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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-08-29, Page 13BP Juniors win all -Ontario c: The Wingham BP Juniors cap -e tured the all -Ontario Junior championship at a tournament played last weekend in town. After two wins on Saturday, an early loss Sunday put the team on the long road to victory. The team played no less than four games on Sunday, coming back to win three in a row to take the coveted OASA crown. The Wingham team showed determination and treated the many fans assembled to an exciting weekend of ball. Eight teams, including the host Wingham club, were entered in the tournament. Other Ontario centres represented were Chesley, New Hamburg, Ingersoll, Camlachie, Caledonia, Sebringville and Shake- speare. Wingham road the arm of pitcher Darwin Erb and some clutch hitting to fashion some incredible come- backs on Sunday afternoon and finally win it with a convincing 10-4 victory over Ingersoll. The BPs finished the tournament with a record of five wins and one loss. Erb was winning pitcher in all five games, as he three 38 and two- thirds innings in total, including 24 consecutive innings in Wingham's three back-to-back victories on Sun- day. Erb chalked up an incredible earned -run average of 1.08 by allowing six earned runs in his five wins. Tournament action got underway last Saturday morning at the Josephine Street and Riverside ball parks. The host BP Juniors took to the field against Chesley Saturday morning. After building an early lead of 3-0 on a walk to Bevin Flett and hits by Dave Wheeler, Steve Coultes and Corey McKee, the team allowed Chesley to lead 4-3 after one and one-third innings of play when Erb replaced starting pitcher Wheeler. The seesaw battle continued for several innings, with Wingham unable to capitalize on several opportunities to score. However,,thiings started to look up in the final inning when Paul Tolton singled to first and then Byron Bcwman drew a walk two outs later to set the stage for- the first of the BPs' amazing come- backs. Corey McKee drilled a single to score Tolton and tie the game at 4-4, sending it into extra innings. Once again, the pitching duel continued until the ninth inning when Wheeler singled with one out and then stole second. Wheeler scored on a Bowman single to end the game at 5-4 for Wingham and advance the team to play New Hamburg that afternoon. Erb picked up the win, throwing seven and two-thirds inning of relief, allowing only three hits while striking out nine hitters. WINGHAM 2, NEW HAM- BURG 1 The BP Juniors met New Ham- burg at 2 p.m. last Saturday follow- ing the tournament opening cere- monies. New Hamburg had N downed Camlachie 6-0 that morn- ing. Erb was in top form as his rise ball and change -up baffled the New Hamburg hitters. The only hit he allowed was a towering homerun t by pitcher Brad Hendrick in the h second inning for a 1-0 New Ham- b burg lead. Lady Luck smiled on the Juniors o in the bottom of the sixth, when b Tom McDonald reached first on a New Hamburg fielding error. With one out, Tolton delivered a single fo and Dave Wheeler doubled to score bo McDonald and Tolton. that was all on the offence that Erb needed as he ° 2 held New Hamburg scoreless in the seventh for a great 2-1 win. B Erb recorded five strikeouts in m the one hitter. No Wingham errors an were committed and the team had pe two runs on five hits. ne Other Saturday match -ups in included: New Hamburg 6-0 over pl Camlachie; Ingersoll 4-0 over Cale- Hi donia; Sebringville 12-4 over Shake- th speare; Camlachie over Chesley 7-1; Caledonia over Shakespeare 2-1; To Ingersoll over Sebringville; sco Sebringville 7-3 over Camlachie' lea and New Hamburg downed Cale- donia 3-2. in INGERSOLL 7, WINGHAM 4 m If Lady Luck'had sinned on the ° Bp BP Juniors Saturday afternoon, she Ing turned a blind eye Sunday morning when the team took to the field against•a to(igh Ingersoll squad. Jason Goodall got Wingham off to agreat start with a homerun to right field in the first inning, but the strong -hitting Ingersoll squad W jumped on starting pitcher heeler for five runs on seven hits in the first three innings. Tom McDonald took over in relief and held Ingersoll to two runs over the next four innings, but the BPs could not mount enough offence to get back in the game. The Wingham bats started to work in the bottom half of the sev- enth inning. Pyke got to first base on an error and Bowman cranked a two -run homer to bring the final count to 7-4 for Ingersoll. WINGHAM 5, NEW HAM- BURG 3 The loss pitted Wingham against ew Hamburg, their old rivals from the day before. Erb was back on the mound for Wingham, as he would be for the next three games. Wingham managed one run in he second inning and the score eld until an unearned New Ham- urg tied the count in the fourth. Wingham edged ahead in the top f the sixth when Goodall reached ase on an error and scored on a Paul Tolton double, The feisty New Hamburg team ught back to score two runs in the ttom of the sixth, scoring twice a triple and a homerun to lead 3 - going into Wingham's last bat. Trailing 3-2, it was time for the P Juniors to take some drastic easures. McDonald drew a walk d was ,advanced to second on a rfect McKee sacrifice bunt. The xt batter popped out to the field, bringing Goodall to the ate with the tying run on second. s single through the infield tied e game. Flett followed with a walk and lton drilled another double to re Goodall and Flett for a 5-3 d. Erb held New Hamburg scoreless the seventh to preserve the great meback victory, This win put the s into the chamionship against ersoll, but they would have to WE JUST LOVE LOOKING AFTER SWEET BABY JAN BY SWaI~i BABY -JANE .dr 25%o•FF Be Colourful in `Street Buzz' Co-ordinates! (A) Turtleneck Jerseys are all cotton, all comfort! Sizes S, M, L REG. $24.99 (B) Handy pockets and ribbed cuffs accent these cotton pants! Sizes S, M, L. REG $19.99 (C) Striped cotton blouses are a study in cool contrasts! Sizes Si, M, L. REG $22.99 (D)Pleated cotton twill pants colourfully complete your new Fall look! Sizes S, M, L REG. $29.99 SALE 14q9 S/1LE2799 I Great Loos Cost Less Prices effective until September 2, 1989. Items available white quantities last. SAAR STORES LTD. --A Gendis Cornpany. win twice to get the championship. Erb ,allowed sully four hits. and struck out five to earn the *ON.' WINGHAM INGERSOL1.4 The first match -up between the two teams proved to be a grueling battle, going 10 innings before Wingham emerged victorious. Otter. again, Erb was on the mound Or the home team. Flett scored for Wingham in the top of the first on a Tolton double. However, that lead was short-lived as Ingersoll scored two in its half of the first to lead 2-1. The Juniors fought back and tied. the game in the second. Wingham drew ahead 3-2 in the third and 4-2 in the sixth. However, Ingersoll tied things up in .the bottom of the sixth and the tie held to force extra innings. The score remained that way until the top of the llth when Torn McDonald led off with a single and moved to third on a groundball out and an error. Goodall's ground ball to the shortstop scored McDonald to give Erb the run he needed to complete a masterful 5-4 victory Erb allowed only five hits to the powerful Ingersoll squad while striking out eight batters. He did not allow a hit after the sixth inning. The Wingham bats were led by Wheeler with three hits and two hits each by Bowman and McKee. WINGHAM 10, INGERSOLL 4 From a shaky start Sunday morn- ing, the Juniors appeared to get stronger and more confident throughout the day, particularly Erb, whose ,pitching never wavered, not even in the final, against Ingersoll. Wingham was not to be denied in the last game. The boys knew they could score some rtins and they jumped on the Ingersoll pitching for 11 hits. Tolson led the BPs with three hits, while Goodall and McKee had two hits each. Erb,, pitching his third consecutive game was dazzling once again, allowing only five hits and two unearned runs. The 10-4 win capped a series of amazing from -come -behind azictories as they BPs never gave up: The boys are the Junior 'C' cham- pions of Ontario for 1989. They earned it with great pitching, good defence and clutch hitting. The team will complete the season this weekend at the Goderich tourna- ment. SPORTSMEN'S HORSESHOES Single -round, 21 point horseshoes were played Thursday night at the Wingham Sportsmen's Club. Winners were Dave Ablett and Lorne Kuntz. Second were Harold Carter and Peter DeGroot; third Eugene Kuntz and Corey McKee; fourth, Ivan Riv- ett and Jim Wickens; fifth, Syd Law- son and Bruce Casemore; sixth, Jack Higgins and Paul McKee; seventh, Ivan Gardner and Jerry Freiberger; in eighth spot were Harvey Black and Leon Russell. Gorrie hosts slo-pitch tournament The Gorrie Slow Pitch Tourna- ment was held at the Gorrie Ball Park this past weekend. Winners in the 'A' division were the "Top Hair Stylists" of Kitchen- er. The Listowel "Diablos" were the winners in the 'B' division. FIRST PITCH --Bill Hotchkiss of Kincardine, formerly of Wing - ham, threw out the first pitch at opening ceremonies for the DASA Junior 'C' championship tournament last weekend in Wingham. The host Wingham BP Juniors were the eventual tournament win- ners. A TIMELY HIT—Jason Coultes came in to pinch-hit for the Wingham BP Juniors,Jn a game against Ingersoll at last weekend's OASA Junior 'C' tournament. The Juniors went on to win the tont=✓ nament, downing Ingersoll twice enroute to the win. TOURNAMENT SEMI-FINALISTS—Tim Tolton, chairman of last weekend's OASA Junior 'C' tournament in Wingham presents members of the New Hainburg team with crests for being semi- finalists in the tournament, which eventually was won by the host Wingham BP Juniors. Couple returns from Western trip Mr. and Alvin Higgins, Wingham and Mr. land Mrs. Herman Case - more, Lakelet, have returned home from a trip to the West Coast and Victoria on Vancouver Island. They also visited relatives and friends at Selkirk, Brandon and Killainey, Man. Visiting at the Higgins' home in Wingham on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Frankum, Mrs. Ida McDonald of Toronto, Mrs. Gertrude Ireland of Woodbridge and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Case- tnore of 'L.akeiet.