Fall ball wrap up

from Ivan Taylor

After a successful regular season, the Fall Ball Playoffs were held this past weekend at Garneau Park in Orleans.

The format was 1 (Blue) vs 4 (Green) and 2 (Black) vs 3 (Red) for the 1 o'clock games and then the winners played for the "gold" and losers played for the "bronze" in the 3 o'clock games.

Convenors Derek Martin and Jeremy Grimes who are hoping to expand to six teams next year.

FALL BALL 2 FINAL STANDINGS - REGULAR SEASON

Blue 5-3 = 10
Black 4-3-1 = 9
Red 4-3-1 = 9
Green 1-5-2 = 4

Playoff results

Red Team led by Chad Hargrove with a one hitter won the first semi-final game 3-0 win over the Black Team. Joel Langford hit a solo homerun in the first inning and Chad Hargrove hit a homerun off the top of the fence with Joel Langford aboard later in the game. Hargrove had a perfect game going into the sixth inning before he gave finally up a walk. Black Team stranded two runners in the sixth and three runners in the seventh. Nick Bowman took the loss for Black Team with relief from Kevin Wilson.

Green Team beat Blue Team 6-4 in the other semi-final. Will Lowe got the win for Green Team and Derek Bergeron took the loss in relief of Justin Sabourin for the Blue Team.

Red Team won 2-1 over Green Team to take a well-played Championship Game. Chad Hargrove again pitched the complete game win for Red Team and Will Lowe pitched in a losing effort for Green Team.

Black Team beat Blue Team 9-7 to take third place. Kevin Wilson got the win with relief from Nick Bowman. Derek Martin took the loss for Blue Team with relief from a number of players on Blue Team including Andrew Bruce, Justin Sabourin and Derek Bergeron.

Derek Martin won the homerun derby while his 16 year-old brother Josh Martin was runner-up.

Team Rosters

Red: Jeremy Grimes
Chad Hargrove-P
Jon Grimes-P
Andy Dunn-P
Brian Friesen
Joel Langford
Jordan Adams
Scott Adams
Ryan Magladry
Scott Toonders
Tyler Nuttall
Derek Dumont

Green: Ryan Naylor
Jason Naylor-P
Will Lowe-P
Derek Barber-P
Devan Coburn
Brendan Spears
Kevin Spears
Dan Feldberg
Paul Toonders
Travis Valois
Corey Valois
Mike Kupjetz
Martin Desjardin

Blue: Derek Martin
Derick Bulley-P
Derek Bergeron-P
Justin Sabourin-P
Kevin Shonfield
Josh Martin
Andrew Bruce
Tyler Borris
Marcel Mondoux
Kevin Ayott
Tony Pugleise
Dan Gallant

Black: Dan Frayne
Nick Bowman-P
Kevin Wilson-P
Ivan Taylor-P
Alex Fysh
Joe Pross
Justin Mcrae
Pat Tardif
Phil Humniek
Matt Vllineuve