Playing hard in Northeast World Series
Tyson Kyer and the U17 Montreal Titans finished 1-3 in the Northeast World Series in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, over the weekend, playing some hard-fought games during the tournament. Courtesy Kristina Kaitlyn Glen
Kahnawake’s Tyson Kyer and the U17 Montreal Titans baseball team continued their travels last weekend, stopping in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the Prospect Select Northeast World Series, a tournament where teams and prospects trying to get noticed by collegiate ball clubs face off against one another.
The U17 Titans finished the tournament with a 1-3 record - but given that one loss was by one run and another was by two, they still put on a good showing.
“I was ready for the challenge,” said Kyer, who plays first base and pitches for the U17 team.
They opened the tournament with a 7-5 win over the Power Baseball NY 2026 team on Thursday. While Kyer was hitless in that game, he did draw a walk, one of four he drew during the weekend.
The next morning, they faced off against the Coal Region Sports 17/18U team, where Kyer hit a triple in the top of the fourth inning, later scoring on a sacrifice fly.
The triple was the highlight of the tournament for both Kyer and his mother, Kristina Kaitlyn Glen, who was in Philadelphia with the team for the tournament.
“That was a shot, I made a lot of good contact throughout the tournament,” said Kyer.
Even if that contact did not always result in getting on base, he was happy to put the ball in play and was complimentary of the defenders who made plays on his contact.
“Some guys ran my hits down for the out. When that happens it’s bad for me, but I let them know it was a good play when I see them if they get to first base,” said Kyer.
Both teams were tied 4-4 in the bottom of the sixth, the game’s last inning, when a throwing error after a base hit scored the winning run for the Coal Region team.
Kyer was the starting pitcher for their third game on Saturday afternoon, against the Sportika Baseball 17U Red team, with both teams competing under the strain of the heat, at points reaching over 40 C with humidex.
He pitched three innings (half the game), giving up five hits, four walks, and four runs, three earned.
Sportika would win the matchup 6-4.
“My fielding was really good, but my pitching could have been better,” said Kyer.
The U17 Titans still found themselves with an opportunity to put up runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, loading the bases with two outs. Unfortunately for them, they did not get much of a chance to capitalize, as the next at-bat ended before the second pitch was thrown, with the player on third for the Titans getting picked off to end the inning.
In their final game, against the RCS Warpath, they faced a team made up of players who had already finished high school - meanwhile, the Titans had many players going into Grade 11 according to Glen.
“These guys were men,” said Glen.
“The shortstop on RCS told one of our players ‘yeah, I used to pitch in high school.’”
The score mirrored the disparity in age and experience between the two teams, as the Warpath won 9-1.
Kyer was 1-1 in that game, drawing two walks.
While the result was not necessarily ideal, the U17 Titans had a chance to win three out of their four games as a relatively young team. That’s no small feat at a tournament of this calibre.
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“We have new players on our team this year, so some of them didn’t know what to really expect out there,” said Kyer.
“It was really good competition, but I’m proud to say our boys held their own for the most part and Tyson is going to be ready for next year,” said Glen.
