Belmore Stingers now the lone undefeated team in the Huron County Fastball League
BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN
The Belmore Stingers are now the only undefeated team left in the Huron County Fastball League standings, with a record of 5-0 and 10 points, while the Milverton Millwrights remain the only winless team in the league, with a record of 0-2.
The Brussels Tigers, with a record of 5-1 and 10 points, suffered their first loss of the season as the victims of some Brussels-on-Brussels crime, as the Bangers defeated the Tigers on Friday night by the slim score of 9-8.
The Walton Brewers remain in third place in the standings with a record of 3-3-1 and seven points, followed by the Goderich Grizzlies and Monkton Muskrats, who have identical 3-2 records and six points each.
In sixth place in the standings are the Wingham Hitmen with a record of 3-1 and six points, followed by the Brussels Bangers (2-3 and four points) and the Fullarton A’s and Mitchell Mets, who have identical 2-4 records with four points each.
The Sebringville Sting is in 10th place with a record of 2-1 and four points, followed by the 2-4 Wroxeter Rippers (four points) and the Elmira U20 team, which won its first game of the season over the aforementioned Rippers on June 23 by a score of 9-6. The team now has a record of 1-5-1 and three points. That leaves Milverton as the lone winless team in the league with a record of 0-2 and no points.
On Sunday, aside from Elmira’s win over Wroxeter, the Mitchell Mets were scheduled to play the Sebringville Sting in St. Marys and the Milverton Millwrights were due to play the A’s in Fullarton, but those games were postponed due to weather.
On June 22, the Wingham Hitmen played the Muskrats in Monkton and came away with a 9-1 win.
The night before, June 21, as mentioned, the Bangers beat the Tigers in the Battle of Brussels, while the Grizzlies beat the Sebringville Sting in Goderich by a score of 7-0 and the Monkton Muskrats beat the Rippers in Wroxeter by a score of 14-10.
On June 19, the Goderich Grizzlies beat Elmira in Linwood by a score of 7-0 in a game originally scheduled to be played on June 5. Also that night, the Wingham Hitmen beat the Mets in Mitchell by a score of 6-2 and the Brussels Tigers beat the Fullarton A’s at home in Brussels by a score of 10-3.
On June 17, the Belmore Stingers beat the Grizzlies in Goderich by a score of 11-1 in a game that had originally been set to be played on July 12 and, on June 16, the Fullarton A’s hosted Elmira and beat the visitors by a score of 6-1.
Tonight, June 28, the Milverton Millwrights will look for their first win of the season in Goderich over the Grizzlies.
Then, after a short break for the Canada Day long weekend, the Walton Brewers will travel to Mitchell to play the Mets and the Brussels Tigers will host the Milverton Millwrights, both on July 3.
There is a trio of games scheduled for Friday, July 5 - the Fullarton A’s will travel to Wroxeter to play the Rippers, the Wingham Hitmen will head to Goderich to play the Grizzlies and the Monkton Muskrats will host the Mitchell Mets. Then, on Sunday, July 7, the Brussels Bangers will play the Grizzlies in Goderich and the Belmore Stingers will host a double-header, playing the Fullarton A’s at 1 p.m. and the Wroxeter Rippers at 3 p.m.
On June 25, the Fullarton A’s were scheduled to play the Brewers in Walton and the Monkton Muskrats were due to play the Grizzlies in Goderich. The next night, the Wingham Hitmen were to host the Wroxeter Rippers, the Sebringville Sting were scheduled to play Elmira in Linwood and the Brussels Tigers were set to play the Belmore Stingers in Mitchell. And on June 27, the Brussels Bangers were scheduled to play the Millwrights in Milverton. Scores for those games, however, were unavailable at press time.