Hometown Sports Weekend Recap — Friday July 10 to Sunday July 12 — Heat U15 Walk Off Their Own 2011 Squad
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Baseball and fastball diamonds across Norfolk and Haldimand stayed busy all weekend, and Sunday delivered the topper: a Haldimand Heat U15 intra-club thriller that ended on a walk-off single in the 8th. Across the three days the Caledonia Bears rolled Stratford, the Six Nations Smoke swept their Sunday slate, and the Simcoe seniors rallied past Port Dover. Here is your Friday-to-Sunday recap.
Game of the Weekend: Haldimand Heat U15 vs 2011 Haldimand Heat 15U
Sunday belonged to the Haldimand Heat, and fittingly, the best game of the weekend was Heat against Heat. The regular U15 squad and the 2011 U15 squad squared off in an intra-club showdown, and it had everything.
The 2011 side struck first. Avrie B homered in the first inning to put her squad in front early. From there the two rosters traded blows the way only teammates who know each other's swings can. Balls found gaps. Runners kept moving. By the end of regulation the game was tied and headed to extra innings.
The regular U15 squad kept grinding, piling up hits until they had 16 on the day. In the bottom of the 8th, with the game on the line, Addison Matthews stepped in and laced an RBI single to bring the winning run home. Walk-off. The U15s take the intra-club thriller in one of those games nobody in the family really wanted to lose.
Final: Haldimand Heat U15 10, 2011 Haldimand Heat 15U 9.
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Around the Diamond
Friday
2011 Haldimand Heat 15U opened the weekend with a comfortable 10-2 win over the Milton Bats.
Haldimand Heat 11U handled Dundas 10-3 to get things started on the right foot.
Jarvis U15/17 Team #1 edged the METS 10-9 in a one-run scrap.
Port Dover Clippers SR won a pitchers' duel over Tillsonburg 2-1.
Simcoe Giants 13U-T1 played to a 2-2 Tier 1 tie with the Woodstock Wranglers.
Simcoe Giants 14U got into a 43-run slugfest with the Brantford Red Sox, falling 24-19.
Also in action Friday: Caledonia Bears 15U, Simcoe Giants Tier 2 12U, and the Walsingham Senators 11U.
Saturday
Caledonia Bears T1 18U split a Tier 1 doubleheader with the Guelph Royals, taking the opener 13-7 before dropping a 16-15 heartbreaker.
Simcoe Giants 13U-T1 rolled the Ancaster Angels 13-1 in a Tier 1 romp.
Simcoe Giants 11UT1 held off the Stratford Nationals 9-7 in another one-run Tier 1 win.
Haldimand Heat U15blanked the Vaughan Vikings 10-0. Box score not drilled yet.
Six Nations Smoke 19U ran the table on Saturday, winning all four (12-5, 12-2, 16-1, 13-1).
Simcoe Giants 16Usplit with the Kitchener Panthers, dropping the opener before taking the nightcap 9-5.
Also busy Saturday: Port Dover U13 Girls, Simcoe Giants 10U, U13 Haldimand Bulls, Caledonia Mets Select 13U, Caledonia Bears 15U, and the Walsingham Senators.
Sunday
Haldimand Heat U15 had a perfect Sunday beyond the walk-off, sweeping three more. They blanked the Burlington Bees 12-0 behind Caitlyn Mandeville's solo home run and two RBI, plus a two-RBI single from Lexia Martin. Jordyn Foster spun six innings with eight strikeouts and no walks in a 5-2 win over Milton, backed by Jordan Lee going 4-for-4. They also rallied past the Etobicoke Mayhem juniors 8-3.
Caledonia Bears T1 18 Urolled Stratford 13-3 in five. Josh Almas went 3-for-4 with a double and a triple, Levi Snider ripped a two-RBI triple, and Braxton Fleguel added a two-RBI single.
Caledonia Mets Select 13U went 2-0 on the day. Hunter V drove in five with an inside-the-park home run in a 17-2 rout of Elmira, then Deacon K went 3-for-3 in a 14-10 slugfest with Wilmot.
Six Nations Smoke 19U capped a 3-0 Sunday sweep. Kolbee VanEvery went 4-for-4 and Trinity MacDonald launched an inside-the-park two-run homer in a 10-4 win, and Cara Skye tripled in an 11-0 shutout of UTM.
Simcoe SR Giants rallied from 5-1 down to edge the Port Dover Clippers 6-5. Devin Holmes went 3-for-4 with an early RBI to spark the comeback.
Port Dover Clippers SR ran into that Simcoe rally and dropped a tight one 6-5 after leading much of the way. The seniors keep pushing.
Also Sunday: 2011 Haldimand Heat 15U beat Etobicoke 5-2 behind Ashlyn P's five innings and seven strikeouts; Simcoe Giants 10U split their day (James C 4-for-4); Simcoe Giants 13U-T1 fell 8-1 to Guelph in Tier 1 play; and the U13 Haldimand Bulls dropped one to Wilmot.
