The Citizen, 1997-06-11, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11,1997
Winding up
Phil Leger of the Brussels PeeWees grimaces as the ball
approaches during the June 5 contest against the Hullett
squad.
Seaforth team proves tough
for Belgrave/Brussels Boys
Belgrave PeeWees9 season starts
A plucky Belgrave/Brussels Ban
tam Boys team showed some grit
against a strong Seaforth opponent
during a home game, June 4.
There was lots of excitement and
some good plays on both sides, but
when all was said and done, the
visitors had slammed their way to
a 15-10 victory.
With Kevin Hopf on the mound,
Seaforth showed they meant busi
ness right away, scoring five runs
in the first, while holding the home
team scoreless.
In the second, the Belgrave/Brus
sels defense let everyone know
they weren't going quietly, shutting
out the visitors at the top. Tom
Pfeiffer and Joshua Gropp, the first
two batters for the home squad,
each scored a base hit. Pfeiffer got
caught in a close play at third, then
Gropp, after stealing second and
third, came home on a wild pitch.
In the third, Seaforth racked up
two, while Belgrave/Brussels con
tinued to steadily narrow the gap.
After back-to-back walks to Craig
Marks and Myron Hussey, Ryan
Fear slammed a double to cash in
two RBIs. He was later thrown out
while trying for home.
Tyler Bragg lobbed a single just
inside the first-base line, then chal
lenged the fielder by going for sec
ond. A costly overthrow gave the
speedy Bragg just the opportunity
he needed as he rounded second,
third and headed for home, before
the ball got back into the infield.
The Seaforth team had an unpro
ductive top of the fourth keeping
their run total to seven, when Pfeif
fer came in to pitch. Then during
his at-bat Pfieffer dropped down a
perfect bunt just before home plate,
which got him aboard for Gropp,
who walked. Pfieffer stole third on
the next pitch, Gropp look second,
then Pfeiffer, with some heads-up
running stole home to bring the
team within two before the inning
ended.
Seaforth poured it on in the fifth
widening their lead by three. Bel
grave/Brussels' first batter, Jon
Cucksey scored a base hit to get the
home half started. A walk to
Marks, some stolen bases and a
sacrifice RBI for Hussey allowed
Cucksey to score.
As Belgrave/Brussels began to
see the win within reach, some
costly errors and hot Seaforth bats
allowed five more visitors to cross
the plate in the sixth.
Belgrave/Brussels never lost
neart. A walk to lead-off batter
Bragg, always a base-stealing
threat, gave the visitors something
to worry about. Hopf got on board
next with a single, then Nathan
Garland was hit by a pilch to load
the bases. A fielder's choice by
Gropp cashed in Bragg to add one
more to the home team tally.
Scrappy to the end, the Bel
grave/Brussels squad played their
best defensive inning in the sev
enth. After retiring the first baiter
easily, Nichol, who had come in to
pitch part way through the sixth,
gave up a single. Two quick steals
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Belgrave PeeWee Boys have got
ten their season underway with
some mixed results.
Their first game, played away
against Atwood was a cakewalk.
Pitcher Justin Campbell went the
distance, allowing only one run in
the last inning, while his offense
backed him up with 17.
Scoring in the first was Matt
Bromley, two; Jason Fear, two;
Myron Hussey, two; Craig Marks,
two; Curtis Knight, two; Travis
Hopper, two; Justin Campbell, two;
Travis Campbell; Chad Cook; Ken
McPherson.
Hussey and Kent Readman were
behind the plate for the visitors.
In their seoend game, the boys
came up against an evenly-matched
Ethel team, June 5.
Brussels Tigers
battle on
The Brussels Tigers lost a pair of
one run decisions this weekend to
advance their record to one win and
five losses.
On Friday night the Walton
Brewers came to town to renew
their rivalry with the Tigers and
came away with a hard-fought 4-3
extra inning victory.
Brussels opened the scoring in
the first on singles by Steve Fritz
and Murray Pipe, who were both
plated on a two-out, Shawn Conley
single.
Both clubs threatened to score in
the middle innings, but strong
pitching by the Tigers' Doug
Conley and Walton's Scott
Leonhart kept both teams off the
board.
Walton rallied to tie the game at
two in the top of the seventh on a
Leonhart double, a Rick McDonald
walk, followed by a Tiger error. •-
The Brewers then took the lead
in the extra frame with two
unearned runs. The Tigers could
only manage one in the bottom of
the eighth as Fritz scored Ken
Higgins on a groundout.
The Conleys shared the pitching
duties for Brussels striking out 11
Brewers while Scott Leonhart went
the distance for Walton.
On Sunday, the Tigers hit the
road to Exeter for their first
meeting with the Braves and came
away with a 5-4 loss.
The Tigers opened the scoring in
the second on a Shawn Conley solo
homer. Exeter answered in their
half of the frame counting five
runs.
The Tigers chipped away at the
lead when in the fifth Tim Fritz
scored Brian Niell with a single and
rallied with two more in the
seventh on RBIs by Ron Strome
and Ken Higgins. The Tigers had
the tying run on first, but could not
cash it in.
The Tigers’ next action is Friday
al 7:30 when they play host to the
Bulldogs.
U-10s get shutout
The Brussels II - U-10 soccer
team had their first win this season,
travelling to Howick on Tuesday,
June 3 and coming away with a 3-0
victory.
Improved positional play and
passing helped Brussels control the
tempo for most of the game. Solid
play by James Durrell, Blake
Griffiths and others created a
number of scoring chances.
Two goals were netted by Mitch
Blake with Greg Bowers finishing
the scoring.
It was the home team's inning in
the first, with Belgrave scoring
none and Ethel getting one. Bel
grave took a one-run lead in the
second with Hussey and McPerson
crossing the plate, then were ahead
4-1 in the third, with Knight and
Matt Walker coming home.
Ethel had had enough, however,
and had a four-run bottom of the
third to move ahead.
Campbell tied it in the fourth,
while the team shutout the home
boys. The lead went to Ethel in the
fifth, then Hussey tied it in the
sixth.
Pilchers were Marks and Camp
bell, while Hussey played the entire
game behind the plate.
The team played a tournament in
Tees water on June 6 and 7.
The first game against Chepstow
I was a hit-parade having Belgrave
on the plus side of a 21-18 final
score.
The second game was against
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Chepstow II, which proved to be a
bigger challenge, handing the team
a 20-10 loss.
In game three it was turnabout as
Belgrave trounced Mildmay 14-3.
The fourth and final game had Bel
grave down again against Teeswa-
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