Balkwill signs with Dogs
Veteran catcher Larry Balkwill of Chatham has signed with the Chicago Dogs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.
Balkwill is joining a new team and a new league after playing four seasons in the Frontier League with the Windy City ThunderBolts.
Both are Illinois teams close to Chicago.
Balkwill, 27, batted .221 with 13 home runs and 46 RBIs in 85 games in 2018.
He was an all-star in 2017 while setting career-highs in most offensive categories. He hit .268 and led the ThunderBolts with 20 homers, 64 RBIs and a .521 slugging percentage.
The former Detroit Tigers draft pick is going into his sixth pro season.
The Dogs debuted in 2018. They’re managed by former Boston Red Sox third baseman Butch Hobson.
Atkinson reaches podium
WINDSOR – Chatham’s Anthony Atkinson of the Windsor Lancers had two podium finishes at the Kari (Hedges) Yeboah Memorial Throws competition on the weekend.
Atkinson won the men’s weight throw with 15.56 metres and was third in the shot put with 14.44 metres.
“I feel great about my performances today,” Atkinson said on the Lancers’ website. “I threw PBs in both events, which is great because I’m hoping it’s a lead up to great performances at OUAs.”
Four Pool Sharks win
LEAMINGTON – Gavin Schinkelshoek, Karina Mishchenko, Anderson Thiel and Caleb VanDooren of the Chatham Y Pool Sharks won events at a St. Clair Erie Aquatic League swim meet Sunday.
Schinkelshoek was first in the 200-metre freestyle and 200 backstroke and second in the 100 breaststroke for nine-year-old boys.
VanDooren was first in the 200 breaststroke and second in the 200 freestyle and 200 backstroke for 8-9 year-old boys.
Mishchenko was first in the 200 backstroke and third in the 200 freestyle and 200 breaststroke for 14-and-over girls.
Thiel was first in the 100 individual medley and third in the 100 freestyle for 8-9 year-old boys.
Nolan King, Madelyn Providence and Allie Robinson each posted two second-place results.
Gabriel Sasseville and Marko Schoger each had a second and a third, Brenda Samson had a second, and Mollie Hind, Chloe Jacques and Andreas Schoger each had a third.
Joey Burns-Denuke, Rhyan Corbett, Bree Eddleston, Leah Hazzard, Ben Morand, Maya VanDooren and Malakai Walters had top-eight results.
LKSSAA wrestling
The LKSSAA wrestling championship has been postponed to Thursday at Ursuline College Chatham.
The meet will run from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. The lunch break is from 12-12:30 p.m.
The UCC Lancers are the only Chatham-Kent school with a wrestling program. The other teams at the LKSSAA meet are from Lambton County.
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