August 1, 2024 · 0 Comments
By Brian Lockhart
The Junior Division will finish the North Dufferin Baseball League season with a championship series that will get underway on Tuesday, Aug. 13.
The Creemore Padres have advanced to the final, with their competition not yet decided.
The Padres ended the regular season as the number-one team with a 14-3-1 record.
As the top team, Creemore had a bye in the first round of playoffs. In the second round, they knocked out the Orangeville Bengals in two games. Orangeville finished well back in the standings with a sixth-place finish but managed to eliminate the Barrie Baycats in the first round to earn the right to advance.
The Creemore versus Orangeville series ended with scores 8-3 and 9-3 for Creemore.
As the second-place team, the Orillia Royals also had a bye in the first round of the playoffs.
In the second round, they were up against the Innisfil Cardinals.
The Cardinals eliminated the Mansfield Cubs in first-round competition in a series that went three games and ended on July 22 with a 9-7 Innisfil win.
The Orillia versus Innisfil series got underway on Thursday, July 25.
The game ended in a 4-4 tie, giving each team one point to start the series.
Game two of the series was played in Innisfil on Monday, July 29.
Innisfil won game two 6-5 to take a two-point lead in the series.
Game three of the series was scheduled for Tuesday, July 30, with results not available at press time.
If necessary, game four of the series will get underway in Innisfil on Wednesday, July 31.
The winner of that series will go on to play Creemore in the NDBL Junior Division Championship Series.
The final will be a best-of-five championship.