“This Week in Fastball”, from Dennis Dosman in the Ontario Province
Fastball this week…May 23rd
Victoria Holiday Weekend in Woodstock’s Fairgrounds Park…
The Shakespeare Falcons won the A Division in a “mercy rule” championship game over the Springfield Brewers of the St Thomas and District League.
B Division title went to the Owen Sound VW Select Jrs, beating the Fisherville A’s 2 to 1 in that final
and the C Title winner was Oshwegan with a 7 – 3 win over the Innkerkip Expos.
Shakespeare got to the A final with victories over Harwood, (9 – 7) in the semi, and pool play wins over Burgessville Bulls, (2 – 0), then 5 – 3 over the Innerkip Expos, and 9 – 1 over the Kitchener Selects.
The Brewers knocked off Woodstock 4 – 3 in the semis. Springfield had an earlier win over Kelseys in pool play, lost to the Selects 5 – 2, and beat the Kitchener Predators 11 – 3
B championships
The Owen Sound VW Select Jrs. had pool play wins over the Oshwegan Redmen 4 – 3, and 8 – 4 over Harwood Corners, and lost 2 – 1 to the Innerkip Expos. Nice to see the comparison of Darren Zack versus the young Select pitchers, nice win for Luke with Caleb in relief, for the VW Jrs…
In the semi final the VW Jrs, beat Glanworth 5 – 2, to meed Fisherville in the finals.
Fisherville A’s beat Kitchener Selects also by 5 – 2, in thier semi final game.
The Erie League A’s opened up on Saturday with a 1 – 0 win over Innerkip, followed by a 4 – 3 win over the Saugeen Shores Smoke, and fell 10 – 3 to Harwood Corners..
The B title game was a 2 – 1 win by Owen Sound over Fishervile.
C Championships
Oshwegan won 2 – 1 over Hickson, and Innerkip had a 7 – 1 win over Saugeen in the C semi finals. and the Oshwegan Redmen then beat Innerkip 7 – 3 for the C final.
The hometown Woodstock Kelsey’s beat the Glanworth Gators,11 – 1 and 7 – 2 over the Hickson Reds, before thier first loss to Springfield,
The KFL Selects had a 2 and 1 pool play record….the Predators, 0 – 3
Great weather for the most part in Woodstock..and that must be a first for the May 24 Weekend tournament….some light rain, but no snow, no thunderstorms, no hail, no freezing evening games.
This weekend in St Clements…..The BELL CARTAGE Kitchener Outlaws tournament
The Bell Cartage Outlaws are hosting their annual Kitchener Bell Cartage Outlaws Fastpitch tournament this weekend at the St Clemens Ball Diamands
Derek Martin has sent me the schedule…
Opening games Friday evening include…
6:50 pm Kitchener Outaws vs Waterloo Cardinals
7:00 pm Linwood Jrs. vs Wellington SoxCouple veteran teams there vs a couple of good young teams
8:30 KW Cubs vs Elmira Expos…this looks like a good one
8:45 Alvinston Indians vs the Southern Ontario Jays…Veterans vs YouthSaturday morning…
9:30 am the host Outlaws vs the Cobourg Force…two great teams here as well
and The Waterdown Hammer vs Linwood Juniors11:15,,,Oshawa BB’s vs KW Cubs and the Mitchell Mets meet the S.O. Jays
1pm Waterdown Force vs, the Waterloo Cardinals and the Hammer play the Sox
3pm the last pool play game….Oshawa BBs vs the Expos and the Mets vs Indians…
OASA ORTHODOX CHAMPIONSHIPS
Remember 30 years ago, maybe40, there would always be one of those “old school” orthodox or sling shot pitchers in every league, usually with a ton of junk and 3 differant change ups….well orthodox is still popular in pockets around the province and the OASA is looking for teams to play in a provincial championship. George Ryder is looking for teams, and putting together a tournament.
If you know of any teams who should be interested in this championship…please get in contact with George
georgeryder (at) bell.net
MORE ON THE BLACK SOX
The New Zealand Black Sox are opening thier Southern Ontario Tour in Saint Catherines on Tuesday June 21st….Blair Setford says that the Golden Horseshoe Fastball League All Stars will play the Black Sox at Lancaster Park in St Catherinces.
Blair is hoping to run a minor ball clinic…Ball Park Radio will be on hand, but make the trip to the St Kitts,
I have made the trip a couple of times to watch the Kitchener Rangers play the Ice Dawgs ..(Mike Lannan driving his Chrysler 300 with a hemi….seems like a short drive…)
for more info….
Blair Setford blairjs (at) rogers.com