Bombers shot down at Lethbridge Bulls tourney, finish tied for third
By The Nelson Daily Sports
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The McCoy High Colts battered Bomber pitchers around through most of the game en route to a convincing victory in action at the Lethbridge Bulls Invitational High School tournament Saturday in the Southern Alberta City.
The loss dropped LVR into a tie for third spot overall in the tourney.
Connor Bojey started the game for LVR with Austin Tambellini getting a taste of the heavy-hitting Colts in relief as the Medicine Hat squad dominated the Bombers.
McCoy is the top-ranked Tier I team in Alberta.
On the other side of the frame, the best the Bombers could muster offensively was three hits by Adam Wheeldon, Dallon Stoddart and Bojey.
LVR, improving to 10-8 on the season with two wins in three attempts in Lethbridge, opened the weekend with a thrilling 9-8 win over the Lethbridge Collegiate Institute.
Wheeldon pitched a complete game win for LVR, allowing 10 hits, four strikeouts while surrendering four walks.
Wheeldon was helped to the win by a pair of outstanding plays in the field by Curtis Pereverzoff and Clay Rickaby.
Wheeldon, Stoddart, Cole Laughton and Daine Olenek led LVR offensively, each collecting two hits.
However, this game came down to a two timely hits by Nolan Renwick and Tambellini in the seventh to help the Bombers nail down the victory.
The Bombers exploded offensively against the Winston Churchhill J.V. squad, pounding out a 14-4 win.
Ben LeMarquand powered the Bomber attack with four singles while Bojey added three singles. Eric Madore chipped in with a single and a double while Connor Banks had two hits.
Cole Laughton picked up the win, pitching a complete game.
Laughton finished the contest tossing a six-hitter while fanning four and walking two.
The Bombers finish the season with a doubleheader still scheduled against the Grand Forks Wolves. No date for the contest has been set.
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