The Sarnia Peewee Braves were in Courtright on the weekend for a Major AAA tournament. Keeping in mind the Braves are an A team (and all but 3 Minors)

the weekend went as expected with the kids putting up a decent fight but coming up 0 and 4 for the tournament. Friday the Braves lost to Oakville 11-0 in 5 Innings mustering only 2 hits. The game wasn't really as bad as the score indicated as the boys did not give up any huge innings to Oakville just steady 2 or 3 runs each inning, offense was the problem in this one.

Game 2 came early Saturday Morning against Waterloo. This was probably our worst game of the weekend as the boys were never really in it and lost 11-2.

Game 3 but for one bad inning could have been a win. The boys took on Brampton and held the lead 2-0 and and 2-1 until Brampton tied it in the 5th at 2. Then that old defensive lapse showed up at the worst possible time and Brampton scored 9 in the 6th to cruise to a 11-2 victory.

Sunday 8:30 a.m. it was on to the elimination round and a game against the best team in the tournament the Windsors Stars with Homerun Derby Champ Rio Anzalon in the lineup. The boys showed up big time for this game. Vince Caschera showed no signs of early season arm trouble and blazed through the Windsor lineup for 3 innings of great pitching. The Braves kept the game close and managed a couple runs against the hard throwing Stars pitchers with Mitchell Bigras and Vince Caschera leading the way at the dish. Coach Marks went with a more defensive approach in this game and while it worked as far as only allowing Windsor 6 runs the offense could only put up 2 and the Stars went on to win 6-2. This was a fantastic ballgame as Mitch Bigras came in and threw 4 great innings to close it out.