THE KENDAL EAGLES ARE ANNOUNCING THE DEPARTURE OF LONG TIME EAGLE MIKE LANDERS. MIKE FEELS THAT HE NEEDS A CHANGE IN SURROUNDINGS ON THE DIAMOND AND HAS OFFICIALLY "JUMPED SHIP" TO JOIN THE RIVAL PORT HOPE FLYERS. THE MOVE COMES AS A SURPRISE THROUGH-OUT THE KENDAL EAGLES ORGANIZATION. "I DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING AT ALL" SAID MANAGER SHARPE AT A RAINED OUT PRACTICE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE EAGLES WOULD LIKE TO WISH MIKE AND HIS FAMILY THE BEST OF LUCK WITH HIS NEW CAREER IN PORT HOPE.

THE KENDAL EAGLES ANNUAL EUCHRE TOURNAMENT WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26TH AT THE KENDAL COMMUNITY CENTER (KENDAL SCHOOL). DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 AND THE EUCHRE IS TO START AT 7:00PM. MANY DOOR PRIZES ARE AVAILABLE TO BE WON AS WELL AS A 50/50 DRAW. THE BAR IS OPEN ALL NIGHT LONG SO PLAN TO COME OUT FOR A FUN NIGHT OF EUCHRE WITH YOUR KENDAL EAGLES.

THE EAGLES ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY ARE ADDING 6 NEW FACES TO THE 2005 ROSTER. JEFF THOMPSON (SON OF LONG TIME EAGLE JERRY) MAKES HIS WAY ONTO THE EAGLES COMING FROM AND SILVER MEDAL PERFORMANCE ON LAST YEARS KENDAL JR. TEAM. JESSE ROBERTSON WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF LAST YEARS JR. TEAM AND WILL LOOK TO CONTRIBUTE IN ANYWAY POSSIBLE TO THIS DEEPLY TALENTED KENDAL EAGLES SQUAD. JOHN LINE JOINS THE EAGLES THIS SUMMER COMING FROM THE FOLDED CLARINGTON ORIOLES. JOHN IS A BIG FIRSTBASEMAN WHO'S BAT WILL BE COUNTED ON TO CASH IN SOME BIG RUNS THIS SUMMER. LEFT HANDER GLENN WAGG AND RIGHT HANDER SHANE COWAN BOTH HAVE PITCHED FOR THE EAGLES DURING PREVIOUS YEARS BASICALLY AS HIRED GUNS. BOTH QUALITY PITCHERS HAVE COMMITED TO THE EAGLES FOR THE 2005 SEASON WHICH ADDS EVEN MORE DEPTH TO A SOLID KENDAL EAGLES STAFF. DAN DEBEAU CLOSES OUT THIS YEARS ROOKIE CROP AS A UTILITY PLAYER WITH A GREAT GLOVE.

It was a great day for baseball. And the boys of summer did not disappoint their fans. B.J. Hackett started the afternoon off early with a home run to left field. Newcomer John Line from Bowmanville thought that it looked like fun and promptly gave the Eagles a three run lead with his first homer of the year. Hackett scored again in the third inning when another Bowmanville product Steve DeGraff singled him home.
While the Eagles were scoring runs veteran pitcher Mark Foster was dueling the Markham batters. He managed to hold the visitors to only three runs before he turned the reins over to Mike “Ned” Landers in the fifth inning. Mike fell victim to some errors by his third baseman and yielded the tying run in the seventh.
Manager Paul Sharp then turned the ball over to Jason” Mailman” Carroll. In the eighth inning, the Eagles plated Dave Trew and Carroll with some clutch hitting by Bryan Landry and Chris Stark. Jason bent a little in the top of the ninth, allowing Markham a run but used the gloves of Steve DeGraff and Steve Foster to end the threat and give the hometowners their first victory of the season.
Kendal evened the series with Markham at one to one after suffering a defeat, on Saturday, in a tight 3-2 loss. Returning veteran Shane Cowan pitched six great innings.
Rich Wood of Bowmanville was the $70 winner of the 50-50 draw and was nice enough to return $40 to the team. Kendal’s next home game is the holiday Monday May 23 vs. the Port Hope Flyers. This will be an unusual 1:00 pm starting time. We hope to see everyone out to enjoy the holiday and baseball.

TILLSONBURG TOURNAMENT RESULTS

GAME 1 VS EXETOR

KENDAL 4 EXETOR 3

BOB WITHERIDGE PITCHES 5 STRONG INNINGS GIVING UP 3 UN-EARNED RUNS. MIKE LANDERS PICKS UP THE WIN PITCHING THE FINAL 2 FRAMES AS THE EAGLES SCORE 3 RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH. DAVE TREW COMES UP BIG WITH A WALK-OFF SINGLE TO RIGHT.

GAME 2 VS WHITBY

KENDAL 10 WHITBY 3

SHANE COWAN PUTS FORTH A SOLID EFFORT WITH A COMPLETE GAME VICTORY ON THE HILL. OTHER THEN A 2 RUN HOMER TO LEFT SHANE KEPT THE WHITBY BATTERS QUIET THROUGH THE GAME. THE EAGLES OFFENCE SHOWED THE BEST EFFORT OF THE SEASON PUTTING UP 10 RUNS ON NUMEROUS HITS AND STOLEN BASES.

GAME 3 VS STRATHROY (SEMI-FINAL)

STRATHROY 4 KENDAL 1

JAY CARROL GOT THE START GOING 6 STRONG INNINGS GIVING UP 2 EARNED RUNS. MARK FOSTER THREW THE SEVENTH BUT THE EAGLE BATS WERE QUIET AS THEY COULDN'T CASH IN ON COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF OPPORTUNITIES WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION.

EX-EAGLE COREY BAKER TOSSED AT 4 HIT COMPLETE GAME ON MONDAY TO BEAT THE EAGLES 1-0 IN A GAME THAT ONLY TOOK 1 HOUR AND 35 MINUTES. PORT HOPE SCRATCHED OUT A RUN IN THE FOURTH WITH HELP FROM SOME EAGLE FIELDING BLUNDERS. THIS PROVED TO BE ENOUGH, AS THE EAGLES COULDN'T SOLVE BAKER. 2ND YEAR HURLER BOB WITHERIDGE PICKS UP HIS FIRST LOSS AS AN EAGLE GOING 5 INNINGS GIVING UP NO EARNED RUNS.

THE KENDAL EAGLES BEAT THE COBOURG JRS. LAST NIGHT BY A SCORE OF 3-2. MARK FOSTER PICKED UP HIS FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON GOING 5 INNINGS GIVING UP 2 HITS AND NO RUNS. STEVE FOSTER CAME IN FOR THE HOLD GOING 2 AND 2/3 FOR HIS FIRST ACTION ON THE HILL THIS SEASON. FIREBALLER NICK STACEY SHUT THE DOOR ON THE CARDINALS GOING 1 1/3 PICKING UP THE SAVE. EAGLES OFFENCE WAS LEAD BY MIKE LANDERS WHO HAD 2 R.B.I.'S, BOTH COMING AS THE RESULT OF SACRAFICE FLIES. LEFT FIELDER ROB STAPLES ADDED SOME MUCH NEED INSURANCE WITH AN R.B.I. SINGLE IN THE 8TH.
THE EAGLES TRAVEL TO PORT HOPE TONIGHT FOR A RE-MATCH WITH THE PORT HOPE FLYERS. KENDAL WAS BEAT 1-0 IN THE OPENING GAME OF A FOUR GAME SERIES WITH PORT HOPE THIS SEASON. VETERAN RIGHTY TROY FOSTER IS ON THE MOUND FOR THE EAGLES THIS EVENING.

THE KENDAL EAGLES BEAT THE PORT HOPE FLYERS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT BY A SCORE OF 5-1. TROY FOSTER WENT SEVEN STRONG INNINGS FOR THE EAGLES GIVING UP 5 HITS AND 1 UN-EARNED RUN. MIKE LANDERS PICKED UP THE SAVE THROWING THE FINAL 2 FRAMES. NICK STACEY LED THE OFFENCE GOING 2 FOR 4 WITH A DOUBLE AND 2 R.B.I.'S. THE WIN MOVES THE EAGLES INTO A FIRST PLACE TIE WITH THE KINGSTON PONIES FOR TOP SPOT IN THE E.O.B.A. KENDAL IS HOME FOR 3 GAMES THIS WEEKEND. A DOUBLE HEADER ON SATURDAY VS WHITBY WITH GAME ONE STARTING AT 12:00PM AND GAME TWO AT 2:00PM. THE EAGLES THEN HOST THE COBOURG JRS. ON SUNDAY WHO WERE BEATEN BY THE EAGLES 3-2 EARLIER IN THE WEEK.

BOB WITHERIDGE SCATTERED 11 HITS OVER 9 INNINGS TO PICK UP THE WIN VS THE MARKHAM PIONEERS ON SUNDAY. B.J. HACKETT HIT A 3 RUN HOMERUN IN THE FIRST AND DAVID TREW KNOCKED IN 2 RUNS WITH A SINGLE IN THE SIXTH TO LEAD THE EAGLES TO A 5-2 VICTORY. THE EAGLES NOW TRAVEL TO WHITBY ON TUESDAY NIGHT FOR A TILT WITH THE CANADIENS. GAME TIME IS 7:30 AT PORTAGE PARK.

THE KENDAL EAGLES BEAT THE WHITBY CANADIENS 7-4 ON SUNDAY NIGHT IN WHITBY. BOB WITHERIDGE GOT THE START AND LASTED 4 INNINGS GIVING UP 4 RUNS (3 EARNED). STEVE FOSTER THREW THE FINAL 5 INNINGS SCATTERING 5 HITS GIVING UP NO RUNS FOR HIS FIRST VICTORY OF THE SEASON. ROOKIE JESSE ROBERTON LEAD THE EAGLE OFFENCE GOING 3 FOR 4 WITH A WALK.

Rob Staples went 4 for 5 with 3 homeruns and 6 R.B.I.'s leading Kendal to a 10-9 victory over the Flyers last night in Port Hope. Rob hit a 3 run shot in the 1st inning followed by a 2 run shot in the 4th inning and to top it off, he took ex-Eagle Mike Landers deep on a monster shot to left in the top of the 10th to give the Eagles a lead they would not lose. Shane Cowan pitched 7 strong innings for the Eagles before leaving the game with an 8-5 lead. After pitching a scoreless 8th, Mark Foster allowed the Flyers to tie the game in the 9th. Foster then picked up the win after a Staples homer and Kris Boyd R.B.I. single gave Kendal the lead in the top of the 10th.
Kendal hosts Port Hope in the second half of a home and home series with the Flyers this Sunday at noon at Harvey Jackson Memorial Park.

The Kendal Eagles finished the 2005 regular season in winning fashion this past Sunday in Kendal with a 4-0 victory over the Pickering Red Sox. Mark Foster picked up his fourth win of the season tossing a complete game shut-out giving up 4 hits and striking out 7. Steve Foster lead the offence going 1 for 3 with 2 R.B.I.'s. Steve also played some stellar defence at shortstop, making some key plays throughout the game.
The Eagles are now heading into the playoffs with a record of 16 and 12. In a rematch from the 2004 play-downs, the Kendal Eagles will be playing off against the Whitby Canadiens to see who will represent the EOBA in the Senior "B" Ontario Baseball Association Playoffs on the Labour Day Weekend in Courtright. In 2004, Kendal swept the Canadians in 2 straight games by scores of 11-0 and 3-2. This year Kendal faces a much tougher Whitby club that has added some big bats and improved it's defense signifigantly. The best 2 out of 3 series game times and locations are as follows:
Game #1 - Friday August 12th, 7:30pm @ Portage Park
Game #2 - Saturday August 13th, 12:00 pm @ Kendal
Game #3 - Sunday August 14th, 1:00 pm @ Kendal (If necessary)
So plan to come out to Kendal and cheer on your local Eagles as they try to knock off Whitby for a birth in the Provincial Championships.

O.B.A. SENIOR "B" TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
THE KENDAL EAGLES WENT 1 AND 2 AT THE O.B.A. CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS PAST WEEKEND.

GAME 1 : NEW LOWELL 3 VS KENDAL 2 IN 8 INNINGS

GAME 2 : KENDAL 6 VS THORALD 2

GAME 3 : MILTON 6 VS KENDAL 1


MILTON WENT ON TO WIN THE TOURNAMENT WHILE NEW LOWELL WAS UNDEFEATED GOING INTO SUNDAY BUT LOST IN THE SEMI-FINALS.