Buchanan Memorial to Quinn Smail, player, coach, referee and volunteer

The South Dundas “Collins Barrow” Novice B Lions continued their tournament success by advancing to a championship game for the fourth straight tournament. This time out, however, they lost 4-3 to the Cumberland Flyers. 

This was a big challenge for the small band of novice aged players from South Dundas  taking on a group of Novice A teams in the Almonte-Pakenham Novice A Tournament on Sunday.

In the “B” final the Lions battled back twice to tie the game, but with 1:33 left in the third period, Cumberland Flyers Isaac Leduc broke through their defense to net the winning goal. 

With Lions goaltender Brendan Shaver on the bench for an extra attacker, the Lions pressed hard in the final minute looking to tie the game, but fell short.

The Lions opened the scoring in the first period on a Ben Lapier goal off a breakaway feed from Emytt Fetterly. This was Lapier’s 50th goal of the season in 36 games. 

The Flyers came right back to tie the game, and then in the second they took a 2-1 lead.

The Lions continued to fight hard, and on a power play late in the second, they tied it at 2-2 when Nolan Henry set up Lapier in the slot. 

On the ensuing face off the Flyers scored quickly for a 3-2 lead heading into the third period.

The Lions dominated the third period getting many scoring chances. They tied the game 3-3 with four minutes left on a goal by Nolan Henry during scramble in front of the net. 

Lapier and Kolby Latulippe picked up the assists.

In their semi-final game, the Lions cruised to an 11-2 win over the Renfrew Novice A Timberwolves. 

Owen Fetterly and Kayne McCadden each netted four goals while their line-mate Joshua Broad picked up four assists.

Ben Lapier added a single goal.

A highlight of the game came about when defenseman Spencer Barclay was set free on a breakaway by Lapier. Barclay made an inside out move on the Renfrew goalie to net his first goal of the season. 

Cassidy Bilmer, Trent Rae, Nolan Henry, Spencer Barclay and Emytt Fetterly all picked up assists on the eleven goals.

 In the tournament opening game, the Lions lost to the Nepean Dynamite, 4-1. 

With the Dynamite winning 3-0 late in the third period, the Lions finally converted one of their many scoring chances when Kolby Latulippe banged a puck home. Emytt Fetterly picked up the assist.

With the momentum from the goal and their goalie on the bench, the Lions pressed and continued to get scoring chances but were unable to cut into the Dynamite lead.

In league action earlier last week, the Lion’s defeated the South Grenville Rangers for the second consecutive time, 4-1.  

The Ranger’s jumped out to a 1-0 lead early in the first, but Kolby Latulippe banged home a rebound to score the Lions first goal.

Assists went to Nolan Henry and Ben Lapier.

In the second period, Owen Fetterly and Kayne McCadden played a little give and go which led to a Fetterly goal. 

Spencer Barclay picked up the assist making a breakout pass from behind his goal line. 

McCadden scored 25 seconds later on a pass from Joshua Broad.

The Lions Cassidy Bilmer rounded out the scoring with her first goal of the season, when she broke up the middle from her blue line position and netted a shot through the five hole.

The South Dundas “Collins Barrow” Novice B Lions next home game is Thursday, February 2nd at 7 p.m. versus the first place Brockville #2 Braves.

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For fans who love good baseball and exciting games, there was no where better to be the weekend of May 25-27, 2012, than at the Williamsburg Ball Diamond taking in the Casey At Bat Memorial Fastpitch Tournament. 

Organized by Lyle Schell and the Schell family, this was the 9th tournament held at Williamsburg.The Tournament (named for Casey Schell) this year honoured the memory of Lyle’s mother, Joanie Schell. The home team, the Williamsburg Cigars, wore shirts which proclaimed on the back, Joanie’s Way: All or Nothing. 

The proceeds from the tournament, $1,000, are all going to Hospice Care.

The Cigars fielded 10 players. “I made the calls about two months ago,” Schell said, “and we basically all got together here on Friday night. Pretty great results for a team that didn’t actually practice,” he said of his team which made it to the championship final.

Eight teams entered this year. They included, in the Casey Division, the Barrhaven Blues, Quebec Midgets, Donnacona Bluesox,  and the Napanee Midget Express, and in the Sib division  the Cigars, the Cornwall Pickmeups, the Quebec Juniors and the Cree Nation Fireballs (who travelled for 17 hours from northern Quebec).

The Cigars’ Friday night opener turned out to be a nail biter. 

The team was down 6-3 against the Cornwall Pickmeups in the bottom of the 7th inning. When Jamie Smith came up to bat for the Cigars, the bases were loaded with two out. 

He hit a beautiful grand slam, and brought in four runs. The Cigars took their opener 7-6.

“Boy, was I excited,” Smith said. “It was just a great moment.”

“Never in our lives, in all the tournaments, have we seen a game end that way with a grand slam,” said team-mate and catcher Bobby Hart.

On Saturday afternoon, the Cigars dominated, handing the Cree Nation Fireballs a 7-0 loss. The outstanding pitching of Neil “Cookie” Cook was blisteringly effective, backed up by great fielding and hitting by the rest of the team.

Unfortunately the Cigars went down to defeat on Sunday morning against the Quebec Juniors, 8-4, which put them in second place in the Sib division and pitted them against Barrhaven, first in the Casey division, in the Sunday afternoon semi-final.

This was a hard fought game, with the teams remaining scoreless for several innings. There was consistently fine pitching by Cook. Then, at the top of the fourth inning, Hart belted a two base hit and brought Curtis Summers home putting the Cigars ahead 1-0. 

At the top of the seventh,  Cory Alkerton bunted, getting two runners on base. Dan Loney batted them home, and the Cigars took the game from the Barrhaven Blues, 3-0.

In the final and deciding game of the tournament, the Cigars were pitted against the Donnacona Bluesox, who had defeated the Quebec Juniors in their semi final game to advance to the finals.

Luck ran out in this game for the Cigars, and they were defeated by the Bluesox 6-1. They took home the 2012 Casey at Bat trophy.

Named the Tournament’s MVP was Mathieu Roy, Donnacona Bluesox. Steve Savard, also of the Bluesox, was named top hitter. Neil Cook of the Williamsburg Cigars was named top pitcher.

“It was a great turn out and great weather for Casey at Bat,” said Lyle Schell. “We received lots of compliments on the event, including the barbecue (run by the Morrisburg Pentecostal Church Women’s Ministry with proceeds going to the Food Bank) and the band, Reckless. And we met our fund raising goal. Thanks to all involved for making the Memorial Tournament another  great success.”

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