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Congratulations to the 2018 SHBL Champions: Bain Excavating Rockies!
2018 SHBL Champs: Bain Excavating Rockies
The expansion Bain Excavating Rockies defeated the reigning SHBL Champions: Gerard Farrell Excavating Melrose Shamrocks in 5 games. The Rockies took the title by winning 4 games to 1 in the best of 7 series final to hoist the Thornton Portt Memorial Championship Trophy as the 2018 SHBL Champs!
The Rockies end their inaugural 2018 campaign with an SHBL Championship after finishing tied with Maclan Designs for first place in the regular season with a 19-4 win-loss record. They narrowly missed doing the double by taking the Regular Season Pennant and the SHBL Championship in the same year, as Maclan Designs claimed the pennant on the strength of their regular season record against each other. The Rockies continued to roll in the playoffs with an 11-4 postseason record.
Rockies pitcher and shortstop Joe Blakely was named Playoff MVP at an awards ceremony following the final game. For a complete list of this year's award recipients please see the 2018 awards page.
Rockies bench boss Wyatt Dever was named Coach of the Year, and he will guide his team in the 3rd annual Joe Hawkins Cross-County Series of Champions against the Kingston Senior Men's Baseball League (KSMBL) Champions: the Macleans State Farm Hoyas. The Hoyas are defending KSMBL champions, and they played against the Melrose Shamrocks in last years Cross-County clash falling to the Shamrocks in the third and deciding game in Kingston.
The Joe Hawkins Memorial Trophy to awarded to the winner of the best of 3 series:
Game #1 Tues Oct 9th-Macleans State Farm Hoyas vs. Bain Excavating Rockies 7pm Score: Rockies 3, Hoyas 1
Game #2 Fri Oct 12th-Bain Excavating Rockies vs. Macleans State Farm Hoyas 7pm ( In Kingston @ Woodbine Park) Score:
Game #3 *if necessary- home field to be determined by runs for/against during the previous two games
The Rockies end their inaugural 2018 campaign with an SHBL Championship after finishing tied with Maclan Designs for first place in the regular season with a 19-4 win-loss record. They narrowly missed doing the double by taking the Regular Season Pennant and the SHBL Championship in the same year, as Maclan Designs claimed the pennant on the strength of their regular season record against each other. The Rockies continued to roll in the playoffs with an 11-4 postseason record.
Rockies pitcher and shortstop Joe Blakely was named Playoff MVP at an awards ceremony following the final game. For a complete list of this year's award recipients please see the 2018 awards page.
Rockies bench boss Wyatt Dever was named Coach of the Year, and he will guide his team in the 3rd annual Joe Hawkins Cross-County Series of Champions against the Kingston Senior Men's Baseball League (KSMBL) Champions: the Macleans State Farm Hoyas. The Hoyas are defending KSMBL champions, and they played against the Melrose Shamrocks in last years Cross-County clash falling to the Shamrocks in the third and deciding game in Kingston.
The Joe Hawkins Memorial Trophy to awarded to the winner of the best of 3 series:
Game #1 Tues Oct 9th-Macleans State Farm Hoyas vs. Bain Excavating Rockies 7pm Score: Rockies 3, Hoyas 1
Game #2 Fri Oct 12th-Bain Excavating Rockies vs. Macleans State Farm Hoyas 7pm ( In Kingston @ Woodbine Park) Score:
Game #3 *if necessary- home field to be determined by runs for/against during the previous two games
2018 SHBL Playoffs to start Wednesday August 8th
The 2018 SHBL Regular Season has wrapped up with a tight race down the stretch for first and third place seedings.
Congratulations to Maclan Designs who will be taking home the Gerald Walsh Memorial Trophy as the Regular Season Champions! They finished tied for first with 2018 expansion team Bain Excavating Rockies, both teams finished with 19 wins and 4 losses for 38 points. Maclan Designs won the tie breaker as they beat the Rockies twice during the regular season.
Along with the race for first place was another tie for third place between last years SHBL Champion Melrose Shamrocks and 2017 SHBL finalists Uens Pole Line. Uens edged Melrose in the standings by finishing the year with more wins with a record of 16 wins and 7 losses, while Melrose had 15 wins, 6 losses and 2 ties good for 32 points each.
The top 8 teams will now playoff for the Thornton Portt Memorial Championship trophy to determine this years league Champ. Quarter Final Playoff games start Wednesday August 8th with a double header at Jim Uens Field. 3rd place Uens Pole Line will host 6th place Shannonville Hawks at 615 pm and 2nd place Bain Excavating Rockies host 7th place Melrose Tal Trees at 830 pm.
The other two series' will start Thursday August 9th with games between 1st place Maclan Designs and 8th place Parkhurst Pirates at 615 pm and 4th place Melrose Shamrocks playing 5th place Read Young Guns at 830 pm.
The above Quarter Final series matchups are best 3 out 5, while the Semi-Final and Final series are best 4 out of 7 games.
--> For full playoff seeding and schedule please see the 2018 Playoffs page.
Congratulations to Maclan Designs who will be taking home the Gerald Walsh Memorial Trophy as the Regular Season Champions! They finished tied for first with 2018 expansion team Bain Excavating Rockies, both teams finished with 19 wins and 4 losses for 38 points. Maclan Designs won the tie breaker as they beat the Rockies twice during the regular season.
Along with the race for first place was another tie for third place between last years SHBL Champion Melrose Shamrocks and 2017 SHBL finalists Uens Pole Line. Uens edged Melrose in the standings by finishing the year with more wins with a record of 16 wins and 7 losses, while Melrose had 15 wins, 6 losses and 2 ties good for 32 points each.
The top 8 teams will now playoff for the Thornton Portt Memorial Championship trophy to determine this years league Champ. Quarter Final Playoff games start Wednesday August 8th with a double header at Jim Uens Field. 3rd place Uens Pole Line will host 6th place Shannonville Hawks at 615 pm and 2nd place Bain Excavating Rockies host 7th place Melrose Tal Trees at 830 pm.
The other two series' will start Thursday August 9th with games between 1st place Maclan Designs and 8th place Parkhurst Pirates at 615 pm and 4th place Melrose Shamrocks playing 5th place Read Young Guns at 830 pm.
The above Quarter Final series matchups are best 3 out 5, while the Semi-Final and Final series are best 4 out of 7 games.
--> For full playoff seeding and schedule please see the 2018 Playoffs page.
The 85th year of the SHBL is underway!
In celebration of the 85th consecutive year of the South Hastings Baseball League: Cal Dunville and the Briar Fox Golf & Country Club in Marysville will be hosting a 4-person best ball golf tournament on Saturday June 23rd, 2018. 1pm shotgun start. $75/person includes 18 holes, cart, steak dinner. Dinner-only option is also available. Those interested contact Bat or the utilize the "email us" section of the website.
The League is also pleased to welcome the Bain Excavating Rockies this year. The team is organized and coached by a trio of Belleville boys: Brent Bain, AJ Burlington and Wyatt Dever. The new addition brings the number of teams up to 9. Each team will play a 23 game schedule, playing the Mudhens twice and every other team three times. All teams will be playing out of the Tyendinaga Recreation Complex in Melrose.
The 2018 Schedule has been uploaded to the website and can be viewed along with scores/results on the 2018 Regular Season link. The standings page will be updated as the year goes on as well as each team competes for the League pennant and ownership of the Gerald Walsh Memorial Trophy for regular season champion.
The SHBL Alumni Monument was erected last summer at the Tyendinaga Recreation Complex near the main entrance gate at Jim Uens Field. The monument was created in an effort to raise funds to overhaul the infield at Jim Uens Field. The infield and pitcher's mound were successfully re-constructed last fall and they look great! Any funds accumulated will go towards the cost of the project and ongoing field upgrades.
107 names have been added to the black granite slab so far. Space is limited and available on a first come first serve basis. If you are interested in adding a name to the monument please contact creator/project manager Jim Uens at 613-968-0441.
Here's to another exciting year of South Hastings Baseball!
The League is also pleased to welcome the Bain Excavating Rockies this year. The team is organized and coached by a trio of Belleville boys: Brent Bain, AJ Burlington and Wyatt Dever. The new addition brings the number of teams up to 9. Each team will play a 23 game schedule, playing the Mudhens twice and every other team three times. All teams will be playing out of the Tyendinaga Recreation Complex in Melrose.
The 2018 Schedule has been uploaded to the website and can be viewed along with scores/results on the 2018 Regular Season link. The standings page will be updated as the year goes on as well as each team competes for the League pennant and ownership of the Gerald Walsh Memorial Trophy for regular season champion.
The SHBL Alumni Monument was erected last summer at the Tyendinaga Recreation Complex near the main entrance gate at Jim Uens Field. The monument was created in an effort to raise funds to overhaul the infield at Jim Uens Field. The infield and pitcher's mound were successfully re-constructed last fall and they look great! Any funds accumulated will go towards the cost of the project and ongoing field upgrades.
107 names have been added to the black granite slab so far. Space is limited and available on a first come first serve basis. If you are interested in adding a name to the monument please contact creator/project manager Jim Uens at 613-968-0441.
Here's to another exciting year of South Hastings Baseball!
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