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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-05-15, Page 18High five - Exeter Royals player -coach Graham Nesbitt is congrat- ulated by his teammates after scoring in Friday night's game. Mike Neil hit a home run to drive Nesbitt in who had walked dur- ing fifth inning action. Fastball action Royals hot, still unbeaten By Fred Groves WELLESLEY - It took jus pitch for the Exeter Royals to their fourth straight South Men's Fastball game here Fn night. Centrefielder Darren Neil b ed a third inning home run w proved to be the winning ru the Royals beat the Wellesley letics 8-0. The night before in Exeter, Royals edged the St. hili ys leets 2-0. Tomorrow night in Exeter p.m., the Royals face their tou est test of the early season w they take on the defending lea champs, St. Pauls Generals. Darren Neil added a double the fourth inning to collect a p of rbi's on the night. Both pitc offered up to the young outtlel by Athletics' pitcher Jason E cre identical. "It was real easy to see," s Neil of the pitches. Against the Selects, Neil w tless in two plate appearanc hen he faced St. Marys ace Do ae. Don Rae, you have to lay o e high stuff. When he throws trike you have to swing the bat.' Darren wasn't the only Neil ing a big bat against the Athle as brother Mike launched o -run shot in the fifth ronin The third member of the Neil far , brother Steve, was hitless b red a run in the third off of Ik and came on in the last in g to pitch. oach Graham Nesbitt was hap - to see another hurler on the b. Dan Heywood got his first of the season Friday night struck out four while giving just one hit and a walk. Dennis Carty came on in relief sixth and gave up just two hi le fanning one before Stev 1 pitched the ninth and struc two. fence is the key to the Royals' y success as they have allowed one run in their four regular n games. We have a good pitching staff a good hitting club," said Dar - Neil. He also gave credit to top Bill Tremeer who has flawless. ly lead: After Darren Neil's er started the offence rolling, e Neil walked with two out and home on Nesbiu's double. He on an error which put Mike third and scored on a passed ball to t one make it 5-0. Perth Mike Neil's homer made it 7-0 as he brought Nesbiu around who had �y walked. Jim Allison's first hit of the year was a big one as he tripled to last- lead off the sixth and came home hich when Tremeer grounded out. n as Jason Erb started on the mound Ath- for the Athletics and gave way to Jody Pfaff and finally Allan Pfaff. the Not only have the Royals allowed se- just one run but they have out.. at 9 scored their opponents 17-1; "We come to play every night, no h - one let's up," said Nesbitt. Against the Athletics, Nesbitt had gue a chance to give some of his hitters a few more cuts at the ball. Mike in Neil, Mike Desjardino, Rod John - air ston and Jim Lewis all had five hes trips to the plate. der "We have some guys that we rb have to get going. If they get hit- ting, it will snowball," said Nesbitt. oyals 2, Selects 0 as Thursday night in Exeter it was a es battle between two of the best n pitchers in the league. When it was over, Royals' Der- wyn Hodgins outlasted Rae. Hod- gins of the se -a- a son as h went alhis best l nineginnings and to struck out 15 while allowing just four hits and a pair of walks. Quinn confident Hawks to dominate next season hi EXETER - Although the Exeter Junior D Hawks once again fell a little R short of getting to the Ontario finals this year, team manager Al snag Quinn said he was confident the team would be back in the running next season. , th Quinn was addressing the team at its annual awards banquet Saturday s evening, and he said he was full of optimism for the Hawks' future. "We should have gone to the Ontario final," said Quinn. "We had Lucan sw on the ropes and we let them go." ics Quinn predicted that if next year's team can put together a lineup with tw the same calibre of player as this year's, then he said the Hawks would see the playoffs through to the end. fly aid R t- St. Marys threatened in the first a inning when leadoff batter Steve g. Tomkins singled and went to sec- ut and on an error that put John.Urqu- Before the awards ceremony, Quinn was able to get in some good- eco natured ribbing for virtually each team member. He pointed out that Al wa Blommaert's name was mispronounced by every announcer in every arena nin the rpt a hart aboard. With one out, Doug Levy walked to load the bases. But Greg Poetker struck out and Tomkins was tossed out by Royals' catcher Brian Noyes. Rae took over and struck out 12 - of -15 he faced including nine in a row. Pstul Horenberg came on to �ixth end a pair of wild bAtilted in the winning run. Hawks visa , and noted that Mark Reid had the dubious distinction C of receiving the hardest hit of the season: "Unfortunately, it was from one Py of our own players." c u John Bell was described as "something of a medical miracle" because start while having his wisdom th pulled, he swallowed one of them and and Quinn cailed`t9 t"geY0 qd a'"g nder's.nightmare" for his face -high tip wrist shots. Quinn also said by the end of the season he was sick of hearing assistant the coach George Pratt lecture the team with "I can't stress enough the impor- whi tance of this game". Nei . Coach John Kernick told the players his first experience of coaching jun out for hocke in is Johnston singled, stole second e went to third on a wild pitch and k another bad pitch saw him score. Exeter added an insurance marker in the eighth when Darren Neil led • off with a walk, stole second and with two out scored on Kevin Lightfoot's single. St. Marys had a good chance to come back in the ninth. Levy lined one to Tremeer who made a good catch and then Poetker doubled to the fence and while trying to stretch it into a triple was thrown out. Bathpaths: Of those with 10 or more at bats, Lightfoot leads the way at .313, Darren Neil is .300 and Steve Neil is .288 these include exhibition games...From the mound, Hodgins has gone 18 in- nings and struck out 32... y was rewarding and he hoped to return to the Hawks next sea- De son. earl "I only hope some of the players got as much out of this year as I did," just said Kenrick, who wished the best to the players who would be leaving the seaso The award for sportsmanship went to Derek Shackleton who was also and selected as the team's most valuable player in the playoffs. The "Steve ren Bilke trophy for regular season MVP went to Jean-Paul Cousineau. shorts The most improved player of the year award went to goalie Clint been McCann, and rookie of the year was Andrew Barton. Key players in what Quinn described as the "best defense in the league" hom were Larry Lewis, Al Blommaert, and John Rooseboom, who won the best Stev defenseman, most defensive dcfenseman, and most defensive forward came awards, respectively. scored Steve Vandenbcrk was chosen as the most gentlemanly player. Neil Taking the Bank of Montreal trophy as the team's scoring champion was In Doug Clark, who also ranked second in the league for points scored. [Pho- Hey tos on page 201. Darren team. " the fourth, again with two out, wood walked and scored on Neil's double. Neil stole Katherine Ens, more than a volunteer There is always a handful of individuals who take on the bulk of the sports load in every community. It's something they've always done and for most, something they will continue to do. One of these is Katherine Ens. How's this for a portfolio; president of the Exeter Figure Skating Club, secretary -treasurer of the Tyndall Karate Club in Exeter and secretary -treasurer of the Exeter Minor Baseball Association. In between running from meeting to meeting, Katherine is a yellow belt in karate and teaches some classes and is the man- ager of a tyke ball team. "Someone has to do it," she said simply of her involvement. "I enjoy being involved." Katherine became the vice-president of the Skating Club af- ter her children joined and when asked to take over the top spot, didn't jump at the chance right away. "I was asked right then when my kids signed up if I'd be vice-president and I said no, I don't know anything about it, but they kept telling me and teaching me." She admits she has learned a lot as a result of being moved into the top position very quickly. Katherine also said having a good executive like the lo- cal club has is very impor- tant. "If I—don't know what I'm doing then they'll know what I'm supposed to be doing." The Exeter Minor Baseball Association is not as struc- tured as other organizations as they have a few key peo- ple who do the administrative duties. "It suits the baseball organization, the figure skating you could never get away with it. It's too big of an organization you have 140 skaters and they're all in different sections." Katherine has been in karate for the past four years and has her yellow belt. She competes in toumaments and her sons have been involved. "With the karate club that gets into more fund raising be- cause it's a smaller group." She works for Canada Post and always makes sure to take time for her family. Their day is Sunday. She recently had to attend a skating meeting on Sunday. "I object to that because Sunday's are reserved as my family day." Katherine has a very bigproject in the works which is scheduled for Saturday, August 10. That's the day of a Sports Flea Market at the South Huron Recreation Centre. Anyone with sports or exercise equipment who want to buy or sell, this is the place to do it. Doors for those who will be selling open at 10 a.m. Also, this Friday and Saturday the Exeter Figure Skating Club will be selling hot dogs at Darlings. sidelines by Groves A recent press release that landed on my desk says the Min- istry of Tourism and Recreation has created a new positiofi; a commissioner for amateur boxing. The commissioner will help ensure the safety in the sport. Minister of Tourism and Recreation Peter North says, "we can not sit idle while the safety of our boxers is being com- promised." Can you believe these Stanley Cup playoffs? For those who keep asking me if I saw last night's game, I have to say sorry. Now why would a sports reporter not be watching you ask? Believe it or not, my new residence in Mt. Carmel does not have cable. 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