This tournament was a interesting one as the format was very different
from other tournaments with lots of ball to be played. Points were not only awarded for wins and ties but for runs scored
against. This worked in our favour as the team's defense is solid. The total points gained through 4 round robin games helped
rank the teams for the semi-finals.
The tournament had 12 teams competing in 3 divisions.
The team handily mercied both Inferno, from New York, and the Burlington Bulls AA. Whitby had an axe to grind with us as we
beat them in their tournament. They came out swinging and with the help of some costly errors were able to edge us out of
the win.
Our final round robin game saw us face home town favourites but the boys
were able to beat East Mountain as well. The team tallied 22 points in round robin ranking them 2nd over all, 4 points below
the #1 ranked team and 1 point above league rivals, Markham and Newmarket. With tie breaking rules Markham took 3rd place
setting up a semi-final game against Phoenix. These top four teams played off for the AAA division of the tournament.
The boys took to the field against Markham with a desire to silence them. And that is exactly what they did. Markham threw
one of their best pitchers but that wasn't going to stop Richmond Hill. The boys kept scoring and were able to keep Markham
off the scoreboard until the 5th inning. Phoenix closed the game up in the 5th with a mercy. Great work boys!
Burlington AAA handily took care of Newmarket setting up the game that the team was waiting for, Richmond Hill versus Burlington
AAA. A few butterflies caused the boys to get off to a rocky start. Score after the first inning was 6-1 for Burlington. The
boys didn't give up. They worked hard each inning adding runs and minimizing runs scored by Burlington. The score going into
the 7th inning was 10-8 for Phoenix. Unfortunately Burlington wouldn't give up either and they scored the 2 runs needed to
tie the game. In extra innings Burlington was able to score a run ending a well played game by both teams.
The boys played great ball all weekend. They showed that they can pull it together and rebound after getting off to a rocky
start. They should all be proud of their accomplishments this weekend. They deserved the win but came away as AAA finalists.
Game 1 vs New York Inferno 30-4 Win
Game 2 vs Burlington AA
27-2 Win
Game 3 vs Whitby
5-4 Loss
Game 4 vs East Hamilton 9-5 Win
Semi-final
vs Markham 11-1 Win
Finals vs Burlington
AAA 11-10 Loss
