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6 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, August 18, 2004 Northumberland Motor Products Eagles Hometown victory Designated hitter B.J. Hackett who hit the grand- slam homer. It was a great day for baseball. baseball. A little rain to settle the dust, then some sun came out for all. to enjoy. The players responded and we had a great playoff game in Kendal. The Whitby Canadians brought a full team to battle their regional rivals. For the first four innings, the pitchers dominated the game, although there were some sparkling fielding plays also. Dave Trew ran a country mile to snare a long fly ball in the outer web of his glove in the first inning. In the second inning, Rob Staples ran to the fence for one fly, then to the infield for a second and then gathered in a third fly to record all three outs in the inning. In the fifth inning, Kendal managed to put some runs on the electronic board. Singles by Steve DeGraaf and Nick Stacey set up the first move by Manager Paul Sharpe. He called on Bob Witheridge to bunt. Bunt he did. The catcher hurried his throw causing an error, allowing Steve to score and Bob to proceed to second. Then, Bryan Landry executed the squeeze bunt to perfection scoring Nick. Troy Foster continued his domination of the Whitby hitters. In the sixth, Rob Staples, Troy Foster and Steve DeGraaf reached on singles and a walk. Manager Sharpe made another another one of his moves. He called on regular designated hitter B.J. Hackett to pinch hit for Bob Witheridge. B.J. promptly promptly hit the first pitch over the right field fence for a grand slam homer. This made the score six nothing in Kendal's favour. Mark Foster came in to pitch in the eighth inning and after a shaky start allowed Whitby only, one run. In their half of the eighth, Kendal scored three runs on two walks and three hits to end the game due to the mercy rule. The final score was eleven to one but it was not indicative of the play. Both teams played excellent baseball and the fans got their money's worth again. Speaking of fans, the sidelines were packed and the 50/50 draw winner Craig Lockhart from Lockhart donated $40 of his $127 prize back to the team to help pay for the umpires, who did a super job. The victory gave the hometown boys one of the two games it needs to go on to the All-Ontario Senior "B" playoffs on the Labour Day Weekend. The next game is Tuesday night at Iroquois Park in Whitby starting at 7:30. If a third game is required it will be played in Port Hope at 7:30 on Wednesday night. Believe me it will be worth the trip to Whitby Tuesday night! Games scheduled for Aug. 22 Best of B games - Semi-Final Blue Circle vs. Blazers - 2:30 pm Mudhens vs. Black Jacks - 4:00 pm Renegades vs. Generals - 5:30 pm Slime vs. Pita Pit - 7:00 pm Brett Lee took possession of the ball last Wednesday in the Squirts game against Hampton. Orono downed the Hampton squad. Kendal All-Ontario Junior "C" Hosts ^ I Pita Pit over Slime 8 : 7 Renegades over Blue Circle 8 : 2 Generals over Blazer 10:9 Mudhens over Black Jacks 16:15 I Final Regular League Standings 1 TEAM SR MOM LOSS TIE BE BA +/- EI5 1 1. Pita Pit 14 11 3 0 233 128 105 22 2. Blazers 14 10 3 1 201 106 95 21 3. Blue Circle 14 9 5 0 185 120 65 18 4. Slime 14 7 6 1 186 170 16 15 5. Generals 14 6 8 0 165 196 -31 12 6. Black Jacks 14 5 9 0 129 168 -39 10 7. Mudhens 14 4 10 0 114 235 -121 8 8. Renegades 14 3 11 0 121 185 -64 6 This weekend ten teams are coming to Kendal for the All- Ontario Junior "C" O.B.A. playoffs. Since many boys in this age group will be off to college or other pursuits during during the Labour Day weekend, they have their playoff this weekend. Kendal has been H!/vH\ugusH^ High Scores: 1st Frances Cathcart 133 2nd Brian Mclvor 132 3rd Ada Ryerse 129 4th Doreen Lee 128 5th Colleen Brown 125 6th (tic) Lois Sullivan 124 Jack Gagnon Lone Hands! Helen Frain (9), Carol Blakney (8), Ada Ryerse (8) 50/50 Winner: Carol Blakney Next Euchre Saturday September 18th honoured as the host because of their track record as being a good host and a great baseball area. Teams from Leamington, Sudbury, Stratford, Listowel and Dundas to name a few will be travelling to the area for the double elimination tournament. There will be games in Kendal, Cobourg and Port Hope starting at 5 pm Friday night. Then, there will be four games in Kendal on Saturday and 2 in Port Hope. All the final games will be in Kendal on Sunday with the Championship to start at about 2 pm. This will be very exciting baseball and Kendal is famous for putting on quite a spread for tournaments. Kendal should have a very competitive competitive team as well as the teams from Dundas and Sudbury. Don't miss it! 50/50 WINNER Annual Beef BBQ on August 11th. Joan Hayman of Bowmanville