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Wednesday, July 26, 2006 · Page 17 Cottam Cubs Mosquito Baseball The Cubs had two road games this week. The first game saw them ravel to Essex to play the B eam. In an explosive first nning, Cottam batters cored 14 runs before the ome team ever got up to at! Leading the offence was ustin Orton who went 4-4 (3 R, 9 RBI) and Brett ickeard 2-4 (3 runs). Cub itching kept Essex batters own striking out 13 and llowing only two hits. Six ub hurlers combined in the ffort. Final score: Cubs 18. Congratulations go to ssex B for their improveent. Next Cottam found themelves very depleted due to ummer vacations and with only seven out of 14 players we travelled to Riverside minor to play a very good team. Thanks go to the five Rookie ball players (Jeremy Orton, Conner Demers, Colton Vreisacker, Bryce Deimer, Aiden Garant) who, after their own game at Cottam, went to Riverside to help. The Cubs played hard but in the end we lost 10-2. Jeremy Orton started on the mound and pitched great! Scott Smith 2-3, Bryce Diemer 1-2 , and Nikolas Veigli 1-3. Special credit to Dayne Garant who caught three flyballs! The sponsor of the week was Roland Signs. Our record in league play is 14 wins, 7 losses and a tie. Essex Yellow Jacket Rookie Baseball Last weekend the Jackets hosted a Rookie baseball tournament here at home. The team started the tournament against a strong Amherstburg team. The top of the batting order for Essex ­ Alec Robillard, Tyler St. Pierre, Colin Lauzon and Brode Masse ­ came out hitting, scoring three runs in the first inning. But Amherstburg wouldn't be denied and scored two runs of their own on their first at bat. Great plays by pitcher Adam Amicarelli wouldn't allow them any more runs. With the Jackets' bats still working and the defense shutting down Amherstburg, the team wouldn't allow any more runs until the fourth inning. Up by three runs in the seventh, Amherstburg wouldn't back down and started to get their bats on track, scoring four runs and beating the Jackets by one run. Final score: 9 - 8. The second game of the tournament found the team facing Tilbury. Again, Essex came out hitting, scoring six runs in the first three innings, but Tilbury scored six runs of their own. With the score tied after four innings, the team knew what they had to do. The bats came alive again and the Jackets went up by eight runs, this time with great hits by Anthony Iacobini, Jake Watters, Adam Amicarelli, Brendan Jones, Alex Smith, Sydney O'Doherty and Logan McMurren. The infield of Jake, Colin, Tyler, Adam and Brode made some great plays to deny Tilbury's bats and leave them scoreless in the last four innings. Final score: Essex 14, Tilbury 6. The third game saw Essex facing Harrow. With their confidence up and the whole team working together, the Jackets won the game with a final score of 12 - 4. The Jackets found themselves facing Amherstburg in the championship game. Amherstburg came out strong scoring five runs the first inning. The Jackets' bats struggled but their defense came alive with two great pop fly catches by the backcatcher, Logan, to keep Amherstburg scoreless in the second inning. Finally the Jackets bats started to work with base hits by Kane Gagnon and Nash Prieur to start the team's seven run scoring streak. Great defense in the outfield by Nash to throw out two runners at second Amherstburg wouldn't be base. denied , however, scoring most of their runs in the last innings and beating the Jackets 14 - 8 to win the tournament. Great job by all the players. Essex also played three regular season games during the week beating Walkerville, Tilbury and losing to Tecumseh Major. THINKIN' HOCKEY? We have what you want! NHL Folding Tables $22.99 + tax Cottam Cubs Rookie Baseball There was a lot of baseball this week for the Cubs starting with Walker Home Sites. The boys came away with a big 22-2 win. The boys were hitting well with a triple from Jeremy Orton. Josh Scratch, Zack Diemer, Austin Scratch and Jamie Bonneau all had multiple singles. Defensively we shut them done with great plays coming from Jeremy Orton, Ben Curtis and Brady Rickeard. Our next game was against Riverside Minor and again our bats were alive and the boys were hungry. It was our third win in a row with a final score of 20-7. Aiden Garant pounded out a couple of doubles. Colton Vriesacker also hit a beautiful double. Jamie Bonneau was ripping the ball up the middle and Eryk Wagner was on fire going 2 for 3. The big story of this game was Bryce Diemer who was 3 for 3, hitting three triples in a row. These were some of the best hits all year! Conner Demars did a nice job over at first base with Aiden Garant making a great catch in the outfield. Bryce also made a great tag at home for the third out from a hard throw from Jeremy Orton. Our third game was against a tough Harrow team and the coaches were hoping for four in a row but the boys fell short in the late innings and we lost 23-13. Great hitting came from Jeremy Orton and Bryce Diemer with homeruns. Austin Scratch and Jamie Bonneau were also solid with the bats. Eryk Wagner had a great catch in left field for a third out. Jeremy Orton turned a NHL Sleeping Bag with Built in Pillow $32.99 + tax NHL Folding Camp Chairs $26.99 + tax nice double play and Colton Vriesacker had a nice throw from third to Josh Scratch at home for an out. It was a great game and the boys played very well but just couldn't get the win. Our next game is Wednesday against Tecumseh. These games were sponsored by Cargill, Vanderheydt's and Ram Trucking. 2006 ESSEX MEN'S SLO-PITCH LEAGUE STANDINGS As of July 23, 2006 POS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TEAM Essex Legion Grand Central Titans Michigan Roadhouse Usual Suspects The Whack All Lined Up Billy Bosotn's GAMES 22 18 14 16 14 16 20 WINS 14 13 10 10 6 5 1 LOSS 7 5 4 6 7 11 19 TIE 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 POINTS 29 26 20 20 13 10 2 PCT. 0.659 0.722 0.714 0.625 0.464 0.313 0.050 There's Always Something New At Colasanti's www.colasanti.com 1550 Road 3 East, Kingsville, 326-3287 KINGSVILLE MINOR HOCKEY K.M.H.A., P.O. Box 274, Kingsville, Ontario, N9Y 2E9 tel.: 733-8191 fax.: 733-4666 www.kingsvilleminorhockey.ca ATTENTION COACHES House league coaches at all levels required. Please contact K.M.H.A. at 733-8191 or fax letter of interest to 733-4666. Applications available on website. DEADLINE is August 31st, 2006. 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