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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-09-04, Page 16wood took on one of the tougher teams in the tournament, Merriton and came away with a big 9-7 win. They jumped into an early 5-0 lead but it was two runs in the sixth that made the difference. in the sixth, Ramer and Steve Farquhar both walked and eventual- ly scored. Farquhar and Parsons both had two key hits in this game. "They really came together in the tournament," said Gillespie of his team's effort in the provincial championship. Shawn Gillespie started on the mound for Dashwood against Mer- riton and gave up just one hit be- fore giving way to Derek Masse who, like his brother Danny, is a very hard thrower. "That was the key to that game," said Gillepsie. "They (Merriton) were coming back on us. Dashwood opened the tourna- ment with a disappointing 8-4 lass to Georgetown. This one was all over in the first inning as Georgetown pounded out three hits, were given three walks and led 6-0 at the end of the first in- ning. Dashwood got a run in the sec- ond inning and three more in the third. 1 .Page 16 Times -Advocate, September 4, 1991 SPORT: Dashwood plays well, win two games at OBA midget 'C' championship tourney By Fred Groves EXETER - What if... That's the question the Dashwood midgets pondered Sunday night as they were eliminated from the On- tario Baseball Association 'C' championship tournament. Dashwood put forth an outstand- Mg effort winning a pair of games but bowed out to the eventual tour- nament champions in a close 5-3 game. Darkness meant the game had to be halted at the Alvin Willett Field Atattitiof Dashwood's Jamie Ramer, right; kicked up a lot of dirt in, Sunday's game against Merriton. Ramer was safe as he slid into third base while the ball bounces away. A big delivery by Dashwood pitcher Derek Masse meant a big win over Merriton at the OBA championships on the weekend. • THANK YOU To the following who contributed to the O.B.A. Midget Baseball Toumament In Exeter on the weekend. Your support is appreciated. • Dashwood Minor Athletic Assoc. • Exeter Roofing • Ag -Com Trading Inc. • Huron Tractor • MacLean* • Exeter Times -Advocate • Prudential Insurance Mord Lewis • EMA Foods • South Huron Roc Centre • Hoffmann Dashwood • Kongskilde Ltd. • McCann Redl-Mix • Becker Farm Equipment • Exoter Honda • Huron Motor Products • Zurich Pharmacy • Coaches, John Gillespie, Jim Keller Thanks, Exeter/Dashwood Midget Baseball Club - O.B.A. Midget Championship Tournament Port Hope beat Tillsonburg Big first inning leads to provincial crown EXETER - Lack of pitching hurt Tillsonburg as they were overcome by a tough Port Hope team here in the final of the Ontario Baseball Associa- tion midget 'C' final. Port Hope, going undefeated in the eight -team provincial final e took advantage of four walks in the first inning tori----- on to a fairly easy 11-3 win. It was all over in the first inning as Port Hope built a commanding 5-0 lead. Ryan Balazs started on the mound for Tillsonburg but after getting the fust batter to fly out got into trouble. Balazs was replaced by Derek Pardo, followed by Brent Vandenneucker I and Trevor Lamb came on in the third inning to finish the game. In the first inning, Mark ONeil and Jason Craig got back-to-back singles followed by a walk to Jonathan Smith and Paul Boncardo was safe ori a fielders' choice. Wayne Bilger, Pete Boncardo and Brett Mills all received walks before the Tillsonburg defence could get two outs and get out of the inning. On the Port Hope mound, Jason Green worked six innings before giving way to Wayne Bilger. Tillsonburg got a run in the third frame, another in the seventh and one in the eighth inning. The high scoring game was a bit of a surprise as earlier in the tourna- ment, Port Hope edged Tillsonburg 3-2. Tillsonburg got to the final after al 7-3 win over Collingwood and Pon Hope had to eliminate host Dashwood before they could reach the final. Opening for the 1891-92 Season Sats September 7 Senior Citizens are welcome Starting Wednesday Sept. 4 at 1 p.m. Seniors YBC Registration Ages 14-19 on Sun., Sept. 8, 1 p.m. Registration Fee $5.00 Vrlrfr �r��I�.rV Leagues are now forming For those interested Phone 227-4236 or 227-1034 after four -and -a -half innings and tournament rules did not allow for it to be finished Monday morning. Port Hope took a 1-0 lead in the fust inning but Mark Keller ripped a three -run double in the second in- ning and Dashwood took a two run lead. But Port Hope came back in their half of the second and got four runs. Derek Masse came on to pitch for the locals and managed to shut Port Hope down. "Derek Masse was in and he was ' pitching well. I was looking for- ward to playing another two in- nings but the rules are the rules," said Dashwood coach John Gilles- pie. "I'm sure they didn't want to see us any more because we gave them all they could handle," he added. Dashwood opened the eight team tournament with an 8-4 loss against Georgetown early Saturday morn- ing but bounced back and hand-.__ mered Wallaceburg 13-1 later that night and surprised Merriton with a 9-7 upset Sunday afternoon. "We wanted to complete the game (against Port Hope) ibis (Monday) morning but they insist- ed we play by the rules. We had runners in scoring position twice and if we had a set of lights here or another hour of daylight, I liked our chances of coning back and at least tieing them up." Merriton beat Essex, one of the tournament winning hopefuls, earli- er in the day. Against Merriton, Dashwood got a good pitching per- formance' from Shawn Gillespie who went five innings. When Dash- wood took on Wallaceburg, it was hard -throwing righthander Derek Masse who handcuffed the opposi- tion's offence. "All the teams in this tournament were sound, competent teams," said Gillespie. "In that particular game (Wallac- eburg) we got an outstanding pitch- ing performance from Danny Masse. He pitched a complete game throwing. really hard and he had his change up going which had the Wallaceburg guys guessing." Against Wallaceburg, Dashwood knocked the cover off the ball as they pounded out 11 hits. Wallace - burg also gave up eight walks, three of those to leadoff batter, sec- ond baseman Jamie Ramer. Scott Parsons swung a big bat with a triple and a double while Danny Masse had a pair of singles and scored two runs. Late Sunday afternoon, Dash- DON'T PROCRASTI- NATE; AT LEAST NOT YET You see, about one out of twenty.e*isting furnances will need replacing this year, but, Most people won't do any thing about it until .the kids are back in school. -filen, it starts: "What do you mean, you can't do it • today? If I wanted it done tomorrow I would have called you tomorrow." So come on,, folks. Ring my phone off the wall. • I'of luck; it's a. _ BAILEY'S OF HENSALL LTD. 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