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Don’t miss out on Canada Day celebra-tions in Bradford West Gwillimbury on July 1 at the Bradford & District Community Cen-tre.

Beginning at 5 p.m., families are invited to enjoy an afternoon and evening of activities, such as live entertainment, musical perfor-

mances, food, the civic award ceremonies and, of course, a spectacular fireworks dis-play once the sun goes down.

The Bradford Lion’s Club early bird draw to win a brand new car is also scheduled to take place at 7:30 p.m.

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More than 13,000 people walked through the gates during Bradford West Gwillimbury’s first Food Truck Festival on June 25.

Hot and sunny weather was exactly what event host BWG Events Group hoped for, which drew in crowds to try out 16 food trucks from around the province

“The weather was incredible. It was one of the largest single day food truck festivals around,” said BWG Events Group president and founding organizer Rick Brooks.

Vendors were also impressed with atten-dance numbers, though some found them-selves running out of food before the event’s end due to high traffic, something, vendors and BWG Events Group say they will be pre-pared for next year.

“No first-time event comes without its challenges,” said Vanessa Morum, BWG Events Group secretary/treasurer.

“The group estimated attendance would be 5,000 people and by 7 p.m., our atten-dance was already over 8,000 guests, which caused long lines and some food trucks to run out of food.”

Morum says the committee is already planning next year’s event and welcomes feedback from the community. Committee members will also looking into bringing on additional food trucks, as well as extending the event to two days.

According to the group, all 16 trucks in attendance plan to take part in the Food Truck Festival for another year.

Though a final amount raised through the event has not been calculated yet, BWG Events Group will make a donation to PC Children’s Charities.

The group would like to thank Zehrs Mar-kets for the use of event space, presenting sponsor Summerlyn Dental Care and the long list other supporting business sponsors from around BWG.

Thousands turn out for first Food Truck FestivalMore than 13,000 people took in Bradford West Gwillimbury’s first Food Truck Festival June 25.

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Seven years ago, Bradford West Gwillim-bury and King Township began work on the Holland Marsh drainage canal improvement project.

On June 23, representatives from both municipalities and all other bodies involved gathered at Springdale Christian Reformed Church to finally celebrate its completion.

The journey all began when Art Janse, for-mer BWG Drainage Superintendent, began inviting individuals, such as York-Simcoe MPP Julia Munro, to the Holland Marsh to discuss the hazards and potential relocation of the Canal River.

“I remember spending a very cold after-noon one January in 1999 with Art Janse and he said to me, ‘You need to know what is here’,” said Munro, during the celebration.

“The project provides optimism for all of us and with the creation of the drainage board, there was a unified voice to present the idea to all ministries involved. It’s time to pat yourselves on the back for taking on such a complicated initiative.”

In 2009, a four-volume engineer’s report was created under section 78 of the Drainage Act by K. Smart Associates Ltd. It was used to provide full details as to how the drainage system’s canal and dykes could be improved upon.

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canal included the relocation of most of the waterway, bottom cleanouts and installation of additional guardrails in areas that were deemed dangerous.

The $25-million project also helped address major issues of safety, especially with respect to human fatalities and flooding, along with drainage improvements, grading of about 9.8 kilometres of berms, maintain-ing environmental habitats and fixes on 13 bridges crossing the canals.

“The board has achieved all of the goals it set from almost 10 years ago,” said Mayor Rob Keffer.

“The shoreline was protected and the sur-rounding habitats improved. Thank you to everyone who worked on the project.”

King Township Mayor Steve Pellegrini directed his comments toward thanking BWG for its ongoing partnership to ensure the project was a success.

“Over 60 per cent of the marsh is situated within King and we are proud of our agricul-tural heritage. Congrats on a job well done.”

Following the celebration’s official remarks, guests gathered outside to enjoy a specially made cake, refreshments and a ribbon cut-ting to signify the project’s completion.

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York-Simcoe MPP Julia Munro, Bradford Mayor Rob Keffer and King Township Mayor Steve Pellegrini celebrate the completion of the Holland Marsh drainage canal improve-ment project.


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Celebrate Canada’s unity and civilityn Friday, July 1, we Canadians pause to celebrate another year as just that: Canadians.

We have been able to do that for 149 years now, and, let’s be honest, it feels good.

We’re a good country, after all. We look after each other and try to extend that compassion abroad. We have bad days — who doesn’t? — but on balance we’ve lived our 149 years well and we look pretty good for our age.

The same can’t be said for the rest of our family of nations and it’s tempting to feel smug about that.

The United Kingdom, to whose Queen we still swear alle-giance, is not doing well at all.

In an ill-managed referen-dum, its people have voted to take it from the European Union, in the process, throwing its econ-omy, and the world’s economy, into turmoil.

The vote to leave was decisive, but not universally so, and now the UK is on the verge of frag-mentation, with Scotland poised to hold another independence referendum, not two years after it narrowly voted to remain in the UK.

This time, with EU mem-bership in the balance, polls indicate the Scots might well succeed.

We, in Canada, have flirted with this sort of thing in the past, through two nail-biting referendums in Quebec, each of which might have put us in a similar place: a country split at the seam, where nativism and nationalist intransigence make dissolution seem inevitable.

Good for us that we didn’t take the plunge. We’re still here, in one piece, with the capac-ity to engage ourselves and the world as proud Canadians.

Let’s be proud, then: proud, but not smug.

It is unlikely to impossible that separatists in Quebec could marshal support for another ref-erendum any time soon — the Parti Quebecois has yet to find a leader and, in any case, will not be in a position to govern until the fall of 2018, when the next provincial election is scheduled.

But it is a point for sober reflection this Canada Day, just how precious is our unity and civility and how easy it is for a nation — any nation, even our own — to allow that to slip away.

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Crime against seniors?You should do extra time

Bernie O’Neill

think there should be a special pun-ishment for people who perpetrate scams on the elderly, the same way we might dish out extra punish-ment to someone who committed a

crime against a child.For there is something uniquely cruel

about stealing money from an older person, money they likely spent their whole life saving. Money they need, now that they are retired and don’t have the income afforded by a job.

Not that all older people are suscep-tible to this kind of thing. But some are.

Whether it’s a decline in their cogni-tion, an inclination as they age to be trusting of authority figures, or an ease with which they can be bullied because physically they may feel frail, I’ll leave that to the experts.

My first experience with this phenom-enon was in a newsroom, when a call came in from a man in Waterloo (I was in North York, where he’d lived 20 years ear-lier — he remembered the name of the paper and looked it up) telling me how he had been sold a vacuum by a door-to-door salesman.

His wife had passed away. He was liv-ing on his own. He wasn’t thinking very clearly. He was also sad. He probably should have been in a long-term care facility.

And that’s when the vacuum salesman appeared at his door. Talked to him. Did some demonstrations. Told him his old vacuum was no good. And sold him a new vacuum — for $3,600.

Unless it was a vacuum that also did dishes, cooked his meals, projected 400 TV channels in high-definition and he could fly around the neighbourhood in it, like it was a helicopter, it was not worth $3,600.

“You know you can buy a vacuum at the department store for maybe $300,” I told him. “And that’s a really good one.”

He knew this. Or was remembering this was the case. But the door-to-door salesman had caught him on a bad day.

It had taken him a couple of weeks to realize what had happened. That vacu-ums don’t cost $3,600. But he had not had a clear thinking day for a while and when he finally did, he was embarrassed.

I gave him credit for calling in. Told him there must be consumer protection legislation about selling something for

way, way more than it’s worth. And that there might be a cooling off period to get out of a contract.

I found him a couple of phone num-bers. Asked him about his family and told him maybe he should think about calling his daughter to tell her what had happened.

She could help. And that it’s nothing to be ashamed of. That these people are out there, preying on the elderly. He’s just a victim. That the world had changed and that’s the way things are these days.

There have been appeals in Markham and elsewhere recently trying to stop door-to-door solicitation — something that would require an army of bylaw officers and be difficult and costly to enforce, in my view.

Education is probably the key, for the elderly, their families, and for young people seeking work.

We’ve all seen the pushy twentysome-thing with the clipboard claiming there’s something wrong with our furnace or hot water tank. The caller who tells you there’s something wrong with your com-puter — send them a cheque, they’ll fix it. The guy trying to sign you up for snowplowing by a company that does not exist.

When you are young and healthy and have your wits about you, it’s not a prob-lem to tell these people to get lost. But not all of us will stay sharp into old age.

When these scammers are caught and convicted, I say they should do extra jail time because of the helplessness of their victims. But then you wonder if any of these scammers is ever caught, or receives real punishment.

Another thing that has changed these days.

— Bernie O’Neill is editor of the Markham Economist


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Special plans are underway for Sivilay Phaphonsomkham of Bradford after he won $100,000 on Lotto 6/49.

“When I validated my winning ticket at the store, I thought to myself, ‘Wow, I can finally meet my grandsons’,” said Phaphon-somkham.

The grandfather matched six of seven winning numbers on his Encore selection, to win the chunk of money.

“I usually like to choose the numbers in my selection,” he added, while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto, where he picked up his big cheque.

“My daughter recently had a baby, so I decided to add my grandson’s birthday to my selection. I also used the numbers seven and 12 because he weighed in at seven pounds and two ounces.

“Finally, I added my daughter’s age to my selection, too, and I purchased an Encore play. ”

Phaphonsomkham left the store with the ticket in his pocket. On Sunday, he went shopping and had a few old lottery tickets to check, so he decided to go to the store. At first, Phaphonsomkham thought he had won $100.

“That amount made me very happy. I put that ticket aside, but my girlfriend was with me and she said, ‘I thought the words big winner flashed on the screen.’ So I scanned the ticket in the ticket checker again.”

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It turns out that Phaphonsomkham’s girl-friend was right. He froze and his hands began to shake. The retailer at the store vali-dated his ticket.

“What an amazing way to kickstart the summer,” said Phaphonsomkham.

Plans are already underway for a family reunion. Phaphonsomkham will be purchas-ing plane tickets for his daughter, grandson, step-daughter and step-grandson to visit. He says they plan to celebrate with other family members and friends.

“I’m also studying to become a mechanic, so this money will help with tuition. Finally, I want to spoil my girlfriend and son and do the things we weren’t able to before this win,” concluded Phaphonsomkham.

The winning ticket was purchased at Petro Canada on Yonge Street in Newmarket.

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On June 26, the BWG Diversity Action Group celebrated Aboriginal Day in Bradford West Gwillimbury.

Inside of the Zima Room at the BWG Library and Cultural Centre, Shirley Hay of the Wahta Mohawks and Marilyn George of the Ojibway Serpent River first nations pro-vided guests with an educational afternoon about the aboriginal culture and its people.

Hay and George spoke to a variety of sym-bolic aboriginal items, such as a talking stick

and eagle feather, explaining their relevance and importance within first nations groups.

“The eagle feather is not something that can be purchased,” said Hay.

“It is something that must be presented to you by another member of the first nations.”

Councillor Mark Contois shared some of his aboriginal background, too, which is affiliated with Beausoleil Island, located in the southern tip of Georgian Bay.

“Aboriginal Day gives people a chance to learn about aboriginal culture and heri-tages,” he said.

“It was officially recognized in 1996, so we

have been able to celebrate this culture for 20 years.”

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Bradford District High School is one step closer to improving the spectator experience for their sports teams after receiving two generous donations.

According to school principal Peter Stone, the school plans to install a set of bleachers overlooking their multipurpose sports field. In order to pay for the $15,000 bleachers, the school has been reaching out to local busi-nesses and organizations for donations.

On June 27, the Bradford Lions Club

presented Jones and school council co-chairperson Anthony Melidy with $500 to show their support. The school also received $3,500, donated by local real-estate agent Robin Evans.

The money from Evans is part of the $24,000 raised during his seventh annual charitable golf tournament, held June 3 at Harbour View Golf & Country Club in Gil-ford.

The remainder of proceeds from the tour-nament will be dispersed to other organiza-tions and people in need throughout the community.

With donations from the Lions Club and Evans, however, Stone says the bleachers, which can hold up to 200 spectators, will be ready for use by the beginning of the new school year in September.

“We have reached about halfway of the amount needed,” Stone added.

“The concrete pads to hold the bleach-

ers have already been installed and we hope to have the rest completed by the end of August.”

Stone says other generous donations have come in from various local business-es. Donated funds will allow the school to allocate money toward other needs in the future.

Deputy Mayor James Leduc, realtor Robin Evans, Bradford District High School principal Peter Stone and student council co-chairperson Anthony Melidy celebrate a donation that will help pay for new bleachers.


Donation means new bleachers will be in use at high school in September

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Sometimes, all you need is encourage-ment and a lot of determination to reach your ultimate goal.

Just ask Tara Andrews, 22, of Bradford West Gwillimbury.

The budding entrepreneur has success-fully started her own business out of her family home on the outskirts of the com-munity, putting all her time and effort for the last two years into creating her own unique brand.

From that, Beyond Buoyancy Aquat-ics was born. Andrews and her brother, Jonathan, recently completed a two-year Business Entrepreneurship program at Georgian College, learning how to take a business idea and turn it into something successful by setting goals.

According to her brother, Andrews took immediate action to fulfill her dreams of owning a swim school — even transform-ing the backyard of the family home into an aquatic focal point, with a pool and easy access for any type of student.

“Tara started her schooling as a dean’s list student and finished it as a dean’s list student,” said Jonathan.

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and that’s what entrepreneurship is about. It’s about hustle, taking action and putting in the work to turn dreams into reality.”

Though Andrews started out at Ryerson University in the bio med program after she graduated from Bradford District High School, she soon realized it just wasn’t the path she wanted to take in life.

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She had worked at the Lions Club out-door pool when she was 17 and has been working as a lifeguard and swim instructor at the BWG Leisure Centre for the last four years, she explained.

“Those jobs have helped encourage me to own a business.”

Andrews was also influenced through

a volunteer program associated with the Special Olympics in Aurora, where she helped teach swimming lessons and gave her time to assist with competitions.

Her parents, Laura and John, were also big advocates in helping Andrews strive for a career in the water.

“That program pushed me to become an instructor. I had been swimming for a long time, as my parents encouraged us to learn how to swim as a life skill.”

Now, Andrews has more then 55 stu-dents lined up for swimming lessons this summer. Earlier in June, she received some very exciting news from Georgian College regarding her hard work and dedication.

She was awarded with the Dale George Premier’s Award, which is a $1,000 award presented to a female student who has suc-cessfully completed studies in the business entrepreneurship program or the entre-preneurship and small business manage-ment program.

Andrews was shocked to learn she was chosen to receive the award.

“When you’re in college, you don’t’ real-ly know how much your hard work means until you are recognized for it,” she said.

“It was a great accomplishment and only solidified where I want to be in life right now.”

Andrews says she wouldn’t have been able to achieve her dreams without family, friends and everyone else involved in the entrepreneurial process for Beyond Buoy-ancy Aquatics.

The $1,000 award will go toward the purchase of a water wheelchair, to help assist disabled students to and from the pool area.

“It was important the money went toward something I believe in. I want to solely focus on swimming as a life skill, as everyone should be able to save them-selves or others in a time of need.”

She hopes to go beyond the traditional route of swimming lessons by encouraging people of all ages to view swimming in not just a fun way, but a very vital way as well.

Andrews plans on enclosing the new pool, located at 3077 5th Side Road in BWG, to make it a facility that can be used all year round. She is also aiming to hire instructors that share the same goals and visions when it comes to swim safety.

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Bradford resident Jean Young submitted this photograph of a robin. If you have a photograph that depicts life in Bradford West Gwillimbury, email it to Topic editor Ted McFadden at [email protected].

Canadians will celebrate the country’s 150th birthday in 2017. As a tribute to the occa-sion, the Bond Head Women’s Institute is sponsoring the Greatest Events in Canadian History – since 1867 – cal-endar. Winners will have their entry featured in one of the 12 months of the calendar. Send entries to [email protected] by July 1.

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Date night at Dreamwinds Equine Assisted Learning Centre is back. Couples can have some fun working with horses, beginning at 7:30 p.m., to learn more about themselves and how to work together. For more information, call 289-231-6775.

Canada Day festivities will once again take place at the Bradford & District Memorial Community Centre, beginning at 5 p.m. Families are welcome to enjoy activities for children and adults and, of course, a beautiful fireworks display later in the evening.

A blood clinic will be held July 20, 3 to 8 p.m., at the Holy Martyrs of Japan Catholic Church in Bradford. Walk-ins welcome, as the Canadian Blood Services is seekin 75 do-nors. To register, visit blood.ca


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storiesifeL A celebration of lives well livedand people well lovedRead more Life Stories on yorkregion.com

BY SIMONE [email protected]

aura Celli-Henriques still remembers the time she found her father, Leonard Celli, slumped over, face planted on a computer

keyboard, fast asleep.The president of the Maple

Minor Baseball League was in the midst of co-ordinating teams, organizing umpires and plan-ning tournaments. In essence, he was running the league he had founded in the early 1990s.

Sleeping on a keyboard rather than a pillow was pretty common for him in those days, Celli-Hen-riques says.

Ex-wife Pina Celli agrees.“You have no idea how many

hours he put into it,” she says. “He had a real passion for base-ball.”

Leonard Celli was born on Oct. 6, 1954 in Abruzzo, Italy.

While he ended up settling in Canada and raising his fam-ily here, most of his own family remained in Italy, save for one sister who lived in Canada.

Celli-Henriques remembers her father not only as a minor baseball league president, but also as a model TTC employee — never late for work and rarely taking vacation. He was a TTC operator, driving buses and sub-ways, working for more than 26 years.

Celli-Henriques can still remember her father’s gruelling routine, starting with his work shift, which began at 4:17 a.m. each day. He would finish at 1:06 p.m., come home, take a nap, then pick his two daughters up from school and then cook din-

Leonard Celli loved baseball, football and Italian roots

Leonard Celli enjoyed spending time in his native Italy, almost as much as he enjoyed volunteering, coaching and managing in the Maple Minor Baseball League for many years. Other passions included football and his family.

Lner — always a gourmet meal, she says.

The minor baseball league became a family affair, with Celli working as president, his wife doing plenty of work for the league, too, and the children pitching in.

Celli-Henriques knows her parents’ motivation for starting up the league: “Let’s do it for our kids and everyone’s kids,” they had said.

Celli explains her ex-hus-band’s motivation: “He wanted to get children off the streets,” she said, keeping them out of trouble and helping them make friends.

Celli’s interest in his children’s activities extended beyond base-ball. Celli-Henriques remem-bers one of her favourite dad moments from when she was about eight years old.

She had finished dancing in a recital in a hall that was so jam-packed, the audience was seated three or four rows high. Her dad was seated way up at the top.

As she was leaving with her mother, she heard her father yell: “Hey squirt!” She looked up and her father threw down a big bou-quet of flowers.

Little Laura caught it.“I had the biggest smile on my

face,” she remembers.Today, she can also reflect on

how much her father enjoyed another important role — that of grandfather. While living at his daughter Jennifer’s house, he engaged in a special ritual with his granddaughter, Victoria. Each day, when Victoria went to school, he ran out and bought her a chocolate toy Kinder egg

so she could have it when she returned home.

The Celli family ran the Maple Minor Baseball League for about eight years, featuring 19 teams from T-ball to juvenile, plus an “old timers” division.

In 2012, Celli suffered a heart attack during a visit to Italy to see family. On Dec. 23, 2012, he died where he was born, in Italy.

When Celli-Henriques visited Italy after her father death, she made a point of gathering every memento of him she could, now stored in a special room in her Maple home as a kind of shrine to him.

It features his cellphone, his Marlboros, his camera and his Pittsburgh Steelers jacket, which reminds her of all of the Sundays

she spent watching football with him.

Her favourite item in the room is his pajamas — “In Italy, that’s what he wore all the time.”

There is also a physical represen-tation of his love for baseball. It is a plaque, which he earned for coach-ing a children’s team — her team.

“He left too early,” she said of his untimely death at age 58.

“Adored by children, universally respected and an inspiration to her peers, Mrs. McCluskey was a tireless volunteer, quick to defl ect the praise heaped on her.”

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T-BALL DIVISION

Jun 20/2016 – Kidergy vs. Royalty Stone Inc.

Kidergy showed great stamina this week asthey faced off in yet another 4 inning game.Bentley was quick to trap balls in the infieldand as pitcher, Jake was a force to be reckonedwith as he scooped up several grounders andthrew them to his team mates at the bases.Logan, Jayden, and Masyn's bats were on fireas their hits helped to score runs! Well doneKidergy!!!

Jun 23/ 2016 – Dissette Animal Hospital vsMFC Landscape Contracting

MFC Landscape Contracting had greatdefensive plays throughout the game. Reyer V.and Sandro G. demonstrated excellent fielding.Awesome RBI’s by Hailey O. and Maddox Z.Way to go, MFC!

A BIG Thank you to the Amero family fortheir generous donation towards the JoshAmero Memorial Fund. Josh Amero was ayoung Bradford Minor hockey player who leftus too soon. The Fund assists under privilegedchildren by assisting them with hockeyexpenses.

JoAnne (Amero) & Duncan George, Nancy Bateman of Bwgmhaand John and Marion Amero (Josh’s Parents)

ATOM DIVISION

Jun 21/2016 – Back Alley Cruisers - 7Bradford Lions Club - 9

Back Alley Cruisers lost a close game to theBradford Lions Club, 9-7. The Cruisers ralliedlate in the game but came up just short. Theplay of the game went to Sabastian D. whomade an unassisted double play. Charlie G.also made a great out at 2nd base and bothLeah S. and Coen H. made strong plays in thefield to keep runners from advancing.

Jun 21/ 2016 – Vin Bon - 6Robin Evans Real Estate - 5

Robin Evans Real Estate team had a tightgame versus Vin Bon. There were many greatdefensive plays keeping the score low for a6-5 loss. The offence struggled to get runsacross the plate but the hitting was great witheveryone swinging well. Eli C., Grace S.,Addison C., and Charles H. all had agreat game.

Jun 21/2016 – RobertW Ratusny Law - 9ZOOM Security Systems - 18

ZOOM Security Systems Tristan K. had his batworking as he was hitting everything he saw.Tempest C. had two solid singles and JamesR. also had a big game with three hits. Greatgame everyone.

MITE DIVISION

Jun 22/2016 –W.B. Skwarchuck Ltd. - 14Toy Gordon Law - 10

W.B. Skwarchuk Ltd had a close game on thediamond. Park and Mookie showed their speedon the bases as they each scored a run. Nathanhad a nice hit earning him a double. Greatgame everyone.

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SQUIRT DIVISION

Jun 20/ 2016 – Vince’s Market - 7CG Technologies - 10

CG Technologies had excellent heads up baserunning by everyone especially Matthew A inthe 1st inning. Outstanding pitching by JoshH only allowing one run and striking out thefirst batter in the 2nd. Amazing final inningby the catcher Michael F. and Pitcher Alex S.catching pop ups and striking out 2 batters toend the game.

Jun 23/2016 – RobertW. Ratusny Law - 15Perfect Moves - 14

Robert W. Ratusny’s Kyle B. continues toimprove and hammered a hard single in thefirst. Avery M. and Sophia S. walked all threetimes and scored twice.

PEEWEE DIVISION

Jun 21/ 2016 – Universal Mobile - 10Heather Haddon Tax Prep - 15

Universal Mobile’s Dawson and Darcy sharedcatching keeping the ball infront of themto avoid any stolen runs at home. Awesomedoubles by both Sarah M. and James. Wickedbase running by Jordan to beat the throw andslide safe into 2nd base. Both Kaitlyn andTyler C. had excellent pitching. Matthewhad sweet Home Run with a duck on thepond, scoring an extra RBI. Meagan M.,Addison, Adam and Michael all had excellentfielding. Way to go Universal Mobile, greatteam effort!!

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