Fastball this week...Tavistock Wrap up/Great Lakes preview
July 22, 2011
Kitchener, ON
JARVIS TRAVELLERS WIN TAVISTOCK'S CEPHAS ROTH MEMORIAL
The KW Cubs lost 3 in pool play, outscored 10 - 3 to Shakespeare, Owen
Sound, and Midland. The Jarvis Travellers won three in pool play,
outscoring Elmira, Sweaburg and Argentina 21 -0. But the Cubs almost
knocked the Jarvis Travelers out of the championship round in a great 1
vs 4 Quarter-final game on Saturday night
The Cubs opened the Quarter Final scoring in the 2nd on a Scott Wagar
solo shot home run. Wagar, the starter for the Cubs, allowed a hit in
the first, another in the 3rd and 2 in the sixth and held the ISC world
champs off the scoresheet til the bottom of the 7th.
In the 7th Wagar struck out first baseman Pat Graham to open the
inning, walked Greg Courneyea, Jarvis 3rd baseman, to bring DP Nick
Shailes to the plate. Shailes homered for the 2 RBI walk off and on to
the semi final against Midland Mich Explorers on Sunday morning.
The Cubs showed they have the horses for any race, but could not find a
win all weekend.
They opened the tournament with a 1 - 0 loss to the Shakespeare
Falcons, Jamie Boyd tripled (he does a lot of that) and scored on a Rob
Faulhaufer hit to short in the 2nd inning.
Friday night the Cubs met and lost to the Owen Sound Selects. Owen Sound
got 3 runs in the 3rd inning, Brandon Parks scored on Ryan Thompson's
RBI single, and Thompson on Andy Skeltons 2 RBI homer. In the 6th
Andrew Scott scored on a Aaron Fraser hit.
The Selects left 5 on base, the Cubs 4...including 3 left on base with
one out...Ryan French took the loss, Andy Skelton won, with Luke Leahy
in releif
Saturday and the Cubs met the Midland Explorers. This time the Cubs
faced Grant Patterson and got 6 hits off the Midland starter; one in
each inning except the 6th. Travis Hoffstetter's triple in the 4th
scored Allan Phibbs who walked earlier in the inning.
The Explorers managed their 9 hits a bit better. In the 3rd with 2 out,
Steve Horning single, Todd Moore tripled, and Shea Bryant singled for 2
runs. In the 5th Dan Loney doubled and Rowan Lamb homered to give
starter Grant Patterson the win.
Jarvis got their 3 "Green" pool play wins and 21 runs with scores of 3
- 0 over Elmira Expos, 5 - 0 over Sweaburg and 13 - 0 over Argentina
Junior Nationals.
Adam Folkard threw a one hitter, facing 22 batters, recorded 13
strike outs, one walk and the only hit to Elmira catcher Travis Martin.
Will Fehrman was on base with a fielder's choice in the 3rd, Ben
Enoka singled and Fred Terkelson scored Fehrman with a sacrifice RBI
to centre field. In the 6th Pat Graham walked and was batted in on a
Greg Courneyear triple. Jason Sandford scored Courneyear. Adam
Folkard got the win for Jarvis.
In game 10 Sweaburg Crush went down on another one hitter, this time
shared between Andrew Phibbs who went 4 innings and Adam Folkard who
allowed the one hit in the 7th to Sweaburg's Eric Scott.
Brandon Horn scored in the 4th on Rob O'Brien's RBI. The Travellers
went thru the order in the 5th scoring 4 runs. Greg Courneyer walked,
Jason Sandford singled, Will Ferman out short to first and lead off
hitter Ben Enoka watched a 3rd strike for two away.. Fred Terkelson
single brought in 2, Brandon Horn walked, Nick Shailes singled in
Terkelson and Rob O'Brien RBId Horn for the 5th run...
Game 12 and Don Scott has the ball and throws a no hitter, a 13 - 0 win
over the Argentina Juniors..Scott faced the absolute minimum, 15
hitters in the 5 run game...Ben Enoka had 4 RBIs, and a Home run, Rob
OBrien 3 RBI Home run in the 3rd, , Brandon Horn 2 RBIs, on a 2B, Pat
Graham a single scoring an RBI, Joram Graham 2 RBIs, a 3B and a single,
and Will Ferhman a 2B RBI..
Midland (Mich) Explorers opened the tournament with a 10 - 4 win over
the Shakespeare Falcons. Mike Joseph went 4 2/3 for the Explorers,
allowing 6 hits, getting 7 K's and walking 1. Grant Patterson picked up
the win going 2 1/3, allowed no hits, got 4Ks.
Offensively Shakespeare opened the scoring with a Jamie Boyd
triple...followed by a Rob Falhaufer triple. In the home half of the
5th, the Falcons Trevor Glaab reached on a Fielder's Choice, Andrew
Medhurst moved him along and short stop Jamie Wicke tripled (another 3B
for Shakespeare) to score two more...Kevin Newhouse singled to score
Wicke...Midland was held off the scorebook til the 5th...and then
filled the chart with a bat around inning.
Steve Horning in the 7 spot, with one out, singled and was scored by
Shea Bryant batting 9th. Top of the order, and Dan Loney safe at
first, Eddie Kettlehut, outfield error, scoring Loney and Bryant, and
finally Rowan Lamb another homer to score two more...5 run inning.
Kyle Beane opened the 6th with a walk, scored on Todd Moore's triple,
and Moore then scored on Loney's RBI single..The 7th Red Levy drove in
Kettlehut, Steve Roberts drove in Lam, and Kyle Beane drove in Red...
Twenty hits in that game...14 for the Explorers, 6 for Shakespeare;
both left 4 on base...
In game 11 Midland met and lost to the Owen Sound Selects....this time
scoring 3 runs on 6 hits...The Selects got their 4 runs off 11 hits.
Jamie Simpson picked up the win and Mike Joseph the loss. Midland
opened the scoring in the 2nd....Kyle Beane a double off Simpson, moved
to 3rd as Steve Horning reached on an error and stole 2nd a pitch or
two later. Shea Bryant sacrifice fly to score Beane, and and Eddie
Kettlehut an RBI single to score Horning.
Dan Loney scored in the 5th on a single and Dale Levy's RBI single.
Owen Sound picked up 2 in the 3rd. Nick Dambrosio singled and was hit
in by Ben Wideman's triple, who was then scored by Ryan Thompson.
In the 5th Andy Skelton reached first on a walk, and was scored by Aaron
Fraser's double. Score tied at 3 and going to the top half of the 7th
inning
Andy Skelton walks, Matt Lyon reaches first on a single. Skelton is
out at 3rd. Adam Dearborn scores Lyon and Owen Sound has a one run lead.
Midland, top of the order; Loney, Kettlehut and Lam to the plate...3
up, 3 down...Owen Sound wins
Owen Sound two wins...and another against Shakespeare 8 - 2 gives them
a 3 - 0 record and top of the board status for the playoff round in the
"Grey" pool.
Shakespeare did all thier offensive damage in the first inning against
Luke Leahy. Jamie Wicke walked, advanced to 2nd on Kevin Newhouse's bunt.
Andrew Medhurst walked, stole 2nd. Jamie Boyd walked. Wicke and
Medhurst scored on wild pitches.
Owen Sound answered in the first with Andy Skelton and Ryan Thompson
scoring on a Aaron Fraser single. The 2nd inning 3 runs, Nick
Dambrosio, Ben Wideman, and Skelton again, this time on a 3RBI double
from Matt Lyon. Two more in the 5th, Ryan Thompson a single and this
time Andy Skelton homered. 3 at bats for Skelton and 3 runs scored, 2
RBIs. In the 7th.. LT Jaques in for Dambrosio, scored Brandon Parks.
After pool play, the Quarter Final match ups were ( 1 vs 4) Owen
Sound vs Elmira, and Jarvis vs KW Cubs,
and in 2 vs 3 and Midland vs Argentina and Shakespeare vs Sweaburg,
Owen Sound and Elmira was a 1 - 0 scrapper over 6 1/2 scoreless
innings....For both clubs,....3 to the plate, 4 to the plate, 3 to the
plate.
Brandon Parks got to 3rd for Owen Sound in the 3rd on a single and a
wild pitch, and a fielders choice to Nick Dambrosio, but no further.
for the Expo's three hits, Tim Freeman a lone single in the 4th,
stranded at first, and another in the 6th this time stranded at 2nd.
For Owen Sound, bottom of the 6th....Ben Wideman, two out...home
run....For Elmira bottom of the 7th...Trevor Beatson, the 3rd Elmira
hit, but the 3rd out at second base on a short to second infield hit
by Brian Eidt.
Argentina and Midland next in the Quarter finals and Midland had to go
the distance to beat the Argentina team. Dale Levy scored twice for
Midland, a long "Big Red" homer in the second was all the Explorers
needed. Dale walked in the 4th and Steve Roberts brought in Dale two
batters later. Grant Patterson had a no hitter going until one out
in the 7th. Midland 2, Argentina 0.
Shakespeare could only come up with one run against Sweaburg. Jamie
Boyd knocked in Jamie Wicke in the top of the first on a single. Matt
McLaren was the only other Falcon batter to get a hit off Sweaburg
starter Rob Schweyer. Rob had 11 Ks to go with that 2 hittter
Sweaburg got all they needed in the 5th inning Eric Scott scored on Rob
Bomberry RBI, Rob Schweyer and Bomberry were scored by Daryl Warram
In the 4th Schweyer brought in two more runs on a double, scoring Josh
Leuszler and Eric Scott.
Owen Sound was next up for Sweaburg. It was over in the 2nd....7 runs
....Ryan Thompson, Andy Skelton, Matt Lyon, Andrew Scott, Aaron Fraser.
Adam Dearborn, and Luke Leahy....Matt Leahy went the distance...2 hits
and 8 Ks over 5 innings...
Jarvis had beaten the Cubs as mentioned earlier, and now were up against
Midland. The winner to meet Owen Sound in the championship game
Dan Loney opended the scoring, a single, followed by a single by Ed
Kettlehut, and a Dale Levy RBI single.
Jarvis answered with a run by their lead off hitter, Ben Enoka, a
3B, and Pat Graham the RBI Sac to left field.
Midland in the 2nd...Steve Roberts, Steve Horning singles and doubles,
1 RBI forHorning, and Dan Loney out at 1st but scoring Horning, 3 - 1
Midland
Jarvis 3rd inning...Will Ferhman a single...and Pat Graham another
RBI...Midland 3- Jarvis 2
Jarvis 4th...Joram Graham, on an error, at 1st base. Jason Sandford a
double, Nick Shailes a walk, Will Freeman a RBI out to left field, Ben
Enoka a walk, and Pat Graham up to bat again and this time 2 RBIs
scoring Sandford and Shailes. Enoka scores on a wild pitch.. Jarvis 6
- Midland 3
Jarvis 5th..Fred Terkelson a double, and a Greg Courneyea a single with
the RBI..Jarvis 7 - Midland 3
Don Scott went 2, allowed the 3 Midland runs, Adam Folkard got the
win...Greg Garrity took the loss, going 3 2/3, Mike Joseph went 2 1/3
CAMPIONSHIP GAME
Hot, hot and hotter, every shade tree was standing room only, golf
umbrellas beyond the outfield fence, the only respite was the Tavistock
Grounds Crew watering the infield, and sending a bit of spray beyond
the stone dust.
Adam Folkard for Jarvis, Matt Leahy for Owen Sound. Both went 7
innings, Folkard allowed 3 hits, and stuck out 13 Leahy allowed 4 hits
and had 7 k's
Fred Terkelson scored twice for Jarvis. in the 4th he was hit by a
pitch, stole 2nd, was moved to 3rd by Joram Graham and an RBI by Greg
Corneyea.
Tired of all that base to base running in the 4th...Terkelson homered
in the 6th inning....Jarvis 2 - Owen Sound 0
In the 5th Adam Dearborn got Owen Sounds first hit. In the 6th Ryan
Thompson got a hit, both were left at first
In the home half of the 7th..Matt Lyon reached first on a hit. With one
away, Aaron Fraser got one right on the screws but it failed to make the
fence, 2 out and a strike out later, Jarvis had the championship a 2 -
0 win over Owen Sound
Great weekend, hot, but lots of fun at the park, and lots of ball fans
happy with the play of the teams, the welcome they received from the
Tavistock crew, at the gate, the food booth, the beer tent, all weekend
long.
Dave Bailey thanked everyone involved, the volunteers, the umps, the
teams and especially the great ball fans who attended.
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One more Game to report
At 5pm Saturday the North Waterloo Bantam Boys team played an all star
game. They got in 5 innings, The South beat the North 2 - 1
Brent Eby and Travis Ranseyer scored for the South. Ranseyer and
Trevor Skinner got the 2 RBIs.
Tyson Zehr scored for the North on a Tyler Parker RBI single.
Pitching for the South, Dylan Taylor, the catcher was Devon Kropf
John Baker, Braedon Bartens and Tyler Pauli pitched for the North with
Garrett Lett behind the plate.
Austin Davies was at short for the South, Codey Brown at 3rd, Carson
Lamond in left. Brodie Stevenson, and Dakota Pletsch rounded out the roster
Alex Roth played centre for the North, Jesse Dewced at 1st, Alex Dumas
right, Addie Cober, Zack Boschardt and Ethan Hinz completed the roster.
Bruce Young pointed out that 6 teams from the North Waterloo Minor
Softball League are sending teams to the Eastern Canadians this August.
Quite an accomplishment and good news for fastball fans....more ball
players on the way in the not too distant future. Keep up the great
work at the minor level coaches...you may not get enough thank yous or
many tips of the old ball cap, but a lot of fans at Tavistock were sure
impressed by those young players.
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Results from Masters in Bracebridge....
Waterloo lost to Aurora 14 - 11 and Aurora then lost 5 - 3 to
Bracebridge in the championship game....
I have some information about a great tournament being hosted by
Bracebridge August 26 - 28. $2,000 in prize money to the top team in
the open division...TedConway@muskoka.com
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Southern Ontario Jays went undefeated in OASA Junior B finals in New
Dundee...Teams at New Dundee included Freelton, Jarvis, Newmarket,
Sydneham, and the host club New Dundee.
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The Owen Sound VWs took two from the Mildmay Mets, 5 - 4 in the opener
of a DH and a by a bunch in the second game.
Mildmay also lost one to Port Elgin as well this week...6 -
3...Chepstow fell to Wiarton 3 - 2 in Bluewater leauge action...
To get this information you have to listen to Steve Sabourin at
CKNX...the voice for sports in Western Ontario.....
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Coming up....
Game of the Week....
I did catch a few innings of the Breslau Badgers vs Sebringville Sting
game on Tuesday nite at Breslau Stadium. Looking at the South Perth
Standings you have to think that the Badgers would come out of
top...and they almost did, losing 4 - 3 to the Sting. Sebringville held
a 4 to zip lead til the 6th, when Breslau, again just like last week,
Ben Wideman and Brandon Horn knocked a few hits together and got the
Badgers rolling only to fall short.
Don Scott got the win, and Cody Skelton took a tough loss. Don Scott
was knocking the ball around the old ball yard when he was at bat
Looking ahead, the Sting are looking stronger, and this Sunday they are
up against the Wellington Sox who are top of the South Perth heap. I
hope to make it to Mitchell, double header, Sox vs Sting...1 and 3 pm.....
ALSO In Owen Sound..the iSC travel league weekend double headers with
Owen Sound, Jarvis, and Port Elgin teams at McLennan Park. This is the
site of the this years Softball Canada senior men's
championships....and maybe the return of Ryan Wolfe.
Also....
The 39th Brussels Fastball Tournament....and Brussels is showing off
their brand new ball park. Teams include Mitchell Chiefs, Walton
Brewers, Kitchener Selects, Brussels Tigers, Wingham Hitmen, Ingersoll
Centennials, Melbourne Mercs, Monkton Muskrats, Goderich Grizzles,
Poplar Hill Tiremen, Belmore Stingers and the Melbourne Mile...
Lots to do in Brussels this weekend....My money is on the Belmore
Stingers...they must have someone from Mildmay on that team....
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GREAT LAKES DRAW, SDoug Fischer Park, New Dundee.
The Ontario Championships are scheduled next weekend in New
Dundee....and here is the schedule for the opening games
Seven teams in the Intermediate....Three in the senior....
The rosters will be released this weekend...teams have to Friday to make
"adjustments"
Friday nite...
Diamond 1...KW Cubs vs Harwood Corners 7pm
Diamond 2...Cobourg Force vs Kitchener Outlaws...8 pm
Diamond 1...Palermo/Hammer vs Wellington Sox...9pm
Saturday opening round continues with an 11 am game...Toronto Gators
vs the winner of the KW Cubs vs Harwood Corners
Games continue all day Saturday...starting at 9am and thru to Sunday
afternoon
The Senior championships have a small change..there is no 2 vs 3 game
as previous...1st will play 2nd for the championship
Saturday
11 am Owen Sound Verge Selects vs Port Elgin Blue Devils
1pm.....Owen Sound vs Hallman Twins
3pm.....Hallman Twins vs Port Elgin
7pm....Ist place vs 2nd place
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That is it for this week.....a busy week behind us, and a busy week
ahead of us...
See you at the ball yard in New Dundee....next weekend...
Dennis
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Dosman Printing
519-888-0304
fax 888-9352
30 Avondale South
Waterloo, ON N2L 2B8
