HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-08-24, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1988.
Hullett No. 1 completed an undefeated season in Peewee action Saturday by winning the townships
league tournament in Benmiller over Hullett No. 2. Members of the championship team are: [front row,
left to right] Ian Andrews, Jason Elliott, Eric Kennedy, Kevin Souch, David Bylsma, Craig Roulston;
[back] Doug Vincent [coach], Dale Marsh, Danny Hoggart, Mark Bylsma, Harry Hoggart [coach] Chris
Kennedy, Greg McClinchey and Mark Kennedy, coach.
Hullett battle for crown
Host Bly th team wins
Mite tournament crown
On Saturday, August 20 Blyth
hosted the Tri-County, Mite Boys,
South Division Tournament. The
teams in the A-division were
Belgrave, Clinton, Wingham, and
Winthrop. The winner of this
division was Wingham, who will
now advance and play the winner of
the North division.
The B division consisted of three
teams, Blyth, Brussels and Sea
forth with Blyth coming up the
winners of the “B” division.
Blyth’s first game was at 9
Saturday morning against Brus
sels. Blyth won the game with a
score of 34 to 22. Home runs in the
game were hit by Brad Anderson,
Brad Montgomery and Ryan Hall
ahan.
The next game for Blyth was at 1
p.m. against Seaforth with Blyth
coming up winners again with a
score of 21 to 16. Home runs in this
game went to Wes Wilson and
RyanHallahan. All the boys played
very well during the two games
despite the warm weather. Excel
lent pitching for the two games was
by Wes Wilson and Brad Ander
son.
With the success of winning both
games the boys received the B
trophy for the south half of Tri
County and each team member
received a pennant.
Teammembersare: Brad An
derson, Connie Abel-Rinn, Chad
Haggitt, Ryan Hallahan, Kevin
Hallahan, Brad Montgomery,
Jerry Mason, Mark Nesbitt, Trent
Richmond, Calvin Schmidt, Chris
Stewart and Wes^Wilson.
Coaches Brad, Maureen and
Marg congratulated the boys on
their successful accomplishment
on Saturday and for the enjoyable
season had by all. They also
thanked the Legion Auxiliary and
the ball committee for their
donations to help make it a
successful day and thanked the
sponsors.
at Peewee Tournament
Sports
Two Hullett teams fought it out
for the championship of the
township league’s Peewee tourn
ament held in Benmiller on
Saturday. In the end it was Hullett
1 completing an unbeaten season
defeating their neighbours Hullett
2 by a 12-6 count.
Hullett 2 gave their friendly
rivals a scare jumping out to a 6-2
lead by the end of the second inning
in the final game. Hullett 1 chipped
away scoring single runs in the
first, second and third innings
before breaking things open with a
six-run fourth inning. They added
assurance with a single run in the
fifth and two in the sixth.
Meanwhile Chris Kennedy shut
down Hullett 2’s offence throwing
shut-out ball the rest of the way to
secure the victory. Mark Bylsma
added another home run to the
total he had accumulated in the
tournament.
Hullett 1 reached the finals after
some difficult going in the early
rounds. After sprinting out to a
first-inning 3-0 Hullett saw Goder
ich Township fight back with two
ru ns in the second to make it a close
game. Hullett added a single run in
the third to stretch the lead but
Goderich Twp. closed the gap
again by scoring in the bottom of
the third. The teams were shut out
in the fourth and each scored a run
in the fifth. Mark Bylsma stole
home in the top of the sixth to
stretch the lead then Hullett shut
down Goderich Twp. in the bottom
of the inning to win their way into
the championship round.
Mark Bylsma hit a home run and
two triples for Hullett while Chris
Kennedy went all the way pitching
recording seven strikeouts.
Mark Bylsma took over the
pitching as Hullett 1 met Tucker
smith in the second round and
racked up 11 strikeouts. The game
was closer than the final 9-3 total
for much of the way. Tuckersmith
struck early with a run in the first
but Hullett chipped in single runs
in the second, third and fourth to
build a lead. They then wrapped up
thewinwithsixrunsin the sixth
before Tuckersmith came back
with three in the top of the seventh.
Mark Bylsma helped his own
cause with home runs in the second
and in the sixth when he hit a
mammoth shot that cleared the
fence.
Hullett 2 swamped Bayfield
19-9 in the first round of the
tournament early Saturday morn
ing. Randy Shepherd helped his
own cause with a home run as well
as pitching a strong game.
In the second game against
Colborne township, Hullett 2
scored two in the first inning to take
an early lead then widened the
margin with five in the third,
before adding one run in the fourth
and three in the sixth. Colborne
scored single runs in the first,
second and third and two each in
the fourth, fifth and sixth.
Winthrop, Blyth Bantam
girls series tied
Blyth Bantam girls pulled out a
heart-stopper to tie their bestof
three Tri-county playoff series with
Winthrop at one game each
Thursday night in Blyth.
With time nearly running out on
the time limit, Blyth trailed 11-10
and some fans had even left
thinking the game and the season
was over. Butthe umpire said there
was time left to continue and
continue they did with Blyth
fighting back to tie the game and
force overtime then win it two
innings later.
The additional inning didn’t look
good when Winthrop stretched
their lead by scoring two more
runs. In the bottom of the inning
Blyth battled back to score three
runs and tie the game.
Continued on page 21
JOHN DEERE LOADS IT
AND SPREADS IT...
BETTER
WE WILL DEMONSTRATE
Blyth Inn wins Blyth
Slo-pitch crown
Blyth Inn captured yet another
tournament crown August 14 when
it won the Blyth Industrial League
slo-pitch tournament, coming out
on top of 31 other teams.
TheInnbeatBlueMacs3-l in the
championship game as Barney
Stewart went the distance pitch
ing, recording three strikeouts and
winning the most valuable player
award for his team. Gary Koebel,
who hit a second inning home run
for the Blue Macs’ only run was
MVP for the losing team.
Bly th Inn took a 1 -0 lead in the
first inning but Koebel’s homerun
tied the game after two. The Inn
scored another run in the third and
added an insurance run in the sixth
to salt away the victory.
In the consolation final, God
erich Chrysler shut out Blyth
Burkholders 4-0 for the champion
ship. Goderich scored two in the
first and two in the fourth. Don
Johnston pitched a shut out to win
the most valuable player award for
Goderich while Fred Meier played
a strong game in fieldjor Burk
holders as their most valuable
player.
Home runs by Pat Cronin,
Wayne McDougall and John Stew
art carried the Inn to a 13 to 3
Continued on page 21
BENEFITS OF HYDRA-PUSH SPREADER
•It’s Hydraulic, infinite discharge speeds
•No Apron Chain Maintenance or Freeze Up
•Spreads more evenly
•No more forking off, for repairs.
BLYTH MINOR HOCKEY
& RINGETTE MEETING
SEPTEMBER, 1st - 8 P.M.
BLYTH COMMUNITY CENTRE
ALL PARENTS, MEMBERS AND COACHES WELCOME
FUNDRAISING DANCE-SATURDAY, AUGUST27
TERRY SUMSION
BLYTH COMMUNITY CENTRE
Let us demonstrate on your farm; the advantages of a John Deere 780 Hydra-Push
spreader along with a 2355 MFWD Tractor w/245 loader.
CALL BILL SHADDICK OR TIM SHUTE FOR YOUR DEMONSTRATION
HURON
TRACTOR
SALES DEPARTMENT
BLYTH 523-4244
1-800-265-4220