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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1980-08-21, Page 23Dominions take Exeter tourney Citizens News, August 21, 1980 Pogo 23 Peewees Advance in playoffs The Dashwood bantams are enjoying a very good season as evidenced by their fine performance against Hanover in the playoffs. The Friedsburg team has won three games in .playoff action with their latest victory coming Monday evening. The local team clobbered the northern squad 8-2. earned run average of 4.11. Pee wees advance to OBA playoffs The Dashwood Pee wees advanced to the OBA playoffs with two shut out victories over Mount Forest on the weekend. • Friday night in Mt. Forest Trevor Johnston pitched a no-hitter as Dashwood won 5 to 0. Dashwood scored three SPORTS • SPOT with Marlene and Tony Bedard Contributing to the Dash- wood cause were Dwayne Laporte with two singles, a triple and a walk; Cam Steckle with a double and a single; Danny Dittmer, two singles; Gary Smith, a home run and a_single and Dave Hayterwith asingle.In games played earlier Dashwood defeated Hanover 3-2 and 8-7. In the 3-2 win Dashwood scored three runs in the fifth inning on two doubles and a hit batter. Picking up the two baggers were Dittmer, Paul Johnston and Tim Bender. The 8-7 game was a see- saw affair with Dashwood scoring two runs in the fifth and sixth innings to secure the victory. Earlier in the game Smith hit a home run for Dashwood. The following are the batting averages for the squad and the records of the pitchers. Batting averages - Dave Hayter, 500; Dwayne Laporte, 428; Gary Smith, 397; Randy Ford, 300; Cam Steckle, 275; Scott Rader, 222; Tim Bender, 200; Derek McKinnon, 181; Jeff Laporte, 176; Danny Ditt- mer, 142; Paul Johnston, 125; Tony Smith, 111; Jody Durand, .083; David Heimrich, 000 and Travis Davis, 000. Tony Smith was the leading pitcher with a record of five wins and one loss and a fine earned run average of 1.02. Dwayne Laporte was two and two during the regular season and had an runs in the first inning and 2 in the fifth. Dashwood had a total of five hits, a double by Ted Hodgins and singles by Trevor Johnston, Mark Johnston, Darcy Martin ana Doug Schade. Sunday afternoon in Dash- wood, Dashwood scored 2 runs in the fourth inning and again shut out Mount Forest to eliminate them from further playdowns. Doug Schade pitched the shut out for Dashwood, each team collecting five hits. Schade also had two singles. The other hits were collected by Buddy Richardson, Ted Hodgins and Trevor Johnston. It was a very well played series with the Sunday game being played in only 1 hour and 7 minutes. The pee wees will be starting their OBA' playoffs this weekend but have not yet received word as to who they will meet. Bowling starting soon Bowling in Zurich will be getting underway very soon with a meeting for the ladies league set for tonight (Thursday) at the Towne and Country Bowling Lanes. If you're interested in ladies bowling please attend the meeting or phone 236-4923. Tavern wins Exeter tourney Over the past weekend the Zurich Dominion Tavern captured the A cham- pionship at the Exeter men's fastball tournament. Leading the way for the Tavern crew, was the pit- ching of Brian "Ace" Zurich rec ball w � Tavern Pontiac D -J 011 Burners Sunsets Patz Boys 10 6 10 7 10 8 9 9 5 9 10 13 Pts. 20 20 20 18 18 10 Hodgins who allowed only four runs in four games, Richard Schilbe and Pat Bedard who each connected for 2 home runs apiece. In the D.T.'s . first game against Exeter Hurondale, the Tavern boys scored a 8-0 victory with the game being called after five innings because of the mercy rule. Leading the way at the plate was Richard Schilbe, Pat Bedard, Ron Rader, Wayne Meidinger and Jeff O'Brien with two hits apiece and Brian Hodgins and Kim McKinnon with a single hit apiece.Pitcher Brian Hodgins allowed only 1 hit and recorded 13 strikeouts in the 5 inning game. In their second game, the Tavern Boys scored a 7-0 win over the Exeter Hawks, which was also called after five innings. Leading the way for the victors was Pat Bedard who had an inside the park home run, Richard Schilbe and Jeff O'Brien with a double each, Wayne Meidinger and Kevin McKinnon with two singles apiece, and pitcher Brian Hodgins with a single. Winning pitcher Brian Hodgins allowed two hits an struck out 14 in helping the ,P.T.'s to their victory. In their semi-final victory, the winners came up against their arch rivals from Clinton, the Bluebirds and defeated them by the score of 8-1 which was also called after five innings because of the mercy rule. Leading the D.T.'s of- fensively was Pat "George" Bedard who had his second home run of the tourney, along with a double and triple. Next came Ken Fenwick with two doubles, Richard Schilbe with his first of 2 tournament home runs, and Brian Hodgins, Jeff O'Brien and Kim McKinnon with a single each. Again the winning hurler was Brian Hodgins who allowed three hits all singles and recorded four strikeouts. With their semi-final victory over Clinton, this enabled the Dominion Tavern. to meet their old enemies from their own league, the D.J.'s who earlier had defeated Gord's Variety of Exeter 10-2 and the Seaforth Teachers 6-2. After their 2nd game the D.J.'s were awarded the bye into the final, which set the stage for an all Zurich showdown. The Tavern crew never looked back after the first pitch of the game to lead off hitter 'Richard Schilbe was hit over the fence for a home run. The final score of the game was 12-3. Leading the way for the Champi9ns was Pat Bedard who had three singles and a triple, Richard Schilbe with a home run and a triple, Jeff O'Brien with a single, a triple and a long home run, Kevin McKinnon with two singles and Brian - Hodgins, Ken Fenwick, Gary Koehler and ,Kim McKinnon with a single apiece. . Leading the D.J.'s attack was Wayne "Mike" . Clarke with a three run homer, Ray Weido with a triple and single, Richard Fisher with a two singles and Mike Desjardine with one. Winning' pitcher for the fourth consecutive game was Brian Hodgins who recorded seven strikeouts and allowed six hits. Losing pitchers Wayne Clarke and Barry Taylor combined for a total of 7 strikeouts. After the game the victors were presented with the Molson Cup and a cheque for $150 along with souvenir crests. One_more presentation was made as the Tavern's hurler Brian "Ace" Hodgins was presented with the most valuable player award from Molsons, which was in the form of lovely plaque presented by tournament representative Ron Bogart. D.J.'s and D.T.'s split league games • During the past week the D.J.'s and the Dominion Tavern split in their two regular scheduled games. Last Wednesday night the D.J.'s defeated the Tavern crew by a score of 6-2. Leading the way for the winners was Mike Clarke wit a three run homer, Mike DeJardine with a triple and single, Paul Morrison and Dave Clarke with one hit apiece. For the losers Richard Schilbe had a double and Jeff O'Brien a single. Winning pitchers Mike Clarke and Barry Taylor recorded five strikeouts and allowed two hits. . Losing pitcher Randy McKinnon allowed 5 hits and fanned 7 opposing batters. On Monday night of this week, the Tavern scored a thrilling 9-8 victory over the D.J.'s to gain a split in their two game series.. Leading the way for the winners was DOMINION WINS — Zurich Dominion Tavern defeated the Zurich DJ's to take the A crown of the Exeter and area mens' rec fastball league tournament held in Exeter on the weekend. Making up the Tavern team were (back row) Steve Smith, Ron Rader, Wayne Meidinger, Jeff O'Brien, Brian Hodgins, Gory Koehler and Ken Regier. In the front row are Pat Bedard, Kim McKinnon, Kevin McKinnon, bat boy Jason Schilbe, Richard Schilbe and Ken Fenwick. Ron Rader with two singles and a double, Kim McKinnon with two singles, Pat Bedard and Stephen Smith a double each, Wayne Meidinger and Richard Schilbe a triple, and Ken Fenwick and Ken Regier with a single each. Leading the way for the D.J.'s was Paul Morrison who had two home runs and a single to account for six of the losers' runs, next came Ken Clarke with two hits, Mike Clarke, and Ray Weido with a single apiece. Winning pitcher Kim McKinnon recorded five strikeouts and allowed seven hits. Losing pitcher was Barry Taylor who allowed 10 hits and recorded one strikeout. In the other Monday game the Pontiacs outslugged the Patz Boys 12-7. The green team scored 11 runs in the first three innings i to put the blue gentlemen in the hole. Leading the way were Mike Overholt with two singles and two walks; Percy Bedard with two singles and a triple; Bob Brown with the same count; Barry Overholt with a single and a home run and Don O'Brien with a pair of singles. In games last week Patz defeated theSunsets 4-2 and 7-2 in a pair of games. Minor softball The Cubs trounced the Pirates 24-9 with the victors picking up 23 of their runs in the game's first three in- ning§. Rob Ducharme lead the way with four hits including a triple. Paul Smith, Jamie Durand, Diane ' Hoffman, Greg Overholt and Gordon Denomme had two hits each. 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