OTTAWA- Yet another three National Championships will take place this week as championship season is fully upon us. The Bantam Girls championship will take place in Richmond, BC and will see an 7 team field participate, which is an increase of 1 team from 2009. In Vaughan, Ontario the Bantam Boys championship will be busy as all provinces will be represented as well as the host Vaughn club. Finally, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia the Senior Men’s championship will return for a second straight year and will feature a 10 team field that includes the defending champs from Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.
OTTAWA-Jordan Lennerton (Langley, BC) has been named the Florida State League’s player of the week (week ending August 22nd). Lennerton, a first baseman, is currently playing for the Detroit Tigers High-A affiliate in Lakeland, Florida. The 2004 Junior National Team member had quite a week at the plate hitting .406 (13-for-32) with 5 homeruns and 9 RBI. Lennerton’s week included hitting homerun’s in three straight games and after homering again on August 19th, he recorded an RBI for the 9th straight game. Lennerton has been on fire since being promoted to Lakeland from West Michigan in the Mid-West League, as he has hit .325 with 9 homeruns and 30 RBI and has hit .393 during the month of August.
Source: Ben Watanbe, The Express-Times
OTTAWA- Gold Medals were handed out at three National Championships including the Peewee Western, Midget and Junior championships.
OTTAWA- Brad Clarke (Cloverdale, BC) singled in the bottom of the 9th give BC a 1-0 walk-off victory over Alberta at the Midget championship in London, Ontario. J.J. D’aoust (Penticton, BC) scored the winning run after he had walked, advanced to 2nd on a ground out and stole 3rd base. To that point, the game had been a pitcher’s duel between Alberta’s Alex Regan (Calgary, AB) who pitched the entire game and only gave up 2 hits while striking out 11 and BC’s Tanner Collins (Penticton, BC) who went 7 innings and struck out 8 batters. Neither pitcher allowed a runner past 2nd base the entire game to prolong the scoreless battle. In the end BC’s Matt Pouncey (Kamloops, BC) was credited with the win as he pitched a perfect 9th inning.
Maracay, Venezuela- The Women’s National Team did all they could by beating Cuba 10-9 in a thrilling game at the Women’s World Cup. Unfortunately the Canadians needed help in the form of a USA victory over Australia to advance to the medal round. In the end it wasn’t meant to be as Australia walked all over USA 19-6.
Maracay, Venezuela- Martine Nadeau (Québec City, QC) was solid on the mound and the Women’s National Team used some timely hitting to beat Cuba 5-1 in the 5th place game at the Women’s World Cup. The game was called during the 5th inning because of rain and Canada was awarded the victory
OTTAWA- Trois-Riviéres edged Québec 3-2 to advance to the Gold Medal game at the Junior Championship. The game needed an extra inning and it was Trois-Riviéres, Symon Laplante (Sorel, QC) who scored the go ahead run in the top of the 8th when Québec made an error with the bases loaded. From there the game was in the hands of David Leblanc (Montréal, QC) who shut Québec down in the bottom of the 8th. Leblanc pitched the complete game and only gave up 4 hits. Québec forced extra innings in the bottom of the 7th when Kevin Tremblay (Boucherville, QC) scored on a passed ball.
Maracay, Venezuela-Kate Psota’s (Burlington, ON) 2 out RBI single highlighted a 4 run 7th inning as Canada beat Cuba 10-9 in a walk-off victory. The victory gives Canada life as they now hope for a USA victory over Australia later today which would advance them to the medal round of the Women’s World Cup.
