Cam Mitchell 25th Annual Memorial Tournament:

The Hamilton Pontiacs were defeated 3 to 0 by Team Ontario in the semi-finals of the Ancaster tournament on the weekend of June 13 - 15th.    The tournament was a round-robin schedule with the Pontiacs finishing 3 and 1 before heading into the quarter-finals. 

In the round robin, the first game was held on Friday, June 13th at 7:00 p.m. and the Pontiacs defeated the Ancaster Midgets 7 to 0 behind the one-hit, three strikeout and no walks pitching of Dawn Vanderhorst.  Dawn also led at the plate going 2 for 2 and scoring 2 runs.  Amanda Marsh, Dianne Trask and Liz Verbeem also were strong at the plate scoring once and getting 2 hits each.  In the second game, the Pontiacs were defeated 8 to 3 by the Port Perry Seniors.  The Pontiacs gave up 5 runs in the first inning on two errors and 4 hits and then started to close the gap behind the pitching of Jenny Kells.  Kris Gordon led at the plate going 3 for 3 with a triple and Riekie Dutcher, Christine Bassett and Kira Waghorn also helped at the plate getting 2 hits each.  The Pontiacs then faced the Ching Juniors for the third game of the round robin series and behind the pitching of Dawn Vanderhorst defeated the Jrs. by a score of 11 to 0.  Liz Verbeem led at the plate going 3 for 3 and scoring 2 times with Christine Bassett, Riekie Dutcher, and Lori Kostur having two hits each and scoring once.  In the final game of the round robin, the Pontiacs played the 8 am game on Sunday morning against the London Intermediate and won 9 to 0 behind the pitching of Jenny Kells.  Christine Bassett was 4 for 4 and scored 4 times and Riekie Dutcher went 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored. 

The Pontiacs then finished in 5th place in the overall tournament and moved onto the quarter-finals against the 4th place team - Kalamazoo.  It was a pitching duel from the start with Amanda Marsh giving up 4 hits, 1 strikeout and 0 walks during the game.  The first run of the game was scored by the Pontiacs with Kris Gordon leading off with a triple and then scoring on a 2 out single by Amanda Marsh.  The second run was scored in the 5th inning again by the Pontiacs with Lori Kostur singling, moving to second base on Liz Verbeem's basehit and then scoring on a 2 out double by Riekie Dutcher.  The final score was 2 to 0 and the Pontiacs moved onto a back-to-back game with Team Ontario.  In the semi-finals, the Pontiacs bats fell silent as they had only 2 hits (Liz Verbeem and Lori Kostur) and two walks on the offensive side of the ledger.  Team Ontario score their 3 runs on 3 hits and 4 errors.

The Pontiacs also participated in the memorial fund-raising game for Cam Mitchell and were proud to be able to contribute to the Canadian Cancer Society in memory of the former coach of the Ancaster Intermediates. 

 

Fri., June 13        7:00 p.m.          Ancaster                    Home            7           0 

Sat., June 14     11:00 a.m.          Port Perry                  Home             4           8

Sat., June 14       5:25 p.m.         Chinguacousy              Home           11           0

Sun., June 15       7:55 a.m.         London Intermed.       Away             9           0

             Round robin finished 5th overall

Sun., June 15       12:40 p.m.        Kalamazoo                  Away             2            0

Sun., June 15         2:30 p.m.        Team Ontario             Away             0            3

             Finished in semi-finals