U17 Paris Predators bring home bronze medals from provincials

The Paris Predators U17 Boys team headed to Provincials August 10th in Stouffville, Ontario.

Out of the 14 players on the roster, it was the last year of playing ball for 11 of the players

In game 1 versus Stouffville, Paris had some struggles and lost 14-6 The team regrouped for an exciting game against Cambridge. It started off a bit slow, going into the bottom of the last inning Cambridge was up 12-5 That’s when the Paris bats erupted. Elliot Schiedel hit a triple to Center field which scored three runs to help ignite the rally. Paris rallied to a comeback win over Cambridge 13-12

Up next was Ottawa. Still on an adrenaline rush after the comeback win against Cambridge, Paris easily beat Ottawa 12-1 Dominic Sosa was the starting pitcher. He pitched three innings allowing 1 run and had 9 strike outs. Jack Bailey hit two homeruns.

In the bronze medal game, Paris was once against pitted against Cambridge This time, Paris got off on the right foot and never looked back as they took home the bronze medal in a 15-5 win.

Jack Bailey pitched the first inning allowing five runs Connor Jakowetz came into the second inning. He would go on to pitch four innings allowing no runs and recording strikeouts Jack Bailey hit another homerun that drove in 3 RBIs. Game MVPs were selected by the opposing team. In game one, it was Paris’ catcher Cameron Lopez. In game 2, it was infielder Owen Jakowetz. Game three honours went to pitcher Dominic Sosa and game four went to outfield Jack Bailey.