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The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-09-20, Page 6ME W1NCIW AQIIAWC1 TIMlES SPORTS SHORTS FZi Cross•country meet set for September 30 The annual Wingham Opti - Mist Track and Field Club's 'Running on Time in Wingham' cross-country meet will be held Saturday, Sept. 30 at F.E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham. Over 200 runners from across Ontario are expected to compete at the meet. About 20 of the competitors will be from the host club. The competitors will be be- tween 5 and 14 years of age. A total of eight races will be held. Boys and girls will be running separately in mite', tyke, atom and bantam divisions. The walk through goes about 9:30 a.m. with the first race get- ting under way between 9:45 a.m. and 10 a.m. The competi- tion will be over by noon. Racesabegin on the upper field of the Madill property with the majority of the courses, especial- ly for the younger age groups, set on school property. Madill athletic s, t4 s+x"Yn .Y3d"fir '. `. in- raining Athletic teams at F.E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham have been in -training since classes began Sept. 5. The first competition is the Huron -Perth golf championships which will be held Friday at the golf course in St. Marys. Coach Doug Neil selected the four players for the squad Mon- day, afternoon at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club. The four members of the team are Derek Knight, Adam Knight, Adam LaChance, and Dan Cline. The scores of the school's top three golfers count towards the final standing of the school. The WOSSA championship will be held in St. Thomas on Sept. 28. The Huron -Perth tennis cham- pionships are being, held 'Tues- day in Stratford. Coach for the team is Carolyn Schofield. The first basketball game will be played next Wednesday at Madill. Steve Merner is the sen- ior girls coach and Schofield and Chris Coulthard will be coach- ing the junior girls. The boys volleyball season gets underway Thursday, Oct. 5 when the Mustangs travel to Clinton to play the Central Hu- ron Redmen. Barry Simpson is the senior boys coach and Audrey Bos will be coaching the junior boys team. RAM Toy Run on Sunday The second annual Regional Area Motorcyclists Toy Run will be held Sunday. All interested riders are to meet at the Top Value Gas Bar at the plaza at the south end of Wingham between 11 a.m. and noon. Riders will be leaving shortly after 12 noon. Hotdogs, hamburgers andx re- freshments will be served at the completion of the run. For more information on the toy run contact Corey Wotltiing- ton at 357-3881. .,.�:.,1�.'Yv�`ui��"...,.u.4P.ivSAi;ti[it�h:.>�%.'•�3:��$c�'x<�.0 Fly ball...Two Belgrave Midgets go for a fly ball during Sunday afternoon's five and de- ciding game of the WOAA Major Midget series against Wroxeter. E,e1wrye illS \VO, ttiiKETER - Beigrave -Blue Devils claimed the WOAA Major Midget championship Sunday af- ternoon by downing Wroxeter Rippers 6-1. The Blue Devils won the best of five series in five games. Belgrave scored once in the first inning when lead off batter Eric Andrew was hit by the first pitch, and then scored on Shawn Fair's double. The Rippers evened the score in the third' inning on a walk to An- drew Walker, a sacrifice bunt and m a sillgle by Shawn Davy'. The Blue Devils put the go- ahead run across the plate in the fourth on Brent Robinson's triple and Chris Stewart's single. They added two more in the fifth when Todd Edgar singles, Ryan Moffatt reached first on a fielder's choice, Fair singled, Robinson reached first on an error to load the bases, Joel Pegg then doubled to drive in two runs. Belgrave wrapped up the scor- ing with two more in the top of the seventh. Moffatt singled, and An- drevt ' and Fair .both readied:" .. ' On errors. Moffatt was thrown out at the plate on Robinson's fielder's choice. Andrew and Fair scored on an error on Pegg's ground ball. Robinson went the distance on the mound for Belgrave, giving up three hits and one walk and struck out four. Trevor Seip started on the mound for the Rippers and lasted five innings before being relieved by Shawn Daw. They allowed eight hits and one walk, and corn- bined for five strike outs. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 1395 Midget girls claim Tricounty title WOAA champions Belgrave Blue Devils downed Wroxeter Rippers 6-1 Sunday afternoon to win the WOAA Major Midget boys championship in five games.Team members in- clude (front) Ryan Moffatt, Joel Pegg, Shawn Fair, Brent ,Robinson, and Eric Andrew; (back) coach Bob Pegg, Jamie McCallum, Chris Stewart, Brian Marks, Dan Gusso, Todd Edgar, and Arley Pautler. Absent is coach Corey McKee. Bulls defeated by Bulldogs SEAFORTH - The Brussels Bulls were defeated 6-4 by the Kincardine Bulldogs in pre -season exhibition Western Junior 'C' Hockey League play on Sunday. The Bulls trailed 3-I after the opening 20 Minutes of play with the teams tied at four going into the final period. Kincardine tallied two unanswered third period goals to claim the win. Jason Heipel scored the first Brussels goal With help from Steve. Henderson. Mark Wilson netted the second Bulls goal with Tim Beyer getting the assist. Sheldon Mustard fired the final two Bull's goals. The first was as- sistol by Greg Fritz and Dan Sin- clair and the second was assisted by Fritz and Beyer. Mike Stevenson starter in net fortbe Bulls and was reppleeed by Ian &e Taylor with the ' Bulldogs leading 4-1. • The Bulls have changed their affiliation for the 1995-96 season. The 'Bulls have worked out an agreement with the Kitchener Dutchmen of the Midwestern Jun- ior 'B' Hockey League. Brussels plays a pair of exhibi- tion games this weekend. The Bulls travel to Kincardine on Fri- day for an a:30 p.m rematch with the Bulldogs, and then host New Hamburg Spirit 83 on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Seaforth Arena. The Wingham Midget Girls de- feated • Belmore in two straight games to win the Tri -County League championship. The first game of the 'series was played Friday evening in Belmore, with the second game going Satur- day at the Josephine Street ball- park. Wingham put a pair of runs across the plate in the top of the first, Friday, when Missy Bieman doubled and Carolyn Pike was walked. They both scored on An- drea McBride's single. Belmore got one back in their half of the inning when a runner reached first on an error and then scored`on a.single.. Wingham added two more runs in the second when Lisa Inwood walked and Jenny Remington sin- gled, and pee wee player Crissy Keir brought up for the series, hit a fly ball to centre to . score In- wood. Remington scored in a sin- gle by Janelle Cretier.. Belmore tied the score in the fourth with runs scored on a pair of singles and two errors. Lead-off batter Cretier drew a walk in the top of the fifth and was brought home. by Bieman to.regain the lead.. Wingham then hung on for the 5-4 win. Bieman was the winning pitcher for Wingham, allowing three hits Chepstow captures Bluewater crown Chepstow Aces scored an 8-7 decision over the Belmore Sting- ers, Sunday afternoon, to win the 13luewater Fastball League chain- pionship three games to one. George Bester earned the victo- ry on the mound for the Aces with Chris Eadie being tagged with the setback. Don Busby, Scott Smith and Scott Dickson each had two hits, including a home run, and Paul Tolton had a pair of hits'and drove in two runs. The Stingers stranded 17 run- ners in the game, including having the bases loaded in the ninth in- ning and unable to score the tying run. The' Stingers won the third game of the series 13-3, played Friday evening. Chris Eadie posted the victory and Pete Spitzig was tagged with the defeat. • Jeff Fischer was 3 -for -3 at the plate for Belmore, and drove in five runs. Jeff Dickson was 3 -for -4 at the plate and also had five RBIs. Murray Mawhinney chipped in with a pair of hits. Bester was the winning hurler in game two as the Aces edged the Stingers 6-5. Dave Eadie suffered the defeat on the mound for Bel - more. Busby had two home runs in the contest, in•a losing cause for Bel - more. The opening game of the series, played last Monday in Belmore, was a pitcher's duel. Spitzig earned the victory as Chepstow scored a 1-0 decision. He allowed three hits and recorded 10 strike outs. Losing hurler Chris Eadie, gave up four hits and struck out 15. and two walks, and recorded 15 strike outs. Amy Wilhelm and Jill Kuntz shared the loss for Belmore giving • up six hits and five walks, and combining for 11 strike outs. Belmore scored in the top of the first inning .. on Saturday, but Wingham replied in their half of the inning, when Denise Kikkert. singled and then scored in Julie Kikkert's single. The score remained that way, with both pitchers being stingy the hits, until Wingham was able to put three hits together in the bot- tom of the fourth. Denise Kikkert and Bieman singled and Julie Kik- kert homered. Belmore threatened a comeback in the fifth with Shannon Ward drawing a walk and scored on a pair of singles. The tying run was stranded on the bases with Caro • - lyn Pike retiring the next two bat- ters at short stop. • The final two innings were scoreless with two three -up and three -down innings giving the game and the series to Wingham. A week earlier the midget girls, won the WOAA major midget ti- tle. • Bieman was the winning hurler; allowing five hits and two walks, and struck out ine. Kuntz was the losing pitcher, giving up six hits and two walks and struck out 11. Lockridge Memorial Arena We are now accepting ice bookings for the 1995/96 season . beginning September 25, 1995. For more information call 357-1317 Curling Season is approaching October Green Fee Special $10.00 Wingham Golf & Curling Club 357-2179 FALL PROGRAM FOR SWIM AND FITNESS CLASSES starts Monday September 25 VANASTRA RECREATION CENTRE See Focus Sept. 5 or call 482-3544 MEN'S SUNDAY MORNING REC HOCKEY REGISTRATION Saturday, September 30 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Dressing Room #4 Lockridge Memorial Arena Wingham rAor. ►iwY..b'.A x .Y.ww,wb't rA„ari r A0KalAOI A• t•`•Yey'.I.i•I' A'►'..'rJ1 /..b \Y.16.7'"L `91tif1►�' eorf'