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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1992-07-08, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8,1992. Not quite Former Brussels Bulls Brad Carter doesn't get the tag in time, but the team went on to win the game on Saturday morning. The Bulls were defeated, however in the second game that evening. Listowel teams win big at Bulls’ tournament McKay ‘clears way’ to Tigers win Listowel came away with both championships at the third annual Brussels Bulls' Slo-pitch Tournament. Sixteen teams competed in the weekend event, which co-incided with the village's annual Fun-Fest weekend. Rabbi's Rebels of Listowel met the Bad Boys of Atwood in the championship final. The Bad Boys actually jumped to a 2-0 lead after the top of the first inning when Tim Deelstra singled home. Tim Buchanan, and Craig Robertson later sacrificed to Deelstra. The Rebels tied the score during their first at bat on Mike Chapman's RBI triple with one out. Chapman was later sacrificed home. The Rebels defense shut down the Bad Boys in the next five innings, allowing only three more runs. Meantime, Listowel singled Atwood to death. Singles by Matt Carter, Greg McClement, Steve and Mike Chapman, and Jeff Sipple, along with a triple by Tom Newbigging in the second inning alone, gave Rabbi's Rebels a 9-2 lead after two innings. Another Single-fest in the bottom of the fifth inning made the score 14-4 going into the final inning. The Bad Boys of Atwood finally solved the Rebels with three runs in the final inning, but it was too little too late. The final score was Rabbi's Rebels 14, and Bad Boys eight. With the victory, the Listowel Club received $500 in cash, and sweatshirts courtesy of Coors Light, the tournament sponsors. It was the same story in the B final. The Listowel Dodgers grabbed an early lead and held on to beat the Brussels Labellers. Eric Janes singled in Sean Bremner in the top of the second inning to give Brussels a 1-0 lead, however Listowel came back with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Bill Hiltz hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded scoring one run, and then Darryl Morrison scored two more with his follow up double. Listowel giabbed three more runs in the bottom of the third inning. Dave Roader doubled to lead off the inning, and then scored on Grant Hartung's single. Hartung then scored on Gary Hopper's double to make the score 6-1 Listowel after three innings. The Dodgers continued to increase their lead with three more runs in the fifth inning and then scored five more times in the bottom of the sixth inning to make the score Listowel 14 and Brussels two going into the final inning. Once again, the underdog seemed to get their offense going, but fell short of the mark. After singles by Jeff Heibein and Tom Austin, Mike Smith hit a two RBI single, followed by a single by Mike Thomas, and a two RBI single by George Hayes. Brussels' problem however was the first five innings. The Labellers only managed a dozen hits and two runs, so with the 14-7 victory, the Listowel Dodgers won $300 prize money and Coors Light T-shirts. Money raised from the tournament will go towards the cost of operating the OHA Junior C Brussels Bulls hockey team. Blyth soccer team plays to tie Blyth Mosquito soccer team played a home game against Lucknow Eagles on June 29. Knowing this game was going to be tough, both teams played aggressively. Amanda Anderson put Blyth on the score board first as Michael Ansley and Brent Sauve assisted. But early in the second half Lucknow scored to tie it up. Blyth came right back within minutes to go ahead again as Michael Ansley manoeuvered through a maze of players for an unassisted goal. The game went back and forth throughout the rest of the game but Lucknow managed to tie it up once more with only a couple of minutes remaining. Adam Blair again gave Blyth some big saves. Final score was Lucknow Eagles two and Blyth two. Dan McKay cleared the left field fence in the first, then cleared the bases with a two-out bases loaded single in the second as the Brussels Tigers gained revenge Sunday night with a 7-0 mercy of Coor's Sports of Seaforth. Doug Conley pitched the win Brussles mites win,lose Solid pitching and some good defense contributed to the Brussels Mite boys win over Fordwich in Brussels on June 30. Starting pitcher Joshua Gropp struck out the first two batters. He then gave up three walks, loading the bases before striking out the next batter on three straight pitches. In the home half of the inning, three runs scored off a ground rule double by Joshua. After two walks, Justin Ruttan slammed one to cen tre field bringing in two more runs. Two more walks were given up, then Joel Kellington, the ninth and last batter, singled loading the bases to start the bottom of the sec ond. The visitors were unable to score in the second inning with two strik ing out and Paul Albers catching a pop up to second. Justin and Joel scored early in the second inning, then after a few more walks Patrick Gilkes drove in the last two runs of the inning. Left-hander Nathan Garland :ame on to pitch in the top of the .hird, doing an excellent job both on the mound, striking out two, and defensively, tagging one in a force play between third and home. Three more runs scored for the Brussels team in the bottom of the third, then two more strikeouts and a terrific line drive catch by Jason Armstrong ended the top of the fourth with no runs scored. The final score was 12-2 for Brussels. Thursday night's game in Ford wich was a different story, howev er, with the home team narrowly edging out Brussels by a score of 9- 7. There was good offensive play, with both teams swinging the bats. Nathan Conley, who pitched for Brussels in the first inning and Nathan Garland who finished the game, performed well on the mound. Belgrave Squirts trounce Belmore A solid team effort by the Bel grave Squirt team in Belmore on June 30 resulted in a 15-3 victory over the home team. Belgrave hit early with Michael McBumey, Robbie McGee, Jamie McCallum crossing the plate in the first inning and Jeremy Campbell slamming a homerun. Belmore couldn't get it going until the third inning when they scored two runs, but Belgrave came back in the next inning with some added insurance scored by Ryan Fear. It was a big inning for the visitors in the fifth as well with three more runs added. Crossing the plate were Tom Pfeiffer, Michael McBumey, while Jamie McCallum hit a home- run. The Belmore team were held to one run in the fifth inning. At the top of the sixth, Belgrave really put on the steam increasing their lead by seven. Coming home were Michael Sanders, Jason McBumey, Brian Sanders, Tom Pfeiffer, Michael McBumey, who hit a grand slam, Robbie McGee and Jamie McCallum. McCallum pitched a great game was well, striking out a total of six batters. shutting out the only team to defeat Brussels in Huron County Fastball League action this season. Monday night in Zurich the Tigers broke open a close game with seven runs in their last two bats for a 13-4 decision over the rookies. Doug Conley hit for the cycle while Gary Pipe went three for three. Dave Smith took the win. .Last Wednesday a 10-run third inning helped mercy the Exeter Sooners 15-1. Kevin Kellington and Ken Higgins hit safely each SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER -vdRMSTRONGL? 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