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Times Advocate, 1996-09-04, Page 16Page 16 Times -Advocate, September 4,1996 This Week in Sports... • Asphalt sled racing introduced atMotorplex - page 17 • Canpozverskate program new to Exeter area - page 18 Heads up. South Huron District High School graduate Mar- ty DeBruyn scored his first goal recently playing for Lon- don City in the Premiere and the Canadian National Soc- cer Leagues. Local athlete scores surprise goal with Premier League EXETER - When Marty De- Bruyn from Exeter stepped onto the field to play his first game in the Canadian National Soccer League (CNSL), he didn't expect to get much playing time. But, not only did he play the en- tire game, he also earned a starting spot with London City Soccer Club and scored his first goal playing in the Premiere League a few weeks ago. "I expected to work my way into this and the next thing I know I'm in the starting line-up," said De- Bruyn. After being invited to try -out, and making the team at the beginning of the season, a last minute change by league officials gave him the op- portunity to play in both the Pre- mier League and the CNSL with London City. DeBruyn wasn't surprised to find it was a challenge playing against some of the best players in the coun- try, but he was pleased about scoring a goal in his first year in the semi -pro ranks. Playing sweeper, a defensive position in the back end, De- Bruyn's job is to take the ball away from his opponents, not to score goals. But a well placed corner kick from a teammate during a game against St. Thomas floated within striking range and DeBruyn jumped up to head the ball in the net to score his first goal of the season. Even though DeBruyn only grad - "When you play at a highly competitive level you learn so much more and the teams in this league can really teach you a lesson." Express season ends with a thud EXETER - Game 1 OBA tournament at Tillson- burg Wilkesport 9 vs. Exeter 2. Blown chances were the headline for this game as Exeter stranded 12 runners in a six -inning game. This included a bases loaded and a no out situation resulting in no runs in the fifth. The score was tied 2-2 at that point, Wilkesport scored severs runs in the sixth and seventh in- nings. Scot Russell allowed nine runs on 11 hits. Paul Elston finished up. Exeter's best hitters were Rick Boon (3), Scot Russell (2), Don Macdonald (2), and Darcy Martin (2) Game 2 Exeter 10 vs. Kingsville 2 Dan Masse scattered five hits, striking out seven. Again a domi- nating performance. Exeter scored at will. Best hitters were Fred Gregus (2), Bill Glover (1 double).and I ,Chard ch 1be (2)- rine team played as well 'as the score indicated. Game 3 Thorold 8 vs. Exeter 3 The Express scored one in the first and two in the seventh on a Mark Russell home run after the game was out of hand. Thorold scored three in the third, five in the sixth. Marty Hirney allowed four runs. Dan Masse relieved allowing four unearned runs. Mike Agnew fin- ished up. 1.. ocording to. At Evilness ,coach,. ."The season ended dismally. Most of us expected much better. Chang- es will be made in the roster and coaching staff to lead to more suc- cess next year." uated from South Huron District High School last June, he said he feels comfortable playing among veteran players and considers it a valuable experience. "When you play at a highly com- petitive level you learn so much more and the teams in this league can really teach you a lesson," he said. Learning on the field is some- thing DeBruyn has been doing since he was introduced to the sport at four -years -old. After playing soccer through the levels of the Ex- eter Minor Soccer system he played high school soccer for five years and helped lead the Panthers to three Huron -Perth Championships including a berth in the WOSSA playoffs last year. At the same time, he also played a few games for both of Exeter's senior mens soccer teams, the Centennials and the Fury, and completed a season with London United in the Western Ontario Soccer League. DeBruyn said he has come to ap- preciate the value of good coach- ing, something he has had through- out the years, but he said his inspiration comes from his father Martin. "He comes out to support me for almost all of my games. He's been a big influence on me," he said. London City is sitting near the bottom of the standings, but be- tween both leagues, DeBruyn is playing an average of four games a week and he isn't ruling out the possibility of scoring another goal before the season ends in October. But for now, he said he will con- centrate on doing what he does best. "As a defensive player I like tak- ing the ball away from (opposing) players. To me that's like a small victory because that's the whole purpose of being back there," he said. League Champs Great season. After finishing in first place in the league with a season record of 15 wins and six losses, the P.M.W. Squirt Lieury `Bad Girls" bowed out early in the playoff round to Lucan A. " Back row from left, Coach Sue Rollings, Michelle Trevithick, Jennifer Mary son, Crystal Isaac, Katie Chaisson, Melanie Bullock, Laura Railings, Kristen Holloway, Coach Donna Dixon. Front row, from left. Amanda Amos, Kelly Twynstra, Carrie Dixon, Jen- ny Mitchell, Josie Thompson and Angela Amos. New Zurich figure skating club forming ZURICH - The new Zurich Fig- ure Skating Club is just what your daughter or son may be looking for this fall and winter. Parents will love it too because there are less fundraising events. The club has decided to hold one major draw to fulfill its commit- ment for ice time. A brand new Ya- maha 340 Snowmobile is being raf- ,. fled off for $20 a ticket. The price also includes great early bird draws. A 14" color TV will go to a lucky winner in mid-October and the, second early bird draw for a Palmootder video camas will be pulled on Saturday, November 9, 1996. Pick up your tickets at reg- istration. This past summer has brought a lot of changesto the Canadian Fig- ure Skating Association (C.F.S.A.) and to our club. The most sig- nificant of these changes is the im- plementation of the exciting new skating skills program. This pro- gram will take the skills and edges from the old figures system and use them in skating patterns set to mu- sic. We expect the skaters to ben- efit greatly from this new migrant, butyls yet, we have not rally had a chance to see the milts. Benefits of the Zurich Figure Skating Club are many but largely unknown to us lucky enough to live in this rural community. Here, skat- ing students enjoy uncrowded ice and low instructor/student ratios as compared to city clubs. Registration is being held Sat- urday, September 7 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. upstairs at the Zurich Arena and Tuetlday, September 10 from 7 to 9 p.m. Skating begins in mid-October and runs to mid- Mardt. For more iafbrmation con- tact Nancy -Rae Lovie 2384385, flrenda Schitbe 236-4805 or Corot Prang 236.4661. All -Ontario playdowns The Dashwood pee wees travelled to McGregor this weekend to play in their OBA finals. Back, !eft to right, coach Marty Becker, Mark Laye Jr. Jesse Schroeder, Cal deLange, Andrew Kinsman, Dennis Bedard, Dick Lord and coach Mark Laye Sr. Front, 1 to r: Cameron Becker, Brayden Lord, Brent Morrison, Jarrett Palen and Jonathon Brand. Missing: Lee Finkbeiner Dashwood pee wees travel to McGregor Hard-fought battle sees locals eliminated in semi-finals History was in the making this weeked. The Dashwood pee wees travelled to McGregot to participate in the Ontario Baseball Association championship round. Although dropping their last two games after winning the first two, the Dashwood squad completed a very successful season. The first two games Saturday resulted in easy wins for the Dashwood team. They downed Kilbride 15-7 and trounced Ilderton 33-5 in a game shortened by the "mercy" rule. Playing their third contest in eight hours Saturday, the Dashwood boys lost 11-5 to Stoney Point and Sunday morning, a very tired local team was downed 15-0 by Bloomfield. Fatigue played a great part in the outcome of this game as Bloomfield with only two games on Satutday as the result of a bye appeared to be much fresher and stronger. Coach Marty Becker said Monday morning, "I'm very satisfied with the way the team performed. We were competing against higher class clubs. With a good team effort we went through the Westem Ontario qualifying sound in undefeated fashion. Becker concluded, " 1t was the first time in the three years that I have coached the boys that we have reached the Ontario finals and that's a real accomplishment. It's rewarding to play 50-50 in the provincial finals. Overall, we did very well. it was a good year." To get to the provincial finals, the Dashwood club eliminated Flesjrertort and Beaver Valley in Westem Ontario regional play. Win opener In the first game in the OBA finals, the Dashwood team got off to a good start with three runs in the third inning, four more in the fourth frame and added five in the fifth inning. Jesse Schroeder and Brayden Lord led the Dashwood boys at the plate with three hits and two runs batted in each. One of Lord's hits was a triple. Completing t e Dashwood hit total were a triple by Andrew Kinsman, a double delivered by Jonathan Brand and a single from the bat of Brent Morrison. Lord was the starting picher for Dashwood going three innings and Mark Laye finished up tossing the final four frames. Win easily In their second game of the tourney, the Dashwood youngsters scored 11 runs in the first inning against Ilderton and wert well on the way to victory. Ilderton pitchers had trouble finding the plate as they issued 22 walks in the game shortened because of the high score. Jesse Schroeder and Andrew Kinsman each had two hits. Contributing one hit apiece were Cal deLange and Laye. Schroeder was also the winning pitcher going the four innings before the game was called. Lose game three Despite scoring the first run of the game, • Dashwood lost 11-5 to Stoney Point, the team which eventually won the championship. The Stoney Point pitcher allowed only five hits. They came from the Dashwood bats of Jarrett Palen, Andrew Kinsman, Jesse Schroeder, Brayden Lord and Cal de Lange. Brent Morrison, Lord and Dennis Bedard were the Dashwood pitchers.. Bench strength was a factor in Dashwood's third game of the day as they lost one team member with an ejection for making contact and ended the game with only nine weary players. Shut out in last game Dashwood came up against a very keen, well - coached and well -rested Bloomfield team for their semi-final game on Sunday moming. The opponents scored in every inning with five in the first to chalk up the 15-0 victory The only Dashwood hit was stroked by Jarrett Palen. On the hill for Dashwood were Lord, Kinsman and Laye. The Dashwood team is coached by Marty Becker and Mark Laye Sr. r, 4