Sudbury Fastball News

Tue Aug 11 13:38:09 EDT 2009

 Rick McDonald Memorial Fastball League

                                                        DOG HOUSE
SPORTSBAR NORTH STARS WIN IMPORTANT GAME

  The rain out schedule continued Monday night in Azilda at the
Rick McDonald Memorial Park . In the opener at 7 PM  , the Dog
House North Stars scored early and went on nto easily defeat
the last [lace Athletics 11 to 0 . Jordy "Swede" Dalhvick (5-0)
went the distance in recording his fifth mound victory , giving
up but one hit in the second frame , did not issue any base on
balls and struck out nine batters. Steve Sabourin led the way
for the North Stars with a 3 for 4 performance at bat including
a three run homer in the first inning with teammate Junior Ilnitski
hitting 2 for 4 while Eric Legendre was the only hitter for the
Athletics at 1 for 2 . John Ainsley (0-5) went the distance in
suffering his fifth set back on  10 hits ,issuing 5 base on balls
and striking out six batters.

   In the nightcap under the lights , Parry Island Hawks were
hard pressed to win a 5-4 victory over the Pickerel River Cardinals
after leading 5-1 in the late innings. Prior to the start of
the game the Haswks were presented with the Commissioner's Cup
emblamatic of their first place finish and a bye to the second
round semi finals (photo of the team will be in tomorow for the
medias).Al Guenette (4-1) started and was relieved in the 7th
frame by Percy Tobobundung(3-0) . Both pitchers combined to give
up 6 hits , issue no base on balls and strike out  9 batters.
Jonathan Contin (7-6) started and was relieved by Alex Ashawasagai
(0-0) in the 5th inning. Boty combine to give up 7 hits ,issue
3 base on balls and strike out 7 batters. frank Pegahamagabow
led the way for the Hawks with a 2 for 3 performance with Matt
Tobobundung hitting his 5th round tripper of the season and now
trailing Todd Parsons of the Hounds by only one with onev regular
season game to go.Elwood "Squid" Ashawasagai hit 2 for 2 in a
losing cause for the Cardinals .

     League play will resume Thursday night in Garson at the
Lorne Brady Memorial Park with the last two rain out scheduled
games of the rergular season . Both games haved have several
important team and individual implications. Should the Hounds
win the first game (a four point game) at 7 PM , thet would clinch
second place . Should the North Stars win the 7 PM game , they
would clinch second place . The Cardinals would need a victory
at 9 PM against the Hawks to assure themselves of no worst than
third position in the final standings.The second set of implications
involves individual stats that will be rewarded at the year end
banquet . For the pitchers its a batttle between the 5-0 Jordy
Dalhvick of the North Stars` and  the 4 and 1 Al Guenette of
the Hawks. Should scheduled starter Percy Tobobundung (3-0) of
the Hawks win on Thursday night he'd finish at 4-0 . A win by
Dahlvick in the 7 PM game will clinch the pitching crown for
him.In the batting situation , Curtis Hambly is now hitting 585
after going 0 for 3 on Monday night and is closely followed by
Jim Pawis of the Hawks with 575 .. Boty players have onre game
left and they are playing that game against each other to decide
the batting crown . Finally  , Todd Parsons  of the Garson Hounds
leads the home run race with 6 but is closely followed by Matt
Tobobundung of the Hawks with 5 and then comes Robbie Edwards
(Hounds), Eddy Roy (Hounds) , Eric Ace (Athletics) and Curtis
Hambly(Cardinals) all with four . Thursday night in Garson should
be an exciting time for the teams and the players.

         This is the tentative playoff  first round quarter final
schedule for the first week . On Monday night August the 17th
, the second season gets underway with quarter finals 2 out of
3 . At 7 PM at the Rick McDonald Memorial Park   the 5th plac`e
ASthletics will take on the 2nd place finishers in series "A"
.That will be followed by 3rd pace vs the 4th place in Series
"B" .. The second game in both series goes Thursday night in
Garson and in reverse order game 2 of series "B" at 7 PM and
game 2 of series "A" at 9 PM .. Should a third and deciding game
be needed in either series or both it/they would be played  on
Monday August the 24th in Azilda. The second round semi finals
could stsart as esrly as August 24th or Thursday August 27th
..

      MANITOULIN MEN'S FASTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

             The AOK Sucker Creek Raiders Sweep Their Quarter
Final Series

              In a single playoff game played at Sucker Creek
tonight , the Raiders swept their best of 5 series in straight
games with a 8-3 victory over the Gore Bay Merchants .The winning
pitcher was Sean Assinewai while the loser was Jason Thibault
.The Raiders will now await the winner of the "A" series to find
out who they'll face in the championship final . That game was
played this evening but no results as of yet.

    DESBORO FASTBALL TOURNAMENT

               WIKY    WINS   "C" DIVISION

                The Wiwemakong Lumberjacks played a tournament
in Desboro on the weekend ..The Lumberjucks lost their first
two games and had to come by the back door to win the "C" division
title . More details on Tuesday .

    CALENDER FASATBALL TOURNAMENT

                LOCAL TEAM FROM SUDBURY WINS

                 Two local teams from Sudbury participated in
the annual 35 and over Calender tournament over the past weekend.
Just coincidence that both teams made it to the finals . In the
end the Stewie Orphans o Sudbury defeated the Athletics in the
final 4-3 . pitou Paquette hit the solo home run to give the
Orphans the victory . Frank Kujawinski of Iroquois Falls (playing
for the Orphans) was the tournament's top pitcher with Pat Sr
Brennan of the Athletics getting the spprtmanship award. Finally
the MVP was given honorrarily to Brad Ringuette. In round robin
action the Athletics`went 4-0 and the Orphans 3-1 . Both finalists
defesated North Bay teams . The wining team consisted of the
following players: Eddy Roy,Paul Stanley ,Shawn Cox , Pitou Paquette
,Billie Monohan ,Blaine Monohan ,Guy Montpellier ,Ali Gills ,Doug
Foley ,Mike Bray , Frank Kujawinski, Jordy Dahlvick ,Teddy Ringuette
, Gordy Ringuette and Brad Ringuette.

   DEADLINE REMINDERS

                                                      To all.
teams who have desires to enter the following two fastball tournaments
, the deadline of both for the money and the roster is Friday
August the 14th ..

     A] Brad Ringuette Northern Ontario Open Fastball Championships
  August 21st to 23rd in Azilda at the Rick McDonald Memorial
Park
            cheque labeled Northern Ontario Fastball Championship
            mailed to      Northern OntarioFastball Championships
                                 c/o Roger Legendre
                                 968 Jeanne D'Arc Street
                                Hanmer , Ont.
                                P3P 1R9
      B] 1st ever  ISC II Qualifier leading to a Northern berth
in the ToC in Midland Michigan for 2010
                                       August 28th to 30th  at
Tery Fox Sports Complex
             cheque labelled   ISC II Canada East
              mailed             Blair Setford
                                      2927 Nipiwin Drive
                                      Mississauga Ont.
                                      L5N 1Y1

 Yours in fastball

  Roger Legendre

  Rick McDonald Memorial Fastball League

  Public Relations Liaison/Advisor

  Northern Ontario Fastball Championships and

  ISC II Qualifier

  Co-convenor and chairperson
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