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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-08-31, Page 13Royals sweep Fullarton A's FULLARTON - Exctcr Royals chose an opportune time so win their first road game of the year last Thursday when they defeated Fullar- ton A's 4-1. The victory gave -Exeter a sweep Cowgirls lose in semi finals CREDITON - The Crediton Cowgirls ladies fastball team fin- ished their year Monday night with a Itiss to St. Marys. " Cowgirls, who ended their sea- son in second place. overall lost two straight in a 'best -of -three series in the A semi finals. • In the first game Crediton lost - 2-1 in a very close defensive battle. Leading Crediton at the plate was Debbie Lord, Brenda ti1organ and Marilyn Young. Morgan pitched a strong game with four strikeouts to her credit. In their second showing in Crediton,' Cowgirls came on strong in the first two innings but some well placed. hits by the opposition in the fourth gave the Icad to St. Marys. Again the bats were silent. Crediton twice left bases loaded: Morgan pounded" out a home run in the first inning and. added a single in the fifth. Kathy Gicten had •a successful night at the plate with a double and a single. Brenda Wilds and Margie Austin added two singles- and Tammy Regicr, Lori Devlacminck and Kclli Phillips canis away, .with singles to their credit. Morgan again pitched a strong game with five strikeouts. Cowgirls arc happy with their showing. in their first gear with the South Perth League. Darrel Finkbciner and Pctc Wucrth did an excellent job in the coaching department and the ladies are grateful for their time and effort. Crediton thank Kee in Windsor for his part in organising um- pires for the.scason. of their best -of -three B division South Perth- Fastball quarter -final series. As in the fir,! g.une of the series, Royals received excellent pitching, sound defence and timely hitting. Winning pitcher Greg Wise, -with perhaps his. best game as a Royal, hurled a complete game, four hitter:. Ile registered eight strike outs while walking two batters. 1.ic also hit a batter. ' Royals opened the scoring Mille top• half of the first inning. With one but, Brent Dawson and Greg Wise reached base •on errors. Con- secutive doubles by Dan Heywood and Mike Desjardinc and a single by Jim Lewis accounted Tor two runs and an early 2-0 lead. Exeter increased the lead to three runs in the second inning as Tom Tordoff reached base on an error by the third baseman and later scored on an error on a ground ball -hit to the shortstop by Wise.. After Fullartoa reduced the lead to 3-1 in the bottom of the second with an unearned run. Exeter re- gained their three run lead in the third. Mike Dcsjardine walked and scored on a single by right fielder Lewis. _ Wise then- shut out the opposi- tion yielding just two hits the rest of the way. • . - - • Jim Lewis was the offensive star of the game with three hits in four trips to the plate and as •we11 as an RBI. Royals, with their ncxt.opponent as yct not determined', wilt likely open their next scrics on the road 3burscLy.• They are also scheduled to play Ingersoll ti-1cNahs Friday. night' at 6:30 p.m. in St. Marys. in the opening game cit- the annual Stat. - fens Labor Day tournament. Juniors ousted DASHWOOD The last chapter of. Exeter' Co-op Juniors "Great Lakes" Men's Fastball' story_ was Written here Friday night whcn Lak^side handed the locals a 16-5 loss to claim their:best-of-five final series in .three games." Earlier, Exeter- dropped 14-9 and 9-8 decisions to their opponents: . After three Co-op Juniors were • struck out in the top of the first, Please turn to page 4A Ames - Serving South Huron, North Middlesex Augusttl, 1988 dvocate K North lambton Since 1873 Page 1 A HIGH EFFORT - Vivian Ladell makes a -great effort t� catch the ball at first base during a.game at the Middlesex Ladies S10 -pitch tourney in Lucan on Saturday. Thorndale won the A championship while Bryanston defeated Bid- dulph in the B final. Greys advance to finals yST PAULS - Exeter Greys. ad- vanced to the_ South Perth Ladies Fastball league finals after defeating " St Pauls twice in the semi-final round. Greys will meet St. Marys in game one ot'a best -of -five series to- night (Wednesday) in Exctcr. They will travel to St Marys Tuesday • night and then return to Exeter for game three Thursday (September 8). St Ma,-ys defeated Crediton Cow- girls in two straight games to ad- vance. . Monday night Greys pushed past St Pauls with a 6-2 victory in a hard-fought series.'Exeter built up a: five run lead by the end of thc sec - Sports. out' inning on the strength of four singles and a scrics of errors, but their opponents kept it close, scor- ing two runs in the third. Sandra Bums scored Exctcr s sixth run after Patty Down hit a sacrifice fly to give Greys some breathing room. • Heidi Elliott went the distance for • Exeter, allowing five hits, three of which came in the third inning. St Pauls and Greys fought it out August 22 with similar results. Ex- ctcr came away with a 9-4 win to give themselves the advantage in the scrics. Down struck out six •opponents, three of them in a row in the sixth. She allowed six hits, four of which came in the first three innings. The two teams ended the first in- ning tied 3-3,. but Greys eventually emerged as the superior squad, scor- ing two runs in the fourth and three more in the sixth. Marsh at hockey school sign of changing times TWELVE MONTHS A YEAR - Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Brad Marsh has taken a full-time approach to hockey as he enters his 10th year in the NHL. Marsh spent a week at the Huron Hockey School in preparation for the coming season. • HURON PARK - Brad Marsh, veterandefcnceman for Philadelphia Flyers, is the last player from the morning session to leave the icc. He flicks pucks at an up -ended net, hitting the narrow section left ex- posed. It is the last day of Pro Week at Huron Hockey School. He eventually winds his way off the icc, stopping to make lunch ar- rangements with his father, who has been in the stands watching. In thc dressing room, - Marsh makes arrangements to buy some more icc time with arena manager . Frank Funston. It is Marsh's second stay at Huron hockey School. His first was tcn years earlier. At 30, he is respond- ing to changes in his profession. "When 1 was -young, like niost young players, I just took it easy (in the summer) and relied on my youth," Marsh explains. "in the last few years I've treated hockey as a 12 month job rather than a seven month season. I've got to treat it that way if i want to con- tinue playing." • When Marsh began to play hock- ey in the NHL, training camp was a place to get - into shape. Now players arc expected to come to camp in top condition. That change in thinking hasmo- Exeter ladies EXETER - Dorothy Marks and Helen Burton emerged in thc top spot from a field of 22 golfers this week. during the ladies golf. Both ladies recorded 50 to take low gross. Runner-up was Bette Smith with 52. Betty Coates dominated B flight with a 57. Runner-up was Helen Wasnidge with 59. Low putts went to Alma Ethcrington with 16. In C flight, Ede Boyle recorded a low gross of 57 while Theresa McCann and Jean Crcrar followed with 60 each. l, -ow putts went to Peggy Ferguson with 17. Crcrar also birdied number one. livatcd Marsh. He competes in tri- athalons during the summer. - "That just breaks the monotony of training every day. it gives you something to work for." But he adds that no amount of training gets rid of that first week of stiffness of skates. - Enter Huron fltk'key School. After being picked up from Lon- don Knights as a first round draft pick by Atlanta Flames in 1978, Marsh moved with the NI IL estab- lishment "when they set up shop in Calgary. After one year in the west. he was traded to Philadelphia for Mrl Bridgman where he fell under the influcncc•of the assistantcoach Ted Sator. At that time, he helped Marsh with his technique. _ This year, the Flyers dcfenccman• came tci Sator, now a key member of the hockey school staff, looking for an extra edge. . • After a successful.wdek, .Marsh thinks he'll return next summer. • "They video-tape you each day to show you your stride. That's really interesting," he says. "They show you your skating stride and they show you how had you really are." The school. doesn't promise any- thing it can't deliver, however. "Their approach isn't to turn eve- rybody into a perfect skater, but - they take your existing style and try. to improve on that and make it stronger." • Marsh has a cottage just north of Grand Bend where he spends his • summers. Not only is the Stephen ',Township art:na very convenient for . him, he feels he got his money's worth. • • "I got a lot out of it this year - a . • lot more than I thought," he says. "1 think I'm going to continue to _ come back." • An eight year member of the Fly- ers organization, Marsh hopes to play for a minimum of another -five - years. ' • "i'm in better shape now than whcn 1 stkas 20," hc maintains. Doctor's orders Onc thing that will Iikcly change for the seasoned dcfenccman this year will be his appearance on the ice: Last season Marsh had a bad acci- dent after he hit the glass by the bench and then hit the icc, suffering two nasty gashes to his head. Until that point, he had played without a helmet. He returned to the ice later in the season, wearing head -gear under doctors orders. Marsh will likely continue to wear it this season, bur hc has no- • Please tum to page 3A Labour bag Weekend Specials in erlect Thurs., Fri., Sat. while supplies last Medium - Cheddar Ib. $3.49 Tasty Nu wl,:tc or 60% whole . whoat bread Fresh daily, 2.4 oz. loaf Soft Dinner Rolls doe. $1.09 Delicious Cherry Squares pkg. 6 $1.79 Chocolate Chip Cookies doz. $1.49 Wo have a v Kilda I. • ) variety of `0�►'� Delicious Donuts New Plumrose Cream Cheeses Ib. $4.99 Try our fresh Kaiser Rolls, Chel- sea Burls, and Carrot Muffins Closed Labour Day Monday 9 For tho freshest bread, rolls, pa.,rries and donuts come to Bakery C>r Cheese House Traditional quality" since 1929 4t • Exeter 235-0332 -