Niagara Falls Canada
Hi Al
Well the Falls tournament wrapped up Sunday with an exciting day of fastpitch watched by a great crowd all day. Thanks to all teams who made the trek down to Niagara for he weekend and really supported the tournament all weekend, we the league are really appreciative of the great support from our friends in fastpitch accross southern Ontario. Thanks to the coaches and managers for organizing your teams, the volunteers who give up their weekend for us especially Al Greatrix who keeps things in order all weekend. Vandenberg Meats and GNBA who run food and concessions, the City Staff, Jerry Dracs UIC and all the Blue Crew who did a fantastic job all weekend and of course all the players. As always Al thanks for keeping the fastpitch community continuously informed.
The Sunday playoff bracket
D division
Caledonia 11
Guns 3
Vaughan 11
Predators 8
D final
Vaughan 11
Caledonia 4
Vaughan Stealers capture D division.
C division
Goulding Park 15
Port Burwell 7
Bracebridge Farm 7
Pickering Bulls 1
C Final
Bracebridge Farm 11
Goulding Park 3
Bracebridge Farm captures C division behind the pitching and hitting of Ted Conway who pitches the win ad hits a HR in the final.
B division
Waterdown Target 6
Cobourg Force 0
wp - Gord Scott
lp - Mark Vanvliet
Target - HR Mark Cameron
Oshawa Bombers 1
Hooligans Dawgs 0
wp - Ryan Swift
lp - Marvin Smith
Ryan Swift throws a two hitter and leads off the B7 with a single and eventually scores the game winner, cashed in by Jason Currey.
B Final
Waterdown Target 6
Oshawa Bombers 5
Final in nine innings
wp - Gord Scott
lp - Ryan Swift
Target - HR Trevor Moses
Wild game, Oshawa up 3-1 going into 7th. Targets Treveo Moses hits a HR in top 7th to get Target going. With two out an Oshawa error keeps inning alive and gives pinch hitter Larry Whitwell a chance to drive in the go ahead runs, which he does with a two out double to the gap. Target lead now 5-3 going into the B7 and Oshawa responds with two of thier own to tie things up on a two run single by Joe Triest. Game goes to ninth inning where Target score the winner via international rule and Bombers can't cash in the bottom.
Target win B division in an exciting game
A division
Niagara Snappers 6
Udney Storm 3
wp - Matty Lyon
lp - Jamie Thompson
Snap - Ryan Rothwell - 3 hits, Kevin Newhouse 2 hits
Storm - Jamie Thompson HR, Chad Murdock HR
Udney takes a 3-2 lead into 6th when Snaps get 4 to win A semi
Niagara Fury 4
Tazco 3
wp - Doug Hoffman
lp - Tom Berube
Fury - Adam Dearborn HR, Rob Greatrix double and single
Tazco - WiIl Parent single and walk
Fury take a 4-1 lead into 7th, the big damage being an Adam Dearborn 2 run homer and Tazco makes it interesting in the B7. Pat Mcloy, Will Parent, Ron Laschowski and Steve Train all would single closing the gap to 4-3 but Fury escape with tying and winning runs left stranded.
A Final
Niagara Snappers 1
Niagara Fury 0
wp -Andy Jackson
lp - Doug Hoffman
Snap - Ron Webb HR, Trevor Falk and Kevin Newhouse singles
Fury - Rob Greatrix 2 hits, Tommy Watkinson, Joe McMaster and Phil John hit each
As reported earlier a great final to wrap the tournament up. Great defense and great pitching made this one a classic. Andy Jackson and Doug Hoffman throw gems. The Fury would have runners at first and third with none out in the T1 and could not push a run across and that would hurt as Ronny Webb hits a solo shot in the fifth to give the Snappers all they would need. Jackson was toughest when he needed to be as Fury left runners in scoring position in four of the innings. Watkinson led off the 7th with a single but the Fury again could not get the timely hit and eventually stranded the tying run at third.
Congratulations to Niagara Snappers on winning the 2010 NF tournament. The Snappers and Fury have a nice little rivalry going peppered with great games between the two and this one was another, thanks to both teams with providing great fastpitch for the final game.
As with all tournament although it was a great weekend we know we can do things to improve and we thank you for any suggestions to help us do so, its difficult to keep everyone happy but were trying our best. Some scores below from Saturday that were not reported, again thanks to all that took part, good luck with the remainder of your seasons.
Saturday scores that were not reported during weekend.
The Guns 13
Flamborough 7
Hooligans Dawgs 11
Caledonia 3
wp - Marvin Smith
lp - Mike Burman
Dawgs - Domenic Domasi and Jason Young HR's
Niagara Snappers 15
Vaughan Stealers 1
wp - Matty Lyon
Snap - Scott Young 2 HR's, Andy Jackson HR
Bracebridge Farm 5
Port Burwell Lakers 0
wp - Ted Conway
lp - Ryan Mccurty
Cobourg Force 11
Predators - 0
wp - Mark Vanvliet
Goulding Park 8
Grand River Wizards 0
Tazco 5
Waterdown Target 3
wp - Marty Humphries
lp - Chris McColl
Tazco - Marty Humphries HR
Target - Rob O'Neil HR
Hooligans Dawgs 13
Vaughan Stealers 0
wp - Gerry Bongers
Dawgs - Domenic Domasi, John Keisler and Glen Crocker HR's
Port Burwell Lakers 9
The Guns 2
wp - Kevin Schneider
lp - James Gouldburn
Lakers - Luke Demeter
Niagara Fury 3
Udney Storm 3
Fury - Kyle Linton
Storm - Jamie Thompson
Storms Drew Moore hits a clutch 3 run HR in Bottom 6 to gain tie for Udney
Oshawa Bombers 7
Goulding Park 1
wp - Ryan Swift
Oshawa - Derek Parent and Jason Swift HR's
Pickering Bulls 14
Bracebridge Farm 9
wp - Harold Passmore
Caledonia 4
Predators 2
wp - Ralph Horner
lp - Tim Lang
Caledonia - Ralph Horner, Bo Bottenfield, Dana Wedlock and Tom Howard HR's
Niagara Snappers 10
Cobourg Force 2
wp - Andy Jackson
lp - Jeff Murphy
Snap - Scott Young and Kevin Newhouse HR's
Oshawa Bombers 9
Flamborough 0
wp - Ian Knott
lp - Brad Clarke
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