The Prospects won their first game in the Showcase beating the Chiefs 11-9. After jumping out to a 10-0 lead the Prospects let the Chiefs back into the game. Leading the hitters were Kaiden Bowers with 2 hits and 3 rbis, Eric Picard's triple also brought in 3 runners. Royce Consigli and Chris Pickles also collected 2 hits. Jordan Bray went 4 innings, giving up 4 runs on 5 hits, 1 walk while striking out 2. Mark Ciolfi lasted two innings, giving up 3 runs on 3 hits, 3 walks. Eric Picard came in for the 7th, giving up 2 runs on 4 walks and 1 hit.

Prospect lose second game of showcase
The Prospects lost the second game of the Showcase to the Chiefs by a score of 5-3. Josh Butler led the hitters going 3-4. Chris Pickles threw a complete game giving up 5 runs on 12 hits, 0 walks and 3 strikeouts.

Prospect win game three in showcase
The Prospects let the arm of Paul Somerville carry them to a 1-0 win. Paul went 7 innings giving up 4 hits, 3 walks while striking out 3 in a complete game shutout. The bats were silent getting only 3 hits, singles to Eric Picard, Chris Pickles and Rob Gay.

Prospects end the weekend with a .500 record
The Prospects almost made the comeback in the bottom of the 7th but ended up losing 6-4 to finish the weekend with a .500 record.Graeme Riches went 4 innings striking out 8 but 6 walks, 1 hit batter and 5 hits did him in. Mark Ciolfi finished the game throwing 3 innings of 2 hits baseball. He stuck out 2 and walked 2 but gave up no runs. Royce Consigli led the hitters with 3 hits,2 singles and double. Matt Spillman also had 2 hits with singles to Josh Butler,Rob Gay Taylor Anderson Nick Stanov and Kaiden Bowers.

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Prospects sweep the Cobras
The Prospects swept the Ontario Cobras this weekend taking all 4 games and extending their league leading record to 22-6-1. The season ends this coming weekend and then the Bullett Proof team takes to the road. They will be attending the Trevecca University Showcase tournament in Tennessee, then the Buckeye Invitational in Columbus, Ohio. They finish off their month long travel in Charleston, South Carolina at the CABA Wood Bat World Series as they face some of the top teams in the U.S.. Some of the teams entered in the World Series are the Diamond Devils, Bayside Yankees, East Cobb Astros, Ohio Warhawks and the Midland Indians all of which are former World Series Champions and some of the most highly regarded teams in all of the U.S.. These showcase tournaments allow the team to been seen by college and pro scouts in the hopes that the player will gain a scholarship to college or be put on the pro team’s draft list for 2008.

Game one Welland wins 4-3
The Prospects took a 3-0 lead in the 1st inning and never looked back. The Cobras made a comeback in the 6th to make things interesting but the Welland team held on for the win.
Matt Spillman led the offence going 2 for 3, scoring twice and stealing 3 bases. Rob Nixon went 2-2 with Aaron Butler and Chris Redfern also getting 1 hit each. Cam Cartwright went 5 innings on the hill, striking out 4 while walking 3 and giving up 2 earned runs and 4 hits. Graeme Riches came on in relief going 2 innings striking out 1 while allowing 1 run and 3 hits

Mercy in the second game
Pounding out 11 hits and plating 9 runs the Bullett Proof team mercied the Cobras 9-2 in game 2 on Saturday in Nobleton. Royce Consigli  led the hitters going 2-2 with his second home run of the season. Ben Earp went 2-2 as did Garrett Fisher with singles to Matt Upper, Matt Spillman, Rob Gay, Chris Redfern  and Nick Stansbury. Randy Kraneyk threw 5 complete innings striking out 4 while walking 4 and giving up 1 earned run and 5 hits.

Home sweet home as the Prospects win both!

Opening game the Prospects cruised to a 10-4 win to take game 3 of the 4 game set. Matt Upper held the hot bat in this game as he drove in 5 runs on a triple and a double.  Consigli also pounded out a triple and had a single while singles to Spillman, Ben Earp and Aaron Butler. Rob Nixon went the distance striking out 8 while allowing 1 earned run on 3 hits and 4 walks.

Prospects battle back to finish off the 4 game sweep
It looked like the Welland squad was going to give this one away as a couple of errors let the Cobras take a 3-2 lead into the 6th however the Prospects exploded with 6 hits in the top of the 6th and plated 8 runs to beat the Cobras 10-3. Time limit forced this last game to be called after 6 complete innings. Matt Upper again led the hitters going 2-4 with 2 doubles. Nick Stansbury also went 2-2 with 2 singles also adding to the hit parade was Aaron Butler, Ben Earp, Graeme Riches, Royce Consigli, Nick Stanov and Matt Spillman. Colin Buckbourgh pitched all 6 innings striking out 7 while giving up 2 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks.

Prospects tie front end of doubleheader to Thunderbirds
Prospects with one hit and the Thunderbirds with only two produced a low scoring game which ended in a 1-1 tie in the first game of a doubleheader in Welland. Robert Gay had the Prospects lone hit while Graeme Riches went 6 innings, walking 8, striking out 2 and allowing 1 earned run on two hits. AJ Prankard closed the game for the Prospects with 1 walk and 1 strikeout.

Prospect win second game of doubleheader against Thunderbird
Prospects outhit the Thunderbirds 7-5 and took the second game of the doubleheader 5-3. Graeme Riches went 3-3 with 2 rbi's and stolen base to lead the Bullett Proof team's offence. Royce Consigli went 2-2 with 2rbi's while Taylor Anderson and Matt Spillman chipped in with 1 hit each. Chris Pickles wnet 5 innings giving up 2 earned runs on 5 hits, 3 strikeouts and 4 walks. Eric Picard went 2 innings walking 1 and striking out 1.

Prospects finish their Spring Canadian game schedule taking 2-3
The Bullett Proof team finished off their Spring Canadian schedule just as they started, on a winning note. They once again took their weekend series of games winning 2 out 3 games, the team has never lost a weekend series this year. This puts the first year club at 28-7-1 on the year, a great start as they now embark on their U.S. Showcase Tournament schedule for July. They will now take part in 3 major U.S. events which will take them from Tennessee to Ohio and then on to Charleston, South Carolina.  This the second major trip south of the border for the team, they take part in 2 Showcases each fall. If they can repeat their fall results in the U.S. then the trip should gain great exposure for the players to U.S. Colleges in order to gain scholarships. The Prospects elite team is committed to exposing their players to as many schools as they can and by going to these Showcases that accomplishes that goal

 Prospects lose first game of doubleheader
Critical errors on defense and only getting 3 hits made for a tough start to the day for the Bullett Proof team.A walk and then a botched double play allowed the Inferno to go ahead 2-1 in the 4th inning, plating 2 more in the 5th allowed the Inferno Showcase Team to beat the Prospects 4-1. Hits for Welland were Matt Spillman, Aaron Butler and Nick Stansbury. Randy Kraneyk went 6 innings allowing 2 earned runs on 6 hits, 1 walk and striking out 4. Mark Coilfi finished the game striking out 1 and walking 1.

 Prospects battle back to split the series with Inferno
Once again the Prospects came away with at least a split as they mounted a comeback in the bottom of the 7th to beat the Inferno team 6-5. The Bullettproof team has never lost 2 games in a day either in league nor tournment play. Today they left it until the bottom of the 7th behind 5-2 when Garrett Fisher had the winning rbi in a comeback win.Graeme Riches pitched into the 7th and had Inferno off balance the whole time while he gave up 10 hits and 5 runs it was the longest outing of the season for this young pitcher. Mark Ciolfi finished the game walking 1 and giving up 1 hit. On the offence Aaron Butler and Rob Nixon both collected 2 hits, singles for Butler and a single and double for Nixon. Matt Upper also had a double while Rob Gay, AJ Prankard, Randy Kraneyk, Chris Redfern and Alex Zegers also collected singles.

 Prospects win hands down against East Coast Grays
In a nine inning contest the Bullett Proof team jumped out a 10-0 lead in the first 3 innings before closing out the nine innings with an 11-7 win.This allowed the big club to play some of the 15-16 year guys they had brought up from their younger squad to gain some experience. While the Grays put up 6 runs from the 5th inning until the 9th the game was all Prospects.The offence was led by Jordan Bray's 2 hits, a triple and a single, as he drove in 4 runs. Aaron Butler was close behind with 3 rbis. Matt Upper, AJ Prankard and Nick Stansbury also colllected singles and each had an rbi. Rob Nixon threw the first 4 innings, striking out 7,walking one and allowing 1 hit. Simon Earp threw the next 3 innings striking out 3 while giving up 6 runs on 4 hits while walking 4. Cam Cartwright finished the last 2 innings, giving up 1 run on 4 hits while striking out 3. Next up for the Prospects is their month of travel to the U.S.

Bullett Proof Prospects take 3 out 4 from the Tigers on the weekend
The Welland team traveled to Barrie Saturday for a doubleheader against the Ontario Tigers. They dropped the first game 2-0 but  rebounded to take the 2nd game 7-0 and then returned home and took both ends of the doubleheader Sunday at the Stadium. This keeps the Prospects in 1st place with a record of 15-5-1.

Strong pitching but no hitting and an error as the Prospects lose game 1
Rob Nixon pitched 7 innings striking out 8, walking 1 while giving up 2 hits and no earned runs. It was all for not as the Prospects made 1 error that led to 2 runs as they lost 2-0. The team also could only muster 1 hit, a single by Randy Kraneyk. The team was missing 5 seniors who were writing their SAT exams to get ready for college.

Game 2 the Welland squad got a win as they beat the Tigers 7-0
The Prospects exploded with 11 hits and put 7 runs on the board as they took game 2 of the doubleheader. Royce Consigl led the hitting with 2 singles and a triple. Rob Gay went 2 for 4 with 2 singles. AJ Prankard, Matt Spillman, Randy Kraneyk, Rob Nixon and Shawn Somerville chipped in with singles. Cam Cartwright got the win pitching a complete game 7 innings, allowing only 1 hit with 9 strikeouts and 5 walks.

Prospects stage a dramatic 7th inning comeback
In game 3 of the 4 game set the Tigers plated a run in the 3rd which looked like it might hold up until the home squad came to bat in the bottom of the 7th . Rob Gay led off with a walk and Jordan Bray, who had been hitting the ball well all weekend, laced a triple to the wall to tie the game. Rob Nixon came in as a pinch hitter then stroked a single through the right side bringing Bray home as the Welland squad took the game 2-1. Hits were at a premium for the home team  as Jordan Bray went 2 for 3 getting a single and then a triple. Nixon and Matt Spillman were the only other hits for the Prospects. Randy Kraneyk pitched a complete game with 7 strikeouts, 5 hits, 3 walks and 1 earned run.

Prospects wait until the 7th to win their 3rd of the weekend.
The Bullett Proof team took a 2-0 lead in the 1st inning and then adding another in the 3rd and things looked to be well in hand for the home  team.  The Tigers chipped away with  1 of their own in the 3rd and then tied the game up in the 5th . The home team plated 4 in the top of the 7th  but the Tigers made it interesting as the climbed to within 2 in the bottom of the 7th. The Prospects held on to take game 4 with a 7-5 win.

15 hits by the Prospects came from Matt Spillman going 4 for 5, Jordan Bray 3 for 4 as was Royce Consigli and Matt Upper. Other singles went to Rob Nixon with 3 rbis on 2 singles as well as Simon Earp’s 2 rbi single. Colin Buckborough pitched 6 innings with 9 strikeouts, 4 hits, 2 earned runs and 5 walks. Mark Ciolfi closed the game giving up 2 runs on 1 hit while striking out 1. This was Colin’s second time on the mound for the Prospects as he just returned from the Dominican Republic after pitching for Team Canada. He is also expected to go in the top 15 rounds of next week’s MLB draft.

Prospect lose 6-5 in nine inning game
Bullett Proof Prospects started their fall schedule with a game against Brock University.The Prospects outhit Brock 11-6 with Brock scoring all their runs in the third inning. The Prospects took the lead in the top of the 3rd but Brock took advantage of walks and 2 timely hits to take the lead 6-1. The Prospects fought back with 3 runs in the fourth and 1 in the seventh to close the gap to one run.They were unable to tie the game up but it was an outstanding game for the Prospects. Solid defence, great pitching and timely hits from the Prospects kept the Badgers in check for most of the game. It would be very hard to single out any individuals from this game, as the entire team played very well.
Next up for the Prospects is a four game home and home set against the Canadian Thunderbirds. The Prospects then embark on their first road trip as they head to Long Island, New York to compete in the Perfect Game/WWBA Northeast Qualifier. This is a highly scouted event with the winner of the tournament going to Jupiter, Florida to compete in the WWBA World Championship.