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Weyburn Review, Weyburn, Saskatchewan -- June 29, 2022
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Weyburn Beavers beat Regina, lose to Medicine Hat
Beaver safe at first
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A Weyburn Beavers player safely made first base on a throw from second base, during a home game versus the Regina Red Sox on Friday night at Tom Laing Park. The Beavers went on to post a 7-0 win over Regina.
Hawkeye Security Weyburn U17 Wild repeat as RMSL playoff champs The Hawkeye Security Weyburn U17 Wild recently claimed the championship trophy at the Regina Minor Softball League’s U17 playoffs, held in Regina on June 25 and 26. The weekend did not start off as planned with the Wild suffering a bad six-run loss to the sixth place Regina Lazers to drop to the elimination bracket, due to some very poor defense and mental errors they could not recover from. With the loss, the Wild had to play an elimination game, facing off against the Regina Royals. Due to some
much-improved defense and hitting, the Wild came away with a 14-8 win. The Wild played their third game in a row against the third place Cupar Canucks, and once again with strong pitching, defense, and timely hitting, the Wild moved on to the semi-final with a 10-3 decision. The Wild faced off against the Regina Lazers in the semi-finals for a chance to compete in the championship game. This time, the defense performed as expected, backed by a solid pitching performance from Brooke Gardiner, Grace Renner and
Lainey Levesque. The Wild eliminated the Lazers with a 9-2 win in six innings. They advanced to a match-up with the Pilot Butte Storm who had won both of their games to make the final. The final started off with a bang as the Wild scored seven runs in the top of the first inning and chased their Storm starter. Both teams’ pitchers dominated the rest of the game as the bats were shut down and solid defensive plays eliminated any scoring risk. The Wild ran the Storm out of outs after six innings to claim the win as repeat as
RMSL League Champions on the back of a strong pitching performance from Beau Chisholm. The coaches were proud of the players the way they re-focused after the first game loss to win four straight, by playing “Wild softball” to claim the title. The U17 Wild now shift their focus to spending the next two weeks getting ready for the U17 BW provincial championships, to be held in Regina from July 8-10. A top two finish will result in a berth to the U17 Western Canadian Championships, to be held in Edmonton on August 4-7.
The Weyburn Beavers trounced Regina in a home game on Friday, then went on the road to Medicine Hat and dropped both games against the Mavericks. On Friday night at Tom Laing Park, starting pitcher Josh Wintroub threw a complete game against the Red Sox, allowing only three hits and striking out nine. Wintroub’s ERA moves down to 0.65, giving him the second spot in the league and first spot in the Western Canadian Baseball League East Division. The Beavers started things off with two runs in the first inning courtesy of an RBI each for Koby Kropf and Nick Baker. The scoreboard remained at 2-0 until the bottom of the seventh when Will Baker beat the tag sliding into home on a wild pitch making it 3-0. With bases loaded, Baker hit a long one over the left field fence for a grand slam to secure the 7-0 win. The games in Medicine Hat ended in losses of 102 on Saturday, and 14-6 on Sunday. The Saturday game saw Weyburn get two runs on five hits with three errors, and the Mavericks had 10 runs on 15 hits with one error. Mason Chamberlain was the losing pitcher for Weyburn, as he threw for five innings, allowing eight hits and six runs.
Esso Cup Scholarship awarded to Gold Wing graduate player Jayden Baker, a graduating player from the Richardson Pioneer Gold Wings, was recently announced as the recipient of the 2022 Esso Cup Scholarship. The nonprofit Esso Cup Scholarship board held their annual meeting on June 20, awarding the 2021-22 Esso Cup $1,000 award to Baker. She played four years (2018-2022) for the Gold Wings, skating in 97 games. According to a news release from the Esso
Weyburn U17 Wild win Regina Minor Softball League championship
Anthony Portcellato pitched for one inning, allowing four hits and four runs, and Ben Franz was on the mound for two innings, allowing three hits, no runs and getting one strike-out. Koby Kropf earned an RBI, and the runs were scored by Braeden Cordes and Nolan Machibroda. In Sunday’s game, Weyburn had six runs on 10 hits, and had four errors, while Medicine Hat had 14 runs on 15 hits, and they had one error. The pitching duties were spread out over five players, with Jace Wessels given the loss after pitching for 4.2 innings. He allowed five hits and five runs, and had four strike-outs. John Nicholson pitched to end the fifth inning, and Matthew Armendariz, Ryan Jundt and Simon Virostek each pitched for one inning. Cordes, Machibroda, Kropf, Blaine French, Ryan Dauphinee and Will Baker each had one run, with French, Dauphinee, Baker and Travis Moore each getting one RBI and Caelen Dalman getting two. The Beavers host Moose Jaw tonight, June 29, and then will be on the road for two games, in Swift Current on June 30, and in Regina on Canada Day. The Beavers return to Tom Laing Park to host Medicine Hat on July 2 and 3.
Cup Scholarship board, Baker joined the Gold Wings from her hometown of Regina, bringing a great work ethic and always giving 100 per cent while making hockey fun. Baker was a leader on the team and in the community. In the summer months she was very active in the Regina Softball League competing at the national level. Baker will begin her studies in Psychology at the University of Jamestown in the fall of 2022.
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The Hawkeye Security Weyburn U17 Wild fastpitch team were named as the league champions of the Regina Minor Softball League. In the back row, from left, are Ireland Kelly, Mishauna Prettyshield, Zoey Thompson, Darryl Nobiss (asst. coach), Kyla Stang, Brooke Gardiner, Hannah Vandesype, and Brianna Swyryda (asst. coach). In the middle row, from left, are Lainey Levesque, Parker Franklin, Jim Swyryda (head coach), Grace Renner, and Jordan McLenehan. In the front row are Rori Dickie and Beau Chisholm. Missing were Damaris Wollner, Camryn Greve, Trisha Greve (manager), and Dawson Nobiss (asst. coach).
Borderline Men’s Fastball League underway The Borderline Men’s Fastball League began its 59th consecutive year of play on June 6, 2022. As at June 27, 17 games of the 35 game schedule have been played. The Plentywood, Montana, Cassidy’s team is back in the league with a limited “home-only” schedule and their participation in play-offs yet to be
determined due to vaccination and border crossing regulations. The league’s playoff tournament for 2022 is slated for July 23 and 24 in Ogema. Games scheduled for Tuesday, July 5, include: Midale at Lake Alma, Ceylon at Weyburn and Ogema at Gladmar. Games scheduled for
Thursday, July 7, include: Gladmar at Weyburn, Lake Alma at Ceylon and Midale at Ogema. All games are scheduled to start at 7 p.m., with games in Lake Alma beginning at 7:30 p.m. League standings as at June 27, 2022: Ceylon Angels are in first place with five wins and two losses; second is
Gladmar Braves, four wins and three losses; third place, Weyburn Renegades, three wins, one loss; in fourth, Plentywood Cassidy’s, two wins and no losses; in fifth, Lake Alma Raiders, two wins and two losses; sixth place is Ogema Colts, one win and four losses; and in seventh, the Midale Jays with no wins, five losses.
Jayden Baker Beavers thanked for school visits
School visit coordinator Sean Galvin, at far left, for the Weyburn Beavers, gathered alongside students from Legacy Park, Assiniboia Park and St. Michael Schools to present thank-you cards to the team for their visits to the city’s elementary schools this month. Beavers players spend just under 200 hours in the schools each season. Penta Completions provided free game tickets to all of the elementary schools to attend Friday night’s game against the Regina Red Sox, which was a 7-0 vicReview Photo 6032 – Greg Nikkel tory for the Beavers.