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The Brussels Tigers captured the
A championship in the 48th annual
men’s invitational fastball
tournament over the weekend with a
12-0 win over the Appin A’s.
The Tigers went through the
tournament undefeated, starting the
three-game round-robin with a
convincing 12-5 win over the
Monkton Muskrats on Friday night.
The Tigers were in the ‘C’ division
against three other teams.
The Tigers then went on to double
the Delaware Highlanders 10-5
before blanking their closest
competition in the standings, the
Kitchener Selects, 7-0.
The sweep of the round robin
earned Brussels a bye to the finals on
Sunday, where they faced off against
the Appin A’s who swept the ‘A’
round-robin, starting on Saturday
morning by doubling the Walton
Brewers 6-3.
Later that day, the A’s edged out
the Goderich Grizzlies 10-7, earning
the A’s a berth in the semi-finals
against the Glencoe Astros, who
swept the ‘B’ round-robin.
Appin outscored Glencoe by 10,
earning a 12-2 win on Sunday
morning before facing off against
the Tigers Sunday at 5:30 p.m.
Tigers representative Shawn Daw
said that, from an organizing
standpoint, the tournament went
very well.
“We had lots of community
support,” he said. “There were lots
of people out watching our games
and lots of people out watching the
tournament in general.”
He said the beverage tent was
successful and that the decision to
add a food truck through JR’s
Cooking and Catering of Walkerton
was a great pairing.
The Brussels Leo Club will return
all the empties from the weekend,
adding to their fundraising efforts,
Daw said.
The event couldn’t happen, said
Daw, without the other teams taking
part, the umpires keeping the games
going, help from members of the
Tigers, volunteers who help behind
the scenes and commercial partners.
The Tigers’ win marks the third
time in four seasons they’ve come
out on top at their own tournament,
Daw said, with wins in 2016, 2018
and now 2019.
He said the team’s offence was
performing well, with the team
earning 41 runs and giving up only
10 throughout the tournament, a
ratio of four runs earned to every one
scored against them.
The pitching staff, which Daw is a
part of, also played a big part in the
win, he said.
FULL RESULTS
In the ‘A’ round-robin, the Appin
A’s emerged victorious, besting the
Walton Brewers 6-3 and the
Goderich Grizzlies 10-7.
The Walton Brewers posted a
10-1 win over the Goderich
Grizzlies.
In the ‘B’ round-robin, the
Glencoe Astros claimed victory,
narrowly edging out the Harwood
Corners 1-0 and posting a 3-2 win
over the Fullarton A’s.
Harwood posted a 13-1 win over
the Fullarton A’s.
In the ‘C’ Division, The Tigers
were the victor, posting a 12-5 game
over the Monkton Muskrats, a 10-5
win over the Delaware Highlanders
and a 7-0 win over the Kitchener
Selects.
The Selects posted a 7-1 win over
the Highlanders and an 8-1 win over
the Monkton Muskrats.
The Highlanders earned a hard-
fought 10-7 win over the Muskrats.
In the championship brackets,
Appin posted a 12-2 win over
Glencoe to win a berth in the ‘A’
Championship where they were
felled by the Tigers in a five-inning
12-0 game.
Harwood earned a berth in the ‘B’
championships against Kitchener,
but were felled by the Selects 3-2.
In the ‘C’ semi-final, Fullarton
earned a berth in the final with a 7-0
win over Goderich. Fullarton faced
off against Delaware, with Fullarton
posting a 10-3 win over the
Highlanders in five innings.
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Swinging for the cheap seats
The Brussels Tigers’ 48th annual men’s invitational fastball tournament was held over the
weekend with games running Friday night through Sunday. The Tigers captured the ‘A’
championship for the second year in a row, besting the Appin A’s 12-5 in the final game of the
tournament. (Denny Scott photo)
Tigers claim ‘A’ championship in Brussels tourney
Bringing the heat
The Walton Brewers faced off early Saturday morning against the Appin A’s in the 48th annual
men’s invitational fastball tournament in Brussels over the weekend. While the A’s got the best
of the Brewers, Walton was able to post a 10-1 win over Goderich. (Denny Scott photo)
By Denny Scott
The Citizen