Tis the Season, and we're still jolly!

Bantam1 Provincials, July 12 Windsor 
 

After going 5-0 in the round robin & finishing first in our pool, Guelph Electri Tech Bantam 1 Gators finally succumbed to the left handed pitching ace from Brampton(who should have finished 1^st in their pool but didn’t), losing 5-1 in the semi finals. This precluded a trip to the Nationals with only the tournament top two teams – Kitchener & Brampton, as well as host Oakville attending from Ontario, but we still managed a very respectable 3^rd place finish for the all first year girls.
 

Lindsay Butler captured the Tournament Top Batter honours with some very impressive statistics. 
 

Even though the season is over, there is one more tournament to go in Buffalo N.Y. (Aunt Rosie’s) July 17-19 where the girls can still have their Canadian pride shine through.
 

All the best to the other teams still competing.

Bantam 1 Electric Tech Gators caught up in O.P.P. spot check

(Ontario Provincials Party that is)

4/5ths into round robin play at the Ontario Bantam Provincials tournament in Windsor, Guelph ElectricTech Bantam 1 Gators are 4-0 leading their pool.

 Friday night’s game against Halton Hills 94 was a real barn burner; Guelph was up 4 -0 in the first on runs by Lyndsay Butler, Brittany McPherson, Melanie Smith, Laura McQuaig. HHills came back to make it 5-4 in the 3rd with Guelph run by Melanie Smith; then HHills went up 7-5 until the 6th when Guelph tied the score with runs by Paige Miller, a pinch hit rbi and run scored by Susan Fortney. In the International tie breaker eight inning, HHills failed to score but Guelph was the victor 8-7 on a beautiful bunt by Michelle Reynolds and on the same play a sleeper steal home by Alex Oliver from 2nd base.

 Next up came the perennial rivals Oakville Angels, ultimately falling behind 10-3 with offence provided by Jade McGarr (3 runs), Paige Miller & Michelle Reynolds (2 runs each) and Kelly Nancekevill, Lyndsay Butler, Laura McQuaig.

 The Ancaster jinx was finally retired as Guelph delivered a solid 8-2 blow, runs scored by Jade McGarr, Susan Fortney(2), Laura McQuaig, Paige Miller(2), Jessica Goulet and Krista Miller; solid pitching by Jessica Goulet with 4 hits and 2 earned runs in 7 innings.
 

Mississauga North Tigers were no match for the steam rolling Gators, losing 11-1; Guelph went up 5-0 in the first, 7-0 in the 2nd, 8-1 in the third, 9-1 in the 4th and finally 11-1 for the mercy in the 5th. Superb pitching by Brittany McPherson allowed only one run on 4 hits in 5 innings.

Guelph Bantam Gators (Butler) involved in Gold Heist !!

June 26-28, Mississauga USFA Qualifying Tournament
(NOT the Canadian Mint missing gold..)

After a slow start with two losses, one tie in the round robin games, the girls came together to get past Quebec Rebelles 93 3-0 in the first elimination game with solid offence from Jade McGarr, Lyndsay Butler, Brittany MacPherson and Kelly Nancekivell.

Next up were the favourites, Brampton Blazers - who went down in a blaze, 7-0 with Lyndsay Butler, Brittany MacPherson, Susan Fourtney, Paige Miller, Alex Oliver and Kelly Nancekivell all having key hits in the game.

Semi final action against Kitchener Klassics the next morning saw a 1-1 tie game until the Gators exploded in the top of the 7th inning with Michelle Reynolds and Susan Fortney having back to back singles, Laura McCuaig hitting a 2nd triple to score both. Melanie Smith hit a single to cash in McCuaig for the 4-1 win - Kitchener fell silent in the bottom of the 7th.

The Gators backed up the truck on Sunday to take the gold against Halton Hills Hawks 94 (literally backed up the truck as the weather was VERY inclement) with a decisive 3-0 romp by way of singles by Kelly Nancekivell and Michelle Reynolds, Susan Fortney's rbi in the 4th to score the 2nd run, Lyndsay Butler's triple in the 7th followed by Brittany MacPherson's single for an rbi for the 3rd run.

The Gators allowed only 6 runs to score against them in the 7 games they played this weekend.    woo woo CHOMP !!!!

Bantam Gators Discover America (is not so tough) !

Columbus, Ohio - June 12-14

The Electric-Tech Bantam Gators were 8 - 0 over the weekend.
With solid contributions from all team members, the Bantam Gators compiled a
solid 7-0 record up to Sunday morning. Lyndsay Butler celebrated her 15th birthday with two home runs in different games.

Game 8 was to be our championship showdown as the Pittsburgh Spirit were also 7-0; the actual championship game was to be played at 5:00pm Sunday for the top place team in each of two pools. Not wanting to arrive home at 4:00am Monday morning, we wisely chose to have the 8th game as our final!
Pittsburgh went ahead 2-0 in the first inning; Guelph replied with 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st. Tied up in the 3rd inning, the action see-sawed without runs until the 7th. Pittsburgh failed to score in their half of the 7th; Guelph managed to get a runner on and Jade McGarr got to third base with two outs and Lyndsay Butler up to bat. With a line drive down to third, the girl could not handle the ball and get it over to first base, so that Jade would score the only run necessary to topple the mighty Spirit in real barn burner of a game.

So it was to be a victorious 7 hour drive back, with lots of cherished memories for all involved.

Oakville Angels have some soul searching to do !!!

The Guelph Electri-Tech Bantam Gators had another superb outing against their arch rivals, the Oakville Angels.

Consistent, focused pitching by Brittany M and Lyndsay B allowed only one unearned run on 4 hits in 7 innings.

RBIs by Jade M, Kelly N, Brittany M, Alex O and a steal home by Laura M together with solid team offence led to the 5 to 1 victory.