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State success in high school baseball

November 13, 2009

Mount Gambier High School’s Year 8/9 baseball squad recently travelled to Adelaide where it won the South Australian state championship, defeating Seaton High School.

Mount Gambier is the first country high school to win the statewide knockout title since it began in 1987 which is a huge compliment for the team. Read more

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Masters baseball this weekend

April 30, 2009

The Mount Gambier Legends baseball team will host a full scale Masters competition at Blue Lake Sports Park over the next three days featuring 10 teams, three locally based and seven from the state’s capital.

Minimum age of competitors is 35 years and there will be approximately 150 players participating. Read more

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Centrals rise from ashes

April 7, 2009

In an epic grand final that lasted 3½ hours and took 11 innings, Central won the Division 1 Mount Gambier and District Baseball League premiership on Saturday night.

In what many described as the best grand final seen for many years the low score line of 5 – 4 was a reflection of the good pitching, superb fielding and catching grouped with some great batting. Read more

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Longest game resumes tonight

April 2, 2009

In a game that is yet to be completed, both Tigers and Central certainly had their chances to avoid going to the Mount Gambier District Baseball League’s tribunal.

On a dewy Saturday night both teams made infield throwing errors that saw unearned runs scored in the 7 – 7 preliminary final draw. Read more

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‘Basebrawl’ mars South-Tigers clash

February 25, 2009

The Mount Gambier Baseball League may be pressured into investigating a brawl that erupted in last Friday night’s feature game between South and Tigers.

The clash — at Blue Lake Sports Park — disintegrated into an almost-all-in brawl part way through the sixth innings when a Tigers’ batter was tagged out when running between second and third base. Read more

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Vic Aces trump South Australia

December 22, 2008

The Victorian Aces confirmed their standing on top of the Australian Baseball Federation’s Claxton Shield ladder with a clean sweep of all three matches against South Australia in Mount Gambier at the weekend.

As part of the 75th diamond anniversary of Australian baseball’s most famous trophy, the Claxton Shield in its new format of a five state domestic competition, matches are being taken to all parts of the country. Read more

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SA confident in Claxton Shield

December 19, 2008

The South Australian baseball team, which is set to play three games against the Victoria Aces as part of the Claxton Shield beginning tonight, have lost its first four games of the series in Sydney.

Head coach, Ron Harvey said the team played the way that he wanted them to and he had a very raw team consisting of several players who were making their debuts, including 17-year-old Chris Doyle. Read more

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Vics head table ahead of SA clash

December 17, 2008

South Australia and Victoria Aces will carry vastly different form into this weekend’s historic Claxton Shield baseball clashes in Mount Gambier.

The Mount Gambier Baseball League will host three South Australia v Victoria matches at Blue Lake Sports Park this weekend, starting Friday night at 7pm. Read more

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Amazing South innings clinches win

December 11, 2008

Eleven hits, five walks, a couple of errors and 15 runs sounds like a pretty good game of baseball.
Unfortunately for Centrals Magpies that was one amazing innings of batting by South in last Friday night’s Mount Gambier Baseball League feature match.
Magpies, batted first and scored in the opening innings when Blair Branstone crossed the home plate after an error from the South infield.
South responded immediately with improved youngster Travis Lockwood getting a walk and moving his way around the bases and crossing home plate after a wild pitch.
Magpies scored their second run in the third innings when Michael Jordan was rewarded for his safe hit to right field and scored from a rare passed ball by South’s pitcher Bruce Morale.
The Magpies players were supporting their starting pitcher Vic Bentvelzen with South only scoring one run in the opening four innings and the game looking like it was going to be a long hard fought battle.
South came out in the bottom of the fifth and did what it has done so many times this season and belted the ball around the diamond and assisted by some Magpies errors scored eight runs, turning a one run deficit into a seven run lead.
In the top of the sixth the margin was reduced by one when Jamie Whitehead scored for Magpies.
Then in the bottom of the sixth in what can only be described as an amazing innings of power hitting, South belted the ball all over the Blue Lake Diamond and ended the innings with an extraordinary 15 runs.
Highlights included Dean Lane’s three safe hits from as many bats in the innings with Travis Lockwood and Morale getting two each.
The game mercifully ended in the bottom of the seventh with South scoring one further run and ran out comfortable 25 – 3 winners.
For South Dean Lane was the stand out hitter with five safe hits from six bats and finished the game with the catching gear on when starting catcher Damien O’Dine couldn’t continue due to injury.
Bruce Morale had four hits, Travis Lockwood, Ben Morale and Michael Priestley had three each. For Magpies Jeremy Aston was their only multiple hitter with two.

Federals v Tigers

Even the return to the South East of starting pitcher Craig Wright to the Federals line-up didn’t help it get the points in Saturday night’s game against Tigers.
Tigers batted first but failed to score in the opening inning with Federals scoring once when Scott Simpson got home from a Brad Lynagh safe hit.
For Federals this was its only run in the game with Tigers starting pitcher Karl Ransom offering another outstanding game supported with some excellent fielding.
Tigers scored their first run with junior Levi Morton being walked and eventually scoring from a Jake Cairns safe hit to left field.
Tigers scored two more in the third with Karl Ransom and Brad Allen both getting safe hits followed by two walks scoring Ransom first.
A painful RBI for Toby Burner scored the second run when he was hit by a pitched ball allowing Allen to cross home plate.
Tigers’ best innings was the sixth when they scored three runs with an opening three bagger from Karl Ransom and then the sure bunting and fast legs of Toby Burner picking himself up another RBI with a safe bunt.
Tigers scored again in the seventh and with no further scored in the game won the game 7 – 1.
Karl Ransom had another brilliant game for Tigers pitching all nine innings for eight K’s and only conceding the three safe hits.
He was also the stand out with the bat with three safe hits; Toby Burner had two safe bunts a walk and was hit by a pitch to pick up three RBI’s with Brodie Foster Garth Ransom and Brad Allen having two each.
Federals’ hits were singles from Scott Simpson Brad Lynagh and Luke Hunter.
There were some outstanding efforts in junior baseball last weekend but none better that Kyall McClean playing for Centrals against South in the Under 12 Gold division.
McClean had an amazing five safe hits helping his side to a 20 – 4 win.
There was only one junior home run last weekend scored by Centrals Magpies under 12 player, Curtis Scheidl, who now has six for the season.

Results

Division 1: Centrals 7 d Centrals Magpies 2 (Safe hits — Centrals: S. Wombwell 2, M. Kilpatrick, S. Kuhl, D. Kovaleff, B. Douglas, D. Gull 1. Magpies: V. Bentvelzen 2, B. Green, J. Aston, D. Whitehead 1).

South 25 d Centrals Magpies 3 (Safe hits — South D. Lane 5, Bruce Morale 4, T. Lockwood, Ben Morale, M. Priestley 3, D. Hamilton, Damien O’Dine 2, David O’Dine jnr 1. Magpies: J. Aston 2, M. Jordan, J. Rice, J. Whitehead 1).

Tigers 7 d Federals 1 (Safe hits — Tigers: K. Ransom 3, B. Foster, G. Ransom, B. Allen, T. Burner 2, L. Morton, J. Sims, J. Cairns, A. Maddern 1. Federals: S. Simpson, B. Lynagh, L. Hunter 1).

Division 2: Millicent 12 d Centrals Magpies 8 (Safe hits — Millicent: P. Ashworth 2, N. Tilley, M. Webber, S. Taylor, M. Pink, D. Hutchensson, P. Tilley 1. Magpies: A. Hoath 4, G. Epp, A. Ruwoldt, D. Aldersey, A. Crouch 2, P. Kuchel 1).

South 7 d Tigers 5 (Safe hits — South: J. Parker, S. Lorigan 2, C. Crute, H. Timms, J. Timms 1. Tigers: R. Shaw, M. Summers, T. Wing 1).

Portland 5 d Federals 1 (Safe hits — Portland: W. Cooper, B. Ryan, J. Smith, T. Splatt 1. Federals: L. Hunter, B. Watson 1).

Division 3: South 19 d Tigers 4 (Safe hits — South: D. Whitwell 4, J. Parker, R. Kirwan, M. Chant 3. Tigers: D. Long, C. Peck 2, L. Edwards, N. Tana 1).

Millicent 6 drew with Centrals Magpies 6 (Safe hits — Millicent: S. Watts 2, M. McRostie, T. Bishop, N. Jackman, J. Brinsley 1. Magpies: J. Palmer 2, A. Crouch, A. Hoath, N. Crouch, T. Lynagh 1).

Under 17: Tigers 18 d Naracoorte 1 (Safe hits — Tigers: B. Foster 3, M. Thompson, B. Lane 2, D. Lane, L. Wilkens, L. Morton, A. Maddern 1).

Centrals 9 d Federals 4 (Safe hits — Centrals: J. Holliday, D. Chuck 2, J. Aston, J. Turner, M. Ferguson 1. Federals: M. Nicholls 2, J. Tilley, C. Smith, S. Shepherd 1).

Under 14: Tigers Gold 14 d Federals Demons 4 (Safe hits — Gold: J. Ballintyne, Z. Thompson, J. Foster 2, M. Bonney, T. Horrigan, R. Franchetto 1. Demons: C. Carpenter 1).

Tigers 24 d South 1 (Safe hits — Tigers: J. Ransom 3, L. Pitson, T. Wilkins 1. South: J. Parker, W. Chant, B. O’Dea 1).

Centrals 8 d Federals 5 (Safe hits — Centrals: J. Aston 2, I. Robertson, T. Hayton, C. Scheidl 1. Federals: M. Waters, G. Ha, N. Flier, T. Scrivens, D. Reiner 1).

Under 12 Gold: Centrals Magpies 14 d Tigers 9 (Safe hits — Magpies: N. Waters, J. Sturges, E. Trupp 2, A. Foulds, S. Kuhl, M. Kipping, T. Jube, C. Schiedl (HR) 1. Tigers: J. Bonney, J. Gibbs 1).

Centrals 20 d South Indians 4 (Safe hits — Centrals: K. McClean 5, J. Mansell 3, J. Byrne, D. Sturges 2, G. Hutchesson, J. Armour, D. Ridding. Indians: J. Balshaw, B. Allen 2, Z. Gartside, B. Healy 1).

Millicent 15 d Federals 11 (Safe hits — Millicent: A. Gregory, C. Manning, B. Feast 2, J. Grimes, T. Beelitz, S. Niewenhuszen 1. Federals: T. Saunders 3, L. Tzioutziouklaris, G. Smith 2, W. Lewis, M. Broome, Z. King 1).

Under 12 Blue: Federals 10 d Tigers 3 (Safe hits — Federals: T. Sutton 2. Tigers: S. Shaw 2, P. Kermond 1).

South 7 drew with Federals 7 (Safe hits — South: C. Chalinar 1. Federals: L. Siebert, M. Heesemans, M. Hein, N. Watson, R. Wilson-Waye, C. Rout 1).

Centrals 13 d Millicent 5 (details not supplied).

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Top baseball coming to Mt Gambier

October 30, 2008

Australian baseball’s most prestigious competition, the Claxton Shield, is coming to Mount Gambier for a weekend feast of action in December.

South Australia and Victoria will go head to head in three matches on December 19 – 21 at Blue Lake Sports Park. Read more

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