Ottawa, Ontario – Not one, not two, but three National Championships are scheduled to kick off Thursday morning that sees the 13U (Peewee Western), 15U (Bantam) Boys, 16U (Bantam) Girls, and Senior Men’s Championships get underway. Get ready for some baseball, Canada!
GOLD COAST, Australia-Chris Thibideau (Dartmouth, NS) and Jake Lumley (Windsor, ON) each had RBI singles in a two-run seventh inning and Brodie Harkness (Bowmanville, ON) shut the door in the eighth as the Junior National Team hung on to defeat Australia 3-2.
Ottawa, Ontario – Team Ontario reigned supreme, claiming the 18U (Midget) Championship in decisive fashion. They earned their way to the final and their hard work paid off with the medals they now get to bring home.
Ottawa, Ontario – Ontario rolled through the tournament going 6-0 to claim the 21U (Junior) Championship. It was a complete team effort getting both timely hitting and pitching.
GOLD COAST, Australia- Japan’s Reseisha College pounded-out 11 hits and took advantage of five errors to hand the Junior National Team a 6-5 loss as the pre-worlds selection camp continued.
GOLD COAST, Australia-Australia took a 3-2 lead after a two-out RBI double in the fifth inning and hung on to defeat the Junior National Team in the first game of the pre-worlds selection camp.
Ottawa, ON – Round-robin play wrapped up Saturday evening at both the 18U (Midget) and 21U (Junior) Championships, and the final standings and placements have been determined heading in to Sunday. The Gold medal game for both events will begin at 7:30p.m. local time, and all semi-final matchups are scheduled as follows:
Ottawa, ON – Day 2 of the 18U Championship got underway with two games that included host Trois-Riviéres. Fans had plenty to cheer for as their team improved to 2-0 in round-robin play.
Ottawa, Ontario – Heading into the weekend, host Trois-Riviéres leads the 18U tournament with a record of 3-0, and is in a strong position to advance to the medal rounds on Sunday. Other teams looking to advance include Saskatchewan and New Brunswick