Hometown Sports Recap — Saturday, June 6, 2026 — Simcoe Giants 13U Rally Past Kingsville
Saturday delivered a full slate across Norfolk and Haldimand, headlined by the Simcoe Giants 13U Tier 1 rallying past the Kingsville Knights11-9after spotting them a six-run lead. The Haldimand Heat 11U ran their record clean on the day, the Heat U15 packed in four games, and the Port Dover Clippers senior club split a Tillsonburg doubleheader.
Game of the Night: Simcoe Giants 13U vs Kingsville Knights
Saturday at Simcoe Lions Park, the Giants 13U Tier 1 walk into the second game of their doubleheader already rolling. Game one was a 20-0 statement, capped by a fifteen-run first inning and a 3-for-4 day from Dexton M (triple, double, single). The nightcap against the Kingsville Knights does not come so easy.
Kingsville hangs a six-run third and grabs the lead, and for a stretch the Giants are chasing. Then the home dugout wakes up. Simcoe pushes five across in the sixth to flip the game, then tacks on two more in the seventh for breathing room. Isaac N is the engine, going 3-for-4 with a double. Jase F and Landon C each chip in RBI singles to keep the line moving.
Kingsville does not go quietly, but the cushion holds. The Giants close it out and walk off Lions Park with a clean doubleheader sweep.
Final: Simcoe Giants 13U 11, Kingsville Knights 9
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Around the Diamond
Haldimand Heat 11U ran the table on the day, going a perfect 3-0. They opened with a 4-0 shutout of the Oakville Angels behind a four-arm effort from Emma K, Ruby H, Jordyn K and Sylena P (Sylena spun two hitless innings with 6 strikeouts, Jordyn K drove in 4), backed a 7-0, one-hit gem over Milton, then rallied from down 6-2 to clip LaSalle 11-8.
Haldimand Heat U15 packed four games into the day and came out swinging. They cruised 10-1 over Brampton (Jordyn Foster five strong innings with 10 strikeouts, Nixen Barnes 3-for-3, Caitlyn Mandeville a triple) and erupted for fifteen in the first to bury Port Perry 18-0 (Mandeville 3 hits and 4 RBI with a 3-run homer, Lexia Martin a 3-run shot of her own). Two tight ones got away late, a 4-3 call to Barrie where Harmony Nagel drove in a run, and a 5-4 nail-biter to Lucan after a 4-4 tie, with Anna Stuart and Jordyn Foster doing damage early.
Haldimand Heat 09 stayed perfect on the day. They cruised 14-4 over Oakville on a 7-run third (Maci Simmons an RBI double, Sophia Harwood and Lauren Davies driving in runs), then blanked Oshawa 12-0 with Margaret Gibson and Meredith Evans getting it going and Sophia Harwood legging out an inside-the-park homer.
Simcoe Giants 10U went 2-0 in style. First a 13-11 slugfest with the Baycats, nineteen hits flying around, James C going deep in the first and Lucas F and Keaton V driving in runs in a five-run third. Then a 14-1 romp over North York, where Easton D, Jack G, Taytum V and Riley A all doubled and Lucas F tripled.
Port Dover Clippers SR split their Tillsonburg doubleheader. Simon Storoschuk carried the bats in the opener, going 3-for-4 with 5 RBI (a 3-run triple, an RBI double and a solo shot) as Port Dover blanked Tillsonburg 7-0 behind a Jeff Davis shutout. The nightcap slipped away 4-3 to Woodstock, a late charge falling just short.
Caledonia Bears 15U also split a pair. They took the opener 8-3 on the road at Thornhill, Knox Galbraith going five strong with 8 strikeouts and Jacob Neilson knocking a 2-RBI single in a five-run third. The second went the other way, an 11-9 loss to Hanover despite out-hitting them, with Myles Caton and Gavin Fulsom each collecting two hits.
Also around the counties: the Simcoe SR Giants doubled up at Sam Lamb Field, rolling 7-1 (Macgregor Lawrence seven innings, 8 strikeouts) and 15-0 (Jeryn Shortt 3 hits, 4 RBI), and the Simcoe Giants T2 12U split their day, edging Leaside 8-6 behind a 3-for-3 from Cru P before running into a hot Markham squad. The U13 and U15 Haldimand Bulls were also in tournament action.
