HAMILTON PONTIACS

2006 TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Saturday, May 27 12:00 p.m. Brantford Away 6 2

Saturday, May 27 3:55 p.m. Townsend Home 4 4

Saturday, May 27 7:05 p.m. Clarkson Home 5 4

Saturday, May 27 10:20 p.m. St. Catharines Angels Home called due to darkness

Sunday, May 28 9:00 a.m. UWO – London Home 5 2

Sunday, May 28 2:30 p.m. St. Catharines Angels Away 2 5

Newmarket "Skins" Tournament

Saturday, June 10 9:00 a.m. Kitchener Seniors Home 1 5

Saturday, June 10 2:55 p.m. Aurora Home 7 2

Sunday, June 11 12:40 p.m. Amherst Home 3 5

Ancaster Women’s Fastpitch Tournament

Friday, June 16^th 7:00 p.m. St. Catharines Home 1 2

Saturday, June 17^th 9:37 a.m. Quebec Seniors Away 7 0

Saturday, June 17^th 3:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Away 0 1

Saturday, June 17^th 5:15 p.m. Pickering Jrs. Away 1 3

Kitchener Tournament

Saturday, June 23 9:35 a.m. Aurora Srs. Away 2 2

Saturday, June 23 1:00 p.m. Milverton Away 12 2

Saturday, June 23 3:55 p.m. Brampton Seniors Home 1 12

Sunday, June 24 8:00 a.m. Milverton Home 3 1

Sunday, June 24 11:44 a.m. Byron Intermed. Away 8 2

Sunday, June 24 1:20 p.m. Chepstow Intermed. Home 7 1

Sunday, June 24 3:01 p.m. Oakville Juniors Away 2 6

Brampton Blazer Open Blast Tournament

Friday, July 7 7:10 p.m. Port Perry Jrs. Home 3 5

Saturday, July 8 10:20 a.m. Oakville Away 0 1 (8 inn)

Saturday, July 8 3:25 p.m. Brampton Midgets Away 6 2

Saturday, July 8 6:50 p.m. St. Catharines Home 0 2

Sunday, July 9 8:30 a.m. Quebec – Southwest Home 10 0

Sunday, July 9 10:18 a.m. Clarington Away 0 4

3^rd Annual Gord Marshall Memorial Tournament Innerkip

Saturday, July 22 8:00 a.m. Townsend Home 13 2

Saturday, July 22 5:15 p.m. Port Elgin Home 1 0

Sunday, July 23 8:00 a.m. Chepstow Home 8 1

Sunday, July 23 10:46 a.m. Clarkson Home 7 0

Sunday, July 23 2:30 p.m. Hamilton Hurricanes Away 2 4

PWSA Intermediate I Grand Championships - Byron

Friday, Aug. 4 8:30 p.m. Port Elgin Home 2 3

Saturday, Aug. 5 12:20 p.m. Byron Away 3 2

Saturday, Aug. 5 3:30 p.m. Hamilton Hurricanes Away 8 0

Saturday, Aug. 5 8:30 p.m. Kars Home 8 1

Sunday, Aug. 6 10:30 a.m. Chepstow Away 7 2

Sunday, Aug. 6 12:45 p.m. St. Catharines Home 1 2 (8 inn)

Tri-County League Championships

Saturday, Aug. 19 8:35 a.m. Glanbrook Juniors Home 4 0

Eastern Canadian Championships, Nova Scotia

Friday, Aug. 25 9:36 a.m. Port Neuf, Que. #3 Home 3 2

Friday, Aug. 25 3:00 p.m. Fredericton Bases Loaded, N.B. #2 Away 13 1

Saturday, Aug. 26 1:00 p.m. Nova Scotia She-Devils #1 Away 15 6

Saturday, Aug. 26 Quebec #1 Away 14 4

Finished in 1^st place in the round robin – undefeated.

Sunday, Aug. 27 9:00 a.m. St. Catharines Away 8 3

Sunday, Aug. 27 2:00 p.m. Port Neuf, Que. #3 Home 3 1

Won the Gold Medal Championship!

HAMILTON PONTIACS

2006 TOURNAMENT RESULTS

St. Catharines

The Pontiacs won the Silver in the St. Catharines Invitational Tournament. The tournament began with the Pontiacs facing their fellow Tri-County League teams from Brantford, Townsend, Clarkson and St. Catharines. In the first game, the Pontiacs rallied in the top of the 5^th inning by scoring 5 runs to defeat Brantford 6 to 2 behind the pitching of Dawn Vanderhorst. Krissy Sebastian started the rally by singling followed by Liz Verbeem, Riekie Dutcher, Dawn Vanderhorst and Kathy Sitak who all scored. In the second game of the day, the Pontiacs played to a 4 – 4 tie (due to time limit constraints) with Townsend by again rallying in the 6^th inning to score 3 runs to tie the game. Dianne Trask got the win and helped her own cause by going 2 for 3 at the plate and scoring once. The Pontiacs then defeated Clarkson 5 to 4 by again scoring the winning run in the 6^th inning on a home run by Kris Gordon. Riekie Dutcher also homered in the game to score two runs in the 5^th inning. Jenny Kells pitched the win. In the final game of the Saturday, the Pontiacs and the St. Catharines Angels were delayed to start the game until 10:20 p.m. due to weather conditions and subsequently cancelled the game in the 3^rd inning as the lights went out due to curfew.

On Sunday, the Pontiacs moved into the Championship round against University of Western Ontario summer team from London and defeated them by scoring 4 key runs in the 3^rd inning to break the game open. Kris Gordon again homered and led at the plate going 3 for 3 and scoring twice. Jen Calbeck also helped at the plate going 2 for 3 and scoring once. Jenny Kells pitched the win with 2 strikeouts and 5 hits. The Pontiacs then came against the St. Catharines Angels and quickly fell behind 4 to 0 on 23 hits and 2 errors in the first inning and eventually lost the Championship by a score of 5 to 2. Krissy Sebastian was strong at the plate going 2 for 3 and Jen Calbeck and Lori Kostur singled in the 5^th inning and scored beginning an attempt at a rally but they were held off the scoresheet for the remainder of the game. Dawn Vanderhorst took the loss on the mound.

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Newmarket

The Pontiacs moved into the playoff round of the Newmarket Tournament but were defeated by the eventual winner of the tournament, Amherst. In the first game of the round robin, the Pontiacs were defeated by the Kitchener Seniors 5 to 1 with Jenny Kells taking the loss on the mound. The Pontiacs bats were relatively quiet with the team striking out 5 times in the 5 inning game. Elizabeth Verbeem led at the plate going 2 for 3. In the second game, the bats came alive with the Pontiacs defeating Aurora Seniors 7 to 2 behind the bats of Riekie Dutcher (3 for 3, scoring once), Christine Bassett (2 for 3) and Kris Gordon (2 for 3 and scoring twice). Dawn Vanderhorst pitched the 3 hitter. The Pontiacs then received a bye as a team had to withdraw from the tournament at the last minute. On to the playoffs, and the Pontiacs faced Amherst and were leading 2 to 0 in the third inning behind the pitching of Dawn Vanderhorst and the hitting of Riekie Dutcher who homered to score Christine Bassett from second base. Amherst came back in the 6^th inning to tie the game and then came full-force in the 7^th to score three more. The Pontiac rally started in the 7^th by Christine Bassett who tripled and scored but unfortunately they could not come back all the way.

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Ancaster

The Hamilton Pontiacs finished out of the playoffs after playing several close games on the weekend. The first game of the tournament saw the Pontiacs face their Tri-County Tournament rivals the St. Catharines Intermediates and be defeated 2 to 1. The Pontiacs took the lead in the first inning on an rbi single by Kris Gordon after Johanna Malisani had singled. The St. Catharines Intermediates then tied it in the 3^rd inning and went ahead in the 6^th. Jenny Kells pitched the defensive struggle with assistance from Dawn Vanderhorst.

In the second game of the tournament, the Pontiac bats came alive as they defeated the Quebec Seniors 7 to 0 behind the pitching of Dawn Vanderhorst and the bats of Elizabeth Verbeem (4 for 4), Lori Kostur (2 for 3), Shari Young (3 for 3), and Kris Gordon 3 for 4 with a triple and a double. The next game saw the Pontiacs face the Kalamazoo team from the US. The game was a very tough defensive struggle with Jenny Kells pitching a 6 hitter. The Pontiac bats were held quiet with the Kalamazoo pitcher throwing a 3 hitter with one walk. In the 7^th inning, the Kalamazoo team scored the winning run on three successive hits. The final game of the tournament saw the Pontiacs face the Pickering Junior squad and again, the game came down to the final innings. Dawn Vanderhorst pitched the loss giving up 2 runs in the first inning and the final run in the 5^th. The Pontiacs were held scoreless until the 6^th inning when Riekie Dutcher singled, Dawn Vanderhorst singled to move her along and Kathy Sitak singled to score the run. The Pontiacs finished out of the playoff round of the tournament.

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Kitchener

The Pontiacs progressed to the playoff round again in the Kitchener tournament again being defeated by the eventual tournament champion, the Oakville Juniors. The tournament is an ‘all players bat’ tournament with the Pontiacs batting their full line-up of 14 players each game! Pitching is also limited to a maximum of 12 outs per pitcher which results in two pitchers being involved in every game at a minimum.

In the first game, the Pontiacs came up again against the Aurora Seniors and fought back in the 5^th inning to tie the score at 2 to 2. The game was eventually called due to time limit. Johanna Malisani and Kathy Sitak scored the two runs for the Pontiacs behind the joint pitching of Jenny Kells and Dawn Vanderhorst. In the second game of the day, the Pontiacs came against the Milverton team and quickly took charge by scoring 4 runs in the first inning and 5 runs in the 3^rd. Lori Kostur led the charge going 3 for 3 with two singles and a home run. Riekie Dutcher also went 3 for 3 and Kris Gordon and Jen Calbeck also went 2 for 3 at the plate as the Pontiacs won 12 to 2. In the third game of a very hot Saturday, the Pontiacs came up against the Brampton Seniors and were handily defeated 12 to 1. The Pontiacs could not get their defense or offence on track during the game as although Riekie Dutcher started the first inning off by scoring the first run of the game, the rest of the game was hit by numerous fielding errors and sleeping bats.

After a night’s sleep, the Pontiacs came back ‘refreshed’ to face a very busy and long hot Sunday. First game of the day was a return against Milverton and the team quickly scored 3 runs in the 2nd inning to take charge. Christine Bassett, Dianne Trask, Lori Kostur and Jenny Kells worked their bats to score the three runs that won the game. The next back to back game was against the Byron Intermediates and the Pontiac bats again came alive in the first inning scoring 5 runs to take charge of the game. Dawn Vanderhorst, Christine Bassett, and Riekie Dutcher were all 2 for 3 and scoring twice in the game. In the third back to back game of the day, the Pontiacs faced Chepstow and again quickly came alive by scoring 4 runs in the first inning. Debbie Carter, Shannon MacKenzie and Jen Calbeck all contributed to the scoring by going 2 for 2 at the plate. By the fourth game of the day, the Pontiacs were tiring in the heat and faced a shorter line-up in the Oakville Juniors. The Pontiacs quickly went ahead 2 to 0 on the hitting of Riekie Dutcher, Kris Gordon and Jen Calbeck but unfortunately could not hold silent the Oakville bats as they came alive in the 6^th inning to defeat the Pontiacs.

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Brampton

The Pontiacs lost to the eventual tournament winner – Clarington – at the Brampton tournament. In the first game on the Friday evening, the Pontiacs faced the Port Perry Juniors and took the lead in the first inning 2 to 0 on a single by Elizabeth Verbeem and an eventual rbi single by Kris Gordon. Dawn Vanderhorst held the Port Perry Jrs. bats silent until the 3^rd inning when errors with 2 hits resulted in them scoring 3 runs. The Pontiacs staged a rally in the 6^th inning behind the base hits of Riekie Dutcher and Kris Gordon and scored 2 runs and left the tying runs on base to end the game.

In the second game of the tournament, the Pontiacs faced the Oakville Juniors again this season and went into extra innings to lose a close game 1 to 0. Jenny Kells pitched the loss with Riekie Dutcher going 2 for 4 at the plate. The Pontiacs then faced the Brampton Midgets and quickly took the lead by scoring 4 runs in the first inning behind the strong hitting of Elizabeth Verbeem, Christine Bassett, Riekie Dutcher and Kris Gordon. Dawn Vanderhorst kept the bats silent on the other side until the 4^th inning when she gave up 2 of her 4 hits for the game. Johanna Malisani was also strong at the plate going 2 for 3 and scoring once in the 6 to 2 win. The Pontiacs then came against the St. Catharines Angels for another tournament and were defeated 2 to 0 in another close defensive game. Dianne Trask and Jenny Kells shared the pitching duties while Elizabeth Verbeem was the lead batter for the Pontiacs going 2 for 3 at the plate. In the next game, the Pontiac bats were awoken and they quickly scored 4 runs in the first 2 innings behind the hitting of Christine Bassett and Riekie Dutcher who were each 3 for 3 and scored 3 times each. Dawn Vanderhorst pitched the 10 to 0 win. In the final game of the tournament, the Pontiacs came up short behind the pitching of Jenny Kells and lost 4 to 0 to Clarington. Kathy Sitak was solid at bat going 2 for 3 as was Jenny Kells but it was for naught at the Pontiacs could not plate a run during the game.

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Innerkip

The Pontiacs finished in second place at the Innerkip Invitational tournament after losing to their rivals, the Hamilton Hurricanes by a score of 4 to 2 in the finals. The Pontiacs donated their winnings to the Cancer Society in commemoration of the sponsorship of the tournament.

The Pontiacs went through the tournament undefeated in the round robin. In the 5:15 pm game on the Saturday, the Pontiacs scored their only run in the 6^th inning when Johanna Malisani singled and then scored on a basehit by Kathy Sitak. Kris Gordon was active at the plate going 3 for 3 but was unable to score a run. Dianne Trask took the loss on the mound. In the early morning game on Sunday, the Pontiacs took to the field against Chepstow and quickly took the lead 4 to 0 as their bats came awake. Johanna Malisani again started the action by tripling in the first inning and going 2 for 2. Riekie Dutcher, Jen Calbeck, Dawn Vanderhorst and Dianne Trask also were active at the plate getting 2 hits each. Jenny Kells pitched the win. The Pontiacs then took on the Clarkson Juniors with Dawn Vanderhorst on the mound. The bats kept active and quickly scored 6 runs in the first two innings. Dawn Vanderhorst helped her cause going 2 for 2 and scoring once. Christine Bassett, Jen Calbeck and Kris Gordon also helped at the plate with 2 hits each.

In the finals, the Pontiac bats went quiet with Riekie Dutcher leading the charge with a home run, double and single and scoring twice but all others held to only one hit. Jenny Kells took the loss on the mound throwing a 4 hitter with one strikeout.

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PWSA Intermediate I Grand Championships - Byron

The Pontiacs came home with the Silver Medal at the PWSA Intermediate I Grand Championships held in Innerkip on the weekend moving them forward to the Eastern Canadian Championship tournament to be held in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia. The Pontiacs took the long road to the silver losing their first game of the tournament in the bottom of the 7^th inning to Port Elgin Intermediate by a score of 3 to 2 and having to go back up through the second bracket of the double-knockout tournament. In that first game, the Pontiacs took a 1 to 0 lead into the 7^th inning on the strength of a lead-off single by Christine Bassett in the 3^rd inning and an rbi basehit by Riekie Dutcher. The Pontiacs gave up three runs in the top of the 7^th inning on two hits and one base on balls. Kathy Sitak started a rally in the bottom of the seventh by walking and then scoring on Dianne Trask’s triple but the Pontiacs could not plate the tying run. Dawn Vanderhorst took the loss on the mound.

In the second game, the Pontiacs quickly took the lead 2 to 1 in the first inning behind the lead-off hitting of Elizabeth Verbeem and the follow-ups by Riekie Dutcher and Jen Calbeck. Riekie led at the plate for the game going 2 for 3 and scoring twice with Krissy Sebastian also helping at the plate going 2 for 2. Jenny Kells, with help from Dawn Vanderhorst, got the win. In the third game of the weekend, the Pontiac bats came alive as they scored quickly and often. Elizabeth Verbeem led at the plate going 3 for 4 and scoring twice as did Kris Gordon who went 3 for 3 and scored twice. Kathy Sitak and Krissy Sebastian were also strong at the plate going 2 for 3. In the fourth game of the tournament, and the third of the day, the Pontiacs defeated Kars 8 to 1 behind the pitching of Jenny Kells. Johanna Malisani led at the plate going 2 for 4 and scoring twice with Kris Gordon homering and going 2 for 3 at the plate. Kathy Sitak also batted well going 3 for 3 with 2 rbi’s.

On the Sunday, the Pontiacs were in position to move forward to a medal position and played against Chepstow in their first game. Chepstow quickly took the lead 2 to 0 in the first inning. The Pontiac bats came alive in the 4^th to tie the score and again in the 5^th to take the lead 3 to 2. The game was broken open in the 7^th inning as the Pontiacs scored 4 with 4 consecutive hits. Several players contributed with Johanna Malisani, Riekie Dutcher, Kris Gordon and Kathy Sitak all having 2 hits each. Dawn Vanderhorst pitched the win.

In the finals, the Pontiacs needed to defeat the St. Catharines Angels twice to win the gold medal and in the first game, took the lead in the 2^nd inning behind a lead-off walk by Kris Gordon and a run scoring double by Kathy Sitak. The Angels tied the score in the 3^rd inning and the game went into extra innings with the Angels plating the winning run. Jenny Kells took the loss.

Two of the Pontiacs received individual recognition for their contributions during the tournament – Dawn Vanderhorst won the Top Pitcher award and Riekie Dutcher was named Most Valuable Player.

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Tri-County League Championships

Jenny Kells pitched the shutout win for the Pontiacs behind the batting of Riekie Dutcher who went 2 for 3 and scored twice and Kris Gordon who was 2 for 4 and scored twice.

Tournament called due to weather conditions for the weekend – rain resulted in all games being washed out – no champion declared.

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Eastern Canadian Championships, Nova Scotia

The Hamilton Pontiacs came home with the Gold Medal from the Eastern Canadian Championships held in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia. The Pontiacs went through the tournament round robin and championship games with a perfect record.

The Pontiacs defeated the Port Neuf Quebec team to open the round robin portion of the tournament by a score of 3 to 2 by scoring 2 runs in the top of the 7^th inning. Jenny Kells pitched the win with relief help from Dawn Vanderhorst. Kris Gordon started off the 7^th inning with a double and Jen Calbeck then walked. Dawn Vanderhorst then singled in Kris for the tie and Dianne Trask then doubled in Dawn for the win. In the second game, the Pontiacs defeated the New Brunswick team 13 to 1 behind the pitching of Jill Kuntz. Elizabeth Verbeem and Riekie Dutcher led at the plate going 3 for 3 and scoring 3 times. Debbie Carter and Christine Bassett also chipped in with two hits each.

The Pontiacs then came against Nova Scotia and defeated them 15 to 6 behind the pitching of Dawn Vanderhorst. Riekie Dutcher led at the plate going 4 for 5 and scoring 4 times with Elizabeth Verbeem and Christine Bassett going 3 for 5 and scoring 3 times each. Dianne Trask also had a good day at the plate scoring twice. The Pontiacs then came up against Quebec 1 for the final game of the round robin and defeated them 14 to 4 behind the pitching of Jenny Kells. Riekie Dutcher again led at the plate going 2 for 2 and walking twice and scoring 3 times. Dawn Vanderhorst also scored 3 times and went 3 for 4 at the plate.

In the first game of the Championship series against St. Catharines (their fellow team from Ontario), the Pontiacs came from behind to score 3 runs in the 7^th inning to tie the game 3 to 3 and force it into overtime. Dianne Trask started the rally by getting on base with Christine Bassett following with a basehit. Johanna Malisani then plated the two runners with a single to centrefield and Riekie Dutcher then plated Johanna with a double. In the top of the 8^th inning, the Pontiacs started the International tiebreaker with Kris Gordon on second base and followed it with basehits by Jill Kuntz, Kathy Sitak and a triple by Dianne Trask. Kristian Halstead then walked and Johanna Malisani plated the final of the 5 runs scored in the inning by singling to right field. The Pontiacs then held the Angels off the scoreboard in the bottom half of the inning. Jill Kuntz pitched the 8 to 3 win.

In the final Championship game, the Pontiacs defeated Port Neuf 3 to 1 by scoring 3 runs in the 5^th inning. Dianne Trask started off the inning by tripling and then Christine Bassett followed with a run coring single. She eventually scored, along with Elizabeth Verbeem, on a two run scoring double by Riekie Dutcher. Dawn Vanderhorst pitched the win giving up 7 hits and having 2 strikeouts. Riekie Dutcher received the Most Valuable Player Award for the Round Robin portion of the tournament.