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Times Advocate, 1992-07-08, Page 13SPORT! Imperials bow to Selects, again By Fred Groves T -A staff EXETER - St. Marys and Exeter. It's becoming a fierce battle dur- ing tournaments, unfortunately for the Exeter Chrysler Imperials, they are coming out with all the scars. Sunday night, the St. Marys Staf- fen Selects easily beat the Imperi- als 7-1 to win the 11 t Annual Ex- eter Men's Fastball Tournament. Two weeks ago in St. Marys, the Imperials won four straight games before the Selects beat them twice to win that tournament. At this year's event, dubbed the 1992 Chrysler Challenge, the Im- perials won three in a row before dropping a 4-2 decision to the Se- lects. That loss put them against Fingal and after a big 10-6 win, Exeter found themselves in the final against the Selects. Although Exeter scored in the bottom of the first when shortstop Dan Heywood led off with a dou- ble and eventually scored on a passed ball, it would be the only run of the game for the tournament hosts. In the third, Exeter starting pitch- er Doug Charlton hit St. Marys catcher John Urquhart hard on the arm, he had to be replaced by Steve Hart. Charlton gave up walks to Paul Bushfield and Doug Levy while John Bell, Steve Neeb and John Moore all connected with base hits to give the Selects a comfortable 4- 0 lead. Charlton gave up one more run in I1 th Annual Tournament. off of a couple of base hits. Derwyn Hodgins came on in relief in the fifth but he had trouble as well as St. Marys got two more runs on doubles by Levy, Neeb and Moore. The only bright light for the Im- perials in the finale was Jeff Shipley's single and two doubles. He was named the tournament Most Valuable Player while Si Marys pitcher Paul Horenburg was named the Top Pitcher. Imperials 10, Fingal 6 This was the best played game of the tournament for Exeter as they played solid defense and banged out 11 hits. Exeter went up 3-0 in the top of the first inning when Darren Neil walked, Brian Noyes singled and Graham Nesbitt smacked a three - run homer. But Fingal, a senior club, battled back and it was 3-2 at the end of the firsi After three complete in- nings it was tied 4-4. The Imperials sent 13 batters to the plate in the sixth inning coming up with five big runs which was capped with a Mike Neil double. St. Marys 4, Imperials 2 It was scoreless until the fourth inning when Hodgins walked three batters and Scott Shackleton con- nected with a big base hit. The Se- lects got one more in the sixth when Neeb was safe on a fielders' choice and Moore singled. Exeter's runs came in the sixth when Noyes singled and Shipley homered. Imperials 4, Petrolia 1 For many this was the latest game they had every played as Sat- urday's games were delayed due to bad weather and overtime games. It was nearly 1:30 a.m. on Sun- day when Exeter beat the Squires. Although this one was tied 1-1 after the first, Noyes, Shipley and Steve Neil all had hits in the fourth to add three more runs. Imperials 5, Mitchell 4 Exeter had a fairly comfortable lead against Mitchell as they led 4- 0 in the second inning. But the Mets scored three runs off of four hits in the seventh to make it close. The winning run in this game was in the fifth when Shipley and Hodgins put singles back-to-back. Imperials notes:...In the opening game of the tournament Friday night, Exeter beat Ayr Vics 5- 0...Thursday night Exeter edged Fullarton 1-0 to up their South Perth Men's Fastball League record to 9-2...The Imperials are now busy getting their roster together for the O.A.S.A. Eliminations in Owen Sound during the Civic Holiday weekend. 040t� ., t SJif". rtroe 5, $L this 2 gal $, Scarhorou h 3 fit. Marys 7,>t rpJa is 0 Exeter 5,:14i4t11 >I I'ctralia 4, I1 Sarnia I1,.; •, .; `h fi St. Marys Ezeter4, •.` R St. Marys 2,'S a. ar[ltt�: Ayr 7, Loi oti c Oakville 6, T 1 St, Pauls 4, Toronto • amt chie 4, Scar • • • . t omit 6, London State 5 ' (*vine 4, MItchell 2 ,gat 6, SL Pauls 1.:•. .444__ Glticoe 5, Camlachie 4 '.Ayr 5, Oakville 4 Fingal 5, Glencoe 4 Sarnia 7„ 1yr Fiogal 4, Petrolia'3 Viotti 9, Sarnia 3 Exeter 5, Ayr 0 <?:; Mitchell 5, London.Bunns. ie's 4 London S tate 1, OakYil e o Pctrolia 13, Toronto lnndians 1 Brian Noyes, left; gets the tag on a St. Marys Selects player during Sunday afternoon's game. Noyes had an outstanding tournament, catching all but one game and having seven hits. It Exeter Impedais third baseball Sieve Ne!!, right; tries to get a St. Marys player Ina run down during Sunday's game. Exeter iost this contest and later met St. Marys in the finals. Mints is just one of the talented teens here is a very tal- ented group of young athletes right here under our noses. Although hockey may be the big sport in Canada, these young men excel in many sports. Take for instance Damen Kints. While many know him for his quick glove saves in net dur- ing exciting hockey games at the South Huron Recreation Centre, he is a soccer goalie and plays fastball with the Exeter Royals. Besides Kints; Gavin .Snell and Sean McCann are also ex- cellent all-around athletes playing soccer and fastball. They welt all members of the Legionnaire bantam hockey team this past winter. They socialize and later this month, will be joined by Tre- vor Taylor (another bantam hockey and fastball player) and Jim Dietrich on a trip to the Listowel Jr tior 'B' Cyclones hockey tryout camp. Kints is well sought after as he has als., received an invita- tion by the St. Marys Lincolns for their camp in August. He explained the difference in the letter he received from the two clubs. "They (Lincolns), want a lot of your personal life, like what you want to do after hockey. If you make the team, they know about your feelings." When you are 16 years -old, your feelings may not matter to a lot of people, but junior hockey teams want to know the make up of their players both inside and out. Kints has got a good chance of catching on with either the Cyclones or the Lincolns. He was the last goalie cut at last year's Ontario under -17 camp. If he doesn't make a Junior 'B' club, he looks forward to playing tetween the pipes for the defending OMHA Midget champions, the RSD Generals. Life after sports: Hockey, fastball, soccer...Kints leads a very busy life but there does seem to be something else on his mind other than sports. Although just heading into Grades 11, he would like to be- come a physical education teacher or go to law school some day. It's not out of the question since his marks are in the 80's. There are very few all-around athletes. The type who can pick up a bat, hockey stick or kick a soc- cer ball with ease and do it well. It's called being a natural. Kints, Snell, McCann and a few others already mentioned 1 are those kind of athletes. If you ever watch Snell play a sport, he's a leader. Not only by his ability, but his actions. In a recent rough soccer game, he did not hesitate in coming to Kints' aid when the goalie was being mauled. McCann is like the New York Rangers' Mark Messier. Rather than take the long way around, he prefers a much } shorter route to his destination. Although still bantam age, he helped the Generals win the provincial title. He also has a very good chance of making the Cyclones. Playing different sports means using different muscles and often thinking differently, but for Kints playing goal has a lot of similarities. "It's basically the same, you still have to cut down the an - I gle." •r.'ik former baseball player now converted to fastball shows you his versatility. For those who have gone from baseball to fastball it's quite a transformation. "I played baseball all my life. This is my first year of fast - ball. It hasn't been tough changing back and forth. I thought it would be different." There is a reason he is playing fastball. There is a reason Kints, Snell, McCann, Chris McDonald and Ben Armstrong are now fastball players. It's because they have a very good chance of winning the Ontario Amateur Softball Association bantam crown. If anyone wants to see a group of talented young men excel in a sport, come to the OASA finals which are being held in Exeter August 22 and 23. From the sidelines:...I was out to a few minor games last week, girls softball, boys soccer, a ladies slo-pitch game and a peewee baseball game and it is great to see all these athletes improving as the summer goes on. 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