North Dufferin Baseball League honours own at awards ceremony

Written By Brian Lockhart

Players, coaches, and fans arrived at the Legion in Lisle to celebrate the 2022 North Dufferin Baseball League season award winners.

Chris Greer of the New Lowell Knights was honoured for his outstanding achievement during the season.

Geer was named best batter with a .627 batting average, the best on base with a .716 percentage, and the most valuable player for the season.

Steve Baldry of the Knights won the top pitcher award. Knights coach Peter Kinghan won his fifth coach of the year award, as voted by fellow coaches.

Carter Burnside of the Bolton Brewers was voted best catcher.

Brewers' Chris Fafalios scored the most runs for the season, crossing the plate
30 times.

Clearview Orioles slugger Tristan Cabral hit five home runs to top that category.

The most sportsmanlike award went to Ron Dipalma of the Bolton Dodgers. This was his third consecutive win of
this award.

Junior division awards had Orillia Royals' Wyatt Thompson winning the best pitcher and named him the most valuable player.

Cody Bryan from the Mansfield Cubs and Miya Waldron from the Georgina Bulldogs shared the most sportsmanlike title.

Andrew Foster of the Midland Twins was the top batter with a .567 average and the best on base with a .702 percentage.

Brayden Grech of the Caledon Nationals scored the most runs with 19 and tied with Lucas Watters of the Barrie Baycats with two home runs last season.

The awards event coincided with the annual general meeting for the 2023 season. Adding Innisfil to the junior lineup brings the league to seven junior teams. Meanwhile, the senior division has 12 teams after the Bolton Dodgers requested a leave of absence for the upcoming season.

Vance White will serve as president after being the vice president last year, Jesse McIntyre assumes the past president position, and Chris Fafalios is the new vice president. Scott Anderson and Dan Gowan maintain their positions as secretary and treasurer, respectively.

Regular season play for the 2023 season gets underway in early May.