8:00am game in Monkton will be Broken Bow vs So Cal
Broken Bow won the game 9-3 and are now playing the Kitchener Rivershark Twins - 10:15am
NOON TIME: Broken Bow defeat Kitchener Rivershark Twins 3-1.
12:15pm Saskatoon wil play The Farm now.
Saskatoon defeat the Farm Tavern 8 to 7 in an exciting game.
Saskatoon will play Broken Bow for the championship in a few minutes, probably by 3:00pm
Its been raining almost steady, light to medium but for last half hour not much rain at all. 3pm
Saskatoon Aspen Interiors are 2008 Champions in Monkton!
Aspen defeated Broken Bow 5 - 0.
no rain, warm and sunny. 5:00pm
NOON - light rain falling - still a good sized crowd in attendance enjoying the ball today.
SATURDAY, JUNE 28 - IT WAS A LONG WET DAY IN THE BALLYARD
9:30pm
During the SoCal vs St Thomas game the skys opened up again and the rain poured down.
Players and the umpires ran for the Arena while fans ran in all directions looking for cover.
Rained hard with high wind.
Now just light rain but we need to wait for it to stop for working on the diamond again, so once it stops, looking at another hour before play resumes.
10:30pm
and the rain appears to hae stopped and the weather radar indicates the rain has passed by. Therefore we are looking roughly 1 hour to prep the diamond. So we may get the game going by 11:30pm
11:00pm and the Super Grounds Crew of Monkton are about a half hour away from having the diamond ready to go for So Cal and St. Thomas.
11:20pm we are about ten minutes from starting up this game again.
Game Started at 11:20pm
Game ended at 1am
SoCal 6 - St. Thomas 0 - a tight game until the 6th inning. In a few short hours, SoCal Bombers will play Broken Bow - 8am Sunday in Monkton.
THE SCHEDULE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO REFLECT THE NEW GAME TIMES AND PARK LOCATIONS.
and do not forget to listen to www.BallParkRadio.com with Jim and Kyle live from Whitehorse, YK, with Japan vs Australia on Saturday 11pm EDT)
FINAL: Australia 4 and Japan 1 - 11:25pm EDT - Canada will play Japan tomorrow and the winner of that game will play Australia for the gold.
Watch NEWS-2 for possible updates on my Blackberry once I get back to the park.
FULL MONKTON REPORT
Trivea: this is the first time in the five years of the Monkton tournament that there has been a significant rain delay. We had a short one Thursday evening that was the first major interuption but today, Saturday is the big one.
8AM GAME – STARTED APPROX 11:40AM DUE TO THE RAIN DELAY ALL MORNING
GAME 7
BROKEN BOW AT JARVIS GAMBLERS
Broken Bow: 0.0.6.0.0.0.0.x.x.x.6.9.1
Jarvis: 0.3.0.0.0.0.0.x.x.x.3.5.0
WP: Doug Middleton: 4 IP, 3R, 3ER, 5H, 7K, 1BB
Andrew Kirkpatrick: 3 IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H, 2K, 0BB
C: Kerry Shaw
LP: Paul Koert: 2 IP, 6R, 6ER, 7H, 3K, 3BB
Andrew Phibbs: 5 IP, 0R, 0ER, 2H, 4K, 1BB
C: Allan Phibbs
For Broken Bow:
Freddy Terkelson, single and a double.
For Jarvis:
Allan Phibbs gave Jarvis a 3-0 lead in 2nd inning with a 3 run home run.
Matt Lyon had a triple.
Broken Bow bounced back big time in T3 with six runs on 7 hits.
MVP of the Game: Allan Phibbs
It rained hard though the end of the B6 and the whole 7th inning but everyone wanted to get this game in.
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GAME 8
10AM GAME – STARTED AT 4:30PM DUE TO THE RAIN DELAY
CIRCLE TAP AT THE FARM TAVERN
Circle Tap: 0.0.0.0.0.x.x.x.0.0.0..
The Farm: 4.3.0.0.x.x.x.x.7.10.0
WP: Korrey Gareau: 5 IP, 0R, 0ER, 0H, 6K, 2BB
C: Pat Humphries
LP: Paul Algar: 4 IP, 7R, 7ER, 10H, 4R, 0BB
C: Brian Hansen
For the Farm boys:
Donny Hale hit 2 home runs
Rob Gray hit one home run
No hits for Circle Tap
Korrey Gareau threw a no hitter over five innings
Donny Hale has 2 home runs for the Farm Tavern
Gareau and Hale share the MVP of the Game honours.
Blue Crew:
Peter Kluszczynski on the dish.
Serge LaFlamme on first
Paul Baier on 3rd
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GAME 10
12 NOON GAME BUT PLAYED AT 4:30PM DUE TO THE RAIN DELAYS
ST THOMAS EVERGRENN CENTENNIELS AT KITCHENER RIVERSHARK TWINS
St. Thomas: 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.x.x.x.0.2
Kitchener: 1.0.2.0.0.0.x.x.x.x.3.6.0
WP: Don Scott: 7 IP, 0R, 0ER, 2H, 5K
C: Jason Sandford
LP: Scott Wagar: 5.1 IP, 3R, 3ER, 6H, 4K, 3BB
C: Craig Horswell
For Rivershark Twins:
Pat Shannon had a single run home run over left field fence estimated at 300 feet or more
He had a second homer in the B3 to centre field, only 275 feet.
Ryan Wolfe three triples and scored.
For St. Thomas:
Andy Jackson and Chris Wismer had the only hits.
BLUE CREW:
Bob Henning on the dish
Lou Davis on 1b
Jay Hart on 3b