Jeff Moore
Record Staff
SOUTH GOWER — The Williamsburg Junior-Senior Pioneers played two games this past week as they welcomed Cornwall #1 on Monday night and travelled to South Gower on Wednesday night to take on the Kemptville #1 Wildcats.

Pioneers 11 Wildcats 2: The Williamsburg Junior-Senior Pioneers travelled to the South Gower Ball Park on Wed., June 6, to take on the Kemptville #1 Wildcats in the Upper Canada Little League. The Pioneers were coming off a rare loss after a five-game winning streak and looked to get back in the winning column.

The Pioneers’ offence was fired up for this game after only scoring three runs against Cornwall in their previous as they scored a maximum five runs in the top of the first inning. The Wildcats got six batters to the plate but were unable to get any of them home leaving two in scoring position in the bottom of the the first.

The Pioneers scored a single in the top of the second inning to take a 6-0 lead but the Wildcats couldn’t close the gap in the bottom of the second. The Pioneers only got four batters to the dish but three of them were struck out by the Wildcats’ pitcher in the top of the third inning.

The Wildcats only got four batters to the plate in the top of the third but three of them were struck out by pitcher, Dean Lapier. The Pioneers scored two runs in the top of the fourth inning to take an 8-0 lead.

The Wildcats offence was shut down again in the bottom of the fourth. The Pioneers scored a single in the top the fifth but the Wildcats matched it with a single of their own in the bottom of the inning. The Pioneers scored two more runs in the top of the sixth inning to make it 11-1.

In their last at bat the Wildcats could only muster a single run as the Pioneers took the game 11-2.

Scoring the runs for the Pioneers were Ryan Brodeur with two and Brendan Shaver, Lapier, Tory Barnett, Parker Baker, Emytt Fetterly, Thomas Rae, Mclean Machan, Kendrew Byers and Raiden Irvine all scored singles.

Pitching for the Pioneers were Brayden Barrie in the first inning, Lapier in the second and third, Fetterly in the fourth and Tory Barnett closed the game in the fifth and sixth.

Cornwall 6 Pioneers 3: The Williamsburg Junior-Senior Pioneers welcomed the Cornwall #1 to the J. C. Whitteker Ball Park on Mon., June 4, in the Upper Canada Little League. The Pioneers put a five-game winning streak on the line after two wins the previous week and looked to extend it to six.

Cornwall opened the scoring in the top of the first inning with two runs coming across the plate. The Pioneers cut the deficit in half with a single in the bottom of the first.

The Pioneers’ pitcher Dean Lapier struck out the next three Cornwall batters in the top of the second inning. The Pioneers scored two runs in the bottom of the second to take their first lead of the game 3-2.

Cornwall tied the game with a single in the top of third inning for which the Pioneers had no answer in their half of the inning. Cornwall blew the game wide open scoring five runs in the top of the fourth inning and again, the Pioneers’ offence was shut down in the bottom of the fourth.

The Pioneers’ pitcher, Tory Barnett struck out three of the four batters he faced in the top of the fifth inning but they could not take advantage in the bottom of the inning and trailed 8-3 heading into the sixth inning.

The Pioneers held Cornwall off the score sheet in the top of the sixth but their offence just couldn’t launch as Cornwall took the game 8-3. With the loss, the Pioneers’ five-game winning streak came to an end.

Scoring the runs for the Pioneers were Nolan Henry, Ryan Brodeur and Brendan Shaver. Pitching for the Pioneers were Brayden Barrie in the first, Lapier in the second and third, Emytt Fetterly in the fourth and Barnet in the fifth and sixth.