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Brussels girls
Mite champs
Led by a seven-homerun barr
age, Brussels Mite Girls defeated
Bluevale 18-16 to win the cham
pionship at the league tournament
held in Brussels on Saturday.
Becky McLaughlin’s second
homer of the game provided the
winning margin for Brussels in the
final. Also knocking round-trippers
were Lisa Coyne, Heather Douma,
Lesley Elliott, Jenny Gowing and
Kara Pepper.
Brussels had won a first “round
bye in the tournament thanks to
finishing in first place with a
perfect record during the regular
Belgrave Mites win
2 but lose big one
Belgrave Mite Boys won two
games last week, including the first
game of their year-end playoff
tournament before losing badly to
Gowanstown.
Thursday night the team defeat
ed Brussels 14-10 in Belgrave.
Brussels scored two runs in the
top of the first but Belgrave took
the lead for good in the bottom of
the inning, scoring five runs. Justin
Campbell, Ryan Fear, Jeremy
Campbell, Jason Howatt and Jamie
McCallum all crossed the plate for
Belgrave.
The home team blanked the
visitors in the top of the second and
Justin Campbell and Tom Pfeiffer
scored for Belgrave to - make the
score 7-2 after two innings.
Brussels nibbled away at the
lead in the third, scoring three
while only Jamie McCallum scored
for Belgrave. Brussels scored two
in the fourth and Justin Howatt
scored for Belgrave.
Brussels scored three in the fifth
but any doubt about the outcome
was erased when Belgrave scored
five runs in the bottom of the
inning, led by home runs by
Jeremy Campbell and Ryan Cook.
Also scoring were Ryan Fear,
Jamie McCallum and Robbie Mc
Gee.
In the tournament held in Wing
ham Saturday, Belgrave started off
with a 14-9 win over Wingham. The
teams each scored three runs in the
first inning. Jeremy Campbell led
the Belgrave attack with a home
run. Also scoring were Justin
Campbell and Ryan Cook.
Belgrave scored four in the
eeond and three in the third to
take a big lead. Tom Pfeiffer,
Jamie McCallum, Craig Marks and
Michael Marks scored in the se
cond. Robbie McGee’s homerun
capped the third when Jeremy
Campbell and Jason McBurney
also scored.
Wingham got two runs back in
the fourth after Brussels failed to
score then scored two more in the
fifth after only Ryan Cook could
score for Belgrave.
Belgrave scored three more in
the top of the sixth as Justin
Howatt, Tom Pfeiffer and Jason
McCallum all crossed the plate.
Wingham scored twice in the
bottom of the inning to make the
final score 14-9.
And then the wheels fell off.
After having defeated Gowanstown
schedule. The team kept the record
intact by defeating Gowanstown
20-15 in their first game. Jenny
Gowing and Sherri Therrian had
two homeruns each and Amber
Ruttan and Becky McLaughlin each
had single homers.
In the consolation championship
of the “A” series, Listowel defeat
ed Wingham 19-14.
In the “B” division, Wingham
won the championship with a 15-10
win over Atwood. In the consola
tion championship for the “B”
series Winthrop defeated Belgrave
22-12.
20-5 in the regular season, Bel
grave got a shock when they were
blasted 24-2 in their second game
of the tournament. Gowanstown
scored four in the first, three in the
second and two in the third to take
a 9-0 lead before Belgrave scored a
lone run by Justin Campbell in the
bottom of the third. Gowanstown
scored five more in the fourth and
three in the fifth before Belgrave
got its second run. Robbie McGee
scored Belgrave’s final run of the
game. Gowanstown added two in
the sixth and five in the seventh to
complete the win.
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1990. PAGE 13.
On the ball
Kara Pepper strikes a hit for the Brussels Mite Girls against Gowanstown in the championship
tournament held in Brussels Saturday. Brussels girls completed an undefeated season to win the
championship with Kara hitting one of the home runs that powered the team to the final game win
over Bluevale.
Steve Fritz captains Canadian champs
A Brussels area youth was part
of the winning team at the National
Midget Boys Softball Champion
ships in Milverton this past week
end. Steve Fritz, son of Jim and
Barb of RR 2, Brussels, along with
the rest of the Milverton Midgets
won the championship title on
Sunday evening, the culmination of
a week-long event.
Fritz, 18, was invited to try-out at
the beginning of the season after
Milverton coach Marty Scott had
seen him play. He made the team
and filled the positions of catcher
and third base man.
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Teams from every province but
Quebec participated in the tourna
ment. Milverton was the second
Ontario team in the competition as
they were the host team. There
were five teams in each division
and the worst record in each was
eliminated after the round robin.
Then each team had to lose two
games to get eliminated.
On .the final day of the tourna
ment, Sunday, Milverton faced off
against Saskatchewan and defeated
them 3-0. The next game was
against Chinguacousy, who they
had knocked down on Saturday
morning. At this point Milverton
had been undefeated, but the
opposing team came back and beat
them 8-4.
Both teams now had one loss
each so had to play a back-to-back
game to decide the championship.
In the extra inning Jamie Scott
drove home the winning run for
Milverton and they defeated the
Chinguacousy team 4-3.
Fritz, was catcher for all three
final games and as captain accept
ed the trophy at the end for his
team. Each member also received a
Spalding bat and gold medals.
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