PICKEREL RIVER CARDINALS CAPTURE THE NORTHERN ONTARIO FASTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Subject: Northern Ontario Championships;Local girls head south;game
4 semi final series "B";All Ontario Native
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PICKEREL RIVER CARDINALS
CAPTURE THE NORTHERN ONTARIO FASTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Some fifteen games later after the Northern got underway
on Friday August the 15th , it took extra innings to determine
the 2008 Champions.
Semi final results:
In game one of the semi finals on
Sunday morning the Magnatewan Native Sons defeated the two
time defending champions 5-4 in one extra inning. Percy Tobobundong
started for the Native Sons and was relieved in the 7th inning
by Peter Mackenzie who got the victory.Matt Tobobundong scored
the winning run in the top of the 8th inning when Walter Tobobundung
reached first base on a fielder choice.Cory Stolar pitched an
excellent game for the Dog House North Stars fanning 13 batters
but was tagged with the loss.Craig Brown led the way for the
winners with a 3 for 4 performance at the bat (double,triple).Walter
Tobobondung also hit a two run shot for the Native Sons. Joel
Belanger hit a solo for the North Stars and finished the weekend
wit a sizzling 813 average and 5 home runs.
In the second semi final , the Pickerel
River Cardinals got the better of Whitefish Lake First Nation
Steelers 7 to 4.Jonathan Contin went the distance for the Cardinals
giving up 11 hits and fanning 4 batters.Lionnel Solomon(tagged
with the loss) started for the Steelers but gave way to Al Guenette
. Jonathan Contin led the way for the winners with a 3 for 4
performance at the plate with teammate J.P. Miron hitting 3 for
5 while Justin Nootchtai was perfect for the Steelers at 4 for
4 (1 triple).
Championship game
Pickerel
River Cardinals VS Magnatewan Native Sons
This game was a tightly contested
game throughout as both teams exchanged runs forcing one extra
inning to decide the champion. In the top of the extra inning
the Cardinals scored two runs while the Native Sons could only
reply with one in the bottom giving the Cardinals the championship
7 to 6.Jonathan Contin once again went all the way for the champions
scattering 11 hits and fanning 3 batters. Peter Mackenzie also
went all the`way for the Native Sons giving up 15 hits and striking
out 7 batters . J.P. Miron led the way for Pickerel River going
3 for 3 with a walk while Walter Tobobundong hit 2 for 4 (solo
home run) in a losing cause for the Native Sons .
The date
is already set for the fourth annual Northern Ontario Fastball
Championships for ladies and men in 2009. It will be on the weekend
of August 14th to 16th. The entry fee for 2009 has been set at
$380 . Put that date on your colander and enter your team ,The
deadline for entry fee and roster is set for Wednesday August
the 5th.All cheques and money orders should be made out to Rick
McDonald Memorial Fastball League and mailed to :
4th Annual Northern Ontario Fastball League
c/o Roger Legendre, Convener
968 Jeanne D'Arc Street
Hanmer , Ontario
The prize
money awards will be determined by the number of teams entered.
THREE
SUDBURY TEAMS HEAD SOUTH FOR THE PROVINCIALS
Prior to heading to Southern Ontario for the Provincials
, three ladies fastball teams took on teams from North Bay in
exhibition at the Delki Dozzi Sports Complex on August 16th.
In the opening game the novice (13 and 14 year
olds) under the direction of Micky Chartrand the Sudbury Junior
Dragons squeezed by their counterpart from North Bay 7-6 .Cammie
Belanger was the winner going the first three innings and fanning
7 batters and giving up only two hits and two earned runs.Maxime
Oullette hit 2 for 4 for the Dragons
In the Bantam game (15 and 16 year olds) the North
Bay girls easily handled the Sudbury girls 9-1
while in the midget contest (17 and older) the North Bay squad
got the better of Sudbury to the tune of 22-1.
We wish
good luck to all three of the Sudbury girls who are heading to
Southern Ontario this weekend for the Provincial championships.The
Novice will be in Burlington , the Bantams in Newmarket and the
Midgets in Guelph. We will have results for next Monday.
RICK McDONALD FASTBALL SEMI FINALS
The fourth game in the best of five series "B"
semi final goes Wednesday night in Whitefish at 8 PM .Should
the Pickerel River Cardinals defeat the Garson Hounds , there
would be a fifth and deciding game on Thursday night in Azilda
. Should the series end on Wednesday night then the Championship
final series best of 5 would get underway Thursday night in Azilda
.
THE ALL ONTARIO NATIVE FASTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The final numbers have come in for the tournament
which gets underway this coming Friday August the 22nd in Garson
, Lively and Whitefish Lake .. In Garson it will be at the Lorne
Brady Memorial Park , in Lively at the Hillcrest ball field and
in Whitefish at the ball field .There will be 24 teams in action
this weekend : 14 men's teams , 5 ladies teams and 5 senior men's
teams.
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