"A Leaside tradition since 1968"
June 15th - The Leaside Leafs will be opening their 2023 elimination campaign against the Milton Red Sox. The Leafs last played the Red Sox in the second round of the 2022 eliminations. The Leafs came out on top in that contest.
Depending on the result of the first game the Leafs will either play one of their GTBL rivals, the Thornhill Reds or Kendal Eagles.
The elimination tournament is the Sr. AAA provincial championship that determines the teams that will represent Ontario at the Nationals. The tournament is scheduled for the August long weekend and can be followed at playoba.ca
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Mar 26th- The Leaside Leafs are proud to announce that they will be hosting the 2023 GTBL Championship Tournament at venerable Talbot Park.
The tournament is slated to occur from August 25th-August 27th and marks the first time in recent history that the Leafs will be hosting the GTBL. The tournament will be a six team double knockout.
Participating teams will be the Kendal Eagles, Thornhill Reds, Ajax Spartans, Newmarket Hawks, East York Bulldogs and of course the Leaside Leafs looking to secure a 19th league title.
July 6th- The Leafs earned an important road win as they pounded the Reds 13-1. The jumped out to a quick start by plating five runs in the top of the first. Nick Manoukarakis and Ryan Ricci had the big hits of the inning, both collecting doubles. Joe Woods continued his hot streak picking up another home run, a blast to straight away centre. Jorge Frugoni, pitched a tidy seven innings only allowing 3 hits. The win brought Frugoni one step closer to second place on the all-time club wins list.
July. 7th -The Leafs had a back and forth game last night but some untimely defensive miscues ultimately led to the visiting Kendal Eagles securing a 10-8 victory. Junior call-up Mackenzie Mitchell had 3 hits and was a triple from the cycle while Jeremy Hopkins continued his solid season at the plate stroking 2 hits and collecting 3 rbi's. Josh Howsam started for the Leafs and was solid through the opening three frames. The Leafs host the Ajax Spartans on Sunday @ 7:30 pm.
10-8
W | L | T | |
Thornhill Reds | 9 | 6 | 0 |
Ajax Spartans | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Leaside Leafs | 7 | 6 | 0 |
Newmarket Hawks | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Kendal Eagles | 6 | 7 | 0 |
East York Bulldogs | 3 | 6 | 0 |
July 11th 2023
vs. Newmarket Hawks
@ Don McKnight 7:30 PM
July 13th 2023
vs. East York Bulldogs
@ Talbot Park 7:40 PM
July 9th 2023
vs. Ajax Spartans
@ Talbot Park 7:30 PM
Batting Average
Jeremy Hopkins .429
Ryan Ricci .394
Kevin Henry .362
Runs Batted In
Jeremy Hopkins 15
Joe Woods 10
Kevin Henry 10
Stolen Bases
Michael De Luca 7
Joe Woods 7
Ben Baker 4
Earned Runs Against
Dean Christidis 1.72
Jorge Frugoni 2.70
Andrew Morales 2.84
Strikeouts
Jorge Frugoni 21
Dean Christidis 16
Chris Goodale 13
Wins
Jorge Frugoni 3
Sean Kavanaugh 1
Andrew Morales 1
OVERALL RECORD: 7-9-0