The Colborne Merchants from left, are - Front Row: Mary Ainsworth(G.M.), Al Cormier, Doug Carr, Mo Rock, Brian Sherwin, Greg Hodges, Rory Gill (Coach), Mark Cormier. Behind - Alex Rutherford (Trainer), Taylor Highfield, Trevor Sherwin, Nica Clarey, Mike Behan, Jason Benne, Barry Walters(Coach).
The Colborne Merchants got off to a late start but it didn't slow them down in their quest for a Provincial "B" Championship Silver Medal in Wiarton last weekend.
The Merchants were scheduled to face the Kitchener Selects at 10 p.m. on Friday but didn't start their Ontario Amateur Softball Association (OASA) contest until midnight. The end result was a win in the C Pool for the Merchants. The men put that together with a win against the Ottawa Blitz on Saturday to top the pool and advance to the playoffs.
The first round of the playoffs in the 12-team tourney saw Colborne playing the Breslau Badgers. A grand slam in the top of the sixth by Jason Benne gave Colborne the win.
A 9:00 a.m. game brought the boys back to the diamond to play the always tough Enterprise Oasis Pools team. Colborne was again behind early but battled back to a 4-3 victory that put them in the finals against the Wiarton Nationals.
Wiarton Nationals scored two runs in the first inning of the August 16 contest on two tough fly balls to the right side. There was no further scoring until the top of the sixth when Brian "Cubby" Sherwin hit a 3 run homer to put Colborne ahead. Wiarton scored two more runs in the bottom of the sixth to close the scoring. The home town Wiarton Nationals held on to win 5-3.
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