The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-05-17, Page 1691%
Shot pUt...Madill's Carolyn Pike heaved her way to a fourth place finish in the senior
girls shot put, at the Huron -Perth track and field championships, with a toss of 8.77 metres.
Colts win home opener
The 1995 season of the Bluewa-
ter Fastball League got under way
Sunday afternoon with the Wing -
ham Colts scoring a 4-2 decision
over the Intermediate Steelhawks.
Left fielder Kyle Wheeler
clubbed a two -run home run in the
bottom of the 10th inning to lift
the Colts to victory of the game
played at the Josephine Street ball-
park.
The Colts forced the extra in-
ning in the bottom of the ninth.
Third base player Mike MacKay's
sacrifice fly scored . the first run
and then Tom McDonald's single
brought the tying run across the
plate.
Jeff Sanburn gave the Steel -
hawks a 2-0 lead in the third in-
ning with a two -run home run.
McDonald picked up the victory
on the mound for the Colts, hurl-
ing the final four innings. Scott
Neil started on the mound for the
Colts with Bill Haines taking over
in the fourth. They allowed four
hits and three walks and combined
for a dozen strike outs.
Steve McKague was tagged
with the loss on the mound for the
Steelhawks. Russ Baird started on
the mound and was relieved by
Sanburn after five innings. They
gave up eight hits and two bases -
on -balls and combined for four
strike outs.
McDonald was 2 -for -2 at the
plate for the Colts and Wheeler
had two hits in three at -bats. Neil
was 1 -for -1 at the plate.
Sanburn had one hit in three at -
bats for the Steelhawks. Third
base player Jeremy Creeden was
1 -for -4 at the plate and centre
fielder Paul Cronin had one hit in
five plate appearances.
The Colts were in Clifford last
night, travel to Palmerston on
Thursday for a game against the
Midgets, and then travel to South-
ampton on Monday for a game
against the Lakeshore Heat.
Senior Girls advance
to Huron championship
The Madill Mustangs senior
girls soccer team advanced to the
Huron County championship, after
scoring a 2-1 shoot-out decision
over the Goderich Vikings on
Thursday.
The Mustangs travelled to Exet-
er yesterday, to play the South Hu-
ron Panthers in the Huron County
championship.
The Mustangs and Vikings were
deadlocked at one each after regu-
lation time. The score remained
deadlocked at 1-1 after the first
10 -minute overtime period, and a
second 10 -minute overtime period
was unable to determine the win-
ner.
The teams then went to a shoot-
out to determine the winner of the
contest.
Erin Mitchell booted the Mus-
tangs marker in regulation time.
Amber Ruttan and Julie Kikkert
booted the goals in the shoot-out
to send the Mustangs to the Huron
County championship against the
Panthers.
Coach Carolyn Schofield added
that Kikkert, as the goalkeeper,
came up with two strong saves in
the shoot-out.
Brussels Bull name Jim
fridges as head. coach
The Brussels Bulls have hired a
new head coach for the 1995-96
season of the Western Junior 'C'
Hockey League.
Jim Bridges of RR 4 Stratford
was selected by the Bulls execu-
tive last Tuesday evening. A total
of six candidates had applied for
the position, which became vacant
in March when Scott Pettigrew re-
signed from the head coaching
job.
The 38 -year-old Stratford Tran-
sit Authority employee has been a
head coach in the Stratford minor
hockey system as well as other as-
sociations for 18 years.
He has been involved in the
'AA' program at all levels. Bridges
is also involved in the 'AAA' pro-
gram, coaching Kitchener and the
Saugeen City Platers in summer
hockey.
He has coached championship
teams in Bowmanville, George-
town, Orangeville, Stratford and
Port Stanley.
Bridges has been named as the
Stratford Minor Hockey Associa-
tion's coach of the year in the past.
He has also had a number of his
players reach the OHL.
In his application to the Bulls
executive, Bridges said that he has
studied a variety of systems. His
application indicated that he was a
serious student of the game.
He played junior hockey until
he was 20 years old, playing Jun-
ior 'D' for Tavistock, and also
played at the Junior 'C" level.
Wayne Todd of the Bulls execu-
tive stated that they are satisfied
with the selection, and are eagerly
waiting for the start of the 1995-96
season.
He added that the assistant
coaches for next year should be
known by the end of the month.
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