Niagara falls tourney - Wrap Up
August 28, 2012
Niagara Falls, ON
Well the Falls tournament wrapped up Sunday with an exciting day of fastpitch watched by a great crowd all day. Thanks to all teams who made the trek down to Niagara for the weekend and really supported the tournament all weekend, we the league are really appreciative of the great support from our friends in fastpitch across Ontario and the U.S.. Thanks to the coaches and managers for organizing your teams, the volunteers who give up their weekend for us especially Al Greatrix who keeps things in order all weekend. Big thank you to our beer tent volunteers, New York Style deli and GNBA who run food and concessions, the City Staff, Adam Hook UIC and all the Blue Crew who did a fantastic job all weekend and of course all the players. As always Al thanks for keeping the fastpitch community continuously informed. I am going to apologize as not all the game sheets have been compiled, here are the highlights.
The Sunday playoff bracket
D Division
Dieppe 7
Redsox Fastptich 4
Wp – Kramer
Lp – Smith
Dunkirk Fastptich 8
Port Burwell 6
Wp – Tim Wisinewski
Lp = Ryan Mccurdy
D Final
Dieppe D division champs
C Division
Kitchener Predators 7
Mississauga Athletics 2
wp – Mark Kelly
lp - Scott Levine
Jordan Jays 11
The Guns 4
wp – Teagan Waite
Jordan Jays 9
Kitchener Predators 2
Wp – Jay Paylove
Lp – Dan Mullin
Jordan Jays win C division
B Division
Maccabi Canada 2
Goulding Park 1
Maccabi wins in B9
Dawgs 8
Pickering Bulls 3
wp – Jerry Bongers
B Finals
Maccabi Canada 16
Dawgs 9
Wp – Jason Dinety
Lp – Jerry Bongers
Maccabi – Edi Fisher 3 HR’s
Dawgs – Jordan Bilodeau – 3 HR’s, Jordan Lewis HR
Leadoff hitters Fisher and Bilodeau combine to go an incredible 7-8 with 6 HR’s
Maccabi Canada wins B division
A division
Tazco 4
Palermo 3
Wp – Tom Berube in relief of Richie Vassos
Lp – Chris VanValkenburg
Tazco wins in 10th on a clutch triple by Adam Breadner
Palermo – Rick Hames HR
Niagara Fury 8
Harwood Corners 0
Wp – Mike Joseph
Fury jump out to an early 3-0 lead and Joseph spins a two hitter
Fury – Tom Watkinson, Adam Dearborn and Kevin Newhouse HR’s each
Championship game
Niagara Fury 4
Tazco 3
In 8 innings
wp – Kyle Linton
lp – Tom Berube in relief of Richie Vassos
Two Niagara teams who know each other very well reach the A finals. Tazco jumps out to a quick 1-0 lead in the T1 after a leadoff double by Pat Mcloy is cashed by a Tom Berube double. The Fury would answer in B1 with 2 runs, after a Phil John single is cashed by an Adam Dearborn double. Steve Gillis then cashes Dearborn with a single. The Fury would add to the lead in the second when Rob Greatrix singles home a Mike Joseph double for a 3-1 Fury lead. Linton is cruising until the 5th when Adam Breadner bunts his way aboard and Rick Kinzel hits a 2 run HR and were all tied at 3. In the 8th Phill John reached first on an error and promptly steals 2nd. Tazco intentionally walks Dearborn and Berube gets the next two outs. With runners still at first and second and two out Kevin Newhouse cashes the winning run with a solid single. Great game with two long time friendly rivals.
Well that’s it for another year for our tourney Al. Personally I’d like to thank all the teams and congratulate the 4 Niagara based teams that entered the tournament, Fury and Tazco who made it to A finals, Dawgs for reaching B finals and Jordan for winning C finals. Also congrats to fellow GHFL team Palermo who had the best overall preliminary record and lost a tight game to Tazco in the A semi.
thanks, Al
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The playoff divisions are set for Sunday in Niagara Falls
Competing for A division and tournament championship – Palermo, Niagara Fury, Harwood Corners and Tazco, semis at 11:30 am and 1:30 pm finals at 3:30 pm
B division – Maccabi Canada, Dawgs, Pickering Bulls and Goulding Park, semis at 10:30 am and 12:30 pm and finals at 2:30 pm
C Division – Jordan Jays, The Guns, Mississauga Athletics and Kitchener Predators, semis at 9 am and 10:30 am and finals at 2:30 pm
D Division – Dunkirk, Port Burwell Lakers, Dieppe and Redsox Fastptich, semis at 8:30 am and finals at 12:30 pm
I will try and update as we go otherwise ill summarize results tomorrow
Thanks Al
Rob
FRIDAY:
Tazco. 4
Jordan jays 4
Tazco - hr Adam breadner
Jordan - ray turner, lemieux hrs
Fury - 2
Dunkirk -1
Wp - mike Joseph in relief of Kyle Linton
Tommy Watkinson game winning RBI,
Adam Dearborn 2 doubles
Palermo - 10
Dawgs. - 0
Wp - Rick hames
Lp - jerry Bongers
Thanks al
Rob
