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NDBL honours 2023 season award winners

March 22, 2024   ·   0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart

Players, coaches, and fans attended the North Dufferin Baseball League 2023 regular season awards event, held at the Royal Canadian Legion in Lisle on Sunday, March 10.

Each year the League honours players in several categories for their performance in the preceding season.

In the Senior Division, Kirk Gibson, of the Owen Sound Baysox, won the batting and best on-base percentage awards. With 57 at-bats and 31 hits, Gibson managed a .544 batting average along with a .643 on-base percentage.

Baysox’s Bryan Post tied with Bolton Brewer’s Brett Chater for the most home runs with each player hitting six over the fence for the season.

Chris Fafalois of the Bolton Brewers was honoured with scoring the most runs for the season, crossing the plate 26 times.

The Best Pitcher Award went to Nick Hodgson of the New Lowell Knights.

Knights coach, Peter Kinghan, was honoured with the Coach of the Year Award.

Creemore Padre’s Anson Dupuis, was named the most valuable player.

Nathan Lennox of the Clarksburg Blues was selected as the most sportsmanlike player. Daniel Morningstar of the Clearview Orioles was voted the best catcher.

In the Junior Division, Whyatt Winkel, of the Orillia Royals was recognized as the top in the batting and on-base category. His 34 at-bats with 18 hits resulted in a .529 batting average and an on-base percentage of .673. His teammate, Ben Barzo scored 28 runs to top that category.

Wyatt Thompson was named Best Pitcher, taking home his second straight title.

Fraser Trivett of the Georgina Bulldogs was honoured for hitting the most home runs, knocking the ball out of the park four times during the season. Trivett was also named the Most Valuable Player.

The Most Sportsmanlike Player Award went to Jayden Akins of the Barrie Baycats.

Following the awards ceremony, the league membership met for its Annual General Meeting.

The Clearview Orioles request a leave of absence for the year dropping the senior division down to 11 teams.

The Junior Division added Richmond Hill, but lost Georgina, keeping the Division to seven teams for the upcoming season.

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