On a very hot and humid Canada Day weekend, LaSalle U11 GOLD went undefeated to win the Championship at the annual Chatham Summer Gold Tournament.
The pitching staff was depleted by illness but Emerson & Lennon stole the moment with an incredible day on the mound on Championship Sunday. The duo gave up only 5 hits the entire day, while striking out a whopping 35 opponents. Overall, great pitching and stingy defence allowed only 8 runs over the entire 6 game stretch. The A’s upended the previously undefeated Enniskillen Express, 8-1 in the Gold Medal game.
The only thing hotter than the weather, was Amelia’s bat. She lead the team in AVG, homers, RBI and did not strike out the entire weekend. In the post game talk, Amelia dedicated the victory to teammate Nora, who missed the day with illness. And that folks, is what a TEAM is all about.
Carrying that momentum all the way to the Palmerston Summer Bash, the team once again faced adversity short handed by absences and played the entire weekend with only 9 players.
The girls battled hard all weekend, going 2-1 in round robin play, falling to the inevitable champions from Halton. They narrowly escaped the Semi finals vs Stratford, in international tiebreaker extra inning play for another shot at Halton. However, the bounces did not go their way. They showed resilience and rallied to beat the host Palmerston Marlins in the Bronze medal game - throwing 4 different pitchers, in a total team effort.
Pitchers shared the innings all weekend and the catchers stood out as usual, collecting many a praise from the opposing coaches.
It was Olivia’s turn to swing the hot stick, leading the team in AVG, homers, RBI and HBP - showing incredible grit and determination coming back from a major welt on Saturday - hobbling to two home runs!
Arisa and Lennon combined for 15 walks, 19 steals and 18 runs doing their job at the top of the order.
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