Chiefs Junior Rookies Finalists in St. Thomas Tournament
The youngest Whitby Chief team were finalists in the St. Thomas
Tournament held June 4, 5, and 6! In their first tournament ever, the Chiefs
came back from a 9 run deficit in the last two innings on Friday night to
win the first game against Kitchener!
They then went undefeated on Saturday facing Cambridge and North London to
advance to the semi-final game on Sunday, beating the host team, St. Thomas,
on Sunday morning in the semi-final to advance to the championship game Sunday
afternoon. The championship game, against the Markham Mariners, was extremely
tight throughout, going 7 full innings with several lead changes throughout.
Markham scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th to surpass Whitby's one run
lead and take the final game 11-10.
Whitby Chiefs: Colby Anderson, Ryan Kehoe,
Sam Mitcham, Tommy Rivard, Campbell Lyons, Ben Snider, Connor O'Hare, Anthony
Lupi, Drew Howard, Spencer Paciocco, Cameron Byberg, and Greg Alipanopolous.
Coaches are Joe Kehoe, Ross Mitcham, Paul Paciocco, Paul Lupi, and Steve Snider.
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