July2011

Huntsville Results

July 12, 2011

Huntsville, ON

LAKE SIMCOE LIGHTNING DEFENDS ITS HUNTSVILLE FASTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
 
                                              Some 19 teams took part in this year’s 37th annual Huntsville Men’s Fastball Championship over the past weekend . Preliminary round robin games were played on both Friday evening and all day Saturday . Once all teams had completed their three round robin games with the exception of Rama Reds who got a bye for the third game the seeding was established for four divisions playoff round come Sunday morning starting at 10 AM .attached you'll find the scores of round robin games and the final seedings prior to the semis and final on Sunday . The weather as usual was perfect throughout the three days , sunny but not humid .
 
Championship Sunday
 
      Division “D”  Stouville Mennos shut out  the Ale All Stars  7-0  while the Vdney Bullets do the same against  Brechan setting up the final where Stouville after an early lead holds to defeat Vudney Bullets 7 to 4
 
      Division “C”   Lindsay edges Stoburn Red Soxs 8-6  and Palerno  Athletics dump the Tazco Fastball boys of Niagara Falls 5-1  bringing together Palerno and Lindsay for the final where the Athletics defeat Lindsay 7-3
 
 
      Division “B”    In one semi the Royals of Ethobicoke blank the Lakers of Lake Simcoe 6-0- while the Rama Reds edge the Toronto Leafs 5-4 where the winning run came off a bases loaded walk . This set up a good final with the Royals holding on to defeat the Rama Reds 7-4
 
Division “A”    The top four pitchers with thee of them being legends for sure in action . In one semi  veteran Ryan Swift pitches a gem in defeating Frank Cox and the Parry Island Hawks 1-0 in an extra inning . In the other semi , you could not ask for any better as as a two run homer by Warren Zack help the young Northern River Dawgs defeat  Uthoff 3 to 1 . Mike Crawford went the distance for Uthoff while Eric Abitong started for the River Dawgs but gave way to veteran and legendary Darren Zack in the 6th frame to preserve the win .Uthoff’s only run came off a solo shot to left field. In the final the Lake Simcoe Lightning were not to be denied as once more veteran Ryan Swift came to the forefront outduelling legendary and veteran team Canada member Frank Cox for as 4-2 victory .
 
                                                    It was a tournament of excellent pitching and several of them woved the crowds as they put on a pitching clinic .You had two up and coming pitchers who’ve been around for a few years but are not at level of a Zack,Crawford or Cox  yet . The two Eric Abitong of the River Dawgs and  Marvin Smith of the Royals did some mighty fine pitching and held their own when called upon . Four very good pitchers and veterans for already several years having already earned their accolades did not give up to many runs on the weekend . Several batters came to the bench after being fanned  and seemed just mesmerized . Their array of pitching was just great to observe . The  five in question in were Ryan Swift of the Lightning , Mike Sydor of the Lightning , Darren Zack of the River Dawgs , Mike Crawford of the Uthoff and Frank Cox of the Hawks .
                                                     For those who love great fastball and are able to travel to Torino Italy in 2013 you will be in for a treat as several former members of the Toronto Gators including Mike Sydor ,Mike Crawford and Darren Zack will be there taking part in the 1st ever World Men’s Masters Championship .
It was a great weekend of fastball which I thoroughly enjoyed .Attached individual photos of the six pitchers mentioned above , the four championship teams  and some action photos also from the tournament . News and flyer about the 4th Annual Parry Island Hawks Fastball tournament  for mid September in the next couple of days .
  Explanation of photos : 1-Marvin Smith (Royals);2-Darren Zack(River Dawgs);3-Eric Abitong (river Dawgs);4-Ryan Swift(Lightning);5-Frank Cox (Hawks);6-Mike Sydor(Lightning);7-Mike Crawford(Uhtoff) ;8-D champions Stouville Mennos ;9-C champions Palermo Athletics ; 10-B champions Ethobicoke Royals ; 11-A champions Lake Simcoe Lightning ; the remaining three photos are action situations from the weekend
 
Keep fit ! .See you in 2012 for the 38th annual Huntsville Fastball Championship ! See you on the fastball diamonds!
Roger Legendre reporting from Huntsville
League head statistician and public relations liaison/advisor
 

1-Marvin Smith (Royals)

2-Darren Zack(River Dawgs)

3-Eric Abitong (river Dawgs)

4-Ryan Swift(Lightning)

-Frank Cox (Hawks)

6-Mike Sydor(Lightning);

7-Mike Crawford(Uhtoff)

10-B champions Ethobicoke Royals


C champions Palermo Athletics

11-A champions Lake Simcoe Lightning

 

       D champions  the Stouville Mennos

 

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