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Cornwall Upper Canada Mortgage Minors River Rats

Swing Their Way to a Championship in Massena

By Staff Writer the semi-finals vs first-ranked and
undefeated Saranac Lake. Saranac
he Cornwall Upper Canada had only allowed 9 runs against in
TMortgage Minors River Rats their first 3 games, and the game
participated in the Massena Rotary started very tight defensively going
10U tournament the weekend of Aug 0-0 after inning 1. Then the bats
3-5th. It was their last tournament of came alive for Cornwall and they
the summer season and they ended were hitting everything that came
it in grand style. On Friday night, their way, thumping Saranac by an
Cornwall settled for a 7-7 tie with identical score as in the morning, 14-
the home team Massena Reds. On 5.
Saturday, Cornwall had a slow start The boys ended up meeting the
but pulled out a win to secure a 13-12
Massena Reds, who finished in 3rd
nail biter over the Malone All Stars. place in round-robin, in the final.
Later that day, Cornwall started very
Both teams were playing their 3rd
strong leading 8-0 after the first
game of the day in the extreme heat
inning but they ran out of gas and lost and had tied in their first game vs
16-10 vs Kangaroo Court North from
each other, so it was an even matchup.
Plattsburgh. They ended their round- The Cornwall River Rats were in this
robin with a 1-1-1 record securing
position before; playing for gold in
4th rank overall.
their home tournament but fell short Front Row left to Right: Sam Harty, Don McDougald, Evan Robertson
On Sunday, the boys had a huge in the last inning and they would 2nd row: Logan Joyal, Sam Pilon, Brayden Carr, Matt Lewis, Memphis
challenge in front of them but came not be denied a 2nd time clinching a Cox, Shayne Gagne, Connor Giroux, Aiden Loney; missing are: Hayden
Bennett and Adam Mailhot
prepared and ready to finish the decisive victory 23-15 to take home 3rd row: Coaches - Perley Lewis, Jamie Carr, Chris Poirier, Travis Cox:
season on a high. First up, in the the gold. It was the perfect way to Missing Dan Loney Photo Submitted
quarter final was the 5th ranked cap of their season; the smiles on their
Malone All Stars which Cornwall faces say it all. The coaches and the the team effort, determination, and contributed to this great win! Go
easily handled 14-5 to send them to parents were extremely pleased with teamwork all weekend as everyone River Rats!

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Ryan Melesky September 20-29, 2019

Home town: Kemptville
Monkland School: North Grenville District H.S.
Grade: 11
Age: 16
According to Cornwall Royals’ Baseball coach Rick
Fournier, MVP of the Month Ryan Melesky is a dedicated
young man who has a strong drive to win. “He’s our
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fielding grounders or working on his hitting technique. He’s the consummate

athlete on our team. He always works hard and is never happy with being
mediocre.”
Ryan enjoys playing for the Royals. “It’s a good level of baseball,” he says.
“The people I’ve met keep me going back.”
At school, Ryan’s favourite class is gym, and he hopes to pursue a career in
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