Larmer wins big at NDBL awards
The North Dufferin Baseball League celebrated and recognized the outstanding accomplishments of players and teams from the 2024 season at its annual awards presentation held on Sunday, March 9, 2025.
The big winner of the event was Jack Larmer from the Barrie Baycats in the junior division. Larmer won multiple awards, including best batter (.556 average), best on base percentage (.647), and most home runs at seven, the highest since 2006. He was also named the most valuable player for the division.
In the senior division, Ben Sterritt of the Bolton Brewers was recognized as the best batter (.548 average) and had the best on base percentage (.667). Sterritt’s teammate, Brett Chater, scored the most runs with 36 and was named the MVP of the senior division.
Bryan Post of the Owen Sound Baysox won his second consecutive home run title with seven homers while his teammate Trevor Smith was named best pitcher. Their coaches, a father-son duo of Don and Ryan Bartley, won the coach of the year award.
Brett Beardsall of the Orillia Majors was voted best catcher and the most sportsmanlike award went to Emerson Pendleton of the Mansfield Cubs.
Josh McBride of the Creemore Padres received the best pitcher award in the junior division and his teammate Anson Dupuis was voted the most sportsmanlike player.
A highlight of the event was the presentation of the prestigious President’s Award to Pete Kinghan for his years of service and dedication to baseball in the NDBL. Kinghan’s remarkable career includes coaching the Creemore Braves juniors, the Creemore Braves senior team, and the New Lowell Knights. Over the course of 40 years, he has won 17 league championships, three provincial titles, and served 24 years as league statistician with two stints as president in 2003 and 2014.
Kinghan is the eleventh person to receive this award since it was created in 1984.
After the awards, the league membership met to begin planning for the 2025 season. Current plans have a 22-game schedule for the 12 senior teams and a 17-game schedule for the eight junior teams.
David Anderson photo: President Chris Fafalios presents the Statistician’s Award for the junior division most valuable player to Jack Larmer of the Barrie Baycats at the North Dufferin Baseball League awards presentation March 9.
