Wednesday September the 3rd
game 3 in Garson (Lorne Brady Park) on Thursday September the 4th
or simply just one game on Thursday September the 4th in Garson
Yours in fastball ,
Roger Legendre
