Ontario Challenge Cup Schedule & Scores

Blair Setford • September 27, 2022

Canada East Ontario Challenge Cup Fall Qualifier for 2023

Here's the schedule for the 2022 Ontario Challenge Cup being played in Ohsweken on the weekend of September 23-25.


We have a strong field of 12 teams and look forward to seeing everyone at the park! Address is 1738 4th Line, Ohsweken, ON N0A 1M0.


SCORES:


 #OCC22 Game 1

Innerkip Eagles 3

Ohsweken Redmen 0

WP Quinn Kropf 1H 10Ks

LP Mike Roote 3R 3H 12Ks

Eagles Mike Pullin 1-3 HR 3 RBIs; Liam Laforest 2-3 2b run

Redmen Josh Martin 1-3


#OCC22 Game 2

Georgian Bay Giants 0

Waterdown Hammer 7

WP Reese Yantzi 2H 13Ks

LP Owen Torrie 7R 9H 6Ks

Giants Albert Spena 1-2 BB; Owen Torrie 1-3

Hammer Riley Coverte HR; Kevin Rome HR; Reese Yantzi 3-3; Andrew Mathies 1-3 2 RBIs; Adam Lewhzynski 1-3 2b 2 RBIs; Kevin Dowling 1-2 2 runs


#OCC22 Game 3

Cross Lake Dbacks 3

Grand Valley Expos 6

WP Kyle Hunter 6inn 7H 3R 7Ks, relief Matt Browne 1inn 0H

LP Jeff Thomas 3inn 5R 2H 7Ks, relief Kenley Monais 3inn 1R 1H

Dbacks Kenley Monais 2-3 3-run HR; Jeff Thomas 2-3 2b

Expos Aaron DeSantis 2-3 2b 2-run HR 3 RBIs; Quinten Bruce 1-3 run RBI; Brandon Richardson 2 BB run


#OCC22 Game 4

Niagara Snappers 1

Kitchener Kings 2

WP Mel Ross 6inn 5H 1R 6Ks; Fred Follings 1inn 2Ks

LP Todd Bobinski 3inn 2H 2R 3Ks Kyle Linton 3inn 9Ks

Snappers Kevin Newhouse HR, Steve Gillis 3b

Kings Chad Wells BB run, Rob Faulhafer RBI, Dan Mitchell HBP run


#OCC22 Game 5

Delaware First Nation 2

Waterdown Hammer 5

WP Reese Yantzi 7inn 2R 5H 10Ks

LP Steve Mallot 6inn 5R 4H 8Ks

Delaware Duane Greenbird 2-4 3b run, Steve Mallot 2-3 RBI

Hammer Riley Coverdal 2-3 HR 2 RBIs 2 runs; Andrew Mathies HR


#OCC22 Game 6

Innerkip Eagles 9

Arthur Merchants 1

WP Liam Laforest 5inn 1R 4H 4Ks

LP Brad McClennan 4inn 9R 13H, relief Brayden Allen 1inn 0H

Eagles Alex Vandervoort 3-4 2b 3 RBIs run; Liam Laforest 3-4 RBI 3 runs; Quinn Kropf 2-3 2-run HR; Mike Pullin 2-4 RBI

Merchants Todd Swift 1-2 run, Tim Wright 1-2 RBI


#OCC22 Game 7

Harwood Corners 5

Grand Valley Expos 7

WP Matt Browne 4 1/3inn 5R 5H 3Ks, relief Bill Carson 2 2/3inn 2H 5Ks

LP Will Schlotzhauer 7R 7H 9Ks

Harwood Aaron Waugh 2-2 HR 3 RBIs; Tyler McNevan 2-RBI 2b; Dom Mott 1-4 SB run

Expos Kyle Hunter 2-3 3b 2 runs; Dustin Bell 2-3 3 RBIs; Brandon Richardson 1-3 2 RBIs; Aaron DeSantis 3b RBI


#OCC22 Game 8

Chepstow Aces 1

Kitchener Kings 3

WP Fred Follings 7inn 1R 4H 14Ks

LP Dustin Veenhoff 7inn 3R 4H 9Ks

Aces Nelson Gayman 2-3 HR 3b; Jared Clancy 2-4

Kings Matt McLaren 2-3 RBI, Dan Mitchell 1-3 2b, Matt Eidt 1-3 RBI, Greg Borho RBI


#OCC22 Game 9

Arthur Merchants 4

Cross Lake DBacks 6

WP Jeff Thomas 4inn 2H 9Ks in relief of Kenley Monias 3inn 4R 4H 3Ks;

LP Nolan Bultena 6inn 6R 8H 8Ks

Merchants Brayden Allen 3-4 3 RBIs; Todd Swift 1-4 RBI

DBacks Cody Spence 3-run HR; Virden McKay HR; Samuel McKay 1-3 RBI


#OCC22 Game 10

Niagara Snappers 3

Delaware First Nation 1

WP Kyle Linton 7inn 1R 4H 13Ks

LP Steve Mallot 7inn 3R 6H 10Ks

Snappers Shawn Adamo 2-3 2 RBIs; Wes Short 2-3 2b run; Peter Dobbin 1-4 2b

Delaware Bailey Whiteye 2-3 2b RBI; Kevin Snake 1-3 BB run


#OCC22 Game 11

Georgian Bay Giants 1

Chepstow Aces 2

WP Dustin Veenhoff

LP Cody Gibbons

Giants Cody Gibbons HR, Albert Spena 2-4

Aces Jordan Baummber 2-3 3b RBI run, Curtis Ruetz 1-3 RBI, Mac Mulvey 1-3 run


#OCC22 Game 12

Ohsweken Redmen 1

Harwood Corners 4

WP Chad Brown 7inn 1R 5H 9Ks

LP Mike Roote 7inn 4R 5H 9Ks

Redmen Mitch Green 2-2 3b SB Josh Martin 1-4 run

Harwood Jessie Witzel 1-4 2b RBI; Domm Mott 104 3b RBI, Will Fehrman 1-3 2b


#OCC22 Game 13

Innerkip Eagles 11

Waterdown Hammer 4

WP Quinn Kropf 4inn 0R 2H 3Ks, Travis Gerber 1inn 4R 4H 2Ks

LP Doug Hoffman 2 2/3inn 7R 9H 1K, relief Noah Weir 1/3inn 0H, Rory Miller 2inn 3R 5H 2Ks

Eagles Alex Vondervoort 2-4 2b 3 runs; Kyle Kreiger 2-3 2 runs; Isiah Whetstone 3-4 HR 4 RBIs; Mike Pullin 2-3 3 RBIs; Josh Booy 2-3 HR

Hammer Andrew Mathies 2-3 Grand Slam HR


#OCC22 Game 14

Grand Valley Expos 7

Kitchener Kings 0

WP Bill Carson 5inn 0R 3H 3Ks

LP Nick Laurette 4inn 7R 7H 5Ks, Mel Ross 1inn 3Ks

Expos Kyle Hunter 2-3 HR 2 RBIs 2 runs, Quinten Bruce 1-3 2b 2 runs; Aaron DeSantis 3-run HR Dakoda Bruce 1-2 run

Kings Dan Mitchell 1-2 2b


Eagles & Expos advance to winners bracket final at 9pm


#OCC22 Game 15

Cross Lake DBacks 1

Niagara Snappers 2

WP Bryan Belisle 6inn 1R 4H 6Ks, save Kyle Linton 1inn 2H 3Ks

Linton strikes out 3 with bases loaded in B7

LP Jeff Thomas 5inn 2R 4H 8Ks, Kenley Monias 2inn 3Ks

DBacks Ethan Halcrow 2-3 2b RBI, Jeff Thomas 2b run

Snappers Keenan Bateman 3-3 HR 2b, Perry Bartley 1-3 RBI


#OCC22 Game 16

Harwood Corners 2

Chepstow Aces 10

WP Mac Fischer 5 inn 2R 3H 9Ks

LP Chad Brown 2inn 5R 7H 1K, relief Dom Mott 2inn 5R 6H 2Ks

Harwood Aaron Waugh 1-2 2b 2 RBIs

Aces Derek Ditner 3-3 RBI 2 runs; Mac Fisher 2-3 2 RBIs run; Jackson Pegelo 2b 2 RBIs; Mac Mulvey 2BB 2 runs; Jordan Baumber 2-3 2 runs; Jared Clancy 3-4 2 RBIs


#OCC22 Game 19

Innerkip Eagles 10

Grand Valley Expos 3

WP Travis Gerber 3inn 3R 4H 5Ks relief Quinn Kropf 2inn 1H 3Ks

LP Matt Browne 4 2/3inn 10R 10H 6Ks

Eagles Liam Laforest 3-4 3b 2 RBIs 2 runs; Quinn Kropf 2-3 HR 2 runs; Josh Booy 1-3 2 RBIs, Darryl Wrigth 1-2 RBI run

Expos Kyle Hunter 2-3 3b run, Dakoda Bruce 1-2 run


#OCC22 Game 17

Kitchener Kings 6

Niagara Snappers 5

WP Fred Follings 7inn 5R 10H 10Ks

LP Pat Ryan 1 2/3inn 4R 6H 1K, in relief of Todd Bobinski 5 1/3inn 2R 1H 4Ks

Kings Dan Mitchell 2-4 3b RBI 2 runs, Matt McLaren 2-4 2b 3 RBIs run, Rob Faulhofer 2-3 2 RBIs, Greg Borho 2BB 2 runs

Snappers Scott Young 2-4 HR 2b 3 RBIs, Steve Gillis 2-4 2b, 3b 2 RBIs, Wes Short 2-4 2b run


#OCC22 Game 18

Chepstow Aces 12

Waterdown Hammer 1

WP Mac Mulvey 4inn 1R 3H

LP Reese Yantzi 1 2/3inn 8R 4H 4Ks, relief Noah Weir 2 1/3inn 4R 6H 1K

Aces Derek Ditner 2-3 RBI run; TJ Zister 1-3 2 RBIs, Nelson Gayman 1-3 2 RBIs 2 runs, Jackson Pagelo 1-3 2b RBI 2 runs, Mac Mulvey 4 Bbs, Jordan Bumber 2-4 2 RBIs, Curtis Ruetz 3b 2 runs, Jared Clancy 2b 2 RBIs

Hammer Riley Coverdale HR, Adam Mathies 2-2


#OCC22 Game 20

Chepstow Aces 1

Kitchener Kings 2

WP Fred Follings 7inn 1R 5H 5Ks

LP Mac Mulvey 1 2/3inn 2R 3H 3Ks, relief Mac Fisher 5 1/3inn 4H 3Ks

Aces Jake Barclay 2-3 3b, Mac Fischer 1-2 run

Kings Derek Martin 3b RBI, Sam Diamond 1-3 RBI, Rob Faulhofer 2-3 run, Matt McLaren 2-3


#OCC22 Game 21

Grand Valley Expos 3

Kitchener Kings 1 – 5 inn (rain shortened)

WP Kyle Hunter 5inn 1R 4H 1K

LP Fred Follings 3inn 3R 6Hn 4Ks, relief Mel Ross 2inn 2Ks

Expos Matt Browne 2-3 2b, 3b run, Tyler Franklin 1-2 RBI, Brodie Hunter 1-2 run, Dakoda Bruce Sac Fly RBI

Kings Jeremy Gastmeier 1-2 run, Dan Mitchell 2-2


#OCC22 Game 22

Championship game rained out

Congratulations to #OCC22 Champions Innerkip Eagles

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