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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1995-06-21, Page 14Page 14 Times -Advo ate, June 21, 1995 Billy Shore of the Exeter Express prepares to haul down the ball and tag out a Strath- roy runner attempting to steal second base during Exeter's 16-4 win last Tuesday. This Week in Spo ucan hockey player makes OHL draft - p nials de eat arm •se On Express baseball seniors undefeated in three games Express take landslide victories in three different games EXETER - The Exeter Express senior baseball players are starting to come together as a team win- ning all three of there last games in landslide victories. The ball club seems to have peaked embarrassing their opposition with lopsided wins raking in run after run while the defence continues to stonewall the other club's efforts at of- fense. In their last three games the Express have chalked up an incredible 49 runs op- posed to their opponents combined effort of 12. The secret of their success lately is probably due to their saturated. talent. No one player is dominating the point race as everyone on the team seems to be getting hits contributing to the inning streak. "Our is good have be ti a Scott, Dave and Mark Russell have combined for a total of 15 hits over the last three games while hitters Paul, Smith, Rob Dickey, Rick Boon, Mart Merrier, Bill Glover, Pete Heeny, Ron Elliot and Billy Shore filled in for the rest. Pitching, though, has been a different story. When it comes to put- ting a pitcher on the mound the Express seem to abide by the old saying "If it's working, don't change it." The Express enjoyed some strong and consistent pitching recently from just three of their pitchers. Paul Elston pitched for the entire game on Sunday giving up only six hits while striking out three batters and walking one during their 19-2 blow away game against Arva. Scott Russell had the honours dur defense playing and we en get - ng some wesome hits." Harleys race at Motorplex Over 4,000 spectators watch Grand Bend Motorplex Harley Davidson race Jeff Schnarr from Owen Sound raced his 1986 Custom Softail Harley Davidson at the Grand Bend Motorplex raceway. Sports- Lite Chris Skalkos T -A staff GRAND BEND - They came in Sportsters with fish -tail pipes. They came in Hardtails with ape - hangers. They came in Dressers with leather saddlebags. And they came to race. The Grand Bend Motorplex host- ed their first official Harley David- son Drag Races on Sunday under warm temperatures and sunny skys. Over 4,000 spectators came out to watch the Father's Day Thunder Se- ries Points Meet which registered 48 racers among the 500 Harley Davidsons that rolled in for the weekend. Kris Bedard, track manager and race co-ordinator, said he was sur- prised at the turnout. "I thought it was going to be big but I didn't ex- pect this," said Bedard. At one point, Bedard said the bleachers were full and the spec- tators were lined up four deep along the fence to catch a glimpse of the Bikes roaring down the track. The pit area and parking lot re- sembled that of a bike show. Hun- dreds of Harley Davidsons from Canada and the US were parked in two long single files allowing pas- serby a close up look at the cus- tomized work which makes each and every motorcycle unique. "It's unbelievable, there are Hogs everywhere," said Bedard. David Kuiack, owner of Rocky's Harley in London was there Sun- day afternoon racing his Harley Dragster equipped with an eight inch slick tire and a wheelie bar. He took it down the 1/4 mile track four times with his fasted time clocked in at 9.77 seconds at 135 mph. Kuiack said he has raced Harley's in the US were the event draws out huge crowds and it was a change to see a Canadian racetrack host an event such as this. "I've been doing, this for a while and this is the biggest one I've been to in Canada," he said adding that the track officials did a good job accommodating both motorcycles and cars as both vehicles were run- ning that day. "At other tracks the motorcyclists are put on the back burner but they're really glad to see us here," said Kuiack. Jody Bierstock, from Toronto was also glad to see the Harleys. She drove up to Grand Bend for the afternoon just to see the bikes. "You'll never see so many Har- ley's in one place at one time," said Bierstock. "I've seen Harley T- shirts from all over North Amer- ica," she said. Rob Hamel, a long-time Harley en- thusiast from Kitchener said he didn't come to see the Harleys, he came to hear them. "It sounds like thunder," ex- plained Hamel about the deep throaty rumbling sound that has be- come the bike's trademark. "It's the kind of sound you can feel." ing their 14-6 victory over the Lon- don Chiefs on Saturday allowing only seven hits in eight innings. His Brother Mark relieved him for the final inning allowing 2 runs on two hits. Rick Boort pitched the entire game for the Express last Tuesday during Exeter's 16-4 romp over the Strathroy Juniors on their home field. Boon allowed nine hits, while recording three strikeouts and two walks in the game. "As long as they do well we're going to leave them in there," said Express coach Joe Fulop about his pitchers. The game against Strathroy was a convincing victory as the Express played flawlessly. "Our defense is playing good and we have been getting some awe- some hits," said Fulop. "we have a couple of guys (Boon and Scott Russell) hitting over 500 right now," he said. Drag Racing Results In regular Thunder Series action: Super pro: Greg Fortin, Stratford; 10.05 at 106.89 defeated Wayne Neilson, London 10.27 at 105.63 mph. Pro: Tony Maniuk, Petrolia 12.50 at 106.88 defeated Tom Craig, Sarnia 11.93 at 112.78 mph. Street: Doug Portiss, Sarnia 17.23 at 80.49 defeated Eric Sampson, London 19.98 at 64.01 mph. Motorcycle: Rob Slade Sudbury 9.80 at 133.93 mph defeated Craig Mark, Brantford 9.16 at 128.96 mph. Jr. Dragster: Tim Heslop, London 11.96 at 52.14 defeated Mike Mahon, London 11.08 at 59.80 mph. 1995 Thunder Series points standings Super Pro ,t,, Larry Kilpatrick 22 Peter Vanderburgt 20 Dean Schwemler 18 Louis Brehm 16 Barbara Heslop 16 Greg Fortin 15 Wilf DeJong 14 Wayne Nielsen 13 Robt Atchison 13 Kim Dineen 13 Pro Larry Fowler 17 Todd Hope 17 Pat Berthelot 17 Tony Maniuk 16 Murray Sinnamon 15 Pete Fortney 14 Bill Ward 14 John Doornborsch 13 Terry Haugh 13 Mark MacDonald 13 Street Dave Bryson 15 Tom Chatterley 15 Bryan Watson 15 Chris Quast 8 • Jr. Dragster Jeff Roth 17 Bill Dineen 14 MJ Elliott 14 Kayla McMahon 4 Motorcycle Norm McLaughlin 14 Doug Johnstone 6 Shane Yeoman 4 Saturday June 24: Closed; Thunder teams travel to Cayuga Invitational Sunday, June 25: Thunder series points event Got a sports lea i} all the Times -Advocate at 23 1301a; Joey Forrester strike Chris Skalkos T -A staff When Joey Forrester won the Provincial Champion Bowler of the Year in Brampton last Sunday, he surprised a lot of people. Forrester is a first year bowler and he docsn't even own his own bowling ball yet. The 15 year old SHDHS student bowled an incredible 172 pins over average beating over 20 other competitors in his 14-18 age group to win the Provincial Championship on June 11. Forrester bowls with the Youth Bowling Committee out of Zurich Town and Country Lanes and he's the first bowler from Zurich to win a provincial title. He bowled a 288 pins over average in Zurich and then bowled 117 pins over average in Listowel to win the Bluewater Zone ti- tle which gave him the berth in the bowler of the year tournament. "I did pretty good," said Forrester about his performance in Bramp- ton. "I didn't get real excited though because going into the last game I was up over 100 pins so I sort of knew I going to win," he said. Forrester appreciates the fact that not very many rookie bowlers, if any, win provincial bowling championships in their first year of com- petition, but he doesn't consider himself a naturally gifted bowler. "I'm not really a natural, bowling isn't that hard," said Forrester who has never received any formal coaching and only practices once a week. "I just walk up and concentrate on knocking the pins down. I throw the hall and the pins fall over," said Forrester explaining the ba- sics of his bowling technique and making it sound very easy. Forrester said he discovered the sport recently when his friends coaxed him out to the bowling alley for some fun. He said he started off slowly but "near the end of the season I picked it up a bit." A Even though Forrester entered bowling half-heartedly he soon dis- covered he was developing a knack for the sport and started to take it more seriously. "After I won in Zurich I realized I could bowl pretty good. Next year when I come back I'm going to let it all go and see if I can win a few more tournaments and bring my average up higher than it was this year," said Forrester who finished off the year with an impressive 141 overall average for the year. Even though the soft-spoken Forrester is the first person from Zurich to win the bowler of the year award, he didn't get too excited about it; but he couldn't say the same about the crowd of loud well wishers wait- ing for his arrival back at the bowling alley. "When we got back a whole bunch of people were in the bowling al- ley cheering for me and congratulating me," said Forrester and he ad- mits "that felt pretty good." Forrester doesn't come from a family of bowlers and he doesn't have any bowling idols. Without any outside influences Forrester credits his heightened ability of concentration for his success. "It takes quite a lot of concentration because if you don't concentrate your hall will stray off into the gutter," said Forrester. "It's not good to bowl with somebody in the alley beside you because it can throw your concentration and you wouldn't even realize it," he adds. Forrester is looking forward to the start of the season next September since he'll he starting off the year as a provincial champion. As a de- fending champion he'll be taking bowling much more seriously and he might finally get his very own hall. "Hopefully I'll get one for my Birth- day," he said. 4/ • •