Arthur Major Squirt team places third in Year End tournament

August 19, 2010
Cliff Heffernan
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The Arthur Major Squirt team placed third out of eight teams in weekend play on August 8.?In game one the Major Squirts played the Minor Squirts and were toasted into the consultation side with a 10 to 8 defeat to the minor squirt team.?Kyle Stewart struck out  four batters while Josh Ellis and Andrew Lane scored two runs each.?In game two the Major Squirts took to the field with Drayton, defeating them 11 to 4 runs. Kyle Stewart struck out seven batters and assisted his team with three runs. Shawn Mercer scored two runs and singles were lead by Josh Ellis, Andrew Lane, Jager Stewart, Zach Tanner, Joey Sheppard, and Brandon Wagg.?The Arthur team stayed on the field to play Grand Valley. In a close exciting game the Arthur Majors defeated Grand Valley 6-5 in the last inning of play. Kyle Stewart added two runs for his team while striking out 14 Grand Valley players. Other runs were contributed by Ellis, Jager Stewart, Tanner and Shawn Mercer.?The Arthur Squirt team had little rest while they again faced the Arthur Minor Squirt team. Kyle Stewart and Sheppard combined to strike out 11 batters and assisted the team along with Ellis for two runs each. Other players contributed to defeat the Arthur Minor team 10-9 runs.?With little rest the Arthur team went on to play Rockwood for the semi-final championship. Stewart displayed an magnificent display of pitching, striking out 10 Rockwood players, while the Arthur team came up dry with only one run submitting to Rockwood with a four run lead.?Kyle Stewart was voted the lead pitcher of the tournament striking out a total of 42 batters in five games, and allowing only eight walks throughout his outstanding performance.?Rockwood went on the play Palmerston and were defeated by Palmerston in a 4-2 closely matched game.?Palmerston scored 1s; Rockwood scored 2nd and Arthur Major scored 3rd.
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