11U Canton Cardinals strike
gold in Frankenmuth

June 30, 2010, 10:15 p.m.

  The Canton Cardinals 11U travel baseball team won the 2010 Frankenmuth Baseball Tournament with a 3-0 record.

  The Cardinals won their first game, 7-6, over the Huron Valley Patriots after overcoming a 6-0 deficit in the bottom of the sixth inning. The game pitted two of the Kensington Valley Baseball Softball Association's top teams.

  Collin Werner delivered the game-winning hit with two outs in the sixth.

  Canton won its final two games in more convincing fashion, routing host Frankenmuth, 12-1, before persevering through rain delays to derail the Saginaw River Dogs, 5-1. Saginaw entered the game unbeaten.

  The winners' received strong offensive efforts from everyone on the roster, notably Phil Lessnau, Jimmy Walkinshaw, Jason Arnold, Evan Voyles, Noah Spencer and Cody Zidzik, who recorded several hits in each game of the tournament.

  Spencer, Arnold, Justin Goethe and Mitchell King all pitched well for the Cardinals throughout the tournament.

  Defensively, the team was led by Goethe, Luke Hirshman, Zidzik, Werner and Voyles.

  Pictured with their trophies above right are (from row from left) Luke Hirshman, Evan Voyles, Jimmy Walkinshaw, Cody Zidzik, (second row from left) Noah Spencer, Mitchell King, Justin Goethe, Phil Lessnau, Jason Arnold, Collin Werner, (top row from left) Coach Mark Werner, Coach Rob Hirshman, Coach Doug Spencer and Coach Alan Zidzik.