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Bryan Deblaire, a member of Robert Q Travel men's team, earned MVP honours as his tournament team Angels won the Men's B Provincial Championships over the weekend.
His teammate, a Robert Q alumnist, also had a strong tournament as well. Congrats guys!
Also congratulations to our local teams that did our town proud in this past weekend's Provincial Championships in Niagara Falls. Corey's-Maple View and Eichenberg's each advanced to Sunday action but were eliminated in their first game. Hammerheads in Men's Rec suffered the same fate. We are strictly local teams and are competing against a lot of big centres or in some case All-Star teams from all over Ontario. So good on our local players!
On a happier note our Blue Jays took three of four from the Yankees!
You can definitely tell fall is upon us as all of our local slo-pitch will be played on lit diamonds from this point on.
Men's A
Haines Roofing won two of three against Boston Pizza last week and could advance to the finals with a win Tuesday night.The first two wins were fairly close but Boston won by 13 against the nine-player Haines squad in Game 3.
Survivors lived up their name as they survived in the first two games of their series with IC Waters. They won the opener with a walk-off homer by Pete Fehr and took Game 2 by scoring six of their seven runs in the seventh inning.
Survivors 18,
IC Waters 16
Game 1
Survivors: Jake Fehr (4-4) HR, Jake Klassen (3-4), Dave Boldt 2 HRs, Pete Fehr HR, Johnny Klassen HR
IC Waters: Eric Lockey (4-4), Matt Summers (3-4), Steve Leacock HR, Mike Shewan HR, Shawn Crane 2 HRs
This was an exciting game as IC plated five seventh-inning runs to go up by two. Survivors replied in their half. Dave Boldt tied it with a two-run homer and Pete Fehr walked it off with a two-run homer.
Survivors 8,
IC Waters 7
Game 2
Survivors: Jake Fehr (4-4), Peter Klassen (3-4) HR
IC Waters: Darren Cadotte (2-3), Jeff Cadotte (2-3)
IC Waters were shut out for the first five. They kicked their offence in gear in the sixth plating seven. Eric Lockey drove in two in the rally. Survivors once again broke their hearts with a six-run seventh. Peter Klasen had the game winning RBI.
Haines Roofing 17,
Boston Pizza 15
Game 1
Haines: Craig Smith (4-4) HR, Steve Balazs (3-4), Dan Clark 2 HRs, Dave Phillips HR, Steve Byron HR
Boston Pizza: Tim Pressey (3-4) 2 HRs, Randy Miller (3-3) HR, Abe Epp 2 HRs
A seven-run fifth keyed Haines' victory. Dan Clark and Adam Thomson went back-to-back in the rally. Boston Pizza suffered a greater loss when pitcher Ryan Miller was injured after being hit by a line drive.
Game 2
Phil Durham was the game's star homering in all three at bats for Haines.
Boston Pizza 21,
Haines Roofing 8
Game 3
Boston Pizza: Ian Baker (4-5), Randy Miller (4-4), Clayton Robinson HR, John Epp HR
Haines Roofing: Phil Durham (3-4) HR, Craig Smith (3-3) HR, Adam Thomson HR
Boston Pizza plated seven in the fourth and fifth innings. Randy Miller had a big night driving in five and scored three runs.
Men's B
The Kirwin and Oatman vs Domino's Hounds series is tied at one. Domino's took the lid-lifter by five while Kirwin evened it winning by seven.
Kekambas are up and one game away from advancing to the finals after an 11-7 victory over Tirecraft on Friday night. Kekambas mercied them in Game 1 and Tirecraft tied it up pulling out a 9-8 victory in Game 2.
Domino's Hounds 17,
Kirwin and Oatman 12
Game 1
Domino's: Shane Bouck (3-4), Mike Bouck (4-4) 2 HRs, Scott Ball HR
Kirwin and Oatman: Thom Puhr (3-3) 2 HRs, Cheyne Sarafinchin (2-4) 2 HRs, Dan MacRae HR
After Kirwin had pulled within one in the sixth, Domino's put the game in the books with a four-run seventh. Mike Bouck and Scott Ball went yard back-to-back in the rally.
Game 2
Kirwin and Oatman 20,
Domino's Hounds 13
Kirwin: Steve Smith (4-4), Dan MacRae (4-4), Shaine Hall HR, Marty Hawel HR
Domino's: Jim McKillen (3-3), Nick Barnim (4-4), Scott Ball HR, Mike Bouck HR, Barry Howick 2 HRs
Kirwin scored runs in every inning. Shaine Hall was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.
Game 1
Kekambas 19,
Tirecraft 4
Kekambas: Jay Davis (4-4), Brandon Rohrer (3-3) HR, Derek Buchner HR, Travis Horvath HR
Tirecraft: Ross Groat (1-2), Steve Derks (1-2), Dallas Dalby HR
Kekambas pitcher Jeremy Weiss and his defence yielded just seven hits. Brandon Rohrer was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle and scored four runs.
Game 2
Tirecraft 9,
Kekambas 8
Tirecraft: Doug Falkins (3-3), Rob Derks (3-3), Ross Groat HR
Kekambas: Cody Furlong (2-3), Evan Prouse (2-3), Kyle Hollister HR, Jordan Bruckler HR
Ross Groat plated Ryan Hambleton with the game-winning run in the sixth.
Game 3
Kekambas 11,
Tirecraft 7
Kekambas: Kyle Hollister (3-3) 2 HRs, Jay Davis (3-3), Travis Horvath HR, Cody Furlong HR
Tirecraft: Steve Derks (4-4) HR, Nick Nagy (3-4), Dallas Dalby HR
Kyle Hollister had a pair of solo homers for Kekambas.
Men's C
This will be a close series as Corey's Restaurant won the first game by two and Hit N Run won with a walk-off base hit in the second one.
Game 1
Corey's 10,
Hit N Run 8
Corey's: Scott MacIntyre (4-4) HR, Chad Hill (4-4) HR
Hit N Run: Franz Klassen (3-4), Jake Enns (3-4), Peter Reimer HR
Hit N Run came back late but fell two short. Scott MacIntyre played both a strong offensive and defensive game for Corey's.
Game 2
Hit N Run 14,
Corey's 13
Hit N Run: Dedrich Klassen (3-3), Abe Klassen (3-3) HR, Jake Enns HR
Corey's: Shawn Ryerse (4-4), Justin Clapdorp (3-4), Scott MacIntyre HR
Corey's plated nine over their last two at-bats to lead by two going into the bottom of the seventh. Hit N Run scored two and had runners on first and third with none out. Jake Hildebrandt's grounder towards third base hitting the bag and careening into the outfield brought home the winning run.
Ladies A
Hollister Kia forced a third and deciding game defeating Service Master at Kiwanis diamond on Wednesday night. The deciding game was played Monday night.
Eichenberg's advanced to the A final after they easily handled Orange Crush 20-2.
Corey's-Maple View advanced to the semifinals with a 19-5 victory sweeping the Jays.
Game 2
Corey's-Maple View 19,
Jays 5
Corey's-Maple View: Kirby Steinhoff (4-4), Michelle Puhr (3-3)
Jays: Mary Froese (3-3), Amy Beattie (2-3)
Corey's-Maple View broke the game open with a four-run fourth. Kirby Steinhoff had a two-run double in the rally.
Game 2
Hollister Kia 7,
Service Master 3
Hollister Kia: Trisha Deloose (3-4), Amber Woolgar (2-3)
Service Master: Cheryl Johnson (3-3), Jodi Hodges (2-3)
Mandy Kromplak and Kate Dedrick hit triples for Kia, They shut down Service Master's offence in six of seven innings.
Game 2
Eichenberg's 20,
Orange Crush 2
Eichenberg's: Tamarah Schultz (5-5), Kaitlin Anseeuw (4-4), Kim Harrop HR
Orange: Tammie Lisabeth (2-2), Stacey Lauwerier (2-2)
Kaitlin Anseeuw drove in six for the winner's and Kim Harrop homered and scored five runs.
Ladies B
Ritchie's staved off elimination by easily defeating Energy Productions by 12 in the second game of their series.
Dean Masson Construction advanced to the semifinal against EMI Steelerz winning by nine over Cleats.
Game 2
Ritchie's 14,
Energy Productions 2
Ritchie's: Chani Homewood (4-4), Michele Warboys (3-4)
Energy: Jen Dahl (2-3), Bri Johnston (2-3)
Chani Homewood and Lindsay Warboys each crossed three times for Ritchie's.
Game 2
Dean Masson Construction 16,
Cleats 7
Dean Masson: Lisa Gibson (4-4), Amber Granger (3-4)
Cleats: Corrie Smith (3-3), Kim Avey (2-3)
Jen Millen reached and scored four times for Dean Masson.