MITCHELL ADVOCATE loaded the bases, a weak ground | ball to third inexplicably called safe at first brought home the controversial winning run, giving the Stingers the championship in dramatic and heartbreaking style, depending on your perspective. Locally, the 12th-seeded Fullar- tonA’shad their hitting shoes onall weekend, scoring a bunch of runs in going 2-2 in the tournament, losing to the Tigers before beat- ing Wroxeter and Goderich only to be eliminated by the Brussels Bangers. Monkton, meanwhile, went 1-2 after opening with a win totie, but the locals were snuffed out of a potential bigger inning onacontroversial double play at the plate when Jeff Pauli lofted what appeared to be a sacrifice fly toright field that looked to have scored his son Tyler from third. ‘After a scoreless sixth, Tyler Pauli led off the seventh with a single and reached second on an error before scoring on an RBI single by McGill to give the Mets the lead. In the bottom of the in- ning, two singles and asacrifice fly allowed Belmore to tie the game 5-5, setting the stage for possible innings. However, after two intentional walks arounda flyout Tigers and Walton. over Wroxeter then losing to the | Fullarton’s U17 girls won the Huron-Perth ‘A’ champions! (coach), Dave French (coach), Becca Sleeper, Charlee Pic! Avery Hines and Scott Kemp (head coach). Front row (left p Sept. 13-15 in Exeter. Back row (eft): Ray Gettler ‘ering, Ally Vogels, Claire McCorkindale, Grace Laverty, ): Kora Smith, Alexa Hergel, Derika Schroter, Kylie Fifield, Brooklynn French, Carrie Kemp and Eden Robson. Absent were Ava Boers and Cheyanne Rieck. After well over a month of not playing, the rest did wonders for the Fullarton A’s U17 girls fast- pall team, as they captured the ‘A’ championship of the Huron-Perth league in Exeter Sept. 13-15. Originally scheduled for mid-Au- gust, the tournament was post- poned due to rain but that didn’t he A’ d-place fi Scott Lealess (right) and Kevin Ward are greeted by Mitchell Mets team- mates, including Craig Elliott (68), during action from the 13-team Huron County Fastball League playoff tounament Sept. 15 in Keterson Park in Mitchell. The Mets rebounded from a first-round loss to Milverton to win five straight games before fal short by one run, 6-5, to top-ranked Belmore in the ‘A’ ch: Vogels’ pitching, balanced offence lead UT17 A's to H-P title as Brooklynn French hit a two- run single, as did Grace Laverty to spark a four-run third. Becca Sleeper, Kora Smith and Kylie Fi- field also were strong offensively to lead the victory. In the final against Listowel (onaldson), a team that kept im- i e season went on, ishers during the campaign with a 12-4-2 record. Fullarton competed in the six-team ‘A’ division and be- gan round robin pool play with an 8-5 win over a solid Clinton squad as great pitching, good defense and timely hitting led to the victory. The next day against Listowel (Cameron), there was a little ten- sion after the A’s found themselves trailing 6-2 after three innings but they responded and exploded for llruns the rest of the game to earn a 13-9 triumph and a bye to the semifinal. Fullarton took on Innerkip in the sudden-death semi and that contest was all about pitching Firs BRS erie veer oa | and patience. Ally Vogels took the ca baseman Andrew Medhurst of the Monkton Muskrats chats with | bumpandstruck out 11 batters out e ton Quipp of the Walton Brewers during action from the Huron County | ofthe18 outsrecordedina9-6 win. astball League tournament in Mitchell Sept.14. Walton eliminated the | Offensively, Fullarton’s top of the luskrats in this contest by a 10-0 mercy rule shortened contest. | batting order flexed their muscles Sleeper set the ton: ninghomerunand the A‘sneverlet up on the attack, scoring in every inning but one to hold a slim lead. Listowel didn’t say die, though, and with the A’s holdinga two-run lead in the seventh, a couple errors al- lowed a run to score and make it a tight one run game. That didn’t phase the girls or Vogels pitching, who struck out three of the next four batters to win the game and the championship. Vogels pitched 21 of 24 innings in the tournament for the A’s and d i 1 the five-team ‘B’ championship side of the tournament, ende: their season in style with the ‘B’ crown. Mitchell, finishing eighth out of ll teams after the regular sea~ son with an 8-10 record, opened rebounding from a slow start of- fensively but kept on clicking. The next morning against Wilmot, the Hornets pulled away in a see-saw affair to win 17-11, then battled Exeter to a 20-20 tie that saw Mitchell rally for a six-run sixth and final inning to forge the dead- lock. In their third game of the day to complete round-robin action, another close battle ensued but Mitchell downed Stratford 14-11, the Hornets scoring three runs in the final inning to snap a deadlock and capture the win that qualified them forthe ‘B’ championship the next afternoon. Against Wilmot in the ‘B’ final, Mitchell couldn’t hold an early large leadas their opponents drew within two runs in the fifth inning before the Hornets kicked things backinto gear and pulled away for a 20-15 victory. The pitching duties were shared ‘lee Kipfe bined for the title. The coaching staff is proud of the whole season and every young lady on the team for how they played. Meanwhile, the Mitchell Uniac Insurance UI17 girls, competing in ipfer, Jessie Horan and Ashley McLeod along with UIS call-ups Rhylee Chessell Kara Rolph and Dylan Anderson, stabilizing the overall team de- fence, executing plays and getting the outs when it ma tered.