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Game 19 – St. Thomas Evergreen Centennials 9, Saskatoon Aspen Interior Black Sox 0

Score by Innings R H E
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St. Thomas Evergreen Centennials 3 1 0 3 2 – 9 14 0
Saskatoon Aspen Interior Black Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 3 1
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Defending champions, St. Thomas are not 5-0, while Saskatoon falls to 3-2. That sets up a match-up tonight in the 8pm feature of the top two teams, 5-0 St. Thomas and the 3-1 tournament hosts, Prince George Black Bears. The game will be audio streamed by 99.3 FM Prince George, via their Sportsjuice page. * Live Broadcast Via Sportjuice *

Game 20 – Stony Plain Twiliters 9, Charlottetown Razzy Roadhouse Fawcetts 5
R H E
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Stony Plain Twiliters 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 – 9 14 3
Charlottetown Razzy Roadhouse Fawcetts 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 – 5 7 4

Game 21 – Saskatoon Aspen Interior Black Sox 7, Newfoundland Impact Signs 0

R H E
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Saskatoon Aspen Interior Black Sox 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 – 7 6 1
Newfoundland Impact Signs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 1 3

Game 22 – Jarvis Merchants 11, Charlottetown Fawcetts 2

R H E
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Charlottetown Fawcetts 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 – 2 6 1
Jarvis Merchants 2 1 4 4 x 0 0 – 11 14 0

Game 23 – Stony Plain 6, Vancouver 0

R H E
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Stony Plain 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 – 6 7 3
Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 5 0

Game 24 – ST. THOMAS 3 PG BLACK BEARS 0

St. Thomas remains unbeaten at the top of the hill.

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We are pleased to share some articles by PEI’s Pat Healey that have appeared in the PEI newspapers, the Journal Pioneer and Charlottetown Guardian (You remember him from his great coverage of the 2005 Jr. Men’s ISF tournament, right?)

FAWCETTS LOSE HEARTBREAKER IN SEVENTH INNING
By Pat Healey

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – The Charlottetown Fawcetts bats were strong, but Saskatoon Aspen Interior Black Sox Jason Hill came up big when he had to. With two out and the score tied 5-5 in the bottom of the seventh, Hill (2-4) hit a Mike Bishop offering over the centerfield fence into the beer garden to win the thrilling game 6-5 dropping Charlottetown’s record to 2-2 here at the 2006 Canadian Senior Men’s fast pitch championships. Jeff Ellsworth of Alberton led the Fawcetts attack, going 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored and two RBI. Ellsworth’s ISC teammate with the Kegel Knights, Duane Clarkson, snapped his recent hitless slump as he went 4-for-4 with a run scored and three RBI. Also tops for the Fawcetts were Jason MacDonald (1-3, run scored) and Jason Blanchard (1-3). Mike Bishop suffered the loss going five innings in relief of starter Steve Langley, allowing two runs on five hits, walking one and fanning five. The Fawcetts play twice Wednesday s they look to secure a better playoff position, as they play Alberta at 11:30 am PDT (3:30 ATLANTIC) then play Jarvis Merchants of Ontario at 7:30 p.m. ATLANTIC. Fans get all the play by play at www.canadians2006.net/schedule and select any game, and you will get inning by inning play by play as well as scoring details.and select any game, and you will get inning by inning play by play as well as scoring details.
(Pat Healey)

Ellsworth swinging big bat for Fawcetts at Sr. Men’s Nationals
By Pat Healey

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – The Charlottetown Razzy’s Roadhouse Fawcetts are 1-1 after a day and half of play here at the 2006 Canadian Senior Men’s fast pitch championships. Charlottetown began the eight team tournament here in Prince George with a come from behind 9-6 win over the host Black Bears Sunday. Monday, they held a 4-1 lead at one point ebfore the Vancouver Grey Sox rallied for four runs including two home runs by Pat MacKintosh for the 5-4 win.

Against Prince George on Sunday, Team Canada member Jeff Ellsworth was proving why he has been selected to the Canadian senior men’s softball team. He was a perfect 3-for-3 with two home runs, three runs scored and five RBI’s. Mark Arsenault (1-for-4, two RBI) and Jason Gallant (1-for-3, run scored) were tops for Charlottetown. Darrel Sandback (2-for-3, two runs scored and three RBI) led the hosts. Mike Bishop earned the win going three and two-third innings in relief of starter Brian Urquhart, allowing just one hit. Urquhart went three and one third innings, giving up six runs on eight hits with one strikeout. Colin MacKenzie suffered the loss going five and one third innings, with seven strikeouts.

Monday morning in B.C., MacKintosh hit a solo blast and eventual game winning two run blast to help his team to the win and drop Charlottetown to 1-1. Ellsworth (1-for-3, walk, run scored), Duane Clarkson (1-for-4) and Steve Langley (2-for-4, double) led the attack. Brian Urquhart in relief of Steve Langley suffered the loss. The Fawcetts played again Monday night against against Newfoundland and Labrador at 7:30 p.m. ADT.

Game 13: Jarvis Merchants over Newfoundland, 7-0.

Score by Innings………………………………………………R H E
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Jarvis Merchants………………………………….21121 – 7 7 3
Newfoundland Impact Signs……………..00000 – 0 3 0
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Game 14 St. Thomas 10 Vancouver 4 (Final Score)

Score by Innings R H E
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Vancouver Grey Sox 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 – 4 5 3
St. Thomas Evergreen Centennials 0 0 1 5 1 3 x – 10 12 1
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Game 15 – Aspen Saskatoon Black Sox 7, Stony Plain Twiliters 3

Score by Innings R H E
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Stony Plain Twiliters 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 – 3 5 0
Aspen Interior Black Sox 2 0 2 0 1 2 x – 7 9 1
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Game 16 – Charlottetown Fawcetts 8, Newfoundland 7

Score by Innings R H E
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Newfoundland Impact Signs 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 – 7 9 3
Charlottetown Razzy Roadhouse Fawcetts 1 1 2 2 0 2 x – 8 12 0
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Game 17 – Jarvis 3, Vancouver 2

Score by Innings R H E
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Vancouver Grey Sox 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 – 2 4 1
Jarvis Merchants 0 1 1 0 1 0 x – 3 5 0
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Game 18 -Prince George Black Bears 6 Newfoudland 0

Schedule with Play-by-Play and Box Scores

The host Prince George Black Bears topped the Vancouver Grey Sox, 8-1 Monday night at the Sr. Canadians in Prince George B.C. Chad Ghostkeeper got the Black Bears on the board early with a two run homer into the beer tent. Prince George scored three in the first inning and never looked back, as Black Bears pitcher Colin McKenzie tossed a five-hitter enroute to the win, striking out 7 and walking just two.

Here is the Play By Play from the official website for the tournament. You can get this information by “clicking through the schedule” (click the “schedule” menu button at left of website, then go to the game for play by play. It appears they are posting in real time.)

pitching for Vancouver is Nick Underhill
Inning 1 PG Black Bears
first batter Sandback hits one back to the pitcher it deflects off and into the feild for a base hit next batter Ghostkeeper smashes one on the first pitch out of the park into the beer gardens for a 2RBI home run Potskin Evan gets on with a triple down the ffirst base line now batting Cain gets caught looking now batting Potskin Randy down swinging withn two away it brings Ormsby to the plate hits one through third and short for a RBI single now batting Stevenson Stevenson hits for a single up the middle now batting Dent runneres advance on a wild pitch to third and second Dent draws a walk to load the bases for Dirksgrounds out 5-3

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The Prince George Citizen newspaper in Prince George, B.C. is providing outstanding coverage of the Sr. Canadian Tournament, as is the official website for the tournament.

To catch up on all the coverage, click here.

From the Prince George Citizen
Monday, August 28, 2006

Host team avoids early two-loss hole

by JASON PETERS, Citizen staff

Korrey Gareau showed precisely why he is considered one of the best pitchers in the world.

Sunday night at Spruce City Stadium, the Prince George Black Bears hurler tossed a three-hitter against the Saskatoon Aspen Interior Black Sox to lead the Bears to a 5-4 win. Gareau ended the game with 10 strikeouts, none bigger than his final one. With the tying run standing on third base in the form of Sean Whitten, Gareau fanned Darrell Joy to end the ball game. With the victory, the Black Bears evened their record at the Canadian senior men’s fastpitch championship at 1-1.

Gareau and Joy — who are both on Team Canada’s 35-player list — are also teammates on The Farm Tavern, based in Madison, Wis. Gareau said he had a pretty good idea of how to work to Joy.

“(I threw) a drop ball and then struck him out with a rise ball,” said the 33-year-old Gareau, one of the Black Bears’ key pickup players for the tournament. “He was thinking drop ball and I came up with a rise ball.”

The victory was huge for the Bears, who could not afford to fall to 0-2 on opening day. Earlier Sunday, they blew a lead and lost 9-6 to the Charlottetown Razzy’s Roadhouse Fawcetts.

“We let the first one slip on us, and my duty was to try and get it back even again,” Gareau said.

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