Vandesande earns double dip
Mom promised ice cream for a home run.
Ryan Vandesande earned two scoops by stroking two dingers as the Best Western Lodge Red Sox clipped the Five Star Awards Blue Jays 13-12 in Mosquito baseball play Thursday night at Lakeview Park.
Vandesande was also solid on the mound, while Sapien Joe ripped a three-run homer and Teja Sheldrake also went yard for the Sox.
Michael Macaulay went 3-for-3 with a triple and double for the Blue Jays. Nolan Stein and Jace Weir both went 2-for-3, while Tyson Stevens, Baylee Cooney and Kassidy Schaper-Kotter were sharp on the Jays’ hill.
The Pickles and Tigers bad a blast in Tadpole play at Beairsto School with Hunter Goodwater making an amazing doubleplay and Cooper Hanson diving to snap a line drive for the Tigers.
The Pickles’ defence was led by Shirelle Nickoli and Caleb Johnson. Griffin Morrier and Gabe Jones of the Pickles and Nicole Lakey, Jared Eddy and Curtis Hartland of the Tigers held big bats.
Gators ambush Dozers
The White House Mortgage Gators upended Lumby’s Ted Luszcz Bulldozing Dozers 15-9 in Vernon Square Liquor Store Women’s Slo-Pitch League play Wednesday night at Kin Park.
Trailing 6-3 after two innings, the Gators answered in the third with three runs off a Michelle Embleton home run. The Dozers came back, knotting the game 8-8, but the White House crew went allowed just one run the rest of the way.
The Gators’ Jacquie Anderson (4 RBI) and Kate Carter each went 4-for-5, while Embleton (triple, 5 RBI) and Aundra Johnston hit 3-for-4. Kelly Jenner was superb on the mound.
The Dozers got offence from Michelle Mulholland (3-for-4), and Terri Hanson, Tara Young and Sherry Kineshanko, each with two hits.
Third baseman Trina Maltman showed a strong arm in gunning down several Gator base runners.
Shelly Ouellette went 4-for-4 and Amanda Arganac smacked a homer as Dave’s Mobile Mechanic Devils slammed the Dynamite 30-14 in the other Wednesday nighter.
Gourdine stellar for Seaton
It came down to one stroke as the Seaton Sonics edged the Kalamalka Lakers Thursday to win the North Zone high school golf title on a superbly conditioned Canoe Creek track in Salmon Arm.
Mac Gourdine, a Grade 9 student, led Seaton with a stellar 76, shading Kal’s Austin Bosquet by one stroke for the individual crown.
Coming in as part of the last group, Gourdine was even-par standing on the par-3 17th. A quadruple bogey did not phase the dynamo for long as he ripped a drive down the middle of 18 and recorded his par.
Mackenzie Barrie and Matt McEachran-Law with 82s, and Russell Day, with 88, rounded out the Seaton team total of 228. Bosquet, 77, Alex Kreutz, 81, Jaren Larson, 85, and Matthew Kreutz, 86 contributed for Kal.
Seaton and Kal, along with Pleasant Valley, all advance to the AA Valleys Monday at Gallagher’s Canyon in Kelowna. VSS will compete in AAA. Berths for the provincials, May 26-28, at Arbutus Ridge in Cobble Hill, are on the line.
Quotable…
“I think it’s ridiculous that people like that are allowed to just throw out stuff about you in the media and not have any responsibility for what those repercussions might be.” – Toronto Blue Jays’ slugger Jose Bautista reacts to Boston Globe writer Dan Shaughnessy’s controversial column suggesting the Red Sox’ David Ortiz’s hot start is fuelled by performance-enhancing drugs.
