Heading into their first-ever Ontario Baseball Association (OBA) tournament in Kingsville Aug. 21-24, the Mitchell D.G. Eckert Construction 9U Astros came home with a silver medal. Article content

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“The kids did well,” said coach Kyle Verberne. “Proud of them.”

Playing in the ‘C’ division, the Astros’ sole loss was a squad from Grimsby that didn’t lose a game during the entire tournament.

Mitchell opened the double-knockout event with a thorough 12-4 win over St. Thomas Aug. 21. After taking a ball to the face at second base, Karson Jordan retaliated by smashing the ball to right centre-field for a home run to highlight the contest.

Later that day, Mitchell took on Grimsby for the first time and were edged 7-

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