Teams come up short at OBAs

September 4, 2017

It was a disappointing weekend for North Dufferin Baseball League teams who attended Ontario Baseball Association provincial championships.

In total ten teams attended four different tournaments over Labour Day weekend with none advancing past Saturday action.

The 'AA' tournament was held in Kendal with the New Lowell Knights managing four games. They opened with an 8-0 win over Niagara Falls and league-rival Ivy Leafs 9-6 before losing the next two games 8-3 and 9-1 to Peterborough and Kincardine respectively.

Ivy took a 3-1 win over league-rival Aurora Jays in their first game, lost to New Lowell in game two and was knocked out by Kincardine 9-3.

Aurora lost two-straight to Ivy in game one and Niagara Falls in a nine-inning 3-2 game two.

The Creemore Braves and Ivy Rangers attended the 'A' tournament in Corunna. The Braves suffered an 8-2 to loss to Courtright and had the same fate in their second game being knocked out by Ivy 8-5.

The Rangers lost their first game to Tecumseh 8-2, beat Creemore in the second game, and sent packing by Fort Erie 7-1 in game three.

The 'B' tournament in Port Lambton had the Clearview Orioles take a 6-2 win against Amherstburg, a 6-5 loss to Port Lambton, a 3-2 win over Wyoming and a second loss to Port Lambton 11-10.

Both the Lisle Astros and Midland Indians were at the same tournament. Both teams went out in two-straight games. Lisle suffered losses to Wyoming 16-15 and Milton 7-4. Midland lost to Port Lambton 5-2 and Amherstburg 10-1.

At Forest for the 'C' tournament, Barrie Angels opened with a 13-5 win over London Tecumsehs, took a loss against Port Dover 6-4, beat St. Catherines 9-8 and were knocked out by London Tecumsehs 4-3 Saturday night.

Bolton Dodgers were also in Forest and defeated Essex 4-3 in their first game. They dropped the next two games 14-4 to Listowel and 12-8 to Simcoe.