Peewee Legionaries Qualify for OBA “C” Championships, News, Peewee, 2011 Season (Listowel Minor Baseball)

This past week was a very busy week for the peewees as they played 6 games in 5 days, but the team’s depth and grit show through when it was needed. The week started in Cambridge where the Legionaries walked away with a 13-1 victory, then moved to Exeter where the Listowel youths handed a short-handed Exeter team a sounding 11-1 loss. The next games on the agenda were a triple-header in Listowel on Saturday. The day started with game 1 of the OBA qualifier against a good Hanover team. The home team took an early lead only to have Hanover tie the game up in the top of the 7^th inning. The Legionaries responded with a run in the bottom of the 7^th to win the game 7-6. The excitement was short lived as the peewees now had a late afternoon double-header against Woodstock. The 1^st game saw Listowel jump out to the early lead and eventually hold on for the 9-5 victory, game 2 was a different story as Woodstock took an early 5 run lead but despite being weary the local lads battled back and scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 7^th for the 7-6 victory. The marathon week of ball was not over, as the Legionaries had to travel to Hanover on Sunday for game 2 of the OBA qualifying series. Listowel again took an early 2-0 lead but the Hurricanes stormed back scoring 7 times over 2 innings. Undaunted the Listowel lads narrowed the gap to 3 heading into the 7^th innings where again we would witness a rally. Thanks to some timely hits and good base running the Legionaries platted 3 runs to tie the game. After holding Hanover off the scoreboard in the bottom of the 7^th the locals mounted another rally in the 8^th inning but some good Hanover defense would hold Listowel to only 1 run. The Legionaries would shut the door in the bottom of the 8^th and thus win the game 8-7 to advance to the OBA Championships.