(Posted 9:30 a.m., Aug. 19)
Rebels teammates win pair of medals at senior womens' fastpitch championships
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online

Orleans Rebels teammates Jenny Allen and Jillian Taylor competed on opposite teams at the recent Canadian Senior Womens' Fastpitch Championships in Kitchener. Allen won a silver medal with the Pickering Heat and Taylor won bronze with the Kitchener Coyotes. Photo supplied

Jenny Allen and Jillian Taylor have been teammates for most of their fastpitch careers, but at the recent Canadian Senior Womens' Fastpitch Championships in Kitchener they were in opposite dugouts trying to help their respective adopted teams win gold.

The two Orleans Rebels teammates were selected to augment the rosters of the Kitchener Coyotes and the Pickering Heat after the Reels failed to qualify at the provincial championships earlier this month. Allen was picked up by the Heat, while Taylor was invited to play with the Coyotes.

The two women factored into the success of their "new" teams in making it into the medal round. Allen had an excellent on-base percentage and came through with a clutch 2-run double in the eighth inning of a must win game that got them into the medal contention, while Taylor helped propel the Coyotes into first place in the round robin portion of the tournament with a win and a save.

Teammates for the past 15 years, the two women eventually came face to face in the 7th inning of the semi-finals. Taylor was brought in to try and keep the game close and she managed to strike Allen out to end the inning.

Kitchener, however, failed to come with any runs in their half of the inning, giving Pickering the win and a spot in the gold medal game against the White Rock Renegades which the B.C. team won 2-0.

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