The Citizen, 2009-07-30, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2009. PAGE 9.
By Jo-Ann McDonald
The Walton Brewers battled the
Goderich Orioles last Tuesday
evening. Scott McDonald was on the
mound for the Brewers and gave up
an opening walk. The runner
eventually scored the only run of the
inning.
In Walton’s half of the first Scott
Leonhardt had a solo homerun to tie
it. The Brewers went ahead in the
third inning when Mark Olson and
Steve Hopf each singled. Both
crossed the plate to score on Blaine
Mark’s double.
The Orioles evened the score to
three apiece in the fourth. Leonhardt
came in as relief and retired seven
Orioles with strikeouts.
The game remained tied to the
finish, of regulation play. In the
Orioles half of the eighth, they left
their runner stranded at third. In
Walton’s half of the eighth, the
international rule runner was thrown
out at home on a double by
McDonald, who then made it to third
on the throw home. Marks took a
base on balls and then stole second.
Ron Strome also took a base on balls
to load the bases. Unfortunately a
ground ball hit ended the inning
without scoring a run.
The game ended in a 3-3 tie.
The Brewers participated in the
38th annual Brussels Tigers Fastball
Tournament on the weekend. They
played against Arthur on Friday
evening and came away with a 9-0
win.
Their next game was against the
Mitchell Chiefs which they lost 5-4
in extra innings. Their third game
was won by forfeit when the team
from Saugeen failed to arrive.
Advancing to the A-B final, the
Brewers defeated the Belmore
Stingers in extra innings.
Blyth Barons play neighbouring Brewers, TigersOn July 8 the Blyth Barons playedthe Walton Brewers in Walton andlost. The Barons took an early leadin the first inning. Ryan Clancy,Mike McDonald and ShawnBromley all singled to put the team
up by two.
The Brewers came back to score
one run in the bottom half to keep it
close. Then after shutting down the
Barons in the second the Brewers
took over the lead, scoring two runs
on two hits.
After two scoreless innings the
Barons regained the lead in the fifth.
Darcey Cook walked and took
second base. Mike Kerr and Clancy
singled to put the Barons back on
top.
The Brewers tied the score 4-4 in
the seventh with one run on one hit.
The Barons scored one run in the
eighth with the lone hit from PatCronin to take the lead 5-4.The Brewers scored two runs,however in their at-bat to win thisclose encounter 6-5.July 19 the Barons visited Zurich
to play the Rangers.
In the first, Kerr and McDonald
combined with singles to bring a run
across and take a 1-0 lead.
The Rangers tied it scoring one
run on three hits.
There were no more runs until the
bottom of the third when the
Rangers scored three runs with the
biggest blow coming from a
homerun.
The Barons got one back with a
McDonald double and a single and
RBI from Scott Bromley.
The Rangers get that run back on a
combination of Baron errors.
In the fifth the Rangers added twomore on a triple and two Baronerrors to lead 7-2.In the sixth inning the Rangersscored two runs to defeat the Barons9-2 by virtue of the mercy rule.
On July 22 the Blyth Barons came
to Brussels to play the Tigers.
The Barons took an early lead in
the top of the first. Darcey Cook
walked, then Mike McDonald
singled. Trevor Seip doubled and
two Barons crossed the plate.
In the bottom of the second,
Brussels roared back to tie the score
on a single, two walks and a Baron
error.
Then in the third a lead-off single
by Wade Stephenson put Brussels
ahead as he scored before the three
outs were recorded. The Baronsfinally added to their tally in the fifthscoring on singles by McDonald andRyan Clancy. The big blow was ahomerun by Seip to make it 5-3 forthe Barons.
The Tigers answered by scoring
two runs on three hits in the bottom
of the inning.
Singles by Scott Bromley and
Dean Wheeler aided by a Seip
double in the sixth put two Baron
markers on the board.
The 7-5 lead held to the end of
seven innings.
July 24 the Zurich Rangers came
to Blyth.
The Rangers scored two runs in
the first on three hits to take a 2-0
lead.
Cook hit a lead-off triple in thebottom of the inning and wasbrought home on Steve Cook’ssingle. Clancy walked followed byChris Stewart stroking a single tobring in the second Baron run.
Clancy then came home on Shawn
Bromley’s fly ball to centre field and
Stewart scored on Dustin Veenhoff’s
ground ball to the shortstop.
Zurich scored one run in the
second off one hit to close the score
to 4-3.
That score remained until the
bottom of the fourth. Singles by
Veenhoff, Darcey Cook and Steve
Cook brought home two more runs
for the hometown squad.
The Barons held on to the 6-3
victory.
Incoming
The Monkton batter has his eye on the ball as the Tigers’ pitcher lobs it in. The two teams
played in the Tigers’ tournament in Brussels on the weekend. The locals took this one 1-0 for
the B-A championship. (Vicky Bremner photo)
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a very tough way to lose the game.
St. Columban won the shoot-out by
one goal giving them three points and
Blyth earned two.
Less than two hours later Blyth
was set to play Seaforth I, just as the
rain came down on the players and
fans, making a very slippery field.
With a previous loss and win against
this team during the season, it was
sure to be a very competitive game.
Seaforth was first to get on the
scoreboard planting the ball into the
mesh, past Blyth’s keeper Bearss.
It wasn’t long before Blyth’s Ben
Nonkes sent the ball up to the field
and Weber knocked the ball into the
net to tie it.
In the second half Seaforth was
able to get past Blyth’s defence and
scored.
deBoer and J.P. VanDorp teamed
together to penetrate Seaforth’s
defence and scored.
Seaforth slipped another goal in
and Blyth was unable to get past
Seaforth after they stepped up their
defence to guard their lead.
Seaforth earned a narrow 3-2
victory. With just one goal short this
put the team in fifth place denying
them a spot in the medal round.
Blyth played with a lot of
heart, skill and determination during
this soccer tournament, and they
should be very proud of that, said
coaches.
The luck of the draw was not with
Blyth this tournament, but they were
a team that could tie the gold and
silver medal winners, St. Columban
and Wingham.
Blyth Thunder had a small but
dedicated and talented team of
players this year.
Blyth’s goal keepers were Boven
and Bearss. The defensive lineup was
Dale, Zach Drost and Leendert
VanDorp. Mid-fielders were Broda,
Robbie Gordon, Damion Greidanus,
Nonkes, Pizzati and Connor Wilts.
Forwards were deBoer, J.P. VanDorp
and Weber.
“This team was a pleasure to coach
and should be recognized for their
great soccer skills, determination and
good sportsmanship demonstrated
throughout the season,” said coach
Mary Ann Drost.
Wonders play TFA in Brussels
Friday, August 7
• Refreshment area open 7:00 pm
• Free evening for the entire family 8:00 pm - midnight
Dodge Challenge followed by
live entertainment in the tent
• Visit our friendly downtown merchants open ’til 9:00 pm
Saturday, August 8
• Vendor & Refreshment area open 12:00 noon
• Dodge Rodeo - wheelchair accessible 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Intermission ~ Enjoy and support the vendors 2:45 pm
• Slack~ Competitors not in show compete for points 4:30 pm
• BX 93 Video Dance 9:00 pm - 1:00 am
South Huron Rec. Centre, Arena floor
Sunday, August 9
• Country Style Brunch
South Huron Rec Centre Hall - Everyone welcome! 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
• South Huron Trail Run 9:00 am
• Slack~ Competitors not in show compete for points 10:00 am
• Vendor & Refreshment area open 12:00 Noon
• Dodge Rodeo - wheelchair accessible 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Intermission: Enjoy and support the vendors 2:45 pm
13TH ANNUAL
EXETER RODEO
2009
South Huron Recreation
Centre
Saturday, August 8
&
Sunday, August 9
Show Times ~ 2:00 pm
Rain or Shine
Admission
Adults — $15.00
Children (6-12) — $10.00
Under 5 years — $3.00
SAVE $5.00
Tickets can be purchased locally at the
South Huron Recreation Centre
or through Ticketweb at 1-888-222-6608
or www.ticketweb.ca
For information on the
EXETER
DODGE TRUCK
RODEO
please call the South Huron
Recreation Centre at
519-235-2833
shuronrec@southhuron.ca
Vendors Welcome! For details call Brenda at 519-297-2065
MIDWAY FOR THE KIDS
Brewers battle Orioles
By Jo-Ann McDonald
The Walton Wonders played on
Thursday evening at the Walton Park
as the visiting team. Home team was
the TFA team of Brussels.
The Wonders opened the game
with a solo homerun by LeeAnn
Konarski and put three more runs
across the plate.
TFA earned back two runs in the
bottom half of the first. The Wonders
posted four more runs on Sandra
Josling’s homerun and TFA came
back with four runs in their half of
the inning.
The Wonders broke out for six
runs in the fourth and TFA fought
back with three in the fifth and two
more in the sixth.
Walton added to the lead with
three more runs in the seventh and
held TFA to a single run in the
bottom to have a final score of 17-
12.
Top batters for Walton were
Sandra Josling, Sharon Greidanus,
Jolene McNichol, Val Schurter and
Liz Roth all going four for four. Top
batters for TFA were Rhonda Ryan,
Trisha McKay, Jen Smith and Kim
Higgins going four for four and Ruth
Lowe going three for three.
St. Columban wins shoot-out