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Page 21 | Thursday, June 12, 2014
Junior Express top cross-town rival midgets U18 club prepping for eliminations on June 27-29 in Tavistock
BY ADAM PRUDHOMME Staff Reporter
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Carter Mitchell has been invited to spend three weeks training with a Shoseikan karate master.
Napanee sensei to train with Japanese masters Huge honour to be invited Beaver Sports
Local Napanee martial artists Carter Mitchell of Mitchell Karate and Jiu Jitsu and Martin Salisbury of Belleville Karate and Jiu Jitsu are heading to Japan to further their karate skills. Both dojos are among several of Canada’s affiliated World Shoseikan GojuRyu dojos, which are located throughout the world. “It’s very exciting for us to be invited to Japan to train,” said Mitchell, who notes the 18 hour flight is worth it. “When we are in Japan we are with extended family. We are invited into their homes and live as if we are always there. It's incredible to be welcomed this way.” While in Japan they’ll have a chance to train with Kancho (Head of the House) Ishihara. Mitchell has made the trip three times previously while this will be a first for Salisbury. In alternating years Mitchell has hosted Shihan Hayashi at his Napanee dojo. The trips are made in part to ensure that the
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Shoseikan style is taught in a uniform way across the globe. “The training with Shoseikan master instructors requires a great deal of discipline and commitment,” added Mitchell. “Their level of knowledge and willingness to pass that on is tremendous. Each time we train with them we achieve a higher level of understanding and the bruises to support it. The whole purpose is to maintain a high level of GojoRyu Karate, to represent Shoseikan in the best regard and to pass on the skills and knowledge that are entrusted to us on to our students.” The lineage of Shoseikan Goju-Ryu dates back to the early 1900s when Chojun Miyagi Sensei founded the style in Okinawa. Miyagi’s student Gogen (The Cat) Yamaguchi Sensei brought the style to Japan where he trained Katsutoshi Ishihara Sensei, who in turn founded the first Shoseikan dojo in 1968. Since then it has spread to several countries. Mitchell runs his class in the lower level of Napanee's Trinity United Church. For more on his classes visit www.mkjj.org.
Punching a bit above their weight class, the Napanee Midget Abundant Insulation Express took it on the chin in a 9-3 loss against the Napanee Juniors Thursday night at the Fairgrounds. Jordy Mills got it started for the older Express in the second, doubling in a run to make it 1-0. He later came around to score on an infield single. Cole Bolton and Taylor Brown kept the rally going, cashing in runs en route to a six run inning. The midgets were able to get one back courtesy a sacrifice fly by Haaken Zatterberg, but by then they already trailed 7-1. They added two more in their final at bat but were unable to ever really threaten their cross town U21 rivals.
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Napanee junior Jordy Mills scores on a play at home as Midget Express catcher Wyatt Fenwick attempts to catch the ball. Moving from the Kingston league, where they faced teams their own age, into the Loughborough League hasn't been kind to
the midget’s ERA or winloss record. But that’s just fine with them, as they have their eyes on the big picture.
“Playing against (Napanee’s junior and senior teams) all the time, when we get to the eliminations the idea is that we've been playing at this calibre or better all year,” said Express head coach Brent Mills. “There’s no surprises when you get to that level.” The midgets have just over two weeks to prepare for eliminations, which will be held June 27-29 in Tavistock. This group is looking to finally break through this year after just missing qualifying for the Canadians last year, losing in extra innings to KitchenerWaterloo in a win or go home game. A few players on that team opted not to return this year, almost to the point where there was some doubt as to whether or not Napanee would be able to field a midget team.
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Walk-off single sinks NDSS Hawks in semis Successful year on the ball diamond BY ADAM PRUDHOMME Staff Reporter
aseball can be a fickle sport in that a pitcher can locate a pitch inside, jam the hitter, break his bat and still give up a season ending walkoff single. Such was life for the NDSS Golden Hawks, who lost a hard fought 3-2 game to the heavily favoured Regi Panthers in Wednesday's KASSAA semifinals at Kingston’s Megaffin Park. Hawks pitcher Chase Dowdle was just one out away from escaping a bases loaded jam before surrounding the tough luck blooper. “I’m proud of the boys,” said Hawks head coach Daryl Sheffield. “(Regi) is the best team and we took them to the bottom of the seventh before there was a decision. I was happy with them all throughout the game. I was proud of the
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Napanee’s Ryan Bothwell slides in safely for a stolen base during last Wednesday’s KASSAA semifinals at Kingston’s Megaffin Park. effort, they played a very good team right until the end.” Napanee held a 2-0 edge early in the game after Wyatt Fenwick picked up RBIs in the second and sixth innings. Starter Josh Murphy cruised through his allotted four innings,
never running into any major threats. He even turned in some sparkling defense, using quick reactions to nab a line drive that was scorched back through the box. Dowdle continued the strong pitching with a scoreless fifth but was
burned by Regi’s Connor Burns, who launched a two-out, two run homer in the sixth. “One pitch and you go from 2-0 to 2-2,” said Sheffield. “Kudos to them, Regi is a good team.”
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