Bolton and Orillia are provincial champs

September 6, 2011

Ten North Dufferin Baseball League senior teams attended Ontario championships over the weekend with the Bolton Brewers bringing home the AA title with a 4-0 championship win against Vaughan and the Orillia Majors capturing the A title after a 5-3 victory over Kendal.

The Brewers went undefeated through six games with victories over Wellend Rose City Thorns 2-1 in opening play, league rivals Creemore Braves 7-5 and New Lowell Knights 4-3, Vaughan 11-1, Exeter 6-3, and Vaughan 4-0 in the championship game.

The New Lowell contest proved the toughest as extra innings were needed before Bolton finally scored the winning run in their half of the 12th inning. Both teams resume the league's championship series this Saturday with New Lowell ahead two game to none.

At the 'A' classification tournament, the Orillia Majors opened play with another league team, Ivy Leafs, winning the contest 12-10. Orillia lost their next two games to Kendal 12-2 and Merritton 7-4 and finished round-robin play with a 2-2 record with a win against Forest 6-4. The record was good enough to advance them to the semi-finals to meet Merritton again where Orillia thrashed them 14-3.

In the championship game, the Majors met host Kendal and after being down 3-0 in the early going were able to tie the game and forced extra innings. In the bottom of the eighth frame, Orillia hit a game ending two run home run to win the game 5-3 and take the provincial title.

Creemore and New Lowell joined Bolton at the 'AA' tournament at Niagara Falls. Creemore was eliminated after three games while New Lowell made it to the quarterfinals before losing.

Creemore met Amherstburg for their first game and needed an extra inning for a 16-4 win. Both teams were tied at four after seven with Creemore scoring 12 runs in their half of the eighth to break the tie. In their second game Creemore lost to Bolton 7-5 and were eliminated by the Wellend Pirates with a 2-0 loss.

New Lowell played four games defeating Windosr 8-0 and Wellend 11-1 while losing two games to Bolton 4-3 and Wellend 10-3.

Ivy, at the 'A' tournament lost to Orillia but won games against Forest 5-3 and Kendal 2-1. They lost their final game to Merritton 8-7 in nine innings.

Three teams the Aurora Jays, Bolton Braves, and Orangeville Bengals, participated in the 'B' tournament in Listowel. Both the Jays and Braves were knocked out after two games while Orangeville played three.

Orangeville won their first contest 8-5 against Wyoming, but dropped the next two games to Chatham 11-5 and Mitchell in a tight 1-0 affair.

Aurora lost to Riverside 2-1 during opening play and lost their second to Woodslee 9-3. Bolton also suffered two straight losses against Mitchell 7-6 and Fort Erie 7-3.

The Lisle Astros and Midland Indians attended the 'C' tournament in Port Lambton. Midland was eliminated after two games while Lisle made it to the quarterfinals.

Midland lost their contests to Harrow 15-5 and Thorold Mariners 5-4.

Lisle started the tournament with a loss to London Barons 3-1 but won their next two games, defeating South London 11-6 and Tillsonburg 10-7. In their fourth game Lisle met Thorold Mariners and suffered a 5-1 loss.