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Saturday, March 28
2008 Tournament Results
We're still waiting for more details, but here are the "unofficial" results of the weekend's playoff tournaments.
In the C Division, the Fellowship Christian School Hawks defeated the New Hope Hurricanes in the final for their first championship.
In the B Division, the newly-joined Koinonia Royals were dramatic winners over Ray of Hope. Tied after 8 1/2 innings, the Royals' second baseman ended the game with a 2 run walk off home run to give the new guys the championship!
And in the A Division, the second place Trinity Twins emerged victorious over the surging Northside Yankees.
Congratulations to all teams!
Sunday, March 16
2007 Tournament Results
It was a beautiful weekend for baseball in the Waterloo Region on August 17 and 18 as the B and C divisions met for their playoff tournaments. Not so much for the A division on August 24 and 25. After a cold and windy start on Monday, the tournament continued largely in the rain and occasional thunder storm on the weekend. After the round robin, First Baptist Batsmen led the pack and met the Trinity Twins in one semi-final while Community Astros took on the Northside Yankees in the other. First Baptist and Community came out the winners and met in a rain-soaked final that was not quite to be. After 4 1/2 innings the Astros had the lead 8-7, but heavy rain and lightning stopped the contest. Since the teams did not complete the required five innings, the game had to be replayed entirely on Thursday, August 30 in St. Agatha.
The Batsmen took the lead this time and were up 12-8 after five innings were complete. The Astros came on strong, however, and were trailing by just 2 after eight innings, 20-18. They scored two more in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 20-20. With 2 out and just one man on first for the Batsmen in the home half of the ninth, it looked like extra innings would be needed to decide the championship. After an intentional walk, then an unintentional one, the bases were loaded. The next Batsmen hitter made it official, driving in the winning run to give the First Baptist Batsmen the A Division Championship by a final score of 21-20. Congratulations Batsmen!
The B Division proved that anything can happen, anyone can win in this format as the 3rd and 5th place teams going in made it to the final. Northside Falcons had a chance to defend their title against the First Baptist Crusaders. The Falcons led most of the way, but First came back to within three in the 8th inning. Northside would not be denied, however, as they scored 6 in the ninth to take the game and the championship 24-16.
Both teams wanted to commend Paul Magdy, the pitcher for Northside, for his amazing performance both in the field and at the plate, knocking two balls out of the park and also knocking on the corners with his 20 foot high pitches throughout the tournament. Congratulations to everyone on a great season and finale!
In the C Division, the Grandview Gators met the New Hope Hurricanes for top spot - the top two seeds coming into the tournament and the top two teams through the round robin. In a hard-fought, back and forth contest, the Gators prevailed 27-24 to remain undefeated on the weekend and take the 2007 C Division Championship! Congratulations to all!
Friday, March 23
2006 Tournament Results
A DIVISION FINALS
There must have been some great games to close out the A Division Tournament this year. The two teams that met in the Championship Final were the regular season's fourth-ranked team, the First Baptist Batsmen, and the fifth place finishers, Ray of Hope. Details are pending, but the 2006 KW Christian Mens Slopitch League A Division Champions are Ray of Hope!
Congratulations!
B DIVISION FINALS
On Monday evening, under beautiful summer skies, the Gators and the Falcons met to determine supremacy in the KWCMSPL B Division Final.
It was an exciting, back and forth game with great defensive plays on both sides. The Falcons would soar out to a lead, then the Gators would come snapping at their heels to tie it up again. Three times the Falcons went out in front. Two times the Gators came back. The story of the game was probably the four grand slam home runs, three for Northside and one for Grandview. Those two extra slams were the difference in the end as the Northside Falcons went on to a 25-19 victory over the Gators for their first ever division championship. It was a well-deserved win for a hard-hitting, tight-fielding team.
Congratulations Falcons!
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Tuesday, April 4
2005 Tournament Results
Wednesday, August 31
Playoff Tournament Results
There was plenty of drama, and not a little wet weather, in the B Division Playoffs this year which didn't get started until Saturday morning due to torrential rains Friday afternoon. The Northside Falcons knocked out the third-seeded Grandview Gators to advance to the semi-finals against the Grandview Angels while the Trinity Thunder took on the first-seeded New Hope Hurricanes in the other semi-final. Both games were tightly played, hard fought and ended with identical scores of 11-10. The Grandview Angels and Trinity Thunder met in the final.
Kudoes go out to the Thunder who took the Angels into several extra innings with lots of runs being scored but no team managing to pull ahead until the Angels finally took it.
Congratulations to the 2005 B Division Champion Grandview Angels!
The A Division tournament kicked off on Friday, August 26, but in their case, the weather got worse instead of better and before the final game could get properly under way, the skies opened up. Earlier, the Northside Tigers had defeated Ray of Hope in one semi-final while the First Baptist Batsmen were getting past the Community Astros in the other.
Fortunately, the final was played on Thursday without a hitch. It was a slugfest, with both teams using up their 7 homer maximums. By the 8th it became a battle of who could keep it in the park, with a number of outs charged to batters who couldn't rein it in. The Tigers were up by as much as 7 runs midway through the game, but the Batsmen clawed back and pulled it out in the end. First Baptist Batsmen 20 - Northside Tigers 18. What a great finish to the season!
Congratulations to the 2005 A Division Champion First Baptist Batsmen!
Have a great winter - we'll see you all next year!
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