Received: 6/3/07 8:16:15 PM From: Darryl Smart <dsmart(at)bowesnet.com>
Subject: Sentinel-Review Legends story for Monday's paper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Hugo Rodrigues STAFF WRITER WOODSTOCK The odds makers got it right this weekend at the Legends of Fastball Classic, as the Orillia Quaker Riversharks won the final 2-0 against the Kitchener Hallman Twins. This played out probably pretty close to what the rankings were, team vice-president and assistant coach Paul Barnetson said at the end of the tournament. The odds handed out with the tournament program also echoed the end result, giving the Riversharks 3-2 odds to win over the Twins 3-1 odds. The Riversharks jumped up to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, thanks to a two-run Ian Fehrman homer that also scored Blair Ezekiel. We wanted the jump and pressed for it and the guys executed, Barnetson said. Then it was just a matter of keeping them off the board. Our defense played strong. It was a defensive battle from that point forward, with Orillia getting only three more hits and Kitchener two. Several innings were only one walk away from three-up, three-down stanzas, with Kitcheners Todd Martin and Don Scott, and Orillias Frank Cox and Rob OBrien both racking up a total of 15 strikeouts. It was a well-run tournament and we figured, we hoped it would be these two teams in the final, Twins manager Doug Eidt said. We were pretty well spent though, we played an 11-inning game this morning and its our first time out we played well from the second to the sixth. In another month, the result might have been different. Eidt credited Orillias youth over his teams experience in this tournament, given the Twins aforementioned 11-inning quarterfinal a game that delayed play for the rest of the day, causing the Twins to head from their semifinal win over the Innerkip Eagles straight into the final. Avid fans of the game will likely see these two teams face each other in future tournament finals, something both Eidt and Barnetson said they were looking forward to. Kitchener will host the International Softball Congress world tournament this August, and with the exception of one or two weekends, the teams have registered for the same contests until the end of the season. Host team Innerkip bowed out after their 7-2 loss against the Twins, which they too played back-to-back thanks to the Twins earlier 11- inning quarterfinal against the Jarvis Merchants. Were used to that and it was no effect, coach Jeff Whetstone said. It was a hot day, but weve got five guys who can throw. We played who is probably the third-place team in the world. Theyve got six or eight U.S. and Team Canada members. The Eagles had lost a tighter 5-4 divisional game against the Twins Saturday, and face the team throughout their league play in addition to at tournaments such as the Legends. This was the fourth year for the Legends of Fastball Classic tournament, and the first year that every team participating has come from Ontario. Darryl Smart 519-537-2341 ext. 258 dsmart(at)bowesnet.com www.woodstocksentinelreview.com Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball VIA http://www.webbox.com
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