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23 Jul 2008
ONC 18Us Knock Off Five Provincial All-Star Teams
The Ottawa-Nepean Canadians 18Us, like everybody else, will have to buy tickets to get into any games at next month's Canada Cup Championship in Medicine Hat, Alberta. But they have left an impression on five of the teams going.
In a span of eight days, between July 13 and 20, the Canadians 18Us knocked off five provincial allstar teams which are headed West: in order, Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, then New Brunswick again on Sunday to claim the Baseball New Brunswick Invitational Tournament in Miramichi.
The win in the New Brunswick final concluded a 6-1 road trip and marked the third consecutive week the Canadians 18Us have reached the final of a tournament.
On the weekend of July 4/5/6, the Canadians advanced through the Toronto Mets Tournament, only to fall 2-0 to Les Ailes du Quebec in the final. They posted wins over the Toronto Mets and Inter-County Terriers in preliminary play.
The following weekend, they turned the tables on Quebec in Baseball Quebec's own tournament, to set up a final matchup with the Toronto Mets before rains cancelled the tourney's final day. A new date for the final has yet to be scheduled.
The Canadians have gone 12-3-2 in the month of July, improving their overall record for 2008 to 25-23-2, after stumbling out of the blocks at 2-10 to open the season way back in April.
Andrew Fiore, Jeremy Lockwood-Menard, Jesse O'Byrne, Greg Davaiult and Brett Sabourin each recorded mound wins down East. Offensively, the Canadians were led by Kyle O'Brien, Phil Brunet, Khifer O'Connor, Alex Baldock, O'Byrne and Ron Ethier. Dave Fait also added a home run.
O'Brien has been the Canadians sensation of the month after promotion from the Canadians 16U team. O'Brien, the one-time Kanata Little Leaguer, had four homers, including a three-run blast in the New Brunswick final.
The Canadians conclude their Ontario Premier League schedule this weekend with a four-game set in Guelph against the Inter-County Terriers.
The following weekend, Sabourin, O'Connor, Baldock and catcher Steve Bowes head to Toronto for the final selection camp for Team Ontario which will also head to the Canada Cup Championship in Medicine Hat. The four are among 28 players who were invited back from an initial camp of 193 players. O'Connor was a late add after school commitments prevented him from attending the first camp.
ONC 18Us Knock Off Five Provincial All-Star Teams
The Ottawa-Nepean Canadians 18Us, like everybody else, will have to buy tickets to get into any games at next month's Canada Cup Championship in Medicine Hat, Alberta. But they have left an impression on five of the teams going.
In a span of eight days, between July 13 and 20, the Canadians 18Us knocked off five provincial allstar teams which are headed West: in order, Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, then New Brunswick again on Sunday to claim the Baseball New Brunswick Invitational Tournament in Miramichi.
The win in the New Brunswick final concluded a 6-1 road trip and marked the third consecutive week the Canadians 18Us have reached the final of a tournament.
On the weekend of July 4/5/6, the Canadians advanced through the Toronto Mets Tournament, only to fall 2-0 to Les Ailes du Quebec in the final. They posted wins over the Toronto Mets and Inter-County Terriers in preliminary play.
The following weekend, they turned the tables on Quebec in Baseball Quebec's own tournament, to set up a final matchup with the Toronto Mets before rains cancelled the tourney's final day. A new date for the final has yet to be scheduled.
The Canadians have gone 12-3-2 in the month of July, improving their overall record for 2008 to 25-23-2, after stumbling out of the blocks at 2-10 to open the season way back in April.
Andrew Fiore, Jeremy Lockwood-Menard, Jesse O'Byrne, Greg Davaiult and Brett Sabourin each recorded mound wins down East. Offensively, the Canadians were led by Kyle O'Brien, Phil Brunet, Khifer O'Connor, Alex Baldock, O'Byrne and Ron Ethier. Dave Fait also added a home run.
O'Brien has been the Canadians sensation of the month after promotion from the Canadians 16U team. O'Brien, the one-time Kanata Little Leaguer, had four homers, including a three-run blast in the New Brunswick final.
The Canadians conclude their Ontario Premier League schedule this weekend with a four-game set in Guelph against the Inter-County Terriers.
The following weekend, Sabourin, O'Connor, Baldock and catcher Steve Bowes head to Toronto for the final selection camp for Team Ontario which will also head to the Canada Cup Championship in Medicine Hat. The four are among 28 players who were invited back from an initial camp of 193 players. O'Connor was a late add after school commitments prevented him from attending the first camp.