Home teams flourish in slate of Brussels Ball Day games
BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN
Brussels Ball Day was a successful one for many of the local teams in action, all the way down to the Brussels Bangers, who defeated the Walton Brewers by a score of 8-5 in their Huron County Fastball League contest that evening.
The day kicked off with a trio of local games, with the U5 Black and Red teams taking on each other in the T-ball division, followed by the U7 Red and Black teams playing one another and a contest between the U9 Red and Black teams.
The U11 Girls then posted the only local loss of the day, as they fell by a score of 8-5 to the Listowel Legends Fowler team. The U11 Boys then won their exhibition game against Seaforth by a score of 7-6, followed by a 20-4 win by the U13 Girls over the Elma Express 2 team, a 14-4 exhibition game win for the U13 Boys over Wingham and a 15-14 victory for the U15 Girls over the Seaforth Wolverines.
Back on May 29, the U11 Boys welcomed Wingham to Brussels and beat them by a score of 12-10, while the U11 Girls, also in Brussels, beat the Mitchell Hornets Broughton team by a score of 14-11. One day earlier, the U9 Black team beat Lucknow in Brussels by a score of 16-3, while the U15 Girls, also at home, lost to the Listowel Legends by a score of 12-11.
The U13 Boys were scheduled to play Benmiller on the road on May 27, but that game was cancelled.
Looking ahead, there are five games on the schedule for Monday, June 10. In Brussels, the U7 Red team will play Wingham 1, the U13 Girls will play the Seaforth Wolverines and the U17 Boys will play Fullarton. Meanwhile, on the road, the U11 Girls will play the Legends Beirnes team in Listowel and the U15 Girls will play the Mitchell Hornets Vosper team.
The next day, the U7 Black team will play Wingham 2 and the U17 Boys will play Sebringville, both on the road, while the U9 Red team will play Wingham Blue and the U15 Girls will play the Mitchell Hornets Eisler team, both at home in Brussels.
There are four away games on the schedule for June 12. The U9 Black team will play Wingham, the U11 Girls will play the Mitchell Hornets Broughton team, the U9 Red team will play Ethel and the U13 Boys will play Wingham.
The next night, the U11 Boys will play Lucknow on the road.
On June 6, the U11 Boys travelled to Wingham and the U15 Girls were in Elma to play the Express 1 White team, but scores for those games were unavailable at press time. One day earlier, the U13 Girls played the Listowel Legends Johnston team on the road and the U11 Boys played Benmiller at home, but scores for those games were unavailable at press time.
On June 4, the U9 Black and Red teams played one another in Brussels, while the U15 Girls welcomed the Goderich Seahawks Lime/Black team to Brussels, but scores for those games were unavailable at press time. On June 3, the U11 Girls played the Listowel Legends Fowler team on the road, the U7 Black team was in Ethel for a game, the U13 Boys hosted Wingham and the U17 Boys welcomed the Wilmot 2 team to Brussels, but scores for those games were unavailable at press time.
For more information or a full schedule of games, visit the Tigers online at brusselstigersfastball.ca.