Much to the delight of the hometown fans, the Williamsburg Cigars lit up the diamonds at J.C. Whitteker park in Williasmburg over the weekend, playing their way into the Casey at Bat Memorial Fastball tournament finals Sunday afternoon.
“I knew we had a pretty good squad going into the tournament, but I didn’t expect us to have three shutout games,” said Lyle Schell, tournament organizer, and captain of the Williamsburg Cigars. “It was the first time on the diamond for us, so I was very happy with the outcome.”
In the opening game of the weekend-long tournament, the Cigars shut out the Lyn team 8-0. The winning pitcher was Cory Alkerton with relief pitcher Trevor Lahey.
In their second game of the tournament the Cigars played to another shutout, this time winning 10-0 over Eastons Corners. Trevor Lahey was the winning pitcher.
The Cigars third game of the tournament was their closest game, playing to a 7-6 win over Peterborough. Again, Trevor Lahey was the winning pitcher.
The Cigars three wins put them into the semi finals against the Napanee Juniors where they again shut out their competition, this time 6-0. Winning pitcher was Jason Smith with Cory Alkerton in relief.
In the finals, the Cigars chances at the title were snuffed out by Donnacoa handing them their only tournament loss, 6-1.
The Williamsburg roster included Dan Loney, Kevin Williams, Christian Knapp, Cory Alkerton, Matt Alkerton, Bobby Jack Hart, Jamie Smith, Jason Smith, Jeff Hannah, Trevor Lahey, Lindsay Medynski and Lyle Schell.
Christian Knapp was named tournament MVP.
The tournament opened with a ceremonial first pitch by former Williamsburg councillor and South Dundas mayor Robert ‘Rowdy’ Gillard, who started his political career in the 1970s being mentored by tournament namesake Casey Schell.
After the ceremonial first pitch, the host Williamsburg Cigars gathered to present a donation of $1,200 to the Dundas County Hospice.
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