RCC Waterproofing mosquitoes cap off stellar July

August 5, 2014 · 0 Comments

By Simon Lloyd

Action throughout the KTBA remains intense heading into August. Here are some of last week’s highlights from around the league.

Husky Player Of The Week

This week’s KTBA Player Of The Week is William Swanson. William wins a commemorative certificate and a $35 iTunes gift card courtesy of Husky Injection Molding Systems in Bolton. Congratulations William!

Senior Rookie

The Prism Painting Cobras senior rookie team played its 11th game of the season last Wednesday at Nobleton East Park against Aurora Team 1.
The Cobras were behind in the 2nd inning when #34 Gianluca stepped up to the plate with two players on base and blasted the biggest hit of the year – a 3-run homer that gave the Cobras the lead.
Aurora came back to the following inning to once again take the lead and Cobras were down going into the bottom of 4th before Noah G stepped to the plate and made a base hit, driving in 2 runs that gave the Cobras a 7-6 win. It was a true team effort and the Prism Painting crew played their best defensive game of the season.
Gianluca Iannaco lives to play sports and will do whatever it takes to win. He’ll dive on the stone infield to catch almost any ball hit near him. He’s a team leader and keeps the other teammates focused. He made an amazing catch line drive hit and hit a 3-run homerun that helped the Cobras to victory against the Aurora squad. Gianluca is our player of the game!

Mosquito

This past Thursday, the Omnivex Mosquito Cobras played Aurora’s Dr. Weeden in King.
With bases loaded in the first, Michael Critelli got an RBI single to bring in Nathaniel Bannister for the first run of the game. The Omnivex team was patient at the plate and managed to score 5 runs in the second to take the lead 6-3. In the third, Emily Cacchione brought in Christian Polygenis to extend King’s lead.
As Aurora tried to rally back, catcher Max Monopoli gave a strong throw to second baseman William Swanson to catch the runner stealing and end the threat. Ahead by three in the fourth, William Swanson would take to the mound and have Omnivex’s most impressive pitching outing of the season, striking out the three batters he faced with only 14 pitches.
In the fifth, Nathaniel Bannister while eating a handful of sunflower seeds at shortstop snatched a line drive to get the final out and secure King’s win with a final score of 9-6. Player of the game goes to William Swanson for having an amazing outing on the mound by striking out the three batters he faced.

Mosquito

The RCC Waterproofing Cobras seem to like the month of July!
The team collected yet another victory with an impressive 12-9 victory over Aurora, showing up with a full squad of 13 players and their lucky unofficial mascot Bianca the French bulldog.
The lights were on early for this game as the dark clouds rolled in early. The pitching once again was spot-on with Jonathan DiGiorgio, Lorenzo Rossi and David Pagliaroli showing up with plenty of mustard. The offence was also contributing with big hits from Gregory Aloia, Luke Pella, Zachary Perruzza and Marcus Cohen. Daniel Marini, Ryan Hull, Luke Parolin and Joshua Muller each managed to fight off plenty off pitches before taking their bases. The 4th inning was by far the most impressive for the Cobras, holding Aurora to just 2 runs. First baseman Lorenzo Rossi collected two outs and Kiera Purves made a nice dive to tag a runner going from second to third. Unfortunately the player was called safe but not to worry, the next batter up was thrown out at first to stop the threat. The Cobras went on to celebrate another victory under the lights on their home field at King Upper.