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North Bay Stingers take home Muskoka Cup

The North Bay Stingers defeated the Richmond Hill Phoenix 7-6 in the Mosquito Division final of the 16-team 9th annual Muskoka Cup Baseball Tournament. The Stingers used five pitchers and some timely hitting to get the victory at the tournament which wrapped up on Sunday at Peake Fields in Bracebridge.
Beau Herron had a pair of solo inside the park home runs while centre fielder Briir Long had a key two-run single in the fifth inning and made a couple key catches while getting game MVP accolades in the final.

Stingers pitcher Jacob Lefebvre got the win in relief as the team finished with a perfect 5-0 record en route to the gold medal victory. Stingers Head Coach Kurtis Herron says they came in and really didn’t know what to expect from the team. He says they just wanted to improve from game to game and that’s what they did.

The Stingers opened up the tournament with a contest against the Clarington Royals. Masen Wray was solid on the mound and was named game MVP for the Stingers as they upended the Royals 9-7 on Friday night. On Saturday morning the winning continued as Stingers pitcher Caleb Dawson struck out 8 batters in four and one third innings work in an 8-3 win over the Innisfil Cardinals. Dawson was named the Stingers game MVP.

The Stingers solidified the top spot in their division and a ticket to Sunday’s semi-final thanks to a convincing 25-1 thumping over the Thorold A’s. Stingers pitcher Beau Herron was named the game MVP. That 3-0 record set up a Sunday morning all-northern Ontario semi-final against the Sudbury Shamrocks. In that game, Marshall McCharles had two doubles to pace the Stingers to a 10-4 win. Stingers second baseman Nate Sinclair was named game MVP with a pair of hits of his own along with some solid defensive play in the infield.

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