Bolton Brewers win O.B.A. Senior 'D' Championship

September 11, 2009

Over the Labour Day weekend select teams from the North Dufferin Baseball League travelled to Ontario Baseball Association Championship Tournaments.

The New Lowell Knights travelled to Kendal for the 'B' classification tournament consisting of ten teams. New Lowell would play three games, winning their first 3-2 over Woodslee and losing their next two games to Kendal 5-0 and Exeter 8-1, eliminating them from tournament play. Kendal went on to win the Senior 'B' championship.

At the 'C' classification tournament held at Orillia, three league teams, Orillia Majors, Creemore Braves and Ivy Leafs played off against five other teams from across the province. A team from Niagara Falls dropped out of the tournament at the last minute, which resulted in the schedule being revised. Host Orillia played three games winning their first against West Niagara 6-4 but lost the next two to league teams Ivy 8-5 and Creemore 3-2. Ivy, who was undefeated after three games, winning games over St. Thomas 9-2, Orillia 8-5, Port Hope 5-2 went into play Sunday and dropped two games to Creemore 7-3 and 11-1. Creemore made it to the final game against Port Hope, who they had lost to earlier in the tournament 4-2, and again were unable to make any gains and lost the championship game 3-0. Creemore had defeated Amherstburg 8-0, Orillia 3-2, Ivy 7-3 and 11-1 to make the finals.

The Bolton Brewers and Lisle Astros participated in a 21 team Senior 'D' tournament held at London. The Astros lost their first game to Thorold Mariners 3-0, won their second game 8-5 over London Dodgers and were knocked out of tournament play with a loss to Fort Erie 8-6. The Brewers played extremely well over the four day tournament going 7-0 to win their first O.B.A. Senior 'D' Championship. Their games included wins over Thorold Fantoms 11-7, Mitchell 7-6, Wyoming 3-2, Corunna 8-1, Leamington 3-1, Mitchell 5-2 and tournament finalists Leamington 2-0.