North Dufferin League Finals Start September 6

September 1, 2008

The Creemore Braves and New Lowell Knights secured a place in the senior division championship series of the North Dufferin Baseball League with the first game to be played September 6.

Creemore advanced to the finals by beating the Lisle Astros in the first round in three straight games and then played the Barrie Red Sox 'A' team in the second round winning the series three games to one.

New Lowell beat the Ivy Leafs in the first round three games to one and faced the tough Bolton Brewers in the second round winning the series three games to two.

The finals are a rematch of the same teams from last year, which ended with Creemore winning the championship. However, during regular season action this year, the New Lowell team defeated Creemore in both scheduled games between them with scores of 6-2 and 4-1.

Creemore finished the regular season in first place in the West Division with 18 wins and only four losses. New Lowell finished second place, also in the West Division, with 17 wins, four losses and one tie.

The full schedule was released last week with the best of seven series being played on weekends through September. The first game is to be played on September 6 at Creemore with a 4 p.m. start and the second game will be at New Lowell on September 7 at 2 p.m. The third game gets underway at 2 p.m. at the Lisle ball diamond, as the Creemore park is booked, on September 13. September 14 New Lowell will host the fourth game at 2 p.m. The fifth game has been set for September 20 at Creemore at 2 p.m., and the sixth and seventh game are at New Lowell on September 21 with start times of 1 p.m. and 4p.m. respectively.