Hardware presented at N.D.B.L. Awards Night

August 26, 2007

The North Dufferin Baseball League held its Awards Night and Dance yesterday (August 25), with the regular season awards presented.

Master of Ceremony of the evening was Scott Anderson, who is the Secretary and Statistician. Helping present the awards were President Sean Connor, Vice President Myles Morrish, Past President Steve Westbrooke, and Treasurer Dan Gowan.

Special guest presenters included Mackenzie Morrish of Creemore who presented the Llyod Patton / Bill Gowan Memorial Trophy (Best Pitcher) on behalf of the families, Todd Patton of New Lowell on behalf of the Lennox family presented the Bill Lennox Memorial Trophy (Most Home Runs) and Terry Gowan of Creemore, who presented the Carl Gowan Memorial Trophy (Best Catcher).

In the junior division, the Best Pitcher was Brett Chater of Bolton. In the Most Sportsmanlike and Most Valuable Player categories, which are voted on by teams in the League, the honour went to Jon Porretta of Barrie and Adam Finlay of Angus.

The senior division's Best Pitcher was Brad Grieveson of Creemore. The Most Sportsmanlike and Most Valuable Player was awarded to Todd Patton of New Lowell and Grieveson. Patton was also the winner for Best Catcher, which is another award voted upon for the senior division.

Sean Connor of New Lowell came away with two awards. Connor was tied with Bolton player Matt Blacklaws with 25 runs scored and had the most home runs at 6.

Leading the way in the batting title for the junior division was Chris Harris of Barrie with a .400 average. The senior title went to Chuck Coates of Clearview with an average of .481

Other awards included in the junior division, best on base percentage awarded to Michael Gemmiti of Bolton at .521, the most runs to Matt Schernitki of Barrie with 21, and most home runs, a total of 3, was a tie between Gemmiti and Mario Blackburn of Angus.

In the senior division, Daniel Lehmkuhl had a .607 on base percentage.

After the presentation of awards, the night was filled with DJ music and dancing. The crowd was not as big as years past with only 50 in attendance.