Knights' provincial 'AA' finalists

September 3, 2018

Ontario Baseball championship tournaments were held on the Labour Day Weekend with four classifications of play for senior teams.

In total, nine North Dufferin league teams took part with the New Lowell Knights the lone team making a championship game.

The Knights travelled to Kendal for the 'AA' tournament and opened with a win against Exeter 3-0. In the second game the Knights suffered a loss to Kendal 7-0. New Lowell slaughtered Vaughan 16-0 in a do-or-die game to make it to the semi-finals on Sunday morning where they met Kincardine and won 10-4.

In the championship game they faced Kendal and lost 16-3. The Knights were in the game until the bottom of the fifth frame losing 2-0 before the floodgates opened.

At the 'A' tournament in Listowel the Ivy Leafs made semi-final action after picking up wins against Merritton 4-0 and the Ivy Rangers 2-1. In the third game, Fort Erie downed the Leafs 6-1. Moving into semi-final action on Sunday, the Leafs lost to Listowel 3-1.

The Ivy Rangers played three rounds winning their first game against league-rival Aurora Jays 8-4. They lost their second game to the Ivy Leafs and were knocked out of contention by Listowel 15-1 in their third game.

Aurora suffered the loss to the Rangers and was eliminated after a 2-1 defeat by Merritton.

The 'B' tournament in Port Lambton saw the Bolton Dodges make the fourth round taking victories against Port Lambton 6-5 and Amherstburg 5-1 before suffering a loss to Welland Chiefs 20-10 in a rain delayed game. Bolton was eliminated after a loss to Harrow 8-5.

Midland Mariners also made four rounds losing their first game 3-1 to Corunna.  The Mariners stayed alive with wins against Welland Thorns 6-3 and Milton 14-4, before bowing out with a 10-6 loss to Port Lambton.

The Clearview Orioles were also at the 'B' tournament and went out two straight with losses to Amherstburg 8-1 and Port Lambton 6-5.

The Lisle Astros and Barrie Angels were in Thorold for the 'C' tournament. Lisle played two games losing both, 6-0 to Essex and 11-4 to Petrolia.

Barrie lost their first game 10-9 to Mitchell and then won the next two, 7-3 over Thorold and 12-2 over Petrolia. In the fourth game they went down in defeat to London 13-4.