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Left to right, front to back. The Mackie Jones, Trevor Benoit, Eric Wright, Jackson Ford, Steven Debergh, Hunter Rivest, Liam Hall, Jon Kopcok, Coach Dave Kigar, Coach Glen Harnadek, Isaac Glos, Blake Harnadek, Devin Decaluwe, Josh O’neil, Zach Mann, Jack Benoit, Jacob Canji, Coach Mike Rivest.
Essex went 5 & 1 on the weekend, losing to Bolton 9 – 1 and beating Erindale 12 -2, Ancaster 8 – 3, Leaside 10 – 2, Halton Hills 6 – 5, and Barrie in the Championship game 2 – 1. 5 Provincial Championships overall. 4 Provincial Championships in a row.
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The Essex Midget Minors travelled to Michigan to play in the EMU Midsummer Classic. Essex faced some tough pitching and hitting, but held their their own against the Michigan teams.Essex went into the finals undefeated, but unfortunately lost 6-3 in the Championship game.
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The Essex Yellow Jackets Peewee team went 5-0 to win the A/AA 2018 Rob and Tricia Morneau Memorial Baseball Tournament (13 July - 15 July). They outscored their opponents 59-24. Pitching and hitting was awesome.
Great job boys on winning your third tournament so far in 2018.
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Congratulations to the Essex Mosquito Major team for going undefeated in 3 games to win the 2018 Ralph Hall/Jack McCart Classic in LaSalle.
The boys brought some incredible hitting, great defence and pinpoint pitching to this tournament to outscore their opponents 55-6.
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Essex Mosquito Minors Travel Team sponsored by Direct Electric Services Ltd.
The team travelled to Stratford, Ontario – June 15th – 17th to participate in the SMBA Jack Grasby Memorial Minor Mosquito Tournament.
The first game the team started slow giving up 8 runs in the 1st. The club never quit and fought back to within striking distance but fell 11-9 to the Mitchell Astros.
The team bounced back and went on a 3 game drive beating Sarnia 17-10, Waterloo 31- 8 and WOBA 7-6 in a tight Semi-final match-up.
In the finals the team met the Stratford Mosquito Minors who were undefeated through the tournament. The Mighty Jackets fought hard but could not upset the hosting club on their home turf.
Congratulations on a great weekend boys. Hold your heads high it was a huge success for this incredible team.
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They went undefeated, beating Milton, Kitchener, Brampton and Markham (twice) Outscoring opponents 45-6.
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"C" OBA FINALISTS!
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Congratulations to the Essex Rookie travel team sponsored by Reid Funeral Home.
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Congratulations to the Essex Bantam travel team sponsored by Essex Source for Sports .
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Congratulations to the Essex Junior travel team sponsored by LIUNA (Local 625).
- Back Row - Ryan Holmes, Brennden Nevin, Tyson Way, Marcus MacEachran, Cory Lemire, Jonah Fuerth, Andrew Scott, Jake Watters, Julian Fields, Matt O'Neil, Evan Harnadek, Danny Miller
- Front Row - Cam Lavigne, Rob Motruk (Coach), Ryan Parent, Michael Diana, Ben Clarke, Ethan Gravelle, Jared Fuerth, Tom O'Neil (Coach), Wayne Nevin (Coach), Nik Motruk, Colin MacDonald
- Absent - Noah Wilson and John Chittle
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Congratulations to the Essex Bantam travel team, sponsored by Miller’s Source for Sports. They went undefeated to win the South West London “A” Summer Classic tournament. They beat teams from Stratford, Cambridge, Thorn Hill, Mississauga and Beaver Valley. Pictured are the champions, from left to right, front to back:
Coach Glen Harnadek, Jon Kopcok, Steven Debergh, Trevor Benoit, Hunter Rivest,
Coach Dave Kigar, Coach Mike Rivest. The Mackie Jones, Josh O’neil, Blake Harnadek, Devin Decaluwe, Liam Hall, Isaac Glos, Zach Mann, Jack Benoit, Liam Lovett, Jacob Canji.
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Game scores were as follows:
Game 1 - Defeated Leamington Midgets 10-0 (W)
Game 2 - Defeated Mexican Tec NM University 8-7 (W)
Game 3 - Leamington Green House Team 6-2 (W)
Game 4 - Defeated Leamington Green House Team 10-2(W) Final
The Tournament was really about Countries and Baseball coming together and the experiences that sport can create. Congratulations to everyone who participated.
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Big thanks to Isaak Giesbrecht who organized the Tournament for allowing us to participate.
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Game scores were as follows:
Game 1 - Defeated Tecumseh 9-8 (W)
Game 2 - Defeated by Leamington15-11 (L)
Game 3 - Defeated Brantford 18-3 (W)
Game 4 - Defeated Tecumseh 20-7 (W)
Game 5 - Defeated Leamington 14-13(W) Final
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Bottom L to R. Brendan Ledoux, Ethan O'Neil, one of the Cavanagh twins, Zach Grein, the other twin, Sean Wilson, Nathan Lozon.
Top L to R : Tobey Trepanier, Cole Grant, Ty Patterson, Jimmy Hayes, Ryan Smith and Teagan Lu.
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Game MVPs. L to R : Smith, Cavanagh, Hayes, Cavanagh,O'Neil
The 8 and 9 year old Essex baseball team won the Stratford Major Rookie baseball tournament this past weekend.
As Essex Minor baseball celebrates it's 60th anniversary, their young rookie team shows nothing but promise and optimism.
After tying the Erindale Lions 2 to 2 in game 1 of the tournament, the young Yellow Jackets went on to defeat the host team Stratford Nationals , the Mitchell Meteors, and the Strathroy Royals. Essex would meet Erindale again in the Championship, and defeat the talented and classy Lions 3 to 1 in a boisterous, and eventful championship caliber game.
The spirit and mojo of the Essex fans played a large part in the team's success, as their contagious enthusiasm spread, and other teams and community members began to support the Jackets. Hard hitting Ty Patterson, and up and coming Teagan Lu, gave the fans plenty to cheer for with timely hitting, while outfielders Cole Grant and Sean Wilson defensively locked down the center of the field.
Sprawling LF Zach Grein caught the final out of the tournament in spectacular fashion, while Maidstone's Nathan Lozon provided strong play throughout. The coaches can't say enough about the players, including Brendan Ledoux and Tobey Trepanier who were responsible for key RBI hits, and the individual game MVP performances by Jimmy Hayes, Ethan O'Neil, birthday boy Ryan Smith, and the fantastic twin brothers, Braeden and Caleb Cavanagh.
Please keep watching for this exciting group of young athletes as they race towards a possible Ontario championship.
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The Essex Bantam travel team ended their OBA Championship tournament by throwing their gloves in the air, and mobbing their pitcher as they won their second consecutive championship. Essex outscored their opponents 65 – 25 thru 6 games, including a 10 – 5 final game victory.
Pictured are the Bantam B Minor OBA champions, left to right, front row to back: Mackie Jones, Blake Harnadek, Steven Debergh, Hunter Rivest, Carter Tomkins, Jacob Canji, Jack Benoit, Josh O’neil. Liam Lovett, Liam Hall, Devin Decaluwe, Isaac Glos, Zach Mann. Not shown are coaches; Dave Kigar, Mike Rivest, Evan Harnadek, Glen Harnadek.
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Pictured are:
Devin Decaluwe, Isaac Glos, Mackie Jones, Josh O'neil, Austin Magee, Hunter Rivest, Liam Hall, Carter Tomkins, Jacob Canji, Liam Lovett, Jack Benoit, Blake Harnadek.
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Coaches: Dave Kigar, Mike Rivest, Glen Harnadek, Evan Harnadek
Affiliate Players: Sam Weston, Cam Wilson, Everett Bondy, Brady Corchis
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Pictured are:
Back Row: Shane Merritt, Tom O’Neil (coach), Rob Motruk (coach), John Chittle, Zack Diemer, Nik Motruk, Julian Fields, Jake Watters, Colin Steinwender, Evan Harnadek, Kurt Curtis (coach), Nash Prieur. Not pictured Kevin Sexton
Front Row: Wayne Nevin (coach), Colton Vriesacker, Ben Curtis, Matt Posthumus, Michael Diana, Colin MacDonald and Brennden Nevin. Not pictured Glen Harnadek
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Pictured are:
Back Row: Sam Fenton, Drew Whitaker, Bill Fenton, Jamie Paquette
Middle: Colin Brownlee, Adrian Harrison, Gavin Chayoski, Emmit Paquette, Riley Lu
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Pictured are:
Top row: Wayne Nevin, Matt Posthumus, Julian Fields, Cory Lemire, Danny Miller, Chris Bondy
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Game MVPS: Brendan Byrne, Nash Driedger (2), Emma O’Neil, Matthew Zuech
Pictured are:
Brendan Byrne, Max Castellucci, Braydon Chittle, Bradley Colenutt, Nash Driedger, Jimmy Hayes, Dillon Huntley. Freddie McCroy, Emma O'Neil, Mitchell Pye, Keaton Seal, Ryan Whittaker and Matthew Zuech
Coaches: Brendan Byrne, Amanda Bondy, Doug Huntley, Scott Chittle
Date: August 1, 2015
Location: London, Ontario
Over the long weekend the Essex Yellow Jackets Rookie travel team traveled to London to compete in the South West London “A” Division and under tournament. Essex started slowly on Friday before coming up just short losing 9-8 to the host London team.
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Location: Harrow, Ontario
Congratulations to the Essex Mosquito Major Team for reaching the finals of the Harrow Tournament this weekend. The Yellowjackets were 3 and 0 through round robin play with wins over Amherstburg, Waterdown and Dresden. In game 1
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Location: Simcoe, Ontario
The Midget Minor Team played in a tournament in Simcoe with 5 other teams. The boys would make it to the finals before finishing in 2nd place. Tip of the cap to these guys who battled through the rain in one game and kept it's focus to get where they needed to be.
In the Finals!
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Location: Simcoe, Ontario
The Bantam Major Team played in a tournament in Simcoe with 8 other teams. The boys went 3-1 with a 30 runs for and 6 runs against differential to finish 2nd in the Tournament. They would defeat Oshawa by a score of 4-2 in the first game of the tournament and then run into them again in the finals. Unfortunatly they would split with Oshawa at the wrong time and walk away with 2nd. All in all it was a great job everyone!
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Location: Kingsville, Ontario
Congrats to the Mosquito Major Team on winning the Ontario Baseball Association Championship in the "D" Division.
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On Labor Day weekend, Kingsville hosted the Ontario Baseball Association Championships for Mosquito (10 and 11 year old) players. The Essex Yellow Jackets played Dresden first. Kaidyn Blair and Josh O?neil together pitched five shutout innings and both went 3 for 3 at the plate. Carter Tomkins went 3 for 3 including a 2 run triple in the fifth to ensure we got the mercy rule victory. Essex won 13 - 0 in 5 innings. To read more about their O.B.A Championship win please Click Here
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Pictured are the Provincial Champions from left to right:
Front row: Blake Harnadek, Tyler Fuerth
Kneeling: Luka Markett, Liam Hall, Carter Tomkins
Standing: Bobby Sweet, Kaidyn Blair, Josh O'Neil, Austin Magee, Mackie Jones, Devin DeCaluwe
Coaches: Dave Kigar, Kevin Hall, Glen Harnadek, Ed Fuerth
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Location: Wyoming, Ontario
The bats were swinging and the team was ready to go when the Rookies rolled into Wyoming for their 1st tournament of the year. In the end they would be victorious in a great team effort that one and all should be proud of.
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Pictured are:
Back row: Nash Prieur, Ryan O’Neil (coach), Matt Posthumus, Matt O’Neil, Zack Diemer, Shaun Fuerth (coach), John Chittle, Adam Amicarelli, Jamie McDermott (coach), Kurt Curtis (coach). Front row: Ben Curtis, Jared Fuerth, Jake Watters, Owen Gagnon, Kevin Sexton. Bat Boys: Shane O’Neil,
Brendan Fuerth. (absent: Brandon Bedford)
Location: Kincardine, Ontario
The Yellowjackets went 5-0 winning over Exeter (twice), Owen Sound, Etobicoke and Corunna in the championship game. The boys played outstanding offensively and defensively outscoring opponents 60-11.
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Location: Harrow, Ontario
The bats were swinging and the pitchers throwing heat! Essex Peewee's had their game on from the first pitch to the last pitch.
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Location: London, Ontario
The pitching, defense & offense were all on the same page when the boys rolled into London on the long weekend and took on North York, Southwest London and the Oakridge Team. In the end it would be the Essex Yellow Jackets that rose to the top to claim the spoils.
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Location: Kingsville, Ontario
The Essex Rookie Select Team played in a tournament in Kingsville with 8 other teams. The players for the select team were all nominated by their house league coaches for ability, attitude, great work ethic, and the desire for more baseball. With only 5 weeks of practice and four exhibition games, it was time to see how we compared with the best from Woodslee, Kingsville, Leamington, Amherstburg, Belle River, Tecumseh, and Harrow.
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