{"id":24349,"date":"2019-08-02T11:53:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T15:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=24349"},"modified":"2019-08-08T09:03:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T13:03:34","slug":"aurora-king-jays-back-on-top-in-newmarket-silver-bat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/aurora-king-jays-back-on-top-in-newmarket-silver-bat\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora-King Jays back on top in Newmarket Silver Bat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For just the second time in the\ntournament\u2019s 44-year history, the Aurora-King Jays are champs at the Newmarket\nSilver Bat tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In both occasions, it is the 2005 Jays\nwho have added their names to the coveted trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This past weekend saw the Jays\nabsolutely dominate this year\u2019s iteration of the tournament, going undefeated\nthrough six games to take the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening the tournament on Friday with a\n23 \u2013 2 drubbing of the Brantford Red Sox, the Jays won a trio of games\nSaturday, in besting the Anette Black 13 \u2013 0, the Peterborough Tigers 13 \u2013 7,\nand the Mississauga South West Twins 13 \u2013 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunday\u2019s semifinal saw the Jays cruise\nto the final game by a score of 9 \u2013 4 against Peterborough, before meeting the\nRed Sox again in the final, where they took home the trophy by a score of 17 \u2013\n8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was in 2016 that the Jays first took\nthe tournament, as an AA squad before being promoted to the AAA level for the\n2017 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations go out to Noah Glenn,\nNoah Sutchy, Cale Williams, Parker Bifolchi, Matthew Burdo, Luciano Montanaro,\nLuca Cutajar, Colin Ellsworth, Romeo Waghmare, Lincoln Glover, Tyson Kushnir,\nas well as coaches Raj Waghmare, Mark Cutajar, Tim Glenn, Richard Glover, and\nPeter Bifolchi.<\/p>\n\r\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F24349&amp;t=Aurora-King%20Jays%20back%20on%20top%20in%20Newmarket%20Silver%20Bat&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F24349&amp;p[images][0]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F08%2F2019-08-01-04.jpg&amp;p[title]=Aurora-King%20Jays%20back%20on%20top%20in%20Newmarket%20Silver%20Bat\" 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