Six female and nine male softball players from Mapleton, along with six local coaches, were recognized by the Town of Minto on Oct. 15, marking outstanding achievement in sport.
Brett Armstrong, Cody Burnett, Joel Burnett, Griffen Jack, Alex McFadden and Willy Smart played for the Minto Crush 2013 U-12 Squirt team and won the Inter-County League championship in August.
Their younger counterparts, the Minto Crush 2013 U-10 Atom boys, also won an Inter-County championship with Mapleton team members Luke Klaassen, Ethan Albrecht, and Ty Franklin and coach Trevor Franklin. Ty and Trevor Franklin were also recognized for their outstanding athletic achievement at a provincial fast pitch level, as OASA 2013 U-10 Mite Ontario Champions.
Mapleton Township girls also were recognized by Minto council for their outstanding athletic achievement in softball. Sarah Seifried, and Amber and Brandi Grose represented the Palmerston Marlins Ladies Softball Association, a provincial rep fast pitch club, as 2013 Canadian U-18 Midget II Women’s Fastball Champions.
A member of the Marlins Novice U-14 team, Erica Culp, along with assistant coach Brad Culp, were recognized for provincial and national level achievements as 2013 PWSA Ontario Novice ‘C’ Division Champions and 2013 Eastern Canadian Novice ‘C’ Women’s Fastball silver medalists.
The youngest Marlins team members from Mapleton, Jana Bieman and Daphne Culp, along with their full coaching staff Kelly Culp, Jeremy Culling, Tesza Culp and Mike Roantree, were recognized with their teammates as 2013 PWSA Ontario U-12 Squirt Selects Champions.
The Town of Minto recognizes all athlete’s from their municipality, or those representing their municipality, who achieve top provincial honours or place nationally or internationally as an individual or team.
This semi annual recognition is done following the end of the summer and winter Sports seasons at a council meeting. The Marlins teams that qualified to compete nationally each received a $300 donation to assist with travel expenses from Minto.
