HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-07-30, Page 9THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30,1997 PAGE 9.
26th annual tournament plays out over Homecoming
While the village Homecoming
celebrations will take centre stage it
should not be overlooked that a
tradition will continue as scheduled
at the local ball diamond.
Whether it's called Market
Square, Victoria or Optimist Park,
16 of the area’s best men's ball
teams will arrive in town for the
26th Annual Brussels Invitational
Fastball Tournament.
Games begin Friday at 7:30 p.m.
and will continue throughout the
weekend until the championship
game Monday at 6 p.m.
Local teams include Brussels
Tigers, Brussels Bulldogs, Walton
Brewers, Goderich Onoles, Wing
ham Colts, Wroxeter Rippers, Pauls
Generals, K-W Pride, London
Gators, Collingwood Rebels,
Sweaburg Thunder and two teams
from Camlachie, the Rebels and
Sox complete the roster.
U-12s win big, lose big
It was a big loss and a big win
when Brussels II U-12s took on
Listowel and Drayton in recent soc
cer action.
On July 16 the team travelled to
Listowel and despite some solid
playing were shut out 8-0. Coach
Murray Armstrong said Brussels
had many scoring opportunities,
but the short-staffed squad, with
only one substitute, just couldn't
sneak the ball between the pipes.
It was a different story against
Drayton III a week later with Brus
sels coming out on top 9-1. This
time Drayton was short-staffed by
one playcu
Most of the goals scored were
attributed to some "nice give-and-
go passing," said Armstrong.
Defense kept clearing the ball
from the Brussels end enabling the
offense to put pressure on the other
team. Goalie Scott Glitz kept his
team in the game stopping some
blistering shots.
Scoring honours went to: Kyle
Stephenson, three, Tyler Campbell,
two and Brandon Blake, Richard
Goetz, Curtis Schlosser and
Matthew White with one each.
"It was a great effort from every
one," said Armstrong.
The team record now stands at
six wins and four losses.
Homerun cashes in 2
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back to haunt him, as a homerun
cashed in two. A pop up to the
pitcher and an out at first stopped
any further damage.
In the bottom of the inning,
Bryce Wedow walked then stole
second and third. Garland placed
one between second and third,
allowing Wedow to score and tie it
up.
Atwood's third inning run was
due to an error, before three con
secutive first base outs sent the vis
itors out to the field. Kroll's homer
ended the inning in another tie.
Base-on (A?’Is was the problem in
the fourth for the home squad as
four straight walks gave Atwood
another run. Things came together
after that for the pitching staff, who
answered with three straight strike
outs. Brussels notched their fourth
run when Garland hit a big one to
bring in Matthew Elliott, but unfor-
tuanately missed the game winner,
getting thrown out on a tough play
at home.
A Brussels tournament dynasty
will end this year with the
withdrawal of the Mitchell Mets.
The Mets have played in the finals
the last five years, winning
championships in 1993-95 and 96,
but have requested a year's leave of
absence.
In last year's final the Monkton
Muskrats held an early 5-1 lead,
but were forced into extra innings
when Mitchell rallied for a 6-6 tie.
The Mets then held leads of 9-6
and 10-9 before finally winning 12-
10 when pitcher Bob Ward
struckout Monkton's Jeff Smith
with the bases loaded.
In the consolation final,
Sebringville scored four runs in the
first extra inning for a 9-8 win over
the London Gators.
The Brussels Tigers became the
Blyth team
plays to tie
A well-balanced match between
the Blyth PeeWee soccer squad and
Lucknow ended in a 1-1 tie when
they took to the field in Blyth, July
23.
Blyth got on the board first when
a trio of players combined for the
netter. Off a throw-in from Jeremy
VanAmersfoort, Beth Bylsma
passed the ball to Steven Van
Amersfoort who put it between the
posts.
Good netminding by Peter
Nonkes allowed the opponent to
score only once.
first hometown team to reach the
championship semi-finals in
tournament history (a seven-run
sixth inning gave Mitchell a 10-6
win), although they were
consolation finalists in 1984 and
1995.
The Brussels Crusaders and
Brussels Tigers, co-sponsors of the
tournament would like to remind
everyone that the Homecoming
Committee will be hosting a street
dance Saturday night at the comers
of John and Market Streets starting
at 9 p.m.
Tyke teams slug it out
in high-scoring game
It was high scoring and hard hit
ting when the Blyth Tykes met
Londesboro D, July 21.
Taking to the plate in the top of
the first, Blyth got off to a good
start with five runs.
The Blyth defense was also ready
with Kendall Whitfield catching a
pop up in the opening inning, Malt
Wilson tagging one in the second
and Colton Durie grabbing a
grounder to get out a runner at sec
ond.
The third was a big inning for
Blyth when Anthony Peters and
Erin Moore tripled and Wilson
blasted a grand slam. z
A good play by Nick Dale got a
runner out al second in the bottom
of the inning.
The hitting continued for Blyth
during the next at-bat when Justin
Ritchie and Britt Peters knocked
triples and Whitfield smashed a
homerun.
With Londesboro lapping several
singles, Anthony Peters earned two
outs at third with Durie adding one
at first to end the inning.
In the top of the fifth, Whitfield
exploded with another homer.
The final tally was 27-23 for
Blyth.
Belgrave plays hit parade
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Campbell, and Jason Fear each
crossed the plate twice, while
Hussey, McPherson, Bromley and
Robb Kerr also scored.
There were no more runs over
the next three innings.
Game two was July 23 and again
the Belgrave offense came on hot
and heavy for a 23-14 win.
Belgrave had the lead in the first
with Moffatt, Bromnley, Campbell,
Travis Hopper, Fear and Kerr all
scoring. Seaforth counted three
runs.
The second inning brought
Seaforth back in the game with four
runs to Belgrave's one, scored by
Moffat.
After a scoreless third, Belgrave
answered with seven. Coming
home were Moffat, Bromley,
Campbell, Hussey, McPherson,
Marks and Fear. Seaforth managed
no more runs until the sixth.
Belgrave scored Campbell and
Hussey in the fifth, then were shut
down in the sixth.
They hadn't run out of steam,
though as the seventh inning
brought in Fear, twice, Moffat,
Campbell, Hussey, McPherson, and
Marks. Seaforth added one, but it
wasn't enough and Belgrave took
the series.
In Tri-County action the team
played in Walton July 24 and
trounced the competition 22-4.
Scoring were Moffat, three;
Bromley, two; Campbell, three;
Marks, four; Fear, three; Hussey,
three; Matt Walker, three and
McPherson.
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