Niagara Falls Canada
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, the City Staff, Jerry Dracs 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
A division Final
Niagara Fury 8
P3 0
Wp – Dan Mitchell
Lp – Rich Vassos
Fury – Marcel Bilodeau HR
A division Semi
P3 8
Sweaburg Crush 2
Wp – Brian Belisle
LP – Adam Martin
P3 – Scott Young 2 Hr, Trevor Falk HR
Sweaburg – Adam Martin HR
A division Semi
Niagara Fury 2
Hooligans Colt 45’s 0
Wp- Scott Wagar
LP – Tom Berube
Fury – Adam Dearborn 2 run HR
B Division – Final
Jordan Jays 9
Pickering Bulls 2
Wp – Teagan Waite
Jordan - Jordon Lewis 2 HR, Teagan Waite HR
B Division Semi
Jordan Jays 9
Goulding Park 0
Wp - Teagan Waite
Jordan – Cory Lemeiux HR
B Division Semi
Pickering Bulls 10
Tonache 9
Wp – Bill Stephenson
Lp – Grant Patineaud
C Division Final
Kitchener Predators 8
Dawgs 5
Wp – Mark Kelly
Lp – Gerry Bongers
C Division semi
Kitchener Predators 7
St Thomas Storm 2
Wp – Mark Kelly
Lp – Dan Beecroft
Kitchener – Dan Gehl HR
C Division semi
Dawgs beat Dunkirk
D Division Final
Hamilton Pirates 9
Guns 2
Wp – T. Boam
Lp – J Gouldburn
Pirates – Darrin Curtis HR
D Division semi
Hamilton Pirates 11
Tillsonburg 1
Wp – Rick Hames
Lp – Joel McKie
D Division semi
Guns beat Lakers
The Niagara Fury repeat as Niagara Falls League annual tournament champion. The Fury defeat P3 in the final 8-0 behind a great pitching performance by Dan Mitchell. Marcel Bilodeau hit a two run Hr and Tommy Watkinson had a base loaded double, these were the key hits in the game.
Congrats to all the Niagara based teams, the Fury for repeating, P3 (a combo team of Niagara Snappers and CanAm who made A final), Niagara Colt 45’s who lost to Fury in A semis 2-0 in a great game dominated by Scott Wagar of the Fury and Tom Berube of Colt 45s, Jordan Jays who won B and the Dawgs runner up in C and also our fellow GHFL team Hamilton Pirates who won D.
Good luck to all in your playoffs and thanks again from all in Niagara
Thanks Al
Rob