Mansfield falls to Halton Hills

August 13, 2018

The Mansfield Cubs made it to the championship game of the junior provincial 'A' tournament where they lost to a strong Halton Hills team 12-2 Sunday.

The Cubs, who were joined by members of the Midland Twins to make up the team, competed in Chatham over the weekend in the eight-team tournament.

Taking a decisive 14-4 win over the London Tecumsehs in the first game, Mansfield picked up a second win 11-10 over London West. The Cubs dropped the third game to Niagara Falls 6-3 before winning 8-7 over Dundas and 6-5 over Niagara Falls in the semi-finals to move on to the championship game.

The Lisle Astros also attended the 'A' tournament losing to Dundas 5-1 and to Halton Hills 11-1.

The Orangeville Bengals entered the 'B' provincials in Port Lambton and also suffered early losses to Leamington 11-0 and Woodslee 8-4. Woodslee and Leamington would end up in the finals where Leamington won 9-7 for the title.