Heat, Ont 1, NS 2 and P.E.I. final four left at Eastern Canadians in Alberton

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Received: 8/25/07 7:37:13 PM 
From:  Pat Healey <pathealey(at)eastlink.ca> 


Subject:  Heat, Ont 1, NS 2 and P.E.I. final four left at Eastern
Canadians in Alberton  
  

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Host Heat pull out thrilling victory 

to advance at Eastern Canadians

Palmerston (Ont 1), Cole Harbour Comets (NS2) and P.E.I.’s 

Cornwall Cougars also advance to Sunday action

BY PAT HEALEY

ALBERTON - The host Prince County Heat didn’t take the easy way
in advancing to the semifinal round here at the Tignish Credit
Union Midget Girls Eastern Canadian championships Saturday.

Several mental errors by the fielders in the top of the seventh
erased a 4-2 lead and knotted the score and almost came back
to haunt the Host team and P.E.I. champion, if not for the bats
of Sarah Kennedy and Kayla Hackett in the 5-4 thrilling win over
Ontario two rep, Halton Hills Hawks, before at least 250 people
at Alberton’s school field.

In the other semifinal games, Cole Harbour Comets dispatched
Ontario 3 Stratford Optimist 2-1 while the Ontario champion Palmerston
Marlins mercied Cornwall/West Royalty Cougars 7-0.

Prince County will now face Nova Scotia 2, Cole Harbour Comets,
in the first semifinal Sunday morning at 9 a.m. The winner of
that game will face P.E.I’s Cornwall Cougars at 11 a.m. for the
right to face Palmerston Marlins (ONT 1) in the final at 1 p.m.


Kennedy drove home Angie Poirier with the go ahead run in the
sixth that started the rally from a 2-1 deficit and Hackett finished
it off in the home half of the seventh after the Summerside-based
team surrendered the lead on four fielder’s choice and an error
in the top half of the last inning.

Kayla Paynter started the inning off with a single and was moved
along on a Natalie Derasp single that sent here to third base
setting the stage for Hackett’s heroics.

Hackett, a third basemen, hit a fastball from Halton Hills pitcher
Karrie Neddo to left field that brought home a joyful Paynter
with the game’s winning run and sending the pro-Heat crowd into
a frenzy.

Kennedy (2-3, run scored), Paynter (1-4), Hackett (1-4), Taylore
Matheson (2-3, RBI) and Ashley Praught (1-2, run scored) also
contributed in the win.

Trailing 1-0 in the sixth inning, Halton Hills took the lead
2-1 on an RBI triple by Kristie Jackson. Jackson was thrown out
at home trying to stretch the hit into a inside the park home
run.

In the top of the seventh, fielder’s choices to Jenn Riddell
and Shelby Davis plated Neddo and Jamie Campbell to knot the
score into the Heat’s final at bat.

Matheson earned the win giving up six hits, walking three and
fanning two batters. Neddo took the loss, striking out four allowing
five hits.

At Memorial Park, Ontario champion Palmerston Marlins broke open
a close game with a five run sixth en route to the 7-0 mercy
rule win over Cornwall/West Royalty Cougars.

Brittany Horton (3-3, three RBI, inside the park home run, double)
and Jess Doerr (1-3, double, RBI, run scored) had the big bats.

Charlie Johnston suffered the loss for the Cougars, going four
innings allowing three hits and two runs.

Palmerston advances to the final with the win while PEI will
face the winner of the Cole Harbour-Prince County game. Game
times are9 11 am and the championship goes at 1 p.m.

At O’Leary, the Comets edged past Stratford 2-1. Holly Denny
earned the pitching win striking oyut five batters. No other
details were available.

Inj their final round robin game against Saint John Selects (N.B.
1), the game started with a wacky first two innings as Cole Harbour
opened a 7-0 lead on five hits and two errors before giving up
seven runs of their own in the top of the second as Saint John
sent 12 batters to the dish.

Kylie Boudreau plated Lyndsay Leblanc with the game winning run
on a hard single to end the two-hour plus contest 

In other final round robin action, Halton Hills Hawks (ONT 2)
4, Saint John Selects (N.B. 1) 0; Shubenacadie Stealers (N.S.
1) 5, Prince County Heat 0; Cornwall Cougars (P.E.I.) 8, Saint
John Stingers (N.B. 3) 1; Extreme Laval (QUE 2) Shubie Stealers
1; Palmerston (Ont 1) 11, Au P’tit Mousse (N.B. 2) 0; Saint John
Selects (NB 1) 9 Saint John Stingers (N.B. 3) 2; Cole Harbour
Comets (N.S. 2) 4 Ont 2 Halton Hills 2; Palmerston (Ont 1) 10
Stratford (Ont 3) 0; Halton Hills (Ont 2) 4 Cornwall Cougars
(P.E.I.) 2; Prince County Heat 3 Au P’tit Mousse 2 and Prince
County Heat 9, Extreme Laval 6 (completion of suspended game
from Friday)

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