Shamou Shoot Out
August 22, 2011
Sudbury, ON
6TH ANNUAL SHAMOU SHOOT OUT
The 6th Annual Brad Rienguette Shamou Shoot Out Northern Ontario Fastball Championship got underway Friday night in Azilda at the Rick McDonald Memorial Park .The evening started with an emotional tribute to our fallen comrade Brad who left us after a long courageous battle with liver/pancreatic cancer . Kind words were said of him in his life and his fastball career . We could resume it all by saying his lasting memory was his smile , his great laughter and his fine sportsmanship . Both Ralph his father and Gord his brother threw out a ceremonial fist pitch . In the only game played following the ceremony , the defending champions the Sudbury North Stars scored early and often n on their way to an easy 11-1- victory over the North Shore River Dawgs called after five innings because of the 7 run mercy rule . Pitou Paquette of the North Stars and Casey Abitong of the River Dawgs were named game MVP’s
Action continues Saturday morning bright and early at 10 AM when pre tournament favorites led by famed pitcher Franc Cox take on the Parry Island Hawks .. There will be games all day long with the final one starting at 8:30 PM. Playoffs are on Sunday with the championship final scheduled for 3 PM . I’ll be reporting Saturday evening on the Saturday results .
Keep fit ! Come see some excellent fastball
Roger Legendre tournament chairperson
6TH ANNUAL BRAD RIENGUETTE “Shamou Shoot out” NORTHERN ONTARIO FASTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
THE TRI TOWN COMBAT CHIIL CAPTURE THE 6TH ANNUAL BRAD RIENGUETTE FASTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND ROBIN ACTION
The legend and former team Canada pitcher (just removed two years ago) , Frank Cox put on a pitching clinic this past weekend which was played out of the Rick McDonald Memorial Park in Azilda . The participating teams squared in round robin action on both Friday night and all through the day on Saturday .Once that was completed they were seeded with the top two teams advancing to byes in the semi finals while the remaining for teams played quarter final match ups .
Here are the final results of round robin games : Friday evening following the opening ceremonies , the defending tournament champions the Sudbury North Stars easily disposed of the North Shore River Dawgs 11 to 1 called after five innings because of the 7 run mercy rule .Cory Stolar picks up the win picks up the win on a one hitter and strikes out six batters .The top hitter is Mike Cain of the North Stars going 3 for 3 (triple) . Its Saturday morning and play resumes .The Tri Town Combat Chill defeat the Parry Island Hawks 7-2 behind the excellent pitching of Frank Cox who gives up but three hits and two earned runs all in the third frame . Cox strikes out 13 batters while his teammate Craig Brown goes 3 for 4 at the plate including two doubles . In game three the North Stars continue their onslaught with a 15-2 trouncing of the Pickerel River Cardinals . A returning veteran after a two year absence , Jordy “Sweed “ Dalvick mesmerizes the Cardinals facing only 16 batters on a two run two hit victory with the fanning of 4 batters . In a real good surprising game the Combat Chill defeat the Swick Hounds of Garson 5-2 behind the good pitching of Mike Ouchar who gives up seven hits while striking out 11 batters .Walter Tobobundung of the Combat leads the way going 2 for 3 at the dish including a two run shot to left field . Game five has the surprising Cardinals blanking the River Dawgs 3-0 behind the excellent pitching of Troy Nootchtai who gives up but two hits while fanning 5 batters .Chris Vanvelkenburg takes over in the 5th with two out and picks up the save .Percy Tobobundung hits 1 for 3 a triple for the Cardinals . In the only tie game of the round robin the Hounds and Hawks square off at 3 to 3 . The pitchers in this contest were Al Guenette of the Hounds and Peter MacKenzie of the Hawks Percy Solomon also came in for one frame for the Hounds . Top hitters were John Ainslie and Clyde Wabie (double) from the Hounds both going 2 for 3 . In game 7 , the Combat Chill defeat the Cardinals 7-2 . Mike Ouchar of the Combat starts but gives way early to Frank Cox . Cox pitches a perfect game the rest of the way facing the minimum of 13 batters as no one reaches first base , no one gets a base hit and he fans 11 batters , Cox helps his own cause by going 2 for 3 including a two run blast to right field . as game 8 comes around , the Swick Hounds , who seem to have the North Stars number of late (including league play ) come up with a strong outing as they defeat their arch rivals 7-3 and clinch the third seed in the final round robin standings . John Ainslie goes the distance in 4 hitting his former mates and also picks up five strike outs . Ainslie also helps his own cause continuing his hot weekend hitting with a perfect 3 for 3 at the dish including a triple and a solo shot just coming short of the cycle by a double . In the final game late Saturday evening and the 9th round robin match , the River Dawgs dump the Hawks 8 to 1 .Casey Abitong goes all the way for the River Dawgs on a three hitter while while striking out 9 batters . Heinkle Espanosa leads the River Dawgs going 3 for 4 (two doubles ).
PLAYOFF ACTION
Quarter finals get underway Sunday morning in cloudy wet weather with a slight drizzle coming down throughout the first match up . In that quarter final one underway at 8 AM , the always strong playoff team the North Shore River Dawgs (5th seeded) take on the Pickerel River Cardinals(4th seeded) . The River Dawgs take an early 3-0 lead after three innings then cruise to a 10-2 trouncing of the Cardinals . Once again young Casey Abitong comes through with an excellent performance giving up but 5 hits and striking out 8 batters .Heinkle Espanosa continues his hot bat going 3 for 4 including one double . I guess the “Sham” wanted to shine on us as the sun comes out for the quarter and stays around for the rest of the day .In this quarter the 6th seeded Parry Island Hawks take on the 3rd seeded Swick Hounds of Garson . Behind John Ainslie’s find pitching the Hounds defeat the Hawks 6-3 . Ainslie gave up 6 hits and struck out 5 .Once again Ainslie helped his cause by going 2 for 3 (double) .
Its on with semis now . In semi one the 3rd seeded Swick Hounds of Garson are taking on their arch rivals the Sudbury North Stars . The surprising Hounds who’ve been hot in league play and league playoff action since late July continue to show their sponk here . It’s a tense game with the Hounds up by one (4-3) after four frames). They increased that by four runs with a 7-3 lead in the top of the fifth . The North Stars score 2 but still trail 7-5 . In the bottom of the seventh with one out , short stop Steve Sabourin hits a single to left field followed by a costly error by the left fielder bringing two runs to tie the contest . Next Ben Bast hits a clutch base hit followed by Mike Cain’s deep sacrifice fly out to center field which brings in Bast for the winning run .The North Stars win a comback 8-7 .Brad Matheson goes the distance giving up 9 hits and fanning one batter .Brad Matheson helps his own cause going 3 for 4 including a triple with teammate Chad St Cyr hitting a two run shot to right field . In semi final two it’s a pitching duel throughout with young Casey Abitong of the River Dawgs taking on veteran legend Frank Cox of the Combat Chill . Both pitchers did not disappoint the large crowd on hand as they combined to give up 10 (4 hits against Cox and 6 hits against Abitong ) . The Combat Chill score one run in the 2nd and one run in the fifth and hold for an exciting climactic 2-1 victory . Cox goes the distance to go 3-0 in the tournament .He fans a whopping 19 batters for now a total of 42 in three outing . Pierre Legros led the way for the Combat Chill going 2 for 4 .
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
It seems fitting that the tournament defending champions would face the Tri Town Combat Chill in the championship final . Here again you have a titanic struggle as Frank Cox will face Jody “Sweed” Dalvick for all the marbles . Both veteran pitchers say they are only pitching because of their idol and fallen friend Brad “The Sham “ Rienguette who lost his long courageous battle to liver/pancreatic cancer two years ago . This tournament has taken on a second aspect that of honoring Brad . On with the game . The game remains scoreless for the first five innings and we could not expect anything less . In those five inning both pitchers face a total amount of 18 batters with only six batters reaching base , four by the Combat and two by the North Stars . In the bottom of the sixth frame a scoreless game , the first batter for the Combat Walter Jr Tobobundung reaches base on a double followed by a single from Craig Brown that scores Tobobundung Next the short stop Lauzon strikes out then as true clutch hitter on top of being a masterful pitcher Cox brings in a second run on his single . In the top of the seventh Cox goes to work and strikes out the side giving the Tri Towm Combat Chill the championship . In this contest Frank Cox struck out 13 batters to give him 55 for the weekend in his 4 outings . He also finished with an astounding ERA of 0,47 . His counterpart Dalvick picked up 4 strike outs . The members of the championship team are Walter Jr Tobodundung ,Craig Brown , Gilles Lauzon , Frank Cox , Robbie Edwards , Pierre Legros , Mike Ouchar , Dana Loach , Adam Judge and Jason Jibb . Their coach and manager is Derek Pinkerton . The first prize money was $1000
For this final game the two most valuable players were Lanny Fichette of the Sudbury North Stars and Craig Brown of the Tri Town Combat Chill . The top hitter for the tournament was Corey Farmer of the Swick Hounds of Garson hitting a superb 857 .The top pitcher and no surprise here was Frank Cox of the Tri Town Combat Chill going a perfect 4-0 , gave up a total of 10 hits (2,5 per game) , struck out a total of 55 (13,75 per game or 2,37 per inning . The tournament MVP who received a beautiful plaque with Brad Rienguette’s photo is Frank Cox .
RICK McDONALD MEMORIAL FASTBALL LEAGUE
Playoff action in the Rick McDonald Memorial Fastball League continues to night in Azilda at the Rick McDonald Memorial Park . The Swick Hounds of Garson will be facing elimination in the fourth game of their semi final series down 2-1 . The game will get underway at 9 PM under the lights . Should the Hounds prevail , the fifth and deciding game in this series would go on Wednesday night in Whitefish Lake at the same time .The defending league champions , the Sudbury North Stars , await the winner . Should the semi end tonight there is a strong possibility that the best of five league finals could start Wed Wednesday night in Whitefish if not then game one goes Thursday night in Garson at the Lorne Brady Memorial Park (time to be decided as of yet ) . Prior to the beginning of this evening’s semi final game the league’s top hitter trophy will be presented to Corey Farmer of the Swicvk Hounds of Garson who finished the season with an outstanding average of 690(new league record) , scored 28 runs ,had 29 base hits with 10 doubles , 3 triples , 3 home runs , 18 runs batted in , an on base average of 735 and a slugging % of 1286 . The tentative date for the 6th Annual All Star game pitting the Rick McDonald Memorial Fastball League stars against the North Shore All Stars is Saturday September the 17th in Azilda at the Rick McDonald Memorial Park with festivities (running , hitting , fielding and pitching competitions ) getting underway around 6:30 PM with the game itself to go at about 7:30 PM or 8 ( if there is a large number of players , it will be a 9 inning affair . Refreshments and food at the Dog House afterwards (your bon your own .There could be a change of date , location and competitions .We will keep you abreast .
4TH ANNUAL PARRY ISLAND FASTBALL TOURNAMENT
The fourth Annual Parry Island Hawks Fastball Tournament is fast approaching . It will be held on the weekend of September the 9th , 10th and 11th . All teams will be guaranteed three games , Your entry fee is $400 . If you pay in advance please make out your cheque to Roger Legendre the chairperson and send it to Roger Legendre 968 Jeanne D’Arc Hanmer Ontario P3P 1R9 . You can also contact me via the three following ways : my home phone of 1-705-969-7268 ; my new cell number 1-705-923-1545 or me email at er_legendre@sympatico.ca . Its winner take all with the 1st prize being $2000 and second being $1000 . If there is enough interest , there will be a masters division –35 and older with the pitcher having to be 40 .If we get enough ladies (4 or more) we will run that division . During the tournament there is a food vendor on site ,the sale of 50/50’s , the sale of raffles for prizes , a beer garden and a dance on Saturday night . When you turn in your entry fee we also need your roster since players must participate in at least one round robin game to be able to be part of the playoff picture .Get cracking since we are only 18 days away from the start of this excellent tournament .
Attached you’ll find the following : from the Brad Rienguette tournament : the final standings of the pitchers prior to the playoffs ;the top hitters ; the final round robin standings and seeding prior to the playoffs . photo from the opening ceremonies on Friday evening , two action captures from the tournament and the photo of the champions with the winning banner .
