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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-09-03, Page 25Sports SECTION B Brian Shewfelt, (20) Denomme's leadoff hitter swings at a pitch in a semi-final game against Goderich Tire. 3-2 claim ed eherwood to Denornme's `B' crown in weekend fastball tourney Gary Muxlow batted .412 with four homeruns and hurled a two -hitter to lead his Denomme Arrangers to the `B' division championship in the fastball tournament over the weekend. Denomme's edged Sherwood 3-2 in the final on the 'B' side of the tourney while Ted Dilts from London 'defeated Sarnia Tigers by that same3-2 score to win the 'A' side. On the road to the final against Sher- wood, Denomme's defeated Lieui`y, 15-3, Seaforth, 2-1, Henderson Cowboys, 3-1, and Goderich Tire, 5-0. Denomme's played Seaforth'Friday, and Brian Moody accounted for both Denomme runs with a fourth inning'home- run. John Verway pitched two -hit ball to collect the win. • The 'Henderson game saw Denomme's collect all three of their runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to erase a.1-0 deficit. • In the Lieury game, played Sunday, Gary Muxlow notched a home -run and Bob , Graham went 3-3 to lead Denomme's. ,An eight -run second inning provided plenty of runs to take the win. Denomme's then met Goderich Tire in the semi-final. John Bogie notched a two- hit shut -out to take the win. On their, road to the final, Sherw wallopped Clinton Merners 8-2, e.,�ed Hickson 3-1 and then beat West Corner 6-1 to gain the birth in the semi-final against Bryanston. Rob Plunkett and Sy Langois both pitched outstanding ball for Sherwood. In the semi-final, Sherwood got two runs in their half of the fifth inning and then hung on to beat Bryanston 3-1. Rob McDonald went 2-3 for Sherwood. That set the stage for the final between the two Goderich clubs. Denomme's led 3-0 till late in the game when Bill Tigert's two - run homer brought Sherwood close. But Denomme's defence shut down Sherwood for the rest of the game and Denomme's captured the `B' crown with a 3-2 win. Goderich Tire, as mentioned, niade'it to the semi-finals in the 'B' side before bow- ing out to Denomme's. Hayter's won one of their games and lost the other two. In the 'A' side of the draw, Ted Dilts of London beat Innerkip, Overland and Hap- py Valley to put them in the semi final against,Petrolia. Dilts' pitcher, Ian Ander- son pitched a four -hit shutout to lead his team into the final against Sarnia Tigers. The Tigers beat Orangeville, St. Mary's and Lambeth to make their way to the semi-final against Teeswater. Steve Mathers, the Sarnia pitcher went 3-3 and. collected the win. In the final, Dilts came back in the bot- tom of the seventh in dramatic style tomin the game. Dilts' pitcher, Ian Anderson was the MVP in the 'A' side of the draw. fom k. z eap8eat8 by Paul Hartman. f inally,wvon something --I think Often, when sports columnists tire of writing about professional or local spor- ting events, they turn to their own ex- periences for material. Unfortunately, my experiences in the sporting world consist of a seemingly endless string of humiliations. I've never won or even come close to winning anything even remotely connected with sports. (or anything else for that matter) If forced to write about my forays into the athletic world, I usually detailed my em- barrassing failures for their comic worth. My drought —if it can be called such when one has never won— ended this weekend. A friend invited me to play in a tennis tournament over the Labour Day weekend and, with some trepidation, I agreed. I can claim competency in no sport, but after playing tennis for close to a decade, I find myself hitting the ball now and again. Often these close .encounters with tennis balls arise out of attempts to prevent te speeding orbs from causing personal in jury to myself. But none -the -less my rac- quet has made contact on several occasions. I enrolled in both the singles and°doubles divisions, reasoning that if I was going to pay the $2 entry fee to be humiliated, I may as well get my money's worth. The singles action took place on'Satur- day. I did my best , to emulate John McEnroe, wearing. and stomping about the court, throwing my racquet and look- ing for photographers to smash balls at. If there would have been any line judges, Umpires, or fans in attendance, I would have been ready with barrage of insults, concerned mostly with their mothers' vir- tue. But neither photographers, officials nor fans materialized and I was forced limit my insults to a jogger who happened by the courts. Perhaps it was unwise to choose McEnroe as a model, since I bowed out in the semi-finals. , Maybe I should have chosen Boris Becker. At any rate, I decided to give myself a better shot at winning in the doubles part of the tournament by selecting the wi He e of the singles draw to be my partner. seemed somewhat hesitant,. but a few dollars helped him change his mind. On Sunday, things went pretty well as expected. He could do nothing .wrong and I could do nothing. right. At one point I left the court to change racquets, and upon my return found that "we" had won two more games in my absence. On his skill and my strategy, (run away from the ball if it gets too close) we wound up in the final and after a few anxious moments, when the ball appeared to be coming my way, "we won. Or at least I think we did. The draw sheet was destroyed moments after the tournament ended, so there's no physical proof of the momentous victory. Other players who were there flatly deny that I was involved. My partner seems to have disappeared, citing some lame ex- cuse about going back to school. Our op- ponents in the final maintain that Or at least I think we did. The draw sheet was destroyed moments after the tournament ended, so there's no physical proof of the momentous victory. Other players who were there flatly deny that I was involved.' My partner seems to have disappeared, citing some lame ex- cuse about going back to school. Our op- ponents in the final maintain that we defaulted because only one of 'us showed up. One person saw it all —but the jogge says he's not going to tell anyone about it till I take back what I said about his mother. Goderich Fastball Tourney Goderich Tire players congratulate Denomme's on their semi-final win, above. At left, Sherwood pitcher, Rob Plunkett, sends a pitch toward the plate in a game against West Corners. Plunkett fanned 12 West Corners' batters and Sherwood won the game 6-1. At bottom left, Denomme's coach, Ray Donnelly, congratulates Denomme catcher, Steve Berry after Berry tagged a home-irun. Below right, Fred Pellow and Glen Faulkner (5) of Goderich Tire dispute a call with the umpire after a close play at third against Denomme's. (photos by Dave Sykes and Paul Hartman) SPORTS SHORTS Atoms fall to St. Columban Last Thursday, the Atoms travelled to St. Columban and suffered a 5-2 defeat. Centre -forward Jeff Klages notched both goals for Goderich. Acting head -coach Mike Cicchini felt that his team played well in the first half, the score being 2-1 for St. Columban at half-time. He selected goalkeeper David Holl- ingworth, right -back Mark Hoy • and centre -half Derek Gilchrist as his best players throughout the game. Ringette registration is September 6 13 r Registration for the 1986-87 ringette season will be held on Saturday, September 6 and Saturday, September 13 from 10 a.m. till noon at the Goderich and District Memorial Community Centre. Players are requested to bring two copies of birth certificate and OHIP number tb registration. For those players that require equip- ment, a skate exchange will be held September 2 and 3 from 7 p.m. till 9 p.m. at the Goderich Recreation Office.