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After suffering a heart break loss Saturday vs Lasalle Turtle Club, the Aces were back on the field Sunday, this time facing Toronto High Park Braves. After coming back twice to tie the game, once down 3-0, and then 5-3, the Aces could not get their Bat MoJo going to finally fall 7-5. This loss does not set back the Aces though....as for today Monday they will enjoy a day off before playing their semi final game Tuesday @ 10:00. They will face either the High Park Braves or the Pincrest Patriots.

With 1st place on the line, the Aces were facing the Lasalle Turtle Club in a match up of undefeated teams at the Provincials in Timmins. With a strong start, great pitching, awesome defense and clutch hitting, the Aces dominated the first five innings to take a 9-2 lead heading into the 6th inning. The top of the 6th was a hitting parade for Turtle Club, scoring 8 runs on solid hits after solid hits to supprise the Aces and take the lead 10-9. The Aces coudn't score a run in the botom of the 6th, and suffered thier first loss of the Tournament.

It was by far the most entertaining game of the tournament from the first pitch on. The Aces will finish round robin play tomorrow vs Toronto High Park. With rain affecting the schedule of the tournament, the boys will only play their first playoff game (semis) on Tuesday.

After and awesome 2-0 start, the Aces needed a victory on day 3 against the host team Timmins to guarantee them a spot in the semi-finals.

Our little CRLL men showed that they are for real, with great pitching, defence and hitting scoring 12 runs and only allowing 3.

Next up is a battle against another 3-0 team Lasalle Turtle Club for 1st overall Saturday afternoon at 3pm.
 
For more pictures and stories, visit www.timminspress.com.

After begging the Provincial tournament in Timmins with a 10-8 over the District 2 Pinecrest Patriots on Wednesday, the Aces came back the next day with an impressive win over the District 7 Brockville Braves. Thursday, the Aces broke out the big bats vs the Braves by beating the Braves 11-1 in four innings. The Aces face the host Timmins Lynx today @ 2:30 PM.
 
You can also following the tournament by visiting www.timminspress.com under sports-local sports.

Great start for the ACES winning 10-8 vs Pinecrest. After being down 4-1 then 6-3 the Aces battled back to overcome a couple early game jitters, to power back and take their first game.

Check out the latest newsletter called Fairball at the Little League International website.

The 2009 Can-Am League Champions - Quebec Capitales will be playing a weekend series at Ottawa Stadium against the Pittsfield Colonials.  As you may know, Ottawa's Inter-county Baseball FatCats home season has ended.  The only remaining baseball at Ottawa Stadium this year (and at a higher level - independent professional), will be held here this weekend.

Over the years, many different Little Leagues and Districts in Canada have sponsored children's baseball programs in third world countries, or even in more affluent countries where baseball is either a new sport or the area has been devastated by a natural disaster. Many of these efforts have been ad hoc in nature, dependent upon the interest and access of a local volunteer who travels often to the affected areas.

Volume 6, Number 5 of the 7th Inning Stretch is now available. Please go to the Newsletters page at littleleague.ca to read the latest issue.

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By Darrell J. Burnett, Ph.D. Here are some hints on how to make this a fun season, with lots of positive memories for your kids and your family.