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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-09-28, Page 13THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, TFIURSI.AY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1978PAICaE 13 Gords series s in.s.mi yr , Gore , Spouts dumped McGee • Pontiacs twice this week. in industrial league semi-final action. The victories move Gords into a one -game lead in the best -of -fire semi-final after McGees took the opening game of the series. Gords evened up the series at one game apiece with a 10-1 victory at Agriculture Park Sunday . runs in the second inning and then took the series capitalizing on hits and errors. They added a single run in the third inning and' three more in the fifth on the strength of a Jim Ginn homer. Warren Watt provided the offensive spark for Gords belting four hits off two Pontiac pitchers in four trips to the plate. He dou'led in a run in the lead with a 5-3 win Monday. Des Courtney stopped the Pontiacs on a three - hitter Sunday while his team-mates rallied for 10 runs behind an eight -hit attack. Gords scored a single run in the first inning before exploding for five Company earns berth in Canada Company entered the Industrial Softball League finals Sunday dumping French Dry Cleaners 8-2 to win the Dunlop Division title and the right to battle the + Maitland Division win- ners for the cham- pionship. The win was the thrid of the series for Canada Company who wrapped the best -of -five semi-final series in four games. Canada Company won the first game of the series 5-4, but French rallied with an 8-0 victory in the second game. The Company won the crucial third game of the series 2- 1 behind a four -hit effort by pitcher Stan Doherty. • Doherty_was_ Qu .the_ mound again Sunday to lead the Company to the series victory. Canada Company took an early lead in the game scoring two runs in the bottom half of the first inning on five hits. Glen Tigert led off the inning with a triple and scored on Bill Durst's triple. Durst then scored on Brian Bowman's single. Canada Co_mpany-, -'adideda single run in the fourth inning as Mike Donnelly scored and took an eight -run lead in the game with a five -run rally in the fifth inning. Bowman, Doherty, Dave MacKenzie,; Donnelly and Pat Conlon scored `fifth inning runs for Canada Company. French scored their only two runs of the game in the sixth inning as Bill Gallow and Frank MacDoifald crossed the plate. -on--hits b -y George Sutton and Ron Klages. Durst and Donnelly sparked the Company offence with three hits apiece and they also scored two runs apiece. Bowman added two hits in four trips to the plate. Ray Klages was the top French batter with two hits. Doherty went the distance in the victory while Don McWhinney took the loss for French. Canada C9rn.pan_y. w.in...- now play the winner of the Gords and McGee series for the league championship. Gords currently leads that series by one game. A member of Gord's Sports slides safely into home as the ball' eludes the grasp of McGee catcher Deb Shewfelt in Industrial League semi-final action Sunday. Gords won the game 10-1 and added their second win of the series Monday with a 5-3 victory. Glendale wins BY TD The GDCI senior girls basketball team hosted a. pre -season tournament here Saturday. Eigift teams competed, with a strong Glendale team winning in the finals over last years champions, Lambton Central. Other teams competing were Walkerton, • Strat- ford Central, Sarnia St. Patrick's, Sarnia Nor- thern, College Avenue of Woodstock and the host GDCI team. . Coach Donna Doidge's GDCI squad defeated Walkerton 44-26 in their opening game. The Vikings were paced by Audrey Vandenheuval's 12 . points and 10 points. scored by Lucie Turcotte. Heidi Elliott and Joni Thompson added six points each and Bonnie Reid had four. The Vikings lost their second game to a strong Lambton Central team. Although the score was• tied at half-time, the Lambton Central team pulled away from the shorter Goderich girls in the final two quarters. • Audrey Vandenheuvel again was GDCI's top scorer with 12. Lucie Turcotte hit for 10 points while Karen Melady and Heidi Elliott chipped in with four points each. • Come on out Lets... Lots of Free INSTRUCTION available 4r -saw THIS WINTER Join us for a Fun Season Contact: of Curling Gerald Waiter ... 524-8874 Roger Moore ..... 524-9840 Tom Jasper 524-9918 Jack MacKinnon 524-4655 Kay & Bill Duncan 524-9263 Charlie d Linda Bruinsma 524-9804 Ron & Jane Kluges 524-2500 Jim & Gall McCaul 524-8096 Ed & Ardith Brissette 524-7465 OR, THE MAITLAND 524-9641 Enjoy our Noon Hour Lunches THE A MAITL» COUNTRY CLUB `'They now lead McGees by one game In the semi-final -Skies. The winner will battle -Canada Company for the league championship. Canada Company ousted French Sunday with an 8-2 win. (photo, by Dave Sykes) JOIN A BOWLING LEAGUE TUESDAY SIFTO MINE - 7-9 CALL Ken Dun - con 524-6065 MIXED - 7-9 CALL Al Fisher - 524- 2356 MEN (FARMERS) 9-11 CALL Jim- my Harrison - 524-8030 WEDNESDAY AFT. LADIES - 1:30-3:30 CALL Grace Mugford 524- 7649 LADIES - 7-9 CALL Judie Andrews,524-8412 MEN - 7-9 CALL John Miller - 524-2208 or Dave Sowerby 524-8094 MIXED - 9-11 CALL Janet Daer - 524-9089 THURSDAY MIXED - 7-9 CALL Reg. Lennon - 524-9371 LADIES - 9-11 CALL Becky Mclvor - 524-2062. STARTING YHURS. SEPT. 28. FRIDAY MIXED - 9-11 CALL Debbie Abbott - 524-2894 or Lauri Herlock - 524-6689. SATURDAY JR. BOWLING REGISTRATION' SAT. SEPT. 30 10-12 '2.00 per fee Bantam Boys and -Girls 6-10 yrs. play at 9 o'clock cost 51.25 per week Junior Boys and Girls 11.13 yrs. Play at 11 o'clock cost 51.75 per week Senior Boys and Girls 14-18 yrs. play at 1:30 cost 51.75 per week 1 ,,BOWL BOWL 524—•.... k 1+ first inning, nailed a run - scoring single in the second inning and singled in the fourth and sixth innings. .He had four of his teams eight hits but failed to score a run. Jim Ginn chipped in with two hits, a run - scoring double in the second inning and two - run homer in the fifth. Losing pitcher Ken Daer was the -Pontiacs top batter With a double and single in two trips to the plate. Ron Sowerby scored the only McGee run in the sixth inning, scooting home on a bases loaded error. Courtney pitched a strong game allowing one run on just three hits across seven innings. He walked four batters and struck out six. McGees got their bats working in the third game of the series outhithing Gords 9-6 but they fell short in the run depar- tment as Gords won 5-3. Gords took a one -run, lead in the first inning as Watt singled'. stole second and scored. on 'throwing errors. They increased their lead to four runs with a three -run outburst in the third inning on a run producing single by Jon Ginn and a double by Phil Petrie. They added their fifth . run in the fourth inning as Rick McLean doubled in Dennis Williamson. The Pontiacs got back in the game in their half of the fourth as Ken Darr led off with a homer and Rick Sowerby and Paul Kelly. added runs to lift firl.al the Pontiacs to within two runs. They threatened in•both the fifth and seventh innings but were unable to get the clutch hits, leaving two runners_ stranded in each inning. Courtney picked up his second win of the series and Rick . Sowerby took the loss. Six Gords batters shared in the six hit at- tack. Ken Vanderburgh, Daer and Ken Meriam had two hits apiece for McGees. ATTENTION FATHER FARMER 111114 0* You conceived him, fedhim, nurtured his growth and. protected him. 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