TEAM CANADA
Team Canada announced this past Friday, (see Al’s Fastball for the complete story) that 3 great ball players from our area have been named to Team Canada and will be heading to Hermosillo Mexico this November 18th to 26th for the VIII Pan American Softball Championship….
A pair of Breslau Badgers of the South Perth Fastball League made the team….Brandon Horn and Ben Wideman were included on the Team Canada roster. Andy Skelton of NewMarket was named as well
Brandon and Ben faced each other in the Canadian Fastpitch championships in Owen Sound this past summer. Ben was lead off hitter and centre fielder for the host and Ontario Senior Champs, the Owen Sound Selects. Ben showed the fans at the Canadians that he is one great centre fielder, and can hit singles, home runs and even can bounce one off the top of the outfield fence.
Brandon batting at or near the top of the order for the KW Hallman Twins; the Canadian Fastpitch Champions… is an outstanding second baseman with two other championships this year at the ASAs in South Bend and the ISCs in Quad Cities… He showed he could make the transition quite nicely to short stop with the KW Twins making two outstanding defensive plays against St John’s in the Championship game in Owen Sound…
Andy Skelton, another outstanding young player was on the Owen Sound Selects roster with Ben Wideman. He pitched, played second base and of course was one of the leading batters at the Canadians..
All 3 played outstanding fastball at the Canadian Championships. Ryan Wolfe will be missed in Mexico but these three are great leaders, and a great addition to Team Canada.
Team Canada heads to Mexico in November for the Pan Am tournament…a qualifier for the ISFs in New Zealand in 2013
UNIVERSITY FASTBALL
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks play a pair of double headers this coming weekend…University of Windsor at 2 pm and 4 pm at Waterloo’s Hillside Park…and on Sunday at 12 noon and 2pm they meet University of Western Ontario
The provincial championships are the following weekend at Western….
This past weekend the Golden Hawks playing out of the Princeton ball diamonds lost two to McMaster. They had a 7 – 6 lead over the Maurauders but gave up 3 in the 7th..to lose 9 – 7…The second game was a an 18 – 11 mercy over 5 innings….
On Sunday the Brock Badgers were in town, and in a battle with Laurier for 2nd place in the OUA…..the Hawks got 2 wins, 3 – 0 in the first, and 11 – 5 in the second …..
The split dropped the Golden Hawks to 3rd place in the league
This weekend we have the top three clubs at Hillside…Western, Windsor and Wilfrid Laurier…
And…LEGENDS OF FASTBALL
The Children’s Wish foundation, (Legends of Fastball Classic sponsors) will also have the annual Wishmakers’s Walk this Saturday at The Kitchener Auditorium…Registration at 10 AM…
Anne Boehm is looking forward to seeing the local fastball fans out for this event…
See you at the ball yard….
Go Tigers…