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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-06-14, Page 6Strikers edge Wings 2-1 in minor soccer play The Wingham Strikers scored a 2-1 decision over the, Wingham Wings in the atom division of the North Huron Soccer League play last Thursday. Tommy Pettigrew scored the first goal for the Strikers with help from Adam Skinn. Skinn booted the second goal with Femi Omole earning the assist. Eric Camm netted the lone goal for the Wings with Tyson Glassier and Brent Martin earning the as- sists. ` All the scoring was done in the second half. Billy Schaefer and Jeff Maro- nets .shared goaltending duties for the Wings. Bill McGrail was in goal for Strikers. Strikers coaches Scott Pettigrew and John Chippa are pleased to see some strong passing and play making developing. The Wings played Clinton Commotion last night and the Strikers travelled to Goderich to play the Resorters, last night. Jared Maclntyre and Scott Coulthard scored one goal apiece as the Red Dogs defeated the Blue ' Jays 2-1 in minor soccer league play last Wednesday. Everyone played hard and the teams have improved a great deal since the beginning of the season. The Green Machine and the Yellow. Stingers played to a 1-1 draw last Wednesday. Jordan Doig scored for the Green Machine and Devon Miller replied for the Yellow Stingers, Stingers split two league games Belmore Stingers split a pair of games in Bluewater Fastball League play last week. Chris Eadie suffered the setback Sunday afternoon as Chepstow Aces downed the Stingers 7-2. George Bester posted the win for the Aces and Darryl Wheeler clubbed a home run for the home runs. Eadie hurled a no-hitter last Monday evening as the Stingers blanked the Lakeshore Heat 5-0. The Stingers host the Wingham Colts on Friday at 8:45 p.m. Belgrave Midgets play Wroxeter to 6-6 draw Belgrave Midgets held a 5-3 ad- vantage after five innings of play, but Wroxeter tied the WOAA Midget League contest with two in the sixth. They took the lead with a run in the top of the seventh. Belgrave tied the contest in their last at bat on Eric Andrew's double and Joel Pegg's single. Brent Robinson went seven in- nings on the mound for Belgrave, allowing 12 hits and two walks and striking out seven. Dean Wheeler went the distance for Wroxeter, giving up 11 hits and one walk and striking out five. Centre fielder Brian Marks was 2 -for -3 at the plate for Belgrave. Shortstop Pegg, second base player Andrews and , first base player Dan Gusso each had two hits in four at -bats for the Midgets. Todd Edgar clouted a double for Belgrave while Arley Pautler and Brent Robinson each had a single. First base player Jeremy Creed - en had a home run and a single in three at -bats for Wrotieter. Short - Stop Jeff King`had a Pair of singles in four plate appearances and Da- vid Greig clubbed a home run in four at -bats. 10 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14` 19$5 Reid selected by Generals in 12th round Jason Reid of the Wingham Ir- onmen was drafted by the Oshawa Generals at the OHL's draft held Saturday at Maple Leaf Gardens. Reid, a goaltender with the Ir- onmen during the 1994-95 season, was selected in the 12th round, 199th .overall. The 16 -year-old product of the Ripley Minor Hockey Association travels to Oshawa this Sunday for a team barbecue and a physical. He will also be given a condition- ing program. Reid told The Advance -Times Monday afternoon that he was really happy about being drafted. "I am really excited," he said. Reid was one of three goaltend- ers drafted by the. Generals. One was from the Ottawa area and the other — Tyrone Gardner — was a member of the Stoney Creek Jun- ior 'C' club, a team Reid played for prior to joining the Ironmen of the Western Junior 'C' Hockey League. The Generals will also have one returning goaltender in camp. The Generals training camp be- gins Aug. 28. Also drafted from the Western Junior 'C' Hockey League was Walkerton . Blackhawk goaltender Denver England. He was drafted the Soo Greyhounds in the 11th round. Colts earn Centennial Pool inlcude (front) Lori Crawford, Lara Fenton, and Leya DeBruyn; (middle) Kim gham tWO victories Pool staff...The Wingham Recreation Department's summer staff for the Win Bouwers, Joanne Crawford, Carolyn Pike, and Jonathan Balzer; (back) Kyle Irvine. Day camp staff...The Wingham Recreation Department's summer staff for the Day Camp program include (front) Karen Clugston, Kerri Snowden, Jenny McLean, and Jen Fenton; (middle) Miranda Bieman, Lisa Inwood, Shannon Werth, and Liz Black; (back) Andrew Mann. Absent are Lisa Alexander and Helena Prost. Juveniles fall to Francistown post win over Brussels Tigers The Belgrave Juveniles split a pair of Huron County Fastball League contests last week. The Juveniles fell to the Fran- cistown Flyers on Sunday, in a game played at the Kinsmen Park in Belgrave. On Friday evening in Brussels, the Juveniles scored a 10-4 decision over the Tigers. Francistown scored one run in the first inning and added two more in the fourth to take a 3-0 lead. Belgrave's bats were fairly quiet as they only managed seven hits. The Flyers added • three more runs in the fifth and put their final. run across the plate in the top of the seventh. Belgrave finally put a runner across the plate, in the, botteizi.'' the. seventh, as Dennis Wintemute walked, Milne Greig had a bunt single, Keith Todd then stroked a double to score both runners. Todd later scored on a sacrifice fly by Todd Machan. Joel Pegg and Wintemute also had a single for the Juveniles in . the contest. Pegg started on the mound for Belgrave and lasted four innings before being relieved by Brent Robinson. They allowed nine hits and one walk and combined for five strike outs. Robinson hit a double in his lone at -bat. Left fielder Greig had a triple and single in three plate appearances and second base player Brad Robinson clubbed a triple in four plate appearances. Todd hurled a four -hitter on Fri- day as the Juveniles downed the Tigers. kle al.o gave tip five walks and had five strike outs. Todd Meehan started the game with a single, which seemed to fire everybody up as every Belgrave player, except Machan, crossed the plate during the game. The' first and sixth innings were the only innings Belgrave failed to Score. Second base player Eric An- drew, was 3 -for -4 at the plate, catcher Shawn Fair was 3 -for -5, and first base player Pegg had two hits in four at -bats. Cord Machan clouted a triple in the second inning to bring Bel - grave's first run across' the plate, Greig and Todd also had two singles apiece. SJiane Pegg smacked a double while Brent Robinson and Ken Hogg each rapped out a single. Doug Conley started on the mound for the Tigers, and was re- lieved by Todd Uhrig in the sixth fining. They gave up 17 hits and combined fbr 10 strike out& in league .play The Wingham' Colts scored a pair of victories last week in Blue - water Fastball League play. Playing at the Josephine Street ballpark on Sunday afternoon, the Colts edged past Lakeshore Heat 2-1. In Belmore on Friday, , the Colts defeated the Intermediate. Steelhawks 11-4. Scott Neil hurled a five -hitter Sunday$ afternoon, allowing five hits and one strike out while fan- ning 15. Steve - Thede was tagged with the setback as he gave up four hits and a walk and struck out nine. The Colts scored their first run in the second inning when right fielder grounded out. Second base player Andrew Gibson and pitcher Neil had both singled. Neil drove in the winning run in the seventh inning when he rapped out a run scoring single. Neil was 2 -for -3 at the plate for the Colts and Gibson had one hit on four at -bats. First base player Pierce was 2 - for -4 at the plate for the Heat and catcher Lamont had one hit in four plate appearances. Tom McDonald started on the mound for the Colts with Jason Daw taking over in the eighth to post. the win. They allowed eight hits and five walks and combined for nine strike outs, Ross Baird started for the Steel - hawks with Jeff Sanburn and Den- nis Wintemute seeing relief duty. They gave up 12 hits and three walks and combined for 10 strike outs.. - The Colts • won the game in the top of the eighth as they overcame a 4-1 deficit. Gibson doubled to score a run, Neil doubled to score Gibson and then shortstop Jason Goodall doubled to drive in'a pair of runs to give the Colts a 5-4 lead. Left' fielder Harrison singled to drive in another run. - Catcher Ben Blackwell was 2 - for -3 at the plate for the Colts, with centre fielder Ryan Deyell getting three hits in five at -bats, and third base player Tim Currie had one hit in three plate appear- ances. Catcher Wintemute was 3 -for -i* at the plate -for the Steelhawks with right fielder Jeff Pike getting two hits in four at -bats. The Colts travel to Belmore on Friday to play the Stingers at 8:45 p.m. and then host Palmerston Midgets at 2 p.m. on Sunday. The Steelhawks were in Southampton on Monday to play the Lakeshore Heat and then host the Chepstow Aces at 8:30 p.m. on Friday and then host Clifford 4 Aces at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Legion Squirts score 7-6 win over Belgrave The Wingham Legion Squirts hosted Belgrave on Thursday and came away with a hard fought 7-6 decision. Wingham managed only four hits but showed a keen eye as they received nine walks. Adam Ryan, Zack O'Kratka, Derek Marks and Nathan MacTavish collected the hits, Scoring runs for Wingham were O'Krafka with a pair, and singles by Marks, Pat Rozendai, Chad Skinn, James Needham, and Tim Barfoot. Chad Skinn started on the mound, allowingtwo runs on one hit and walked a pair in two in- nings. O'Krafk?t hinted the final four innings, allowing only two hits, walking five and striking out five to post the win. ° Defensively, BarfOot made two timely catches in the field and Chris Watts snagged a hard shot in the field to collect the final out of the game. The Squirts travelled to Gerrie last Monday and came back home with a 17-1 victory. Offensively it was a team effort fer Wingham with all 12 players scoring and seven different players collecting RBIs. Watts led the hit- ting itting attack with two doubles and four runs batted in. O`Kraflta picked up the win on the mound as he allowed five hits and fanned six in five innings. Chad Skinn came in to finishand allowed two hits and no runs .fill one inning of work. - Next home game for the Squirts is Thtfrsday when they host Brus- sels at the Josephine Street ball park.