By Tina Comeau
THE VANGUARD
www.thevanguard.ca
The Yarmouth Pizza Delight Mosquito AA Gateways are Atlantic champions after going undefeated in the mosquito AA Atlantics championship tournament that they hosted, which was attended by the provincial championship teams from the four Atlantic provinces.
The Yarmouth team won the championship after defeating the Grand Falls-Windsor Teck Braves of Newfoundland 14-1 in the final game. Yarmouth had two shut out wins in the tournament, they scored 44 runs against their opponents and only had three runs scored against them in five games.
The Tournament MVP was Max Nickerson from the Gateways and the Top Pitcher was Teegan Scott from the Gateways.
• The five teams taking part in the tournament were:
Yarmouth Pizza Delight Mosquito AA Gateways
Grand Falls-Windsor Teck Braves of Newfoundland
New Glasgow Kinsmen Crofter’s Cubs of Nova Scotia
Western Valley Shiretowners of New Brunswick
West Prince Aces (No. 2) of PEI
Championship game inning highlights:
1st Inning:
Top of inning for Newfoundland:
No hits. One base runner, who got on base after being struck by a pitch, is thrown out when stealing second. Teegan Scott pitching for Yarmouth.
Bottom of the inning for Yarmouth:
Nine batters up. Max Nickerson gets a base hit but following errors on throws to first, second and third he scores an infield homerun. The Gateways later load the bases. Jeremy Charles gets an RBI double that scores three runs. Yarmouth takes a 4-0 lead.
2nd Inning:
Top of the 2nd inning for Newfoundland:
Batter hits a double and steals third. Base runner gets out at first but runner on third scores. Three batters are struck out. Runner left on base. Newfoundland scores one run in inning, which would be their only run of the game. Teegan Scott pitching for Yarmouth.
Bottom of the 2nd inning for Yarmouth:
A hit by Cody Howard gets him to second base after an error on the throw to first. He steals second and gets home on an error at third base. Seven players bat in inning. Three get on base Yarmouth scores just the one run.
3rd Inning:
Top of the 3rd inning for Newfoundland:
First batter strikes out. Second batter walks. Third batter strikes out. Fourth batter is out at first. One base runner left stranded. Teegan Scott pitching for Yarmouth.
Bottom of the 3rd inning for Yarmouth:
Gateways start with a base hit and the second batter walks. An RBI by Ryan Semple scores a run. Later in the inning with the bases loaded and two outs, Cody Howard hits an RBI to score two runs. Later with bases still loaded the Gateways walk in a run. By end of the inning the Gateways are leading 9-1.
4th Inning:
Top of the 4th inning for Newfoundland:
Jeremy Charles now pitching for Yarmouth. Three batters up, two strike out one is thrown out at first.
Bottom of 4th inning for Yarmouth:
First batter’s hit gets him to second. Next batter pops up, advances runner to third. Next batter strikes out and fourth batter is hit by a pitch. Fifth batter walks. Bases are loaded. Sixth batter walks, a run is walked out. Bases still loaded. A hit by Nolan MacDonald scores two runs and advances a runner to third. Another Yarmouth hit scores a run and the base runner steals third. An RBI scores a fifth run. Because of five-run inning rule, the inning is over. Yarmouth is leading 14-1. With the 10-run rule in place (meaning a team leading by 10 or more runs) if Newfoundland does not score three or more runs in the top of the fifth, Yarmouth will win Atlantics.
5th Inning:
Top of the 5th for Newfoundland:
Jeremy Charles still pitching for Yarmouth. First batter gets a base hit and steals second and then third. Next two batters are struck out. Yarmouth wins Atlantics. Cody Howard is named game MVP for Yarmouth.
Atlantics Tournament Scores:
Yarmouth 4 – Nova Scotia 1
PEI 13 – New Brunswick 7
Yarmouth 10 – NFLD 1
NS 8 – NB 5
PEI 9 – NS 8
Yarmouth 10 – NB 0
NFLD 18 – PEI 6
NFLD 6 – NS 5
Yarmouth 6 – PEI 0
NFLD 17 – NB 10
Championship: Yarmouth 14 – NFLD 1
Atlantics note:
• The schedule had to be readjusted several times due to the aftermath of games having been rained out on the first day of play because of tropical storm Gabrielle. Organizers managed to get all of the games in, although things were still a little soggy.
• Some ball players had to contend with a bit of a distraction in the sky on the final day of Atlantics as acts in the Yarmouth International Airport Air Experience took to the air for an air show. Kids still concentrated on the game, but you could see them steal a few glances upwards to see what was going on there as well.
• Kudos to the organizers of Atlantics. After the Yarmouth team was awarded the championship banner a CF-18 flew overhead. Okay, it was just a coincidence from the air show happening near by, but still, it was kind of neat.
By Tina Comeau
THE VANGUARD
www.thevanguard.ca
The Yarmouth Pizza Delight Mosquito AA Gateways are Atlantic champions after going undefeated in the mosquito AA Atlantics championship tournament that they hosted, which was attended by the provincial championship teams from the four Atlantic provinces.
The Yarmouth team won the championship after defeating the Grand Falls-Windsor Teck Braves of Newfoundland 14-1 in the final game. Yarmouth had two shut out wins in the tournament, they scored 44 runs against their opponents and only had three runs scored against them in five games.
The Tournament MVP was Max Nickerson from the Gateways and the Top Pitcher was Teegan Scott from the Gateways.
• The five teams taking part in the tournament were:
Yarmouth Pizza Delight Mosquito AA Gateways
Grand Falls-Windsor Teck Braves of Newfoundland
New Glasgow Kinsmen Crofter’s Cubs of Nova Scotia
Western Valley Shiretowners of New Brunswick
West Prince Aces (No. 2) of PEI
Championship game inning highlights:
1st Inning:
Top of inning for Newfoundland:
No hits. One base runner, who got on base after being struck by a pitch, is thrown out when stealing second. Teegan Scott pitching for Yarmouth.
Bottom of the inning for Yarmouth:
Nine batters up. Max Nickerson gets a base hit but following errors on throws to first, second and third he scores an infield homerun. The Gateways later load the bases. Jeremy Charles gets an RBI double that scores three runs. Yarmouth takes a 4-0 lead.
2nd Inning:
Top of the 2nd inning for Newfoundland:
Batter hits a double and steals third. Base runner gets out at first but runner on third scores. Three batters are struck out. Runner left on base. Newfoundland scores one run in inning, which would be their only run of the game. Teegan Scott pitching for Yarmouth.
Bottom of the 2nd inning for Yarmouth:
A hit by Cody Howard gets him to second base after an error on the throw to first. He steals second and gets home on an error at third base. Seven players bat in inning. Three get on base Yarmouth scores just the one run.
3rd Inning:
Top of the 3rd inning for Newfoundland:
First batter strikes out. Second batter walks. Third batter strikes out. Fourth batter is out at first. One base runner left stranded. Teegan Scott pitching for Yarmouth.
Bottom of the 3rd inning for Yarmouth:
Gateways start with a base hit and the second batter walks. An RBI by Ryan Semple scores a run. Later in the inning with the bases loaded and two outs, Cody Howard hits an RBI to score two runs. Later with bases still loaded the Gateways walk in a run. By end of the inning the Gateways are leading 9-1.
4th Inning:
Top of the 4th inning for Newfoundland:
Jeremy Charles now pitching for Yarmouth. Three batters up, two strike out one is thrown out at first.
Bottom of 4th inning for Yarmouth:
First batter’s hit gets him to second. Next batter pops up, advances runner to third. Next batter strikes out and fourth batter is hit by a pitch. Fifth batter walks. Bases are loaded. Sixth batter walks, a run is walked out. Bases still loaded. A hit by Nolan MacDonald scores two runs and advances a runner to third. Another Yarmouth hit scores a run and the base runner steals third. An RBI scores a fifth run. Because of five-run inning rule, the inning is over. Yarmouth is leading 14-1. With the 10-run rule in place (meaning a team leading by 10 or more runs) if Newfoundland does not score three or more runs in the top of the fifth, Yarmouth will win Atlantics.
5th Inning:
Top of the 5th for Newfoundland:
Jeremy Charles still pitching for Yarmouth. First batter gets a base hit and steals second and then third. Next two batters are struck out. Yarmouth wins Atlantics. Cody Howard is named game MVP for Yarmouth.
Atlantics Tournament Scores:
Yarmouth 4 – Nova Scotia 1
PEI 13 – New Brunswick 7
Yarmouth 10 – NFLD 1
NS 8 – NB 5
PEI 9 – NS 8
Yarmouth 10 – NB 0
NFLD 18 – PEI 6
NFLD 6 – NS 5
Yarmouth 6 – PEI 0
NFLD 17 – NB 10
Championship: Yarmouth 14 – NFLD 1
Atlantics note:
• The schedule had to be readjusted several times due to the aftermath of games having been rained out on the first day of play because of tropical storm Gabrielle. Organizers managed to get all of the games in, although things were still a little soggy.
• Some ball players had to contend with a bit of a distraction in the sky on the final day of Atlantics as acts in the Yarmouth International Airport Air Experience took to the air for an air show. Kids still concentrated on the game, but you could see them steal a few glances upwards to see what was going on there as well.
• Kudos to the organizers of Atlantics. After the Yarmouth team was awarded the championship banner a CF-18 flew overhead. Okay, it was just a coincidence from the air show happening near by, but still, it was kind of neat.
