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Hometown Sports Recap — Wednesday, July 8, 2026 — Heat 09 Hold Off Vikings' Late Rally
St. Jean de Brebeuf buzzed Wednesday night as the Haldimand Heat 09 banked 14 hits and held off a five-run Vikings rally to win 10-7 to qualify for Nationals in Calgary. Across Norfolk and Haldimand, the Simcoe Giants 14U dropped a Tier 1 nailbiter by a single run, two more Heat squads rolled at home, and the Simcoe Timberwolves split a busy night on the lacrosse floor.
Game of the Night: Haldimand Heat 09 U17/16U vs Vikings 2010 17U
In a continuation of the PWSA National Qualifiers the The Heat 09s come out swinging at St. Jean de Brebeuf and never really stopped, stacking 14 hits on the night. Ella Courneyea took the ball and goes the distance, a complete seven innings with five strikeouts, exactly the kind of steady outing a summer roster leans on. At the plate, Simmons is the engine, going 2-for-3 and driving in three. Gibson chips in a two-RBI single, and Myers laces two hits including a double. By the middle innings the Heat have built the kind of cushion that lets a dugout breathe.
Then the Vikings 2010s decide to make it a game. Down to their last at-bat, they hang five runs in the top of the 7th, and suddenly that cushion feels awfully thin. Wale and Raso each collect two hits in the frame, and Kapernekas doubles home a pair to pull the visitors within striking distance. But Courneyea and the Heat defense slam the door before the tying run can find its way around the bases.
The win clinches a spot at the U17 National Championship in Calgary next month, hometown sports will have a full breakdown on this game coming soon!
Final: Haldimand Heat 10, Vaughan Vikings 7.
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Around the Hometown Counties
Simcoe Giants 14U battled to the wire in a Tier 1 slugfest, rallying five runs in the 7th before falling 13-12 to the Brantford Red Sox. Zintel went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a triple, and Kapogianis drove in three more as the Giants piled up 14 hits of their own
Haldimand Heat 11U ran away with it at home, cruising past Waterloo 14-4. Beatrice V reached three times and added an RBI single, Jordyn K and Ruby H each doubled, and Jordyn and Sylena slammed the door in relief
Haldimand Heat U13 kept rolling with a 15-2 win over the Palmerston Marlins. Lauren S went 3-for-4, Emma T tripled and drove in a run, and a combined pitching effort (Emma F fanning three early) locked it down
Hagersville U15/17 Ladies made a late push but came up just short in an 8-6 loss to Fisherville. General knocked in two on a pair of hits, Deboer tripled and drove in three, and Lariviere swiped two bags. Fisherville leaned on Clara in relief to close it out
Caledonia Bears 15Ur an into a red-hot Thorold squad and got buried early, falling 23-8, but the bats never quit. Doan collected two hits and two RBI, Hand added two knocks, D. Martin tripled and drove in a run, and B. Martin stole two bases
Delhi Tigers Rep 13U couldn't keep pace with Aylmer in a 13-3 result, but Grant B stayed hot with a 2-for-3, two-RBI day, and the Tigers ran wild on the bases with eight stolen bags as a team
Elsewhere on the diamond, the Simcoe Giants 10U jumped out 5-0 before Cambridge stormed back for a 10-8 win (Riley A drove in two), the Simcoe Giants 15U ran into a hot Waterloo Tigers team and fell 21-2, and the U15 Haldimand Bulls watched a 5-5 tie slip away late in an 8-5 loss to Innerkip (Biggs, W. Culver, and Gibbons each drove in a run, W. Culver with two steals). On the lacrosse floor, the Simcoe Timberwolves U11 scored three in the third to win a 6-4 playoff thriller (no goal scorers listed in the feed yet), while the U15 fell 6-2 to NOTL, with Hayden Stewart and Evaritt De Moor finding the net.
