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Local Ball Players to Represent Ontario at Summer Games

A long list of local softball players will have a chance to represent the area at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg.

Teeswater's Jared and Conner Weishar will suit up for Team Ontario in the Men's Softball tournament.

Also on the roster, Staffa's Derek Elliot and Owen Sound's Matt Wardrop.

There are three players from Tavistock in Jake Wiffen, Derek Hyde and Liam LaForest.

Team Ontario's first game is Saturday, July 29 versus Saskatchewan.

Canada Summer Games: Team Ontario - Men's Softball Dennis Benson – Rama First Nation Quinten Bruce – Duntroon Derek Elliot – Staffa Derek Hyde – Tavistock Liam LaForest – Tavistock Josh Maguire – Cobourg Nick Penner – New Hamburg Tyler Randerson – New Hamburg Clayton Robinson – Port Perry Jeff St. Pierre – Port Perry Matt Wardrop – Owen Sound Conner Weishar – Kitchener Jared Weishar – Teeswater Isaiah Whetstone – Embro Jake Wiffen – Tavistock

Manager and Team Leader: Paddy Fitzgerald Nolan – Sydenham Head Coach: George Ryder – Port Dover Assistant Coach: Scott Searle – Ottawa Pitching Coach: Mike Crawford – Bracebridge Team Athletic Therapist: Tim Brown – Mount Brydges

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