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Tartans ride pitching to first LKSSAA baseball title

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Wallaceburg Tartans starter Logan Klompstra pitches in the first inning of the LKSSAA baseball championship game against the Great Lakes Wolfpack at Andy Johnston Field at Kinsmen Park in Wallaceburg, Ont., on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. The Tartans won 5-2. Mark Malone/Chatham Daily News/Postmedia Network

By Mark Malone, Chatham Daily News

The Wallaceburg (ON) Tartans were well-armed to make history this season.

A pitching staff led by Grade 12 hurlers Logan Klompstra and Keegan Huber allowed only nine runs in seven games as the Tartans captured their first LKSSAA baseball championship.

That duo combined on a one-hitter in a 5-2 win over the Great Lakes Wolfpack in Thursday’s final at Andy Johnston Field at Kinsmen Park.

“Our pitching has been phenomenal all year (and) carried us through, obviously,” coach Linda Nethery said.

But the Tartans are much more than a two-man team, she added.

They went undefeated while outscoring opponents by a combined 53-9.

“Sometimes you have a sprinkling of really good guys and then not so much after that, but we had a solid team of ball players that all had played high level ball,” Nethery said.

Some won a Baseball Ontario ‘B’ championship this year with the Port Lambton 15U Pirates.

“Obviously you hope for the best, but I think we all had high expectations for the season,” Nethery said.

Brayden Kraayenbrink hit an RBI double and Chase Sites hit an RBI single in the LKSSAA final. Huber and Connor McCallum also had one RBI apiece.

The Tartans were held to four hits, but they drew nine walks.

“We had some timely hits, for sure,” Nethery said. “A couple of walks, good patience at bat and then we had a couple pretty key hits.”

Klompstra gave up two unearned runs in five no-hit innings and Huber pitched the final two frames. Each struck out three.

Now the Tartans wait to learn if they’ll resume playing in the spring when OFSAA holds its baseball championship. LKSSAA won’t announce until March if its teams will be allowed to compete at the OFSAA spring events.

“If they can get through SWOSSAA, they have a shot at making a run at OFSAA,” Wolfpack coach Brian Coleman said.

The Wolfpack won OFSAA gold in 2018 and returned to the tournament in 2019.

“Hats off to Wallaceburg,” Coleman said. “… They were probably my favourite team to play this year. They were good ball players, they were classy, the coaches were awesome. It was actually a really good game.”

 

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Fall Ball 2023 – Registrations are Open!

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Our PBL Teams run extensive Fall Ball seasons throughout September and October (as long as the weather will allow).  If you are interested in learning more about each PBL Teams Fall Ball program, please click their individual links below.

 

 

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Aug 27.23: In dominating fashion, the Delta Bantam Blue Jays captured the Baseball Canada National Bantam Championship over Team QC in Laval QC.  What a tournament for the Jays as they dominated from start to finish.   Of note, Dylan De Meyer of the Abbotsford Cardinals had a spectacular tournament with 9k’s in the game 1 win over Team SK and then in the Championship final, picking up his 2nd win of the weekend with 8k’s over Team QC.  What an all-around tournament by the Delta Bantam Blue Jays.

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From www.langleyblaze.com:

Aug 20.23 – What a day.  In dominating fashion, the BTM Blaze needing a win in their final pool game defeated Team Alberta by a score of 18-1 highlighted by 10 run 6th inning to put the game away and end the game early.  In an even more dominant Championship Final vs Team Saskatchewan, the Blaze came out fire with 6 runs in the first and never looked back.  The game, also ended early with a 2-run home run by Eli St Jacques in the bottom of the 5th to send Saskatchewan back home.  SP Thai Harvey gave up 3 hits and 1 run over his 5 innings of work while shutting down the Saskatchewan offence.  Well done and Congratulations to the players and coaches of the BTM team!

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