Provincial Baseball for NDBL Teams

August 31, 2009

Local senior baseball teams will see action this weekend when six North Dufferin League squads head to Ontario Baseball Association Championship Tournaments.

The New Lowell Knights are attending the 'B' classification tournament held in Kendal. The Knights will face Woodslee in their first game on Friday at 8 p.m. and will play their second game on Saturday at either 8:30 a.m. or 11 a.m. depending on the outcome of the first. The tournament has a total of ten teams participating.

The 'C' classification tournament will be held locally in Orillia with three league teams taking part. The Orillia Majors, as host, automatically enters a team, as has the Creemore Braves and Ivy Leafs.

The Braves and Leafs will meet in their fist game scheduled for 5:30 Friday evening, with both teams, as winner or loser, playing their second game at 8 a.m. on Saturday.

Orillia will play Amherstburg at 8:30 p.m. Friday with their second game, win or lose, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. A total of nine teams have entered the tournament.

The Bolton Brewers and the Lisle Astros will join 19 other teams at the 'D' classification tournament being held in London. Bolton plays Thorold Fanthoms at 5:30 p.m. on Friday with Lisle playing at 8 p.m. against the Thorold Mariners.

The Astros will play at 1 p.m. Saturday regardless of a win or loss, while the Brewers will play Saturday at 10 a.m. if they lose or 1 p.m. if they win their first game.

NDBL Championship Series

The New Lowell Knights recently defeated the Barrie Red Sox 'B' in semi-final action of the NDBL playoffs. New Lowell won the fifth and deciding game Thursday taking the series three games to two. New Lowell will meet the Bolton 'A' Brewers in the Championship Series.

Bolton defeated the Creemore Braves on August 22 taking the series three games to one and ended the Braves quest for their fifth straight title. This is Bolton's first appearance in the finals since joining the league in 2004.

The first game was scheduled for Sunday, but due to rain, the game was postponed. The first game will now be played on September 12, as both New Lowell and Bolton will be at OBA play this weekend. Games are played on weekends during the finals.