HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-08-03, Page 21Getting tagged out Is bad enough but getting tagged in the throat adds a little extra pain to the process as
this Blyth Pirate player finds out as he gets a tag from a Londesboro Alboro player In the Londesboro
Slo-Pitch tournament Sunday afternoon. The pain was short-lived for the Pirate however as they went on
to win the Consolation championship at the tournament.
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1988. PAGE 21.
Sports
Blyth Inn wins
Londesboro tournament
The Blyth Inn team continued its winning ways Sunday capturing the Londesboro Slo-pitch tournament on
Sunday. Members of the team are: [front row, left to right] Andy Lubbers, Kevin Coultes, final game
M.V.P. Grant Elliott, Barney Stewart, Gary Courtney, Pat Cronin, Bob Hillis, Dave Cook; [back row]
Wayne McDougall, John Stewart, Ken Stewart, Dennis Knox, Gord Haggitt, John Watson, Steven
Howson and Derwin Carter.
Blyth Inn chalked up another
tournament championship Sunday
when it captured the Londesboro
Slo-pitch tournament title with an
11-6 victory over Formosa Expos.
In all three of the four teams in
the championship games were
from the Blyth league with the
Blyth Pirates defeating Blyth
Classics 8-4 for the consolation
championship.
The final found the Blyth Inn
against a strong Formosa Expos
team. Blyth built up an early
seven-run lead. Formosa rallied
and closed the gap to 7 to 6 before
Blyth added the insurance runs.
The final score was 11 to 6. Home
runsby GrantElliott, Ken Stewart,
and Pat Cronin lead the hitting
attack. Grant Elliott was selected
tournament M.V.P.
Sparkling defence helped pre
serve the Blyth Inn’s early lead to
take the championship game. Gary
Courntey and Pat Cronin both went
to the fence to haul down long
Formosa drives.
Blyth Inn reached the final by
cruising past the Blyth Knights
13-4 in the first round then beat the
Red Demons 8-2 in the second.
Early Sunday they beat Warriors
7-2 to set up the final against
Formosa.
Formosa defeated Stanley 11-1;
Culligans 13-6 and Londesboro
Bootleggers 18-4 to win the berth in
the final.
Blyth Pirates got off to a dreadful
start dropping behind 14-0 to the
Bootleggers Friday night in a game
in Auburn before recovering some
whatfora 14-6lossthatputthemon
the consolation side of the tourna
ment. They improved from there
on as they beat Nighthawks 15-5;
and Londesboro Allboro 13-5 to
earn a chance for the consolation
championship.
Blyth Classics lost 19-9 in the
first round to the Warriors but
rebounded to defeat Dublin 7-0 and
Londesboro Lasers 8-6.
The Blyth Inn team has been
invited to compete in the O.V.
Provincial Championship held in
Markham in September.
Blyth Bantam girls keep hectic
pace as playoffs approach
Blyth Bantam girls have been on
a hectic schedule in the last couple
of weeks as they try to make up for
games postponed earlier in the
season. The night-after-night
schedule has had mixed results.
The girls avenged an earlier loss
toListowel on July 21 when they
scored seven times in the final
inning to upset Listowel 12-11.
Kim Medd went the distance
striking out six.
If that victory made the girls
high, they came crashing down the
very next night when Clinton
humbled them 11-0 right in Blyth’s
back yard. Lisa Beattie hit home
runs in the first and fourth innings
for Clinton. Blyth left 11 runners on
base while Clinton stranded only 3.
Blyth bounced back July 27,
however, when they defeated Bel
more 18-6 in Blyth. Kim Medd
struck out four in the shortened five
inning game and helped her own
cause with a home run in the fifth.
Belmore got itself in trouble by
issuing 23 walks.
Belmore got revenge the next
night in Belmore as this time Blyth
walked 16 runners and Belmore
cashed them in for a 25-10 win. A
home run by Krista Lawrie was
wasted in the onslaught.
Finally Friday night, July 29
Blyth won an exciting 13-11 win
over Belgrave by scoring two runs
in the bottom of the seventh to
break a tie. Kim Medd was at her
best striking out 13 Belgrave
batters.
Blyth had taken an early lead
with five runs in the first inning
but Belgrave chipped away until,
with four in the top of the seventh,
they tied the game.
The tag might have been there in time but the ball wasn’t as a Goderich Junior player tries to tag out a
Brussels Tiger during action Sunday at the 18th annual Brussels Invitational Men’s Softball Tournament.
While the Brussels player slides, the ball spins away [at left]. Things went well for the Tigers as they
defeated Goderich 5-2.
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