Sagamok fastball tournament
July 26, 2009
Sudbury, ON
MOOSE FACTORY BRAVES WIN SECOND ANNUAL TOURNAMENT
The tournament got underway Friday night with two ball fields being used ..-the Beedaban field and Dreams field .In the opening game behind the fine pitching of veteran import from the Spanish Smokers of the North Shore League ,the Sagamok Chiefs easily disposed of the yiund Sagamok Rez`Ryders 7 to 0 .Cory picked up 11 strike outs .In the second game behind the fine pitching of Eric"E-train" Abitong the Babba boys defeated the North Shore selects 4 to 1 .Eric fanned 9 batters.In the final game of the evening the Moose Factory Braves behind the excellent pitching of Curve Lake import Ian Knaut ,shut out Garden River 6 to 0 ..In a surprise circumstance , the Parry Island Hawks were a no show and at first their opponents, the Kaboni Tigers , were awarded a 7-0 forfeith victory ..That later was changed and the Tigers were to play their two round robin tilts on Saturday .
Come early Saturday morning before the first pitch could even be thrown , the rains came pouring down and delayed the 8 AM games till 11:30 AM ..The rest of the day turned out perfect with cloudy and sunny periods. All 8 remaining games , five round ronbin ones and three quarter final games got in ..Refer to the attachements for all the results and final team seedings prior to the quarter final matches.(aldoran42@yahoo.com)
Championship Sunday
Semi final # 1 3rd seed BABBA VS 2nd seed MOOSE FACTORY BRAVES
Ian Knaut of Moose Factory got into his groove from the get go in fanning 7 of the first 9 batters from Babba he faced .He continued his mastery from the mound giving up but two hits , a single and a bunt as his Braves blanked Babba 3-0 .Eric Abtong pitched a fine game himself and had it not been for two costly errors in the 4th frame , his mates might of comeback in this game.
Summary for Knaut 7 IP 2 hits 0 BB and 13 K's Winner
Abitong 6 IP 4 hits 1 BB and 5K's Loser
Semi final #2 4th seed SAGAMOK CHIEFS VS 1st seed KABONI TIGERS
It was a tight defensive patch for most of the first four innings as starter Russ Abitong of the Chiefs and import Alex Ashawasagai of the Pickerel River Cardinals depended on their strong infileders to do the job .The Chiefs broke through in the third frame with their first run after the Igers had open the contest with a 1-0 lead in the first . The Chiefs added two more runs in the 5th frame and a final one in the sixth to win 4 to 1 .
Summary for Russ Abitong (starter for Chiefs) 3IP 2hits 0 BB 2 K's
Cory Stolar (in relief 4th) 4IP 1hit 0 BB 8 K's (winner)
Alex`Ashawasagai(starter for Tigers) 6IP 6hits 3 BB 7 K's (loser)
Brandon Amilca (relief in 7th) 1IP 1hit 0BB 3 K's
Championship final 4th Seed SAGAMOK CHIEFS VS 2nd Seed MOOSE FACTORY BRAVES
The final was all it built up to be .Both teams` displayed tough defense and the pitchers were in their zone from the very fisrt batter .Both teams scored i the second and third innings and the home team Chiefs led 3-2 after three frames ..Everything broke open in the middle innings as the Braves scored five runs and held on for a 7-2 victory and the championship.Pitcher Ian Knaut once more showed his mastery of the Chief batters as he gave up but two singles and a base on ball through the last four frames of shut out ball.Members of the championship team who certainly were happy to collect a purse of $2000 after travelling more than 10 hours to get to Sagamok. are the following : Jerritt Taylor ,Shawn Assinawe ,Ian Knaut , Brendon Beedz , Justin Taylor , Jeff Moore , Dave Cheechoo , Jimmy Jacob ,Blair Morrison and Corey Taylor ..
Summary for Knaut 7 IP 6 hits 1 BB 9 K's (winner)
Stolar 6 IP 8 hits 1 BB 7 K's
Knaut finished the tournament with a 5-0 record 48 K's (9,6 per game or 1,6 per inning) without a doubt the tournament MVP
Yours in fastball ,
Roger Legendre
One of the umpires for the tournament
Statistitian for the tournament
Public Relations Liaison/Advisor
You can also catch these photos and others from the tournament at www.nickelfastball.playsoftball.ca(photo gallery) web site of the Rick McDonald Memorial Fastball League
Congratulations to Canada for their great effort at the World Fastball Championship in Sakatoon during the last two weeks.
As a Northerner I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Elk Lake today (Kraft TSN contest)
FINAL STANDINGS & SEEDINGS FOR 2009 |
WINS |
TIES |
LOSSES |
Runs Agnst |
Points |
DIVISION "A" |
1. Bradford Soxs |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
2.Minesing Orillia |
3 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
3.Etobicoke Royals |
3 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
4.Huntsville |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
DIIVISION "B" |
5.Bracebridge |
3 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
6.Storm Fury |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
7.J.C.North Stars |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
8.Lake Simcoe |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
DIVISION "C" |
9.Stoufville |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
10.Cool Hand Lukes |
2 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
4 |
11.Parry Island |
2 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
4 |
12.Vktoff |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
3 |
DIVISION "D" |
13.Waterdown Targets |
1 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
3 |
14.Rama |
0 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
15.Vdney Bullets |
1 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
2 |
16.Lindsay |
1 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
2 |
Out of the playoffs |
17. Erin Twisters |
1 |
0 |
2 |
24 |
2 |
18.Carlson Wagonlit |
1 |
0 |
2 |
30 |
2 |
19.Pickerel River |
0 |
0 |
3 |
24 |
0 |
20.Reeds |
0 |
0 |
3 |
26 |
0 |
21.Preston Mechanics & |
Brechin both |
0 |
0 |
3 |
31 |
0 |
23.Young Guns |
0 |
0 |
3 |
33 |
0 |
24. Garden River |
0 |
0 |
3 |
38 |
0 |