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Tigers claw 'Cats
Wednesday May 14 2008
By Frank Juzenas

BRAMPTON - The Brampton Battlecats had some hitting and some pitching but in the end there was not enough of either for them to get a victory in their Central Ontario Baseball Association (COBA) Major division opener on Friday night at Dash Field in Brampton.
On a frigid night the Battlecats fell 9-6 to the North Mississauga Tigers.
After falling behind 5-0 in the fourth inning, the Battlecats clawed back into the game at 5-4 only to see North Mississauga put things away with a four-run eighth inning.
New field manager Scott Stephenson said it was a sloppy start for the team but he does feel good about the team’s prospects.
“If we can put nine innings together we’ll be in good shape,’’ he said.
The Tigers took their early lead with two runs in the second and another pair in the fourth.
The Battlecats used five pitchers during the game and several had trouble finding the strike zone. That really cost the team in the eighth as four free passes to the Tigers and a pair of two RBI doubles led to four runs.
Jesse Edmunds, who came into put out the fire in the eighth, did a good job on the mound as he retired all four batters he faced, with a pair of strikeouts.
Brampton took advantage of three Tigers errors and had four hits on its way to their four-run fifth. Ken Appleby drove in the first run with a fielder’s choice scoring Matt Piccion from third. Mike Benyo drilled a two-RBI double and then Brad Oliver completed the Battlecats scoring in that...
Sports in short
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Muzzatti honoured
Wednesday May 14 2008
BRAMPTON - Brampton’s Laura Muzzatti has been honoured by Fordham University (Bronx, N.Y.) with the school’s Kiwanis Community Service Award.
The members of Fordham Kiwanis, made up of university faculty, staff and administrators, wish to recognize...
Provincial hoops final this weekend in Brampton
Wednesday May 14 2008
BRAMPTON - Let the May Madness begin.
The best under-16 major midget boys basketball teams in the province are coming to Brampton this weekend.
The Brampton Minor Basketball Association (BMBA) are hosting the Basketball Ontario provincial...