Ballhawks Win Medals
The Chatham Ballhawks 14U Girls – Contributed Photo
This past weekend the Chatham Ballhawks 14U girls captured silver medals in Windsor in OVA action. As well, the 15U Chatham Ballhawks boys team captured bronze medals in Chatham in OVA action.
The 14U Girls Ballhawks went 2-0 in match play defeating the Stratford Scorpions and the South County Bandits respectively in pool play finishing first after the round robin. They took out the Cambridge Scorpions in the quarter finals in 2 straight games. The Chatham girls needed 3 games to get by London Forest City 13U in the semi finals, setting up a showdown with LVC (London Volleyball Club) “Intensity” for the gold medal. They won the first set 25-19 before dropping a tough 25-23 decision in the second. In the third the Ballhawks just could not put LVC away despite leading the majority of the match. The Ballhawks finally conceded a 15-12 score and walked away with the silver medal.
Pictured Above – Front Row: Kirby Mackinnon, Alexis Bruhlman. Middle Row: Kate Bondy, Anna Buschemeyer, Makailey Bray, Darby Pickford. Back Row: Coach Mark Carr, Sierra Tooshkenig, Danielle Gregory, Logan Carr, Emma Cobb, Laurin Ainsworth, Abbey Piatkowski, Coach Brian Cobb.
The Chatham 15U Boys took part in the Challenge Cup held at CKSS this past weekend with the Ballhawks taking the bronze medal with a win over London Forest City 14U 25-15 25-20 after dropping a long hard-fought match in the semis
to Stratford VBC 25-23 23-25 16-14.
They won the quarter-final over London Sharks 25-15 15-25 15-9. Chatham finished first in pool play with wins over London VC 27-25 25-17 and Forest City 14U 13-25 25-2- 17-15.
Pictured Below: Front Row L-R: Eric Pettipiece; Brandon Vander Pryt; Drew Koluk; Dean Koomans, Nathan Koomans. Back Row L-R: Clancy O’Hara (coach); Calum O’Hara; Brady Garrow; Khuen-Dte Jung; Jacob Stoffyn; Lars Macdonald; Richard Koomans (coach).
The Chatham Ballhawks 15U Boys – Contributed Photo