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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2015-07-30, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015. •Licensed Septic Installations • Screened & Field Topsoil • Natural Mulch • Sand • Gravel • Fill • Bulldozing • Excavating • Loading & Hauling • Mini Excavating CONSTRUCTION LTD. R.R. #2 Bluevale 519-887-9061 When you need to get the job done ~ Call us! Sports Tourney sees Brewers win BA, Tigers make AB finals Walton Brewers defeated Sebringville Junior Sting 3-2 in eight innings to win the BA championship of the 44th annual Brussels Tigers tournament held on the weekend. Sebringville scored two runs in the top of the first inning. Walton scored single runs in the third and fourth innings to tie the game at two. Playing under international rules, in the eighth inning, the Brewers prevented the Sting from scoring in the top of the eighth inning and then managed to score Jamie Wicke from second base in the bottom of the eighth. Scott McDonald had a home run and single for the Brewers, with Wicke getting a double and single. Darryl Houston chipped in with a single. Cody Bromley had a triple and single for the Sting, with Ben Hodgins and Trevor Wilhelm each getting a triple. Charlie Molson and Fraser Urquhart each contributed a single. Mel Ross went the distance on the mound for the Brewers, recording five strike outs. Chad Fink started on the mound for the Sting and was relieved by Ben Hodgins. The two pitchers combined for five strike outs. Sebringville advanced to the final by getting past Sweaburg 8-4 in the semi-final. Paul Dolmage of the Brewers said they got off to bad start, losing 12-0 to the Kitchener Selects in their opening game. He noted they then had two good games, against Melbourne Mile and Sebringville. “Scott McDonald had a big weekend, with two home runs,” he said. “We received great pitching from Mel Ross.” He indicated that Adam Cronin hit into a ground out to score the winning run. Brussels Tigers reached the AB final, but were defeated 5-4 by the Port Burwell Lakers as the Lakers scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to win the game. Brussels put two runners across the plate in the top of the first inning and two more in the fourth inning. Port Burwell scored two runs in the bottom of the third inning and one in the fourth inning, before winning the game with two in the seventh. Andrew Baker hit a home run for the Tigers, with Corey Campbell getting a triple and single. Wade Stephenson connected for a triple, with Adam Corbett rapping out three singles. Steve Scholl contributed a double. Jamie Davis had a triple and single for the Lakers, with singles being rapped out by Andrew Van Wyk, Sean Lovell and Brent Roloson. Ty Sebastian went the distance on the mound for the Tigers, recording eight strike outs. Scott Lovell went the distance for the Lakers and had one strike out. Shawn Daw of the Tigers said it was a great tournament for the Tigers. “Our bats came alive for the tourney and we had some great pitching,” he said. “We just came up short.” He noted that overall it was a good tournament. Brussels advanced to the final by getting past Harwood Corners 5-2 in the semi-final. Corbett hit a triple for the Tigers with Ben Newell, Dennis Dewars, Daw and Sean Cook each getting a single. Daw went the distance on the mound, recording seven strike outs. The Stratford Cubs won the AA championship as they defeated the Kitchener Selects 3-1. Cody Werner hit a home run for the Cubs, with Derek Elliott rapping out a pair of singles. Getting single base hits were Tyler Pauli, Nick Penner and Jake Moulton. Tom Allen had a triple and single for the Selects, with Mike Brown connecting for a triple. Kevin Ryrie and Aaron McCaw contributed one single apiece. John Baker went the distance on the mound for the Cubs, recording seven strike outs. Shayne Riepert went the distance for the Selects, recording five strike outs. Melbourne Mile took the BB title as they scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to defeat the Fullarton A’s 4-2. Brad Cooper had a triple and double for the Mile, with Aaron Stickley getting a double and Ryan Wolfe rapping out a pair of singles. Adam Fletcher contributed a single. Scott Lealess hit a home run for the A’s with Adam Pearn getting a double and Jamie Pearn a single. Brussels opened the tournament Friday evening with an 8-7 decision over the Goderich Grizzlies. The Tigers scored six runs in the second inning and added two more in the sixth. Goderich scored one run in the second inning and added six more in the sixth to make the game close. Scholl had a home run and single for the Tigers, with Corbett getting a double and single. Cook connected for a double and Daw hit a single. Daw started on the mound for the Tigers, with Dewar taking over in relief. In the second game played Friday evening, Port Stanley edged past Sweaburg Crush 8-7. In the first game played Saturday morning, the Selects defeated the Brewers 12-0. Riepert threw a one- hitter as McDonald hit a single for the Brewers. McDonald and Cronin were the pitchers for Walton. Stratford then doubled up Sebringville 4-2, Port Burwell defeated Melbourne 8-6 and Harwood Corners got past Fullarton 3-2. Brussels fell 3-2 to Port Stanley in a championship round contest. Brussels scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, with Port Stanley putting three runners across the plate in the top of the fifth. Scholl had a home run and single for the Tigers with Newell hitting a home run. Dewar had a double and single, with Campbell hitting a double. Contributing single base hits were Corbett and Cook. Dewar went the distance on the mound for the Tigers, recording five strike outs. Andrew Battigis and Wes Collard saw pitching duty for Port Stanley and combined for five strike outs. Kitchener defeated the Lakers 8-1 and Stratford got past Melbourne 8- 3. On the consolation side, Sweaburg defeated Goderich 10-2 and Walton blanked Melbourne 5-1 behind the two-hit pitching of Ross. He struck out 10. Walton scored two runs in the first inning and added three more in the sixth. McDonald hit a two-run home run for the Brewers, with Shawn Bromley hitting a triple and Darryl Houston a double. Barry Young and Jeff Robinson each rapped out a single. Sebringville also edged past Fullarton 7-6. Stratford defeated Port Stanley 9-1 to advance to the AA final and Fullarton downed Goderich 10-3 to reach the BB final. By Jim Brown Special to The Citizen Plenty of action The baseball diamonds in Brussels had plenty of action over the weekend as the annual Brussels Tigers Tournament saw teams competing for victory in one of four divisions. Locally, the Brussels Tigers made the AB finals while the Walton Brewers won the BA finals. The AA finals went to the Stratford Cubs while the BB finals was won by Melbourne. (Jim Brown photo) Playing hard Players from Blyth and Wingham, shown above, as well as several other centres, were hoping to come out winners at the U7/U8 tournament held at Sparling Fields on Saturday just prior to the Streetfest celebration. Organizers say that everyone played hard and had a good time. (Denny Scott photo)