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Despite Snow, River Rats Ready to Play Ball

By Marc Benoit

ith a new President,
Wincreasing enrollment and
high hopes, Cornwall District
Minor Baseball (CDMB) and
the River Rats are preparing for
an action packed season. After
recently being selected as the
new executive President, Michele
Durant and her executive team
have been hard at work, organizing
registration for the 2014 season.
After a few years with some
proud accomplishments for the
city’s baseball fans, Durant has
said she hopes to see the trend of
new players continue forward,

“At a minimum we want to
keep the numbers level and it
would be great to increase the
number of kids playing baseball,
and keep the love and the passion
that we have for baseball going,
here in Cornwall,” says Durant.

With most of the local playing fields still covered in snow, it seems like baseball season is a long way
According to Durant, the off. Before you know it, local baseball players will be taking to the diamond to show what they can do.
Mother Nature played havoc Supplied photo.
with the early registration Durant also expressed similar
sessions, resulting in lower than feelings, “It helped promote

expected numbers. The final
baseball within the community,
registration date will be April 5, and at Legion Park.”
however families still interested
in signing up their children for As for the River Rats’ recent
games this spring, can do so by wins, Poirier said “Last year our www.acecomputerservices.ca
visiting the CDMB website and Major River Rats, 11 and 12 year
Presents...
contacting Durant directly. A olds, they won the district title Presents...
team for players 18 or over will here in this area, so they went on Rookie of the Month

also be taking the field again this to the provincials. So we have
season. some kids with a good love of

The season will begin in early baseball.” Name: Maude Millette
May, with a series of double- With one month to go before Age: 7
headers slated to keep the players players take to the field, the Plays in the Cornwall Girls

and coaches’ skills sharp, with CDMB is on deck and ready to Hockey Association
more than a few ready to hit go.

homeruns. Maude is enjoying her first
Maybe it is because we have year in Novice. She plays for
Past president, Susan Poirier
commented on the overall spirit suffered through a long, hard the Cornwall Red Typhoons.
of baseball fans in the Cornwall winter, or possibly because of She is an energetic young
community after the thrilling the rekindling of the hope that girl and always tries her best
Black Sox national championship, just maybe Montreal could once every time she steps on the ice.
now four years past. again get a major league team, Maude’s position of choice is
but this year it seems like more
“We had the 2009 Canadian defence and she makes a point of keeping the adversary out of
champion Black Sox team, which people are ready to “play ball!” “her house”. She loves the camaraderie involved in playing
was our senior team. Since then Hopefully there won’t be any hockey, and she is grateful towards all of her coaches who
our numbers have increased for games postponed on account of have instilled in her a love for the game.
sure!” snow.