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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-09-12, Page 14uutettze Page 4B a The Wtujj*am Adva ncs-Thaea, Sept. 12,1 Squirts eliminate Wiarton in WOAA Last Thursday, the Wingham Riverview Drive -In Squirts trav- elled to Wiarton and beat the locals 7-2 to win the WOAA series three games to one. Wingham now advances to play Mitchell for the WOAA Squirt major championship. ShaWn Fair opened the game with a double to left field. He moved to third on Joel Pegg's ground -out and then scored on a wild pitch. Wingham scored four more runs in the second as Trevor Machan slapped a single and Neil Mowbray and Craig Baynton each reached first on a fielder's choice. Mark Gib- son drew a walk and Josh Johnston punched a key single. Wiarton rebounded in the bottom of the second with three singles and a walk, but were able to cash in on only one run, leaving the bases loaded. Wingham added another run in the fourth when Baynton rapped an opposite field triple and scored on an error made on Gibson's ground ball to the infield. Wiarton its second run in the fifth on a hard hit ball to left field that took a high hop past the Wingham fielder and rolled to the fence allowing the batter to touch all the bases and score. Jeremy Creeden ripped a single for Wingham in the seventh. He moved to second on a passed ball and then scored Wingham's final run when Travis Baler cracked a double. Gibson went the distance to col- lect the win. He scattered seven hits, walked seven and struck out eight. Wingham connected for eight hits in the victory and rebounded after an error -filled game against Goderich earlier in the week to play well defensively. Saturday horseshoes attracts many players Single -round games of 50 points" were played last Saturday at the Wingham Sportsmen's Club horse- shoe tournament. Ivan Gardner of Wingham and Lavern Hoegy of Dublin were first at six wins and a plus of 37, while Harold Carter of Goderich and Paul McKee, Belgrave, were second with five wins and a plus of 75. Bob Saunders and Arden Edmon- son, Arthur, were third, four wins and a plus of 125; Dave Ablett, Wingham and Fred Wickens, Kitch- ener, were fourth at four wins and a plus of 85 and Ivan . Rivett of Goderich and Leon Russell, Wing - ham, were fifth at three wins and a plus of 161. Eugene Kuntz of Walkerton and Lorne Hamilton of Wingham were sixth at three wins and a plus of 131. Alex Boa of Goderich and Harold Cassidy, Walkerton, were seventh at two wins and a plus of 206 and Lorne 'Kuntz of Chepstow and Tim O'Donnell of Arthur rounded out the scoring in eighth place at one win and a plus of 170. The next tournament is Saturday, Sept. 23, at 1 p.m. MIGHTY MITES—Wroxeter Mites won the league's "A" softball championship for then third year running this summer. Back row, left to right, are Audrey O'Krafka, assistant coach; Tom CYKrafka, assistant coach; and Ron Riley, coach. Middle row: Trevor Seip, Devin Connor, Aaron Barrie, Rodney Clarke, Peter Hart, Matthew Keil, Claude Labrie, Tyler Gallaher. Front row: Jerrad Riley, Zachary O'Krafka, Johnathon Schwemler, Aaron Seip, Scott Chambers, Mitch deBoer, Adam Fenton, Gregory Hutchinson. Absent: Trevor King. Wroxeter mighty Mites take 'A' championshi After an undefeated record in 12 - game seasonal play, the 1989 Wrox- eter Mites took the league tourna- ment in three games last week in Belgrave. The mighty mites downed Bel - grave 22-0, then eliminated Listow- el in a 6-1 decision and Blyth in a 9 - RETIRING SALE Mrs. Hazel Letteau is retiring after 40 years in the Bridal Business. It will remain in operation under the name o'Letteau's, owned and operated by their daughter, Elaine. Mrs. Letteau is selling her stock of dresses at great reductions. Mother of the Bride Dresses The best of imported gowns 33)3 to 50 %Off Hundreds of gowns to choose from. BRIDAL FASHIONS Teeswater 392-6821 0 win to emerge "A" champs. Tyler Gallaher pitched all three games in the tournament, allowing only one run. Trevor Seip hit a total of six homers in tournament play. This year's team consisted of Barer. only eight actual Mites with 10 Pre - mites filling out the roster Coaches Ron Riley, Tom and Audrey O'Kraf- ka were proud of their team's efforts this season. The team also thanks the coaches for donating their time and effort, and ball knowledge they gave to - the boys this season. e, finis The Shoppers' Drug Mart - sponsored Bluevale Bares ladies' team had a great season, except for last Tuesday night in Bluevale when the fans watched their team give it all up to Brown's Buddies. The Buddies got seven runs in the second and seven more big runs in the seventh to put the Bares down by a count of 15-2. The Bares finished the regular season in third place out of 10 teams. Bluevale gave Brown's Bud- dies an excellent playoff series, aside from the final match -up when the Bares seemed ready for the sea- son to end. The Bares thank their supporters and hope to see everyone again next year. REGISTRATION The Howick Athletic Association will be holding its minor hockey and ringette registration at the Howick Community Centre on: Saturday, Sept. 16: 9 a.m. to 12 noon Wednesday, Sept. 20: 7p.m.to9p.m. Anyone interested in coaching or assisting with the teams please contact: Randy Hutchinson Bus. 335-3561 • Res. 335-3470 bxq September is heieowl so Fall etugroOiso. WeoPe .Y'9u idn'i miss OUT brochure in **week's paper. Re trolls must be,,fit. by t e' x.15 for ktrAllpr.41#4Mah lease brant In (or mail) completed leptratiou for 0 with your cheque, to the"Recreation Office at 274 Josephine $1, Wing- ham. Sorry - no telephone regis- trations are accepted. Smokies win fourth tourney The Wingham Smokies took part in the eighth annual Winthrop slow -pitch tournament on the Labor Day weekend, emerging as tournament champions. After losing 9-7 to the Godcrich Cuplers, the Smokies downed the Monkton BBs 14-7. Homerun hit- ters in those games were Les Tervitt and Jeff Walden with two each and Jim Dore with two, including a grand slam. On Sunday, the Smokies fell behind 4-0 in the first inning against Listowel, but then came back to score the winning run in the last inning and nip their opponents 5-4. In the championship match, Stratford was leading 4-2 when Ed Daer tied the game in the fifth inning with a two -run homerun. The Smokies scored four runs in the top of seventh as well. The Stratford players, who had hit 10 homeruns in their previous game, came up with their second of the match, but lost 8-6, thus giving Wingham the championship. This is the fourth tournament vic- tory for the Smokies in five outings this year. Playing in the Labor Day tourney for Wingham were: Bob Foxton, Phil Beard, Greg King, Dennis ThorrypsoN Bruce Skinn, Jim Dore, Make Acle**ndet, Bill Robinson, Jamie Robinson, Les Tervitt j Balzer, Jeff Walden and Ed Daer. Lawn bowlers hold final season tourney The final tournament of the lawn bowling season was held last Satur- day, Sept. 9, at the Wingham Bowl - ng Green. Sixteen rinks participat- ed. The final results are: first, Jack Fisher, Lucknow, three wins, 48; second, Jack Treleaven, Lucknow, three wins, 43 and a plus of three; third, Joe List, Port Elgin, three wins, 40; fourth, Reg Robinson of Mitchell, two wins, 47 and a plus of seven and fifth, Les Douglas of Brussels, two wins, 44 and a plus of six. The consolation was won by Jack McDonald of Lucknow with a final game win of 16. SPORTSMEN'S HORSESHOES Harold Carter and Mason Robin- son took top spot in horseshoe play last Thursday evening at the Wing - ham Sportsmen's Club with four wins and a plus of 24. Leon Russell and Lorne Kuntz were second at three wins and a plus of 56, Ivan Gardner and Jim Rivett, third, three wins and a plus of 35, while Ivan Rivett and Dave Ablett were fourth, two wins and a plus of 77. Syd Lawson and Bill Tiffin woe fifth at two wins and alus of 67 and Eugene Kuntz and plus Hig- gins were sixth, one win and a plus of 70. THANK 'YOU We would like to take this opportunity to express our thanks to everyone who contrib- uted to our annual golf tournament. Your support makes our tournament a great success The Winghain Firefighters' Association ti �,y