[Alsfastball] ingston Kobras claim 2005 Bantam Girls EC Ch'ship in nail biter; Kaitlyn Desousa plays hero with game winning RBI triple

[Al Doran]

From: "Patrick Healey" <pat_healey at pei.sympatico.ca>
To: "Al Doran" <fastball at pmihrm.com>
Subject: Kingston Kobras claim 2005 Bantam Girls EC Ch'ship in nail 
biter; Kaitlyn Desousa plays hero with game winning RBI triple
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:35:38 -0300


Kobras claim Bantam Girls Eastern

Canadian championship in nail biter

Desousa plays hero with bottom of the seventh RBI triple

By Pat Healey

Media Officer

Bantam Girls Eastern Canadians

ALBERTON - For all the offensive numbers the Ancaster Cyclones (Ont. 
No One) and Kingston Kobras (Ont. No Two) put up during the round 
robin of the 2005 Tignish Credit Union Bantam Girls Eastern Canadian 
Championship here, the bats were silent in the all Ontario0final 
Sunday afternoon.

It took a bottom of the seventh RBI triple of the bat of Kaitlyn 
Desousa and an 11-strikeout , two-hitter performance from MVP Chelsey 
Schoenfeldt to earn the thrilling 1-0 win held at Memorial Park.

Whitney Desarmia (2-3) reached base to leadoff the seventh with just 
the Kobras second hit of Cyclones Sarah Ramage, the top pitcher for 
the playoffs. Desousa hit a 1-1 offering over shortstop Lauren 
Mazzuca's head and into left field and Desarmia wasn't stopping as 
she plated the game's only run, ending the game.

The game was pretty even with neither pitcher or devfense allowing 
anything to get by them. Kingston looked more relaxed then they did 
in their semifinal with L'Express du Laval, where they had a scare 
but rallied for the win to advance.

Ancaster faced a scary moment early in the game when Mazzuca went to 
track down a foul ball, and caught the ball then hit the third base 
side oft he fence and stayed on the ground as her teammates and 
coaches rushed to see if she was ok to end the second inning. She 
would get up and stay in the game after getting her wind back.

"That was a truly unbelievable game," one Kingston coach said after the game.

The Cyclones manage just two hits of a solid Schoenfeldt, with Ramage 
and Veronica Berrie getting the only hits.

Greco'Player of the Game' Schoenfeldt went the distance, walking two 
and fanning 11 to earn the huge win. Ramage, named the Capt. Sub 
'Player of the Game', allowed three hits, two walks while striking 
out four batters.

The Cyclones got to the championship with an 8-2 win over Holly Denny 
and the Judique Celidh Royals (N.S. No. One) behind Lauren Mazzuca's 
big bat and three RBI game while Kingston mercied L'Express du Laval 
11-4 after trailing 3-1 at one point and rallying on the heels of 
Emily Taylor's top game going 3-4 with two runs scored and three RBI 
as Amelia Keech picked up the win.

In Saturday's finale to the round robin, Chelsa Lidstone and Ashtin 
Arsenault teamed to lead the West Prince Cavendish Produce Athletics 
to an 11-2 defeat of Cardigan; Whitney Desarmia hit a grand slam to 
blow it open as the Kobras downed Chaleur of New Brunswick (N.B. 1) 
8-0; Laval ended the round robin with a 6-2 win over Chaleur; the 
Cornwall Cougars mercied Au P'tit Mousse Peninsule Acadienne 9-2; 
Ancaster downed Sud Ouest in their second game of the day 12-8 before 
the Dragons edged the Summerside Stingers 7-6 to eliminate the 
Stingers thanks to a Raven Meloche game winning RBI single.

In the crossovers, L'Express du Laval 15, Sud Ouest Dragons 7 
(playing their third straight game back to back to back) and Judique 
Celidh Royals 3, Cornwall Cougars 0;

L'EXPRESS CLAIMS BRONZE OVER JUDIQUE, N.S.

Alex Voyer hit three doubles, driving homefour RBI as the L'Express 
du Laval mercied the Royals 10-3 in five innings to claim the bronze 
medal. Judique finishes fourth overall at the tournament.

Julie Delorme (3-3, two runs scored), Joelle Doirion (2-3, two 
doubles, two RBI) and Marylyne Cloutier (2-3, run scored, double) led 
the attack.

For the Royals, who had high hopes but were playing immediately after 
their semifinal game, Maddy Syliboy, player of the game, went 3-for-3 
with a run scored, triple, RBI; Katie MacDonald (2-2, double, RBI) 
and Christina Avery (1-3, stolen base).

Winning pitcher Melanie Provencale went five innings allowing three 
runs on seven hits, walking two and striking out six.

Losing pitcher Christina Avery went four innings, scattering nine 
runs on 10 hits, walking two. Holly Denny pitched an inning allowing 
one run two hits, striking out one.

Laval came to the Easterns as Quebec's No. Two entry, and seemed to 
come together as a group as Saturday came around and gelled at the 
right moment to pick up the third place finish.

KOBRAS DOMINATE AWARDS

The Kingston Kobras are heading back to Ontario with an arm load of 
hardware, including the 2005 Tignish Credit Union Bantam Girls 
Eastern Canadian Championship,

and the bulk of the hardware Sunday.

They weren't the only ones with multiple awards as Quebec No. One Sud 
Ouest Dragons, Quebec No. Two and bronze medallists L'Express du 
Laval and the Judique Celidh Royals of Nova Scotia walked away with 
two bantam girls all star awards each.

The Kobras (Ont. No. Two) walked away with awards for top pitcher, 
top batter, all star pitcher, first base and third base.

West Prince Cavendish Produce Athletics Ashtin Arsenault took home 
the all star award for second base.

Below is the list of award winners (round robin stats included), as 
announced Sunday:

Top Pitcher (Round Robin):

Chelsey Schoenfeldt, Kingston Kobras

3-0, 15 IP, 11 hits, 3 runs allowed, 32 strikeouts, 16 walks, 1.40 era

Top Batter (Round Robin):

Whitney Desarmia, Kingston Kobras

10-15, 8 runs scored, home run, 10 RBI, .667 batting average

Top Pitcher (Playoffs):

Sarah Ramage, Ont. 1 Ancaster Cyclones

7 IP, three hits allowed, one run allowed, four strikeouts in final

MVP (Tournament):

Chelsey Schoenfeldt, Ont 2 Kingston Kobras

CG, 2 hits allowed, 11 strikeouts, no runs

Bantam Girls All Star Team

P -Chelsey Schoenfeldt, Ont 2 Kingston Kobras

3-0, 15 IP, 11 hits, 3 runs allowed, 32 strikeouts, 16 walks, 1.40 era

C - Fanny Charette, Quebec 2 L'Express du Laval

7-13, 4 runs scored, 6 RBI, .538 batting average

1B - Amelia Keech, Ont 2 Kingston Kobras

2-0, 10 IP, 6 hits, 2 runs allowed, 14 K's, 1.40 ERA;

6-10, five runs scored, four RBI, .600 batting

2B - Ashtin Arsenault, West Prince Cavendish Produce A's

8-16, six runs scored, home run, three RBI, .462 batting average

3B - Bailey Gottlieb, Ont 2 Kingston Kobras

11-15, 10 runs scored, home run, 8 RBI, .733 batting average

SS - Wasontahawi Stacey, Que. 1 Sud Ouest Dragons

5-8, four runs scored, three RBI, .625

OF - Maddy Syliboy, NS 1 Judique Royals

9-12, four runs scored, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .750

OF - Brianne Alfred, Que 1 Sud Ouest Dragons

7-9, five runs scored, 7 RBI, .777

OF - Marylyne Cloutier, Que 2 Laval

5-12, 3 runs scored, nine RBI, 3 .417 batting average

DP - Melissa Chisholm, NS 1 Judique Royals

8-16, 9 runs scored, 2 HR, 10 RBI, .500 average

UTILITY PLAYER - Adrienne Blonski, Ont 1 Ancaster

(8-14, 6 runs scored, three RBI, .571)


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