ONTARIO AMATEUR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION PEEWEE ELIMINATIONS - OSHAWA

Game Day Time Team Score vs Team Score

Note: Team name in capital letters denotes their first game of tournament.

1 Fri 2:00 pm SCARBORO ROYALS 11 vs OWEN SOUND 0
Chambers goes deep early to start the mercy.

2 Fri 2:00 pm BELLEVILLE 4 vs COBOURG 12
Cobourg takes advantage of free passes to score early and often.

3 Fri 2:00 pm WIARTON 2 vs BRAMALEA 9
Wiarton leads early before Bramalea storms back.

4 Fri 4:00 pm NAPANEE 4 vs PICKERING JR. 0
Napanee regains composure after early player ejection.

5 Fri 4:00 pm SCARBORO SABREWOLVES 2 vs PICKERING SR. 0
Dhanpat plates both runs with two key hits to pace Sabrewolves.

6 Fri 4:00 pm WILLOWDALE 2 vs CAMPBELLFORD 1
Willowdale hangs on to beat gritty Campbellford team.

7 Fri 7:00 pm NEWMARKET 6 vs MITCHELL 5
Last inning Mitchell rally falls just short.

8 Fri 7:00 pm ORLEANS 5 vs FRANKFORD 0
Ottawa unit opens with a shutout.

9 Fri 7:00 pm Scarborough Royals 11 vs CENTRAL FRONTENAC 1
Back to back mercies for the Royals.

10 Fri 9:00 pm Cobourg 10 vs STONE MILLS 18
Hitter's dominate as 28 runs cross the plate

11 Fri 9:00 pm Bramalea 2 vs WATERLOO 3
Back to back shut outs for the Express.

13 Sat 9:00 am Scarborough Sabrewolves 2 vs PETERBORO 0
Scott hurls shut out.

14 Sat 9:00 am Campbellford 6 vs Wiarton 5
Game tying run left on third in seventh inning.
Wiarton eliminated.

15 Sat 9:00 am Central Frontenac 5 vs Pickering Jr. 7
Seven run third leads Pickering to victory.
Central Frontenac eliminated.

16 Sat 11:00 am Cobourg 5 vs Pickering Sr. 4
Down 4 to 1; Cobourg battles back and scores winning run in
bottom of 7th.
Pickering Senior eliminated.

17 Sat 11:00 am Owen Sound 9 vs Kitchener 6
Owen Sound plates four in the sixth to win.
Kitchener eliminated.

18 Sat 11:00 am Belleville 1 vs Peterborough 8
Seven run fourth for Peterborough
Belleville eliminated.

19 Sat 1:00 pm Campbellford 7 vs Pickering Jr. 6
Campbellford blows early four run lead, before prevailing.
Pickering Junior eliminated.

20 Sat 1:00 pm Cobourg 3 vs Mitchell 2
Late rally by Mitchell falls short.
Mitchell eliminated.

21 Sat 1:00 pm Bramalea 13 vs Owen Sound 3
Seven run fifth invokes mercy.
Owen Sound eliminated.

22 Sat 3:00 pm Peterborough 1 vs Frankford 11
Frankford dominates in a mercy end match.
Peterborough eliminated.

23 Sat 3:00 pm Willowdale 3 vs Scarborough Royals 2
Royals perfect season dashed by 7th inning collapse.

26 Sat 5:00 pm Scarborough Sabrewolves 1 vs Orleans 3
Two run error by first baseman decides the game.

27 Sat 5:00 pm Scarborough Royals 12 vs Frankford 4
Six runs in the third was all that the Royals needed.
Frankford eliminated.

28 Sat 7:00 pm Stone Mills 1 vs Bramalea 9
Lightning storm delays game; coach concedes.
Stone Mills eliminated.

29 Sat 7:00 pm Napanee 6 vs Cobourg 0
Cobourg's cinderella run comes to an end with lightning storm
finish.
Cobourg eliminated.

30 Sat 7:00 pm Scarborough Sabrewolves 8 vs Campbellford 7 (8 innings)
Four hour plus game (including rain delay) decided by
throwing error.
Campbellford eliminated.

31 Sat 9:00 pm Willowdale 13 vs Newmarket 3
Willowdale in control by midnight, game ends at 12:45 a.m.

32 Sat 9:00 pm Waterloo 4 vs Orleans 2
Orleans leaves bases loaded in last at bat.

33 Sun 8:00 am Napanee 6 vs Scarborough Sabrewolves 0
Nothing in the tank for Scarborough after previous night
marathon
Scarborough Sabrewolves eliminated.

34 Sun 9:00 am Scarborough Royals 14 vs Bramalea 1
Bramalea's ace unable to picth; four inning mercy
Bramalea eliminated

35 Sun 9:00 am Willowdale 3 vs Waterloo 13
Nine run fourth blows open a one run game

36 Sun 9:00 am Newmarket 2 vs Napanee 11
Express keep rolling.
Newmarket eliminated.

37 Sun 11:00 am Orleans 0 vs Scarborough Royals 16
Injuries force Orleans to use fourth pitcher; three inning mercy.
Orleans eliminated.

38 Sun 1:00 pm Napanee 0 vs Scarborough Royals 15
Potma's first career over the fence shot paces Scarborough attack.
Napanee eliminated

39 Sun 3:00 pm Willowdale 2 vs Scarborough Royals 4
Willowdale strands at least one every inning; sweet revenge for Royals.
Willowdale eliminated.

40 Sun 5:00 pm Waterloo 0 vs Scarborough Royals 8
Skelton's 3 rbi's pace Royals attack to force If game.

41 Sun 7:00 pm Scarborough Royals 8 vs Waterloo 3
Valve's three hits pace twelve hit attack to bring home the
GOLD.
Waterloo eliminated.


After being handed their first loss of the season on Saturday, the Scarborough Royals went on a hitting binge to capture the OASA Peewee Ontario elimination tournament in Oshawa. Needing to win seven straight, the Royals tallied 77 runs while allowing only 10 as they prevailed by scores of 12-4; 14-1; 16-0; 15-0; 4-2; 8-0 and 8-3. Their task of needing to play and win six games in twelve hours was simplified by both injuries and the weatherman. Key pitching injuries forced both Bramalea and Orleans to go to into their pitching reserve and the results were four and three inning mercy games to start. The hot humid weather also left the area replaced by chilling winds, which proved to be less taxing on the Scarborough squad, who were forced to play the entire day with only nine players due to injuries and other obligations.

Scarborough relied on the heavy artillery as several players hit over the fence home runs. The superb demonstration of power was led by Andy Skelton, Taylor Potma and Aaron Chambers, all of whom went deep at least twice during the tournament. Andy Skelton was called upon to pitch the team past Willowdale and he was able to prevail despite the fact that Willowdale had base runners every inning. The Willowdale pitching combination of Paul Matheson (a lefty) and right hander Joey Bucci demonstrated in both their games against Scarborough that the big bats of the Royals can be contained as they limited the Royals to six runs total in both games. No other opponent allowed less than eight runs in their matches against Scarborough.

In the first game of the final, Waterloo left the bases loaded in the bottom half of the first. With one out in the second, Taylor Potma cleared the left field fence to open the scoring. Waterloo would open the second with a base runner following an error by the shortstop, but the runner was quickly eliminated for violating the lead off rule. This took all the wind out of the Waterloo team as Scarborough plated single runs in the third and fourth, three in the fifth and two more in the sixth to prevail eight to nothing. In the If game, Waterloo took advantage of two first inning throwing errors by Skelton to take a short lived two run lead. Scarborough answered with two in their half of the first as Skelton drove home the first with a triple and then was awarded home when Waterloo was called for an illegal pitch. The game was put out of reach in the second inning when Scarborough scored four more on five hits including an over the scoreboard shot by Andy Skelton. Waterloo would cut the lead to three in the third following a throwing error. Scarborough completed the scoring by plating two more in the fourth to capture the tournament championship.

Both Scarborough and Waterloo will now represent Ontario in Nova Scotia at
the Eastern Canadian Peewee Championships in August.

The following represents this writer's evaluation of the final placing of these teams at this tournament:

Rank Team Won Lost +/- Lost to

1 Scarborough Royals 9 wins 1 loss +87 Willowdale
2 Waterloo Rebels 4 wins 2 losses + 4 Royals (twice)
3 Willowdale Lightning 3 wins 2 losses 0 Waterloo, Royals
4 Napanee Express 5 wins 2 losses +16 Waterloo, Royals
5 Bramalea Indians 3 wins 2 losses +11 Waterloo, Royals
6 Scarborough Sabrewolves 3 wins 2 losses - 3 Orleans, Napanee
7 Cobourg Knechtel's 3 wins 2 losses - 4 Stone Mills, Napanee
8 Campbellford Cougars 2 wins 2 losses 0 Willowdale, Sabrewolves
9 Orleans Rebels 2 wins 2 losses -11 Waterloo, Royals
10 Newmarket Stingers 2 wins 2 losses -19 Willowdale, Napanee
11 Stone Mills 1 win 2 losses - 1 Newmarket, Bramalea
12 Frankford Fury 1 win 2 losses - 3 Orleans, Royals
13 Pickering Heat Jr. 1 win 2 losses - 3 Napanee, Campbellford
14 Peterborough Thunder 1 win 2 losses - 5 Sabrewolves, Frankford
15 Owen Sound Warriors 1 win 2 losses -18 Royals, Bramalea
16 Mitchell 0 wins 2 losses - 2 Newmarket, Cobourg
17 Pickering Heat Sr. 0 wins 2 losses - 3 Sabrewolves, Cobourg
18 Wiarton Venom 0 wins 2 losses - 8 Bramalea, Campbellford
19 Kitchener Kolts 0 wins 2 losses -11 Napanee, Owen Sound
20 Central Frontenac 0 wins 2 losses -12 Royals, Pickering Jr.
21 Belleville Bulls 0 wins 2 losses -15 Cobourg, Peterborough