Snappers Capture 3rd Consecutive Title at Niagara Falls Tournament

Sun Aug 20 20:30:09 EDT 2006

Received: 8/20/06 12:33:40 PM 
From:  "Dan Bernard" <dan(at)autoexportcanada.com> 

Subject:  Snappers Capture 3rd Consecutive Title at Niagara Falls
Tournament  

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Niagara Falls

August 11-13

The Niagara Snappers recently competed in the Niagara Falls Men’s
Fastball Tournament held August 11-13 in Niagara Falls, ON. 
The Snappers, winners of the past 2 Niagara Falls tournaments,
came away with their 3rd consecutive “A” division championship
..  The Snappers finished the tournament with 4 wins 0 losses
and 1 tie.  

In game #1, the Snappers matched up with the Lake Simcoe Lightening
and came away with a tight 4-3 win.  Dan Duemo went the distance
striking out 11 along the way.  Todd Dawdy picked up a couple
of RBI’s and Mike Bateman also chipped in with 2 hits and 1 RBI.

Game #2 was a tough battle with the Udney Storm.  The Storm had
Ian Knott on the mound against the Snappers Byron Demoe.   Udney
jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead after 3 innings but the Snappers
got all those runs back to tie it up in the bottom of the 6th
inning as Peter Dobbin smacked a 2 run home run and Jarrod Burtt
scored on a pass ball to get the Snappers even.  Both teams could
not push anything across in the 7th so the game ended in a 3-3
tie.  Demoe struck out 9 along the way.

Game #3 saw the Snappers take out their frustrations from the
previous match up and mercied the Bucktown Bees in a contest
that took only 1 hour and 5 minutes to complete.  Mike Bateman
took the ball and threw a 2 hit shutout striking out 9 in 5 innings
en route to an 8-0 victory.  Bateman again continued his hot
bat at the plate as he went 2-2 and Scott Young chipped in with
a 3 run home run.  Every Snapper started collected a hit in the
contest.

In the Semi-finals, the Snappers took on RHCP out of St. Catharines.
 These two teams are no strangers to each other as the usually
match up 4 or more times a year.  The Snappers wasted no time
and built a 6-0 lead after the first inning and did not let up.
 Final score was 18-4 for the Snappers.  Mike Bateman started
and was relieved by Perry Bartley who picked up the win.  Todd
Dawdy had a monster game as he went 4-4 with 2 home runs and
9 RBI’s.  Kevin Newhouse collected 4 hits, Perry Bartley and
Matt Bedrosian had 3 hits apiece, and Alex Szockyj had 2 hits
including a 3 run home run.  Szockyj ended the game with 6 RBI’s.

The finals once again saw the Snappers take on the Udney Storm.
 Another tight contest as the Storm gave the Snappers all they
had but ended up losing 4-2.  Byron Demoe once again got the
ball for the Snappers and proceeded to strike out 13 batters
in picking up the win.  The Snappers were lead by Peter Dobbin
who homered, Todd Dawdy who went 2-3 with an RBI and Jim Wilson
who collected 2 more RBI’s.  Wilson, Dobbin and Jarrod Burtt
were all picked up to play in the Tournament of Champions that
was being held in Kitchener, ON and had just finished playing
for their respective teams before hoping in a car, driving back
to Niagara Falls and making the championship game.  All 3 contributed
to the win.

With the win, the Snappers record in ISC II competition stands
at 21 wins 3 losses and 4 ties.  The Snappers will play a pair
of GHFL doubleheaders.  The first being on Sunday August 20th
at Ker Park at 4 pm and 6 pm.  The next game will be on Monday
August 21st at 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm also at Ker Park.  After that,
the Snappers will head up to Hillsburgh to take part in the annual
Ontario Challenge Cup with the winning team securing a berth
in the Tournament of Champions being held in Kitchener, ON in
2007.  

The team would also like to congratulate the following players
on being picked up to play in the 2006 Tournament of Champions
that just concluded.

Peter Dobbin – Palermo Athletics (finalists)

Jarrod Burtt – Palermo Athletics (finalists)

Mike Bateman – Micksburg Twins (tied for 3rd place)

Kevin Newhouse – Micksburg Twins (tied for 3rd place)

Dan Duemo – Ashland Merchants (lost in quarterfinals)

Trevor Falk – Elora Brewers

Scott Young – Elora Brewers

Todd Dawdy – JRW Associates

Jim Wilson – JRW Associates

Dean Carr – Waterdown Hammer

Peter Dobbin and Trevor Falk were named to the All Tournament
Team.  Congratulations from the Niagara Snappers.

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Dan Bernard
dan(at)autoexportcanada.com

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