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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-07-15, Page 13ExeterCo'op juntorsspllt pW Exeter Co-op juniors added a win and a loss to their record this week' when they lost 11-10 to Lakeside Sun- day and then pulled out a 6-5 win over Walkerton Monday night. Co-ops now stand in second place in the Great Lakes Senior Baseball league with a record of seven wins and seven losses. Juniors -pulled out a come -from - behind win Monday night with the help of mother nature. Tied 3-3 in the fourth, Walkerton brought in two runs to take the lead but Exeter rebound- ed in the fifth when Denis Kints and Doug Schade scored on errors and then Fred Gregus singled to bring in Darcy Martin. That gave Exeter a 6-5 lead. • In the sixth inning, the game was called due to darkness and Co-ops went home with the win. Schade pitched the final two innings for the victory while Gregus led the team in hitting with four RBI to his credit. Co-op juniors stalled out in the seventh inning Sunday when they came up against Lakeside. Leading 84 after the top of the sixth inning, Exeter fell apart, allowing five runs in the 'bottom of the sixth. They went on to give up five more runs in the next two innings, losing the game 11-10. Dave Akey was four for five at bat with three RBI to his credit. he earn- ed those on the strength of a single and a triple. Darren Akey went three for five and was responsible for three RBI which he brought in with a double. Express win grudge -math Members of the kxeter Express were smiling after a trip to Wals- ington Sunday. The team came away with $200 and a good deal of satisfac- tion after battling Walsington Seniors 6-2 in what has become an annual grudge -match for the two teams. Because the Walsingham, team could not make a commitment for the second of the two game event, Ex- press's single win stands as the series winner. It also entitled them to the prize money. Coach Joe Fulop said that the high calibre Walsingham.teampresents a challenge to Express and that two teams have developed a rivalry over the years. "They've been pretty high up in the OBA, 'D' league. That's why we like to play them," Fulop said. "We've played games against them for about ten years. I used to coach in Dashwood. We played them then and just kept on doing it (in Exeter)." • Express took the lead in the top of the first inning Sunday when a com- bination of errors and singles allow- ed them to score four runs. A single by Kevin Hern brought in Dan Macdonald and Dave Shaw when Walsingham's.short stop mishandled the ball. A single by Walt Parkinson and the combination of three more errors allowed both Kevin and Greg Hern to score, making it 4-0 for Express. Walsingham made it 4-1 in the bot- tom of the third but Exeter regained a four run lead when Dave Hayter doubled to bring in Shaw. Hayter brought in Shaw again in the seventh with an HBI single to make the score 6-1. Walsingham threatened in the bot- tom of the ninth when they scored • their second run of the game and then loaded the bases with two out. But pit- cher Jeff Fuller came through at the last minute and Walsingham left all three men stranded on -base. Fuller went the distance for Ex- press, allowing 11 hits while striking out five batters and walking three. League action Express split a pair of games in regular season play this week, losing a tough 9-8 decision to Strathroy in ex- tra innings Tuesday and then picking up an 9-8 win against Seaforth Thursday. Strathroy took a 2-0 lead after the second inning but a single by Dave Bogart in the top of the third brought in Macdonald to keep the game close. Hayter tied the gaine 2-2 in the fourth inning when he managed to score after both the third baseman and the catcher mishandled the ball. Exeter then took the lead in the fifth when Shaw singled to bring in Macdonald. Strathroy battled back with two runs in the bottom of the fifth to re- take the lead, but that was short- lived. In the sixth inning,. Exeter bats came to life. Bogart drove in both Pete Heeney and Macdonald with a single and then was brought in by Shaw who singled for his second RBI of the night. The score continued to see -saw back and fourth. Strathrov pi. ked up Ames - Serving South Huron, North Middleseu 0400 two more runs in the seventh to tie the game 6-6. It looked as if Exeter would go home with a win when Paul Gilinour hit a home run in the top of the ninth, bringing in Kevin Hern and giving his team an 8-6 lead, but Strathroy main- tainedtheir composure. They scored two more runs to tie the game yet again and send it into extra innings. It was at that point that Express's luck ran dry. Dave Shaw came in to relieve pitcher Barry Baynham. He struck out his first opponent but then run into trouble. Allowing a single and then walking the next three batters, Shaw walked in the winning run. Express 9 - Seaforth 8 It looked as though Exeter was done for the night by the sixth inning Thursday w1:an they allowed Seaforth to get a stranglehold on the lead. Trailing 7-1, Express suddenly came into some luck in the top of the sixth when Seaforth walked four con- secutive batters. Shaw and Will Sentjens were able to score on wild pitches while Heeney was brought home by Greg Hern's single. The show continued as Doug Fair- bairn hit a two RBI single, bringing in Drager and Parkinson. Fairbairn was followed at bat by Baynham who brought in Hern with another single. Shaw and Drager then hit singles to score Fairbairn and Baynham respectively, making the score 9-7. Seaforth managed one more run in the seventh, but Exeter hung onto the lead and won the game. 'C '':.y-f::'te r: ;' .` •! TWA r n voc & North tambtoo Since 1873 • July 15, 1987 PagelA HOT PURSUIT — Two peewee soccer players, one from Grand Bend (foreground) and one from Ex- eter, vie for the ball as it heads toward the sidelines Tuesday night. Grand Bend eventually defeated Exeter Two by a score of 3-0. Exeter 1 edges out Exeter 1I1. In squirt action this week, Exeter I played Exeter IV at the highschool Exeter I played a little hit better and beat Exeter IV by a 3-1 score: Scoring for Exeter I were Sean Beattie, David Farquhar and Brian Ha ' Hayman while Jeff MacLean replied for Exeter IV. Daryl Parsons and Michael Ford played well for Exeter I as did Jen- nifer Regier and Brent Hartman for Exeter IV. Exeter III got an outstanding game from Luke Simms as they sent Lucan I home with a 7-0 defeat. Six of the seven goals were scored by Simms. Also scoring was Jeff Campbell, Presley Macer played well for Exeter 111. In atom play, a shorthanded Lucan team was no match for the Exeter 1 team. Most of the play took place in the Lucan half with the Exeter lads creating a, lot of scoring chances. Marty DeBruyn scored four times and squirt player Luke Simms who was brought up for this game scored the other goal for Exeter I. Trevor Obre and .Jeremy Janke were standouts on defence for Exeter I. Exeter Il travelled to Nairn tor a game against Nairn 1. Brothers Jeff and Bryce Hann con- tinued their excellent play of late and - led Exeter II to a :3-1 win. Jeff scored twice and Bryce scored once. Paul Vandyken also played well. Exeter 11 now has moved to fifth place with standings. In mosquito action. Exeter 1 travelled to Coldstream and kept their unbeaten record intact with a 4-0 win over Coldstream. Scoring for Exeter I were- Jason Willer!. Jamie Dougall, Dave Crighton and Sivichay Sengkhounmanv. - Sherryl Ballantyne played an ex- Please turn to page 3A Pete's win Blue Crew tourney There were a lot of 'hot' ball teams at the Huron County Rec Centre on the weekend, but Pete's Tavern, a fastball team from Toronto proved to he the hottest, winning the 'A' divi- sion title of the sixth annual Blue Crew men's rec league fastball tournament. After losing to Springfield in the 'A' division semi-final last year, Pete's Tavern returned to go all the way in Blue Crew competition this season. They went undefeated in the two day event, downing French Cleaners of Goderich 8-1 in the final and claim- ing $250 in prize money. Gary Latchford, starting pitcher for Pete's, was selected most valuable player for the 'A' division and was presented with a trophy mug. In the 'B' division, it was Zurich Geherals who took top honours. They downed Hensall 7-3 in the' B' final to win $175 in prize money..along with various brewery prizes from OV. After playing three games Satur- day under blistering conditions Hen- sall was understandably worn out. Generals. who received a bye into the 'B' final. took advantage of Hensali's • condition to win the game. Hensall finished the tourney'with a record of three wins and two losses while Generals had only one win and one loss. Generals received the bye because only 11 teams r . rtici r ted in the com- petition. The schedule had to be ad- justed -accordingly. Zurich's Jeff O'Brien was selected as the • V divisions' most valuable player. Despite the reduced number of par- ticipating teams in this year's event. organizer hike Soldan said that he was pleased with the outcome. "The calibre of ball was quite good and we had four teams from Toron- to. which was good." Soldan said. He noted that the number of people who turned out to watrch the rec league action was good considering the reduced number of teams involv- ed in the competition. Soldan also praised the tourney officiating. 'This ye:+r we had the Zurich Um - Please turn to • . e 3A 1 POPULAR PETE• Gary Lat- chford, (left) Pete's Tavern's pit- cher, was selected as the 'A' divi- sion most valuable player at the Blue Crew men's fastball tourney this weekend. Presenting him with a trophy mug is Mike Soldan. Tennis tourney • Close to 30 people took part in a doubles tennis tournament organized by the'Exeter Tennis Club Sunday afternoon. Doubles teams played in four different categories for four hours, . despite the extreme temperatures. The men's doubles category was captured by the team pf Dennis Mar- tin and Steve Johns while the com- bination of Carol Martin and Sue Vod- den took the ladies doubles category. In the mixed doubles category. it was the duo of Don Thompson and Carol Martin which took top honours. The junior doubles competition was won by the team of Shawn McFalls and Joe Osmon. Each doubles combination played three complete games to win the divi- sion title. Competitors in 'the mixed doubles category were forced to play a fourth game due to the number of participants. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Jeff O'Brien (left) was awarded wil the title of 'B' division s most valuable player at the end of the Blue Crew men s fastball tourney. Presenting him with a trophy mug is Mike Soldan. 011=git '. MMI MEI -- Tasty Nu Bread Everyday low price Kaiser Rolls doz. $1.80 IDelis• uIS Cherry Tarts 6/'1.89 -Cheese Marble ri, '2.99 Cheese Grated f00 gr Parmesan '1.17 (me! t quality Always fresh MISSED OPPORTUNITY - Exeter Raiders first baseman makes a valiant attempt to catch a wild throw while Hensall legionaires first base coach takes the safe way out during the Blue Crew men's fastball tourney in Exeter Satruday afternoon. Henson beat Raiders 8-.1 and eventually advanced to the 'B' final against Zurich Generals. r - #1ur Stmillier Nrrr's (in effect Thurs.. Fri.. Sot.) 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