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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-06-29, Page 12THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Jun• 29, 1994-11 J Sports DAVID scorr PHOTO THE STANCE - Trevor Fortune of Coop's, a Seaforth fastball team, readies himself for a pitch from the Brussels pitcher in the 'B' final of the Seaforth Invitational Fastball toumament Sunday. Cents announce exhibition games The Seaforth Centenaires have announced an ambitious late sum- mer lineup of exhibition games in preparation for their next go round in what is shaping up to be a sig- nificantly stronger Western Division of the Ontario Hockey Association's Junior Development League. The Cents, division finalists for the first time in a decade last sea- son, open their exhibition schedule in Scaforth on Friday, September 2, at 8 p.m. with their second annual 'Rookie Game' against the Brussels Bulls of the OHA's Western Junior C League. Seaforth has also sched- uled a two -game weekend exhibi- tion with the Western C's newest entry, an expansion franchise, the Kincardine Bulldogs at Kincardine on Friday, September 16 at a time to be announced, then at Goderich on Sunday, September 18 at 7:30 p.m. Seaforth wins softball tourney The Seaforth Novice PWSA girls softball team outplayed 16 other teams to win the 1994 Burlington Softball Tournament held in Burlington June 25 and 26. Scaforth began the round robin portion of the tournament by defeat- ing Guelph by a score of 10-5. In the second game of the tournament, Seaforth defeated London Nelson Park by a score of 9-1. The third game of the preliminary round had Seaforth facing Aurora and again Scaforth emerged victorious win- ning this game by a score of 8-2. Scaforth then faced Whitby in the semi finals and defeated this team in only five innings by a score of 14-1. This set up the championship final with Scaforth facing a strong Niagara Falls club. This game was undoubtedly the best game of the entire tournament as both clubs exhibited great defensive abilities and superb pitching. Niagara Falls held a 2-1 advantage over Seaforth until the top of the seventh inning when some excellent hitting and offensive base running by Seaforth resulted in the scoring of 3 runs. Niagara Falls attempted a comeback in the seventh inning but again, superb defensive play by Seaforth resulted in Scaforth hanging on to secure a 4-2 win and the 1994 championship. Members of the team include: Michelle Henderson, Denise O'Reilly, Melissa Robertson, Tricia Jansen, Lisa Reynolds, Stade Wick, Jamie Rcyburn, Lisa Roosenbloorn, Amber Ruttan, Cara Pepper, Ericka Burns, Tory Westbrook, Kim Tay- lor, and Kristen McFarlane. The team is coached by Janet Buchanan, Sandra Burns, Georgina Reynolds and Kathy O'Reilly. The team was the silver medallist recipient at the recent Dorothy Hill Invitational Tournament held in London June 6 and 7, losing in the final to Windsor by a score of 8-5. This team will be participating in the Provincial Women's Softball Association Pre-liminary champion- ships to be held in Chatham July 22-24, 1994. Next home game for the Scaforth Novices is July 9, at 12 p.m. at the Scaforth Lion's Park when they host Chatham in a double header. .ti The Centenaires will also play a home -and -home series with the Thamesford Trojans, who have reached the "Final Four" of the Junior Development League for the past seven seasons including a record run of three -straight OHA titles between 1989 and 1992, at Thamesford on Friday, September 9 at 8 p.m. then at Seaforth Friday, September 23 at 8 p.m. Additional exhibition games with the Wellesley Applejacks may still be in the works. Last season's Eastern Division champions, the Port Stanley Lakers, who only lost two games and scored on average a whopping 2.5 more goals per game than any JDL team, have returned to Seaforth's division, the west, to replace now departed Alvinston. Seaforth's motion to have Tavistock be the team that moved over because of "traditional rivalries" was defeated 12-5. St. George is the new fran- chise in the east, with all teams one again playing a 40 -game schedule within their own division. Gov- ernors unanimously rejected an application from Cambridge's "triple A" juvenile team to join the See 'More' on page 14. Soccer team wins two, ties one On Sunday, June 19, St. Columban Men's Soccer team played in London against Panhellenic as they were forced to battle the mid -thirty degree heat along with a tough opponent. The game started out quite slowly and that pace remained throughout the game. Despite good chances from both sides, the first half ended in a 0-0 tie. In the second half, St. Columban applied some pressure and were finally rewarded around the 20 -minute mark. Some good determination by half -back, Mike Seiler, enabled him to get the ball past the Panhellenic defense and eventually the goalkeeper. It would be ten minutes later when a scramble in front of the home team's net progressed to the point where John Jordan made a nice pass to Nehru Budna. The devil must have got the chills on this day because Budna neither put the ball over the net or to the side and instead put a hard low shot into the corner past the stunned Panhellenic keeper. It was 2-0 for the good guys. With only 15 minutes left in the game it looked like St. Columban would leave the field victorious but a defensive lapse by the team enabled their opposition to get back into the game. Two quick goals in the last ten minutes took the wind out of St. Columban and the game ended in a 2-2 tie. It was a well - fought, close game but like they say, "close" only counts in horse- shoes or Dan Quayle spelling bees. St. Columban played their next game in London on Wednesday, June 22, against the Albanians. This was not a league game but rather a Cup game which is a season -long tournament with only the winning team advancing to the next round. Some teams get a bye for the first round but St. Columban didn't and unfortunately for the Albanians, they were going to pay for it. St. Columban started the scoring off early when an alleged cross by Dave Murray found it's way into the top corner of the net behind the Albanian goalie. Dave Murray would get his second of the game a few minutes later when he fired a hard, low shot Jlat bulged the twine. It was overheard in the stands that Murray has a special knack for reading short, heavier goal tenders. After St. Columban added another goal, the half ended with the St. Columban squad up 3- 0. In the second half St. Columban stepped up their play a notch and really gave the Albanians a taste of the farm. They added eight more goals in the half and they ended up winning the game by three field goals with an 11-2 score. This set a new record for the team for goals scored in one game with the previ- ous record being seven. Goal scorers on this day were: Dave Murray, Mark Martinez and Brian Melady who all had three goals and Dean Martin and Jason "Valderamma" Vander Velde who each had one. To finish off their busy week, SL Columban played at home on Fri- day, June 24, against London Cen- tral Americans who on this day were short staffed with only nine players..St. Columban came out and only played as good as they had to and got a 5-1 victory. Although the home team probably played their poorest soccer of the year, that could be condoned by the three games in six days and the fact that they were assured of an easy vic- tory. Dave Murray and Steve McInally both had nice goals on this day as Nehru Budna, John Jordan and Mark Martinez also kicked the ball into the net to put one on the score board. The Central FIRST BASE - Tom Tumer of Coop's fastball team rounds first base on the way to a stand-up double against Brussels on Sunday at Lions Park. Coop's took on Brussels in the 'B' final. PAY LFSS. • FINAL SALE DAYS HURRY OUR DEERE SEASON SALE ENDS THURS., JUNE 30 This is your last chance to save hlg on inning Mowers. Lawn Mowers. Hedge Clippers, Linc Trimmers and more! O N(rtHING RIITI,S LIKE A DEERE.' Mk w .c«n triCycler Bag, Discharge or Mulch MI with one Attachment! 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