This week in Fastball - Aug 25 - 2012, InterCounty Playoffs - OCC Oshweken - by Dennis Dosman

August 24, 2012

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INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Kent Campbell of Orangeville sent a note about this weekends league
championships in Ponsonby. All 8 Intercounty teams will be on the twin
diamonds at the Ponsonby Recreation Centre...Games begin Friday nite..

Here are the opening 4 games...for tonite...Friday at Ponsonby

7:30 Grand Valley (2 - 19 ) vs Ponsonby (18 - 3)
7:30 Maryhill (9 - 11 ) vs Arthur 13 - 8

9:00 Rockwood (4 -16 ) vs Puslinch (18 - 3)
9:00 Dundalk (6 - 15) vs Orangeville ( 13 - 8)

Games continue all day Saturday with championships Sunday at 10, 12 , 2
and 4 pm

Always a great time at the Ponsonby diamonds...good food and cold beer
and a great setting for fastball...



ONTARIO CHALLENGE CUP - OHSWEKEN

The OCC is one of many routes to the ISCs and invites league champions
from across Ontario to qualify early for next years ISC WT in Quad
Cities iowa/Illinois. Last years champs Wiarton Nationals and the host
Ohsweken Redmen have automatic berths. Entry fee is $285.

Scheduled for Lions park in Brantford the ISC 2012 Ontario Challenge Cup
has moved to Ohsweken...(GPS locator 1738 4th Line Road, Ohsweken,
ON. N0A 1M0

The organizers had "Significant difficulty with the city of Brantford
regarding park rentals" this years OCC is set for Sept 14 - 16th... ISC
Canada East is hoping to hear from all leagues regarding their entries
today..August 24th.

Blair Setford is at blairjs@rogers.com



ISC AWARD WINNERS

Ontario teams made quite an impact at the recent ISCs in Midland
Michigan...including these individual award winners...

Most outstanding Pitcher..(3 awarded, 2 won by Ontario based
teams)....Adam Folkard of Hill United Chief of Six Nations..and Sean
Cleary of the Jarvis Travellers

Five selections for the first team infield All World team were from
Ontario based teams..

Steve Mullaley and Blair Ezekiel both of Hill United
Brad Rona, Ian Fehrman and Brandon Horn - Jarvis Travellers


in the outfield Hill United Brad Ezekiel and Freddie Terkelson of Jarvis
made the 1st team

and the 1st team designated hitter...Donny Hale of Jarvis

2nd team awards

Pitcher Andrew Phibbs, of Niagara, and Paul Koert of Jarvis, again 2 of
3 awards for pitching.

John Kemp picked up the 2nd team catcher award as a member of the
Toronto Gators and teammate Greg Garrity was selected to the Designated
Hitter spot.

Mark Johnson and Jeff Ellesworth of Hill United and Tom Avery of the
Harriston/Wellington Sox along with Niagara Snapper Darren Newsome made
the outfield of the 2nd All World teams

Mike Bateman of the Niagara Snappers made the team in the infield..



ONTARIO TEAMS AT THE ISCs

Jarvis Travellers record of 7 - 1 led the tournament
Six Nations Chiefs were 6 - 1 for 2nd
Toronto Gators 4 - 2 for 6th spot
Elmira Expos 5 - 2..10th
Niagara Snappers 5 - 2

Scarborough Force 3 - 2
Shakespeard Falcons 3 - 2
Kitchener Cubs 3 - 2
Alvinston Indians 3 - 2

Waterdown Hammer 1 - 2

At 0 - 2 and over to the ISC II for the balance of the tournament..

Parry Island Hawks..ISC II
Sweaburg Crush...ISC II
St Thomas Evergreen Storm...ISC II
Wiarton Nationals...ISC II
Kitchener Bell Cartage Outlaws...ISC II
Wyevale Tribe...ISC II
Harriston Wellington Sox...ISC II

The Teams that went to the ISC II bracket had the following records

Wellington Sox 9 - Wyevale 2
Wellington 3 - Kitchener Outlaws 1
Wiarton 2 - Kitchener Outlaws 1

St Thomas Evergreens 5 - Westerville Ohio 3
St Thomas 5 - Detroit Shamrocks 3

Perry Island Hawks 6 - Wiarton 3
Perry Island 2 - Vargas Venezuala. 1

Vargas Ven. 7 - Sweaburg 4
Vargas Ven. 3 - Wyevale 2

Wiarton 7 - Westerville 0
Aurora Illinois 4 - Wellington Sox 2

Perry Island Hawks 5 - St Thomas 0

Vargas Ven. 5 - Wellington Sox 4

St Thomas 6 - Wiarton 1

Perry Island 2 - Aurora Ill. 1

Vargas Ven. 9 - St Thomas 1

Aurora Ill 7 - Vargas Ven 6

and for the ISC II Championship...

Perry Island 1 - Aurora Dolan & Murphy 0



ONTARIO BASED AWARD WINNERS

Pitcher------

Ward Gosse - Perry Island Hawks, Outstanding Pitcher, and ISC II MVP

Infield------

Ryan Fisk - Wellington Sox
LT Jaques - Perry Island
Matt Greer - Perry Island
Ryan Shannon - Kitchener Outlaws..top batter .583

Outfielders

Chris Wismer - St Thomas
jeremy Creeden - Wellington Sox



OWEN SOUND JUNIORS - 2nd place in ISC U 21

The Argentina Juniors took a 3 - 0 record into the playoff round and
added 4 more wins in the playoffs to capture the 2012 ISC U 21
championship..

Owen Sound Junior Selects were 2 and 1 in pool play and lost to the
Argentina team 4 - 0 in the championship game..

Other playoff scores include

Stratford/NewDundee Cubs...8 - 6 over St Mary's and 3 - 1 over
Tavistock..then losing to Argentina 7 - 0.

Staffordville defeated Richville 11 - 0, and Walkerton Wild 3 - 2 before
losing to Midland Explorers 4 - 2

Walkerton Wild...lost to Argentina 9 - 1, beat Richville 20 - 0, and
Munger 12- 0...

Owen Sound defeated Fleetwood Marlins of BC in the playoffs and
eliminated the host Explorer Jrs. to meet Argentina in the championship
game..


COBOURG FORCE win LEGENDS Division of the ISC

Darren Zack was 3 and 1, Wayne Wells 2 and 0 and Don Stebbings was 1 and
0 as the Cobourg Force took the Legends (Over 50) ISC championship in
Midland.

I noted in Sparky's wrap up that Dana Seiling batted .500 tailing Bill
Fairney at .666, and matching Steve Mitts
at .500..(I was scoring the game that Dana got his hit...and it was a
solid double and an RBI)



OWEN SOUND U21 Canadian Championships..

A lot of fastpitch to report on...and sorry about the lack of detail out
of Owen Sound...but i couldn't find too much from the web site, I was
there on Wednesday and Saturday, it was a great tournament...Newfounland
Labrador won it...Owen Sound was second..I will dig a bit deeper and
find more next time...

meanwhile

See you at the ball yard...

Dennis




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