The Wellington Sox won the Ontario Challenge Cup tournament held in Palmerston Sept. 13-15.
The tournament includes league champions from various men’s fastball leagues around southern Ontario. Although the Sox dropped out of first in the regular season standings in South Perth Men’s Fastball League after challenging for first most of the year, they qualified for the event as the host team entry.
The Sox, made up primarily of Harriston and Palmerston area players, went undefeated in the Challenge Cup event, blasting Walton 17-4 on Friday night and edging Woodstock Kelsey’s and the Wiarton Nationals both by 3-2 counts on Saturday. On Sunday, they beat Sheddon by a 3-1 score and came from behind to take the Mildmay Mets 3-2 in an eight-inning final game.
Team official Ron Gilbert said the squad has been focusing on the Challenge Cup this season and felt they had a good chance of winning the event, which qualifies them for next summer’s International Softball Congress World Championships to be held in Kitchener.
