From the Hamilton Spectator AJAX, Ont. — When Canada's men's softball team won gold at the world championships in Saskatoon in early July, players couldn't celebrate too hard. They had unfinished business to take care of. With men's softball back in the Pan American Games for the first time since 2003, Canada set its sights on keeping alive a tradition of domination. This … [Read more...]
Newfoundlanders power Canada to 8th straight gold in men’s softball
From CBCCBC /Yahoo News.ca Canada won the gold medal in men's softball Saturday with a huge assist from Newfoundland and Labrador. Five of the 10 starting players in the lineup for Canada at the Pan Am Games hail from Newfoundland, and one of them, Brad Ezekiel, crushed a sixth-inning two-run home run to spot his team a 2-0 lead in what turned out to be a 2-1 victory over … [Read more...]
Oakville’s Mullaley, Canada chase world softball title with Pan Am gold
Oakville Beaver By Jon Kuiperij Finally, Steve Mullaley can allow himself to celebrate. The Oakville resident won his second international championship in as many weeks Saturday in Ajax, helping Canada claim its eighth straight Pan Am Games men’s softball gold with a 2-1 victory over Venezuela. Asked to compare the Pan Am gold to the world championship he won with Canada … [Read more...]
Stouffville pitchers proud to put Canada back on top of softball world
From the Stouffville Sun-Tribune National team veteran Koert retiring after golden summer Stouffville Sun-Tribune By Michael Hayakawa There are not many people who can lay claim to winning a softball world championship and Pan American Games gold medal in the same year. To be more precise, within weeks of each other. But Paul Koert, 36, and Andy Skelton, 28, can proudly … [Read more...]
Ezekiel, Cleary do some spade work, Canada mines Pan Am gold
From The Telegram Host team - with large Newfoundland contingent — beats Venezuela 2-1 in final It was a huge win for Canada, for Newfoundland … and for Harbour Main. That’s because two players from that Conception Bay Central community — Brad Ezekiel and Sean Cleary — played big roles as Canada defeated Venezuela 2-1 in Ajax, Ont., today in the gold-medal final of men’s … [Read more...]
Canada captures Pan-Am gold at home
Gold Medal Game Canada 2 Venezuela 1 WP-Cleary LP-Urbaneja HR-Bradley Ezekiel, 2 RBI in 6th Cleary a 6K 3 hitter Player Game Stats PDF Box Score Team Canada capped an unbeaten string of seven games at Toronto to win the Pan American games gold medal, with a 2-0 win over silver medalist Venezuela. Bradley Ezekiel provided all the offense that Canada would need, following a … [Read more...]
Starting Line-ups for 2015 Pan Am Gold Medal Game – Canada v. Venezuela
Starting Lineups for the Gold Medal Game 3pm EDT, 12noon PDT Canada 15 ROY Mathieu 22 EZEKIEL Brad 19 ELLSWORTH Jeff 33 MULLALEY Stephen 10 HILL Jason 29 MAYSON Derek 51 BOLAND Ryan 14 FEHRMAN Ian 17 HORN Brandon 44 CLEARY Sean Venezuela 25 CHIRINOS Yeider 1 LINARES Tulio 8 PINTO Luiger 7 LIMA Jorge 22 FLORES Rafael 17 ZAMBRANO John 21 LINARES Edwin 13 … [Read more...]