ST CLEMENTS/Kitchener Outlaws Bell Cartage Tournament
Scarborough Force puts up another tournament win, this time in St
Clements. The Elmira Expos came close but couldn't withstand the
pressure from the Scarborough Force. Game 33, the "IF" game was over
in the 5th inning with a Craig Buttar single that brought Aaron Trude
home from 3rd defeating the Elmira Expos 6 - 1. A five run lead after
5 innings rule kicked in around 5:30 on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at
the ball park in St Clements.
The Force was held off the score sheet for 2 innings by Dan Martin. In
the 3rd however, Scott LeBlanc doubled, Nick Dambrosio tripled, and
Aaron Trude homered to pick up a 3 - 1 lead. The Expos opened the game
in the first inning when Derek Martin RBI'd Trevor Beatson who had
reached first with a single.
The Force added 2 more in the 4th...Craig Buttar a single, Frank Lang a
2 RBI homer, brought the Force a 5 - 1 lead and the Expo's in deep
trouble. Kyle Linton went 1....2...3 for the Force in the 5th with 2
Ks, Marty Humphries and Josh Brohman, and Andy McLean was out third to
first....leading to the Buttar RBI in the 5th and game over,
championship won....
Linton recorded 6 Ks for the win, 0 walks....Dan Martin relied on his
defence for his outs.
Elmira forced the "IF"game with a 5 - 3 win over Scarborough. Dan
Martin was the winner and Linton the loser in that game.
Scarborough picked up an early lead scoring Aaron Fraser and Aaron Trude
in the first, added a Craig Buttar homer in the 3rd. Dan Martin had 6 Ks
in this game,
Andy McLean picked up an RBI for the Expos, scoring John Hiller who
singled in the 4th to close the score to 2 - 1 the Force. The Elmira
squad added 4 in the 6th. Marty Humphries walked and Andy McLean reached
on an error, ..Trevor Beatson got a single, and Dan Martin scored
Humphies and McLean, Martin Gutcher scored Beatson and Martin. Elmira a
2 run win...Kyle Linton (LP) picked up 7 Ks
Ty Boyd picked up the scoring for me In the "B" Final game on diam 2,
.....Chepstow Back-40 got a 11 - 3 win over the Shakespeare Falcons.
Will Ferhman picked up 3 runs, Ian Ferhman a pair, and Mark King also a
pair. Single runs for Chepstow came from Brent Thompson, Dylan
Cunningham, Jared Clancy and Jay Miller...Dustin Veenhof picked up the
win for Chepstow. Jeff Murphy (LP) for the Falcons went 2 innings, gave
up 6 runs, on 5 hits, Nic Goetz finished the game for Shakespeare.
Sam Forbes did the damage for the Falcons, 2 homers, one a solo, the
other scoring Matt McLarren.
The Oshawa BB Juniors picked up the C championship over Milverton
Millwright Chiefs.
Here are some of the scores from St Clements
Scarborough opened with a 6 - 0 win over Shakespeare..then 9 - 4 over
the host Outlaws, and 9 - 3 over the Mitchell Mets...and 5 - 3 over the
Blue Devils of Port Elgin.
Shakespeare 8 - 7 over Milverton Millwrights, 1 - 0 over the Tri City
Jays, met and defeated the Outlaws 3 - 1,
Elmira the "A" finalist, opened with a 3 - 2 win over Waterdown,
followed by a 5 - 1 win over Morpeth, before losing to Port Elgin 4 -
3, eliminated the Mets 6 - 1, and beat Port Elgin to meet Scarbough for
the 2 game final.
Port Elgin met the Owen Sound Jrs and got their opening win against
fellow BlueWater league member 9 - 5. The Blue Devils then beat another
Bruce County team following the drop to the "B" division, the Chepstow
Back40s. then eliminated the Owen Sound Jrs to meet and defeat
Shakespeare for the "B" final.
Other scores include
Oshawa Jr BBs 8 - 3 over Milverton Millwright Chiefs, the BBs then lost
8 - 7 to Chepstow, and 7 - 1 to Owen Sound
Tri-City Jays 10, Mitchell Royals 5, the Royals then lost to Alvinston 7 - 0
Mitchell Mets 4 - 3 over Alivinston, the Mets then beat the Tri City Jays
Morpeth 8 - 0 over the Walkerton Wild, and then Waterdown 12 - 9 over
the Wild.
Waterdown was eliminated by Chepstow 4 - 3
The Outlaws extended the Alvinston losing streak with a 3 - 1 win over
the Indians.
Owen Sound Jrs eliminated Morpeth 5 - 2
In the "C" bracket elimination round, Milverton over fellow South Perth
League member Mitchell Mets and Oshawa eliminated Walkerton.
The weather co-operated this year for the Outlaws.
NIAGARA SNAPPERS June 1,2, 3 at Ker Park
Twelve teams head to Niagara Falls this weekend for the 9th annual
Niagara Snappers Shootout
The Scarborough Force are in the BW Motors Div. along with Hill United
Chiefs, (AAU Champs in Florida this past January,) along with the Port
Elgin Blue Devils and another Lake Huron entry, the Port Huron
Wellness/Gillies Fastball Club.
The KW Cubs, 2011 OASA Champs, will play the MS Heating Div. Pool play
will include the Lake Simcoe Lightning who were 2nd in the
Woodstock/Crush May Two Four, the Wiarton Nationals ISC OCC winners in
New Dundee last year and the Niagara Fury.
Three clubs who were at St Clements this past weekend play in the
Niagara Fasteners Div. along with the host Snappers. Those 3 clubs out
of the Outlaw's Bell Cartage tournament include the "A" finalists Elmira
Expos, the "B" semi-finalists Owen Sound VW juniors, and the Alvinston
Indians.
There may be some questions answered in Niagara.
Will Scarborogh come out on top for the 3rd time?
Will Hill United be as dominant in the Snapper Shootout as they were at
the 48 teamer AAUs in Florida?
Will the KW Cubs begin to establish a reputation as a top Ontario
fastpitch club?
Will the Blue Devils, the Expos and the Nationals begin to put more
wins on the board and start to pull away from the field?
Will Alvinston be able to improve on their 2012 start?
and with a few teams idle this weekend, some of the big teams not yet
ready for prime time..who will be showing up to fill a roster spot or two?
The Snappers will be a big test for all these teams, some teams just
getting the season underway, others building momentum, some pitchers
hitting their groove and some batters just beginning to knock off the
rust. A great weekend of fastpitch awaits.
See you at the ball yard.
MITCHELL METS Tournament...June 8 9 10th, Friday to Sunday
There is a 16 teamer in Mitchell set for the second weekend in
June...with a good mix of Intermediate and Junior clubs from western
Ontario..
WATERLOO MIDGET HILLSIDE TOURNAMENT - Saturday and Sunday...
Bruce Young has an eight team Midget tournament set for Hillside in
Waterloo also on the June 9th and 10..
I have the Mitchell line up from Jeff Pauli. and will forward it next
week, and Bruce Young will be sending me his line-up and schedule as well...
SOUTH PERTH game of the week
A good rain Tuesday at noon hour knocked the dust down for the Breslau
Badgers home opener against the KW Cubs. The Cubs came out the chute
early scoring two runs in the first...Grant Baechler singled, Adam
Hiller walked, doing what lead off hitters do...Batting 3rd for the
Cubs, starting pitcher Brad Thomson walked, setting up 2nd baseman Dan
Mitchell's 2 RBI double. That was all the Cubs needed.
Thomson started for the Cubs, allowing 0 runs, on 2 hits over 2
innings. Ryan French closed down the Badgers over the next 5 innings.
The Badgers were able to close the score in the 4th, a Brandon Horn
triple, followed by a Jamie Sutton RBI..but that was all the Breslau
offence could muster.
The Cubs defence were in mid season form. Ryan French had a nice 2nd out
strike-out that catcher Grant Baechler converted into 3 outs with a
great throw to 2nd to wipe out the hit and run play set up by Breslau
coach Jamie Simpson. Andrew Phibbs took the loss for the Badgers.
Great game, a 8;30 start and home in Waterloo by 10;30.
Cubs off to the Niagara Snapper tournament this weekend. Jamie
Simpson will have the Owen Sound Selects in Niagara as well...
LEGENDS June 21st to June 24th..
Peter Hallman Ball Yard, Kitchener
18 teams from 4 countries, 3 diamonds,
Team New Zealand is coming
The Argentines are coming
Jarvis Travellers are coming
NY Gremlins are coming
Hill United is coming
Midland Explorers are coming
the Kitchener Cubs open Thursday night against the Black Sox
The Port Elgin Blue Devils are coming back again
St Thomas is coming to Peter Hallman as they do each year
and the Toronto Gators are coming; one of two Gators in the park...
The Owen Sound Selects will be playing the Stratford Memorials at the
Legends. Now, how far back does that take you when you hear those club
names....70s, Inter-City Fastball League..Waterloo Park...
Two Bruce County teams will be playing fastball in KW...The Walkerton
Wild vs Wiarton
Jack Fireman's Gators are back in KW to play some fastpitch...the Stoney
Creek (Hamilton) Scrappers are back, and the Waterloo Classics, with a
few former CHYMrs/Twins are getting ready to play some fastball....
Are you ready for some fastpitch???
TRAILER NEEDED
A small trailer or RV is required to serve as an on site office for the
Legends. There will be extremely limited access to the trailer during
the tournament and it will be locked when not occupied.
Please let myself or Sue Sherry know if you have a suitable unit...
sue.sherry@sympatico.ca
SOCIAL NOTES
Earl and MaryAnn Stroh celebrated their 51st anniversary at a reception
behind the screen at #1 diamond at St Clements this past Sunday, with
several close friends in attendance. Happy anniversary!!
See you at the Ball Yard....nice and shady Ker Park in Niagara Falls
this time...this weekend..
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Dennis Dosman
Dosman Printing
519-888-0304
fax 888-9352
30 Avondale South
Waterloo, ON N2L 2B8
