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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-08-12, Page 8No Page 8 Times -Advocate, August 12, 1981 Dashwood bantams post series win over Exeter The Dashwood bantams spotted Exeter a one -game lead and then rebounded for two straight triumphs to win their WOAA playoff this week. Exeter took the first game by an 8-4 count, Friday, but Dashwood came back with margins of 12-5 on Sunday and 9-5 to wrap up the series on their home diamond, Monday. They posted that final win thehardway,scoringsix times in the bottom of the sixth to snatch the win away from their foes. Dashwood spotted Exeter a 2-0 lead in the first as Rick Kits win final test The Exeter Kits com- pleted play in the MPW league. Monday, posting a 9- 4 win over West Williams. The win gave them a record of 10 wins and five losses for the season. Playoffs will get underway next week and it is expected the Kits will face either West Williams or Lieury. Alice Dietrich paced the Kits to their win this week. She toiled on the mound and recorded 10 strikeouts. In addition. she banged out four hits. two triples and two doubles. Kelly Livingstone added three hits to the cause. Gilfillan and John Giffin circled the bases after getting on with an error and free pass. Dashwood rebounded to take a 3-2 lead in their first turn at bat, as Trevor Johnston pounded out a triple and Dan Creces contributed a single. Exeter scored twice in the fifth on consecutive singles by George Pratt, Scott Lovie and Ray Hamilton and they added one more in the next frame as Ian Munroe drew a walk and came home on a single by Giffin. But then Dashwood went to work on hurler Scott Lovie as Johnston, Creces and Dan Dittmer contributed doubles and Jeff LaPorte had a single along with three free passes to score their six runs and take the lead, they never relinquished . Trevor Johnston picked up the win and also led at the plate with his triple and double. George Pratt was Exeter's top batsman with three singles in four plate ap- pearances. In the first game, Exeter spotted Dashwood a one -run lead in the first, but rebounded for two of their own in the second and were never headed as they went on to win 8-4. Friday in Dashwood. Ray Hamilton was hit by Y'ER OUT -- Two close plays at home featured Friday's game between the Exeter and Dashwood bantams on the latter's diamond. Catchers George Pratt of Exeter and Don Dittmer of Dashwood display good form in blocking the plate as they get the runners out. That's Exeter's Rick Gilfillan out in the top photo and Doug Schade being tagged below. McCANN CONST. LTD. REDI-MIX CONCRETE All Types of Concrete Work Precast Feed Bunks Precast Slats RR #3 Dashwood Phone 237-3647 Precast Concrete Steps Porches Ornamental Iron Railings i losing hurler Trevor Johnston to get on base to start the first inning, and after two were out, Ian Munroe walked and both came home on a single by Steve Merner. Singles by John Giffin and Ray Hamilton produced another Exeter run in the top of the third and they add- ed three in the fourth on two walks and singles by Rick Gilfillan, Scott Bogart and Giffin. Their final two runs came in the sixth on four free passes by reliever Doug Schade and a single by Gilfillan. Ian Munroe picked up the win on the mound with Scott Lovie sending Dashwood down in order with a relief stint in the final frame. The two singles recorded by Gilfillan, Bogart and Gif- fin paced the Exeter hitting attack. Johnston had a triple and single to lead Dashwood, while Dave Creces added two singles. Getting one hit each were Brad Steeper. Tim Bender, D'Arcy Martin, Dan Dittmer and Jeff La Porte. Playing in Exeter, Sunday afternoon, the Dashwood lads jumped on Ian Munroe for three runs in the first and added five more in the se- cond to romp to a 12-5 margin. Dan Creces went the route for Dashwood and scattered nine hits. Three of those came in the sixth when Ex- eter scored four times, but by then it was too little and too late. After Brad Steeper, Jeff LaPorte and Tim Bender singled in the first, Trevor ,Johnston cleared the bases with a triple. A home run by Creces, a double by LaPorte and a single by Steeper pav- ed the way for the second in- ning route. LaPorte also doubled in the fourth to lead Dashwood's attack with three hits, while Johnston and Dittmer finished up with a pair each. Adding one safe- ty were Steeper, Bender, Creces, Steckle. Rick Gilfillan had three singles and Scott Lovie add- ed a double and two singles to pace Exeter. Adding one hit each were Hamilton, Jeff Pfaff and Merner. Parsons top at Ironwood Wayne Parsons fired a 37 to take low gross honors at the weekly Ironwood golf course men's play, Tuesday. His two over par was the best in "A" flight. Parsons had two birdies and three pars in the total. Jim Russell finished in se- cond place with a gross of 39. Randy Evans took net honors with 33 as he posted six pars and Bob Fletcher was next in line with a net of 35. Evans also won the closest to the pin contest on the fourth hole. Top gross winner in "B" flight was Red Fairley who posted a 44. John Morgan was one stroke back. The net winner was Tom Voerman with a 33 and Bob Swartman was two behind in that category. Topping the gross honors in the "C" and "D" flight was Bill Gilfillan's 45. Clarence Boyle was next at 46. Pat .Joynt was the top net player with a tally of 31, one less than Fred Mommersteeg. Settle title at Kirkton Minor Ball. Sunday August 9 was a very exciting day at the Kirkton ball diamonds. It was the minor hall round -up tournament. sponsored by K- W Optimists Four mixed teams in the age 8-12 group and two teams in the age 5-7 played. All six teams played very good ball and provided a lot of good entertainment for the day. The most excitement was when the Reds and Expos were 14-14 at the end of the sixth inning with the time limit expired. The close game went into extra in- nings with the Expos coming out on top with a 15-14 win. Trevor Edwards sacrificed and drove in the winning run scored by Sonya Fletcher. Derek Switzer was the winning Expo pitcher and Dianne Willis and Jim Scott shared the pitching mound for the Reds "To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything,". WINNING FORM -- Dashwood Tigers southpaw JohnBruilns is caught in action in a warmup for Friday s playoff game against Servicemaster. He went on to post a 7-6 win, giving up only seven hits. Staff photo Area girls play for Canada's best When the Milverton Millwrights displayed their talents on the diamond in Exeter earlier this summer, they were billed as one of the better junior ladies' fastball teams in Canada. On Sunday, they moved to the top of the ladder as they became Canadian cham- pions. Two Osborne Township athletes, Patti Down, RR 1 Hensall, and Sheila Penhale, RR 1 Woodham, are members of the team which dropped only one game enroute to the Canadian title which brought 12 teams to Milverton last week. In the preliminary round, the Millwrights beat Newfoundland and B.C. by identical 7-3 counts and clobbered Manitoba 9-1. Their lone loss was to New Brunswick by a 4-0 verdict. The three wins tied them with B.C. and Alberta for second place behind Ontario in the double elimination championship. In the first game in that showdown, Milverton beat Ontario, represented by Oakville, by a 2-1 count in extra innings. They came back later on Saturday to beat Newfoundland by 3-2, also in extra innings. That gave Milverton, chosen to play in the tour- nament as host centre, a berth in the Sunday final against Alberta and they won 2-1. Patti Down, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Down, made one pitching ap- pearance in the tournament, while Sheila Penhale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Penhale, played several of the games at third base and contributed several hits to thatinningefforts. Over -throw helps cause Tigers win opener The Dashwood Tigers scored three runs in the bot- tom of the ninth inning to stage a thrilling comeback and beat Servicemaster 7-6 in Dashwood, Friday. The win gave the Tigers the first game in their best - of -three Great Lakes baseball League semi-final with the loop winners. Se- cond game was played at Really was reversed Playing hockey in the summer appears to be reversing things, but in one game at Huron Park this Sunday. a further reversal was in evidence. While pulling a goalie in the final seconds of a game is not unusual, one of Sun- day's games featured the op- posite. The Exeter Red Army pulled their goalie to start the game. The oddity arose when the Flyers failed to ice a net - minder. and with the game clock running, the Red Army loaned Rich Fletcher to the Flyers and opposed them with six skaters. The Flyers led 2-1 midway through the second period before their goalie arrived and Fletcher went back to help his mates. The Red Army overcametheir deficit and scored a 5-2 win. Bill Glover and John Ker - nick fired a pair each and Dave Bogart had the single. Chas Maguire and Paul Allen scored for the losers. Canabus beat the Islanders. 6-5 in the second game. which was marred by fisticuffs at the end of the se- cond period, resulting in the ejection of the culprits. Wells. Snell and Smith scored two each for Canabus while getting one each for the Islanders were T. Kelly, Louttit. Gravett, Buton and Rook. In the third game, Pfaff Electric and Crediton battl- ed to a 6-6 draw. Ryan. B. Pincombe, Dear- ing. O'Rourke and Hodgins scored for the electricians while Jamie Caldwell had three for Crediton. Adding singles were Bell, McGrath and Muller. HAND SHAKES - - The Exeter and Dashwood bantams go through the traditional handshake after finishing their first series game on Friday. Exeter won that contest, but Dashwood rebounded to take the next two and wrap up the best -of -three WOAA playoff. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 *h•EARLY BIRD ; SAVES THE BUCKS II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 FREE - Kawasaki Ultra or Custom Helmet with every machine SOW FREE - Freight, P.D-1• and first major check-uP plus giant savings•other it/ ISO° .00006 Come to the LUCAN FAIR and SAVEII Country Corners NON-CURRENT Kawasaki SNOWMOBILE SALE Save from =400° to :1000 00 on Brand New Non-current Kawasaki Snowmobiles Because of the high increase in the prices of 1982 models, we have purchased as many BRAND NEW NON-CURRENT KAWASAKI SNOWMOBILES as possi- ble. ALL ARE SOLD WITH A FULL 12 MONTH UNLIMITED MILEAGE WARRANTY COUNTRY RNERS MT. CARMEL PHONE 237-3456 M , , w F cars;',. `OPEN MON. - SAT. 10-10 SUN. NOON -6 ,I s taiNG) NI IN MI Ell all Ell IN Ell IN Ell III •••• ea 0AD �E TEII HT WW2 QUAD eEue ND, 5 1 London's Labatt Park last night. Winning pitcher John Bruijns started the rally when he reached first base on a walk and he advanced when Barry Baynham was safe on an infield error. Luc Gagnon then dropped a sacrifice bunt in front of the plate and when the Ser- vicemaster hurler threw to first. he tossed the ball Into right field and allowed Baynham and Bruijns to score to tie the game. Gagnon plated the winner on a two -out infield single by Jim Dietrich. That came after Perry Stover and Dave Robinson had struck out and Jim Guenther had walked. The visitors took a 1-0 lead in the first as Westman scored on an error and they added two more in the fourth and duplicated that effort in the fifth. Their final run came in the eighth and gave them a 6-4 lead going into the final frame. Dashwood plated their first tally in the fifth when Dietrich circled the bases after a walk and a single by Bruijns. They notched three tallies in the next frame as Gagnon led off with a single and was followed by five passes to his mates. Dashwood picked ;up only five hits in the contest, those being recorded by Gagnon, Jim Guenther, Glenn Thur- man. Dietrich and Bruijns. They were given 10 free passes and went back to the bench on 18 occasions via the strike -out route. Bruijns gave up seven hits The Dashwood lineup in- cluded Barry Baynham, Luc Gagnon, Perry Stover, Jim Guenther, Glenn Thurman, Dave Robinson, Jim Dietrich. Rob Dickey, Kevin Hern. Pete Wuerth and John , Bruijns. over the nine innings, in- cluding two doubles. He Cowgirls cop first The Crediton Cowgirls finished off their regular season last Wednesday with a first place standing by defeating St. Peters 15-2. The Cowgirls are playing exhibition games this week while the rest of the league plays rained out games. They played Mt. Carmel last night and play in Parkhill Wednesday night at 9:00. In Wednesday night's game. the Cowgirls took the lead in the first inning and kept their lead till the end of the game. Leading the Cowgirls with their bats were Merna Scott with a triple and Deb Lord, Wilma - Lagerwerf, Sandy O'Neill and Michelle Vandergunst with singles. The Cowgirls will have the playoff schedules in the paper as soon as they get notice. recorded 12 strikeouts. The lefty appeared to get stronger as the game progessed and he faced only four batters in each of the final two frames. Elite hockeyists train at Kingston Sixty-eight top amateur hockey players and 20 refereesfrom across Ontario will be participating in a new development camp, an- nounced today by Don Robb, Executive Director of Hockey Ontario Develop- ment Committee and Len Woolsey, General Manager, Marketing, The Bank ofNova Scotia, sponsor of the camp. The camp, to be held at Queen's University in Kingston August 15-22, will combine skills training and competition together with classroom sessions. A nine -member coaching staff is headed by Torn Watt, coach of the Winnipeg Jets and one of the leaders in amateur hockey develop- ment during coaching stints with the University of Toronto and • Canada 's Olympic team. His staff will provide both on and off -ice instruction. Former National Hockey League Referee Vern Buffey, Referee Teehnical Director for Hockey Ontario, heads a five -man staff who will in- struct promising young officials. Robb said the 1981 Hockey Ontario Development Camp is designed to develop leadership and playing skills among players and referees who have been identified to participate in this first camp. "These individuals have the potential to make an outstanding contribution to hockey as well as their community. We must provide them with the op- portunity to reach their potential". 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