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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2004-05-19, Page 2020 Exeter Times -Advocate orts Friday Night Mixed Dart League banquet Wednesday,May 19, 2004 The Friday Night Mixed Dart League of Exeter held its banquet May 8 at the Exeter Legion. League run- ners up were Front L -R: Dave Pear, Gloria Pear, Shirley Scott and Monty Scott. Back:The 'A' runners up were the Gangsters, made up of MarkWragg, Dave Reichert, Joan Corbett, and Brendan Snell. The 'B' runners up were Betty Bowerman,Tony Armstrong and Bob Reynolds. (Missing: Mary Keenan.) (At left:) Named as 'A' champions were the Wayward Flights, made up of Donna Sheridan, Claude Nixon and Nancy Beaver. (Missing: Kevin Nixon) (Above left):Winning the SlackWeiner award was Rose Keeton. (photos/PatBolen) POLICE BRIEFS Lottery scam LUCAN BIDDULPH — The OPP received reports from a number of residents in Middlesex County were notified they won more than $600,000 in the Spanish Lottery - El Gordo. The winners of the lottery all received notices by mail telling them to claim their prize money by forwarding bank account and other personal information to a fax number overseas. The first complainant, a resident of Lucan Biddulph, sought advice from his finan- cial adviser, who advised him to contact the OPP. According to police, Phone Busters receives about 30 calls a week regarding this scam. The first stage of the swindle is for personal infor- mation, leading to identity theft. If a victim forwards their information, a fee is requested in order to collect the prize money. El Gordo is an actual Spanish Lottery, and does have an Internet -based game as well. All residents are advised to call and ask questions of any prize they are offered and not to for- ward personal information until the award checks out. Contact Phone Busters at 1-888-495-8501 to report a scam or visit the Web site at www.phonebusters.com. Exeter Juniors tie versus Southwest in opening game EXETER — Exeter W&K/Co-op Juniors coach Jeff Keller is looking forward to this year with the team losing just two players from last sea- son and many of the young players last year starting to shine. Keller said, "I think we will have a pretty good season. We still have a young team and a group of guys that really like to compete." "We have a great core of pitchers with Terry Hogg, Jon Brand, Mark Laye, Jesse Schroeder and Tim Meidinger." "We also have one of the best infields in our league. On average, we made fewer than one error per game. That is an incredible stat and one worth mentioning. Many major-league teams cannot boast that stat." "The problem we had last year was our bats. It was the first year for wooden bats in our league. Although it made for really fast games, it took everyone a long time to adjust." Keller added Junior base- ball is thriving in the area. There are 11 teams in the tier one league this year including four London teams as well as Byron, Mitchell, Kincardine, Strathroy, Sarnia, and Ingersoll. There are also five teams in the tier two league. Home games for the Juniors are every Sunday at 5 p.m with the home opener May 28 versus Kincardine who made it to the OBA finals last year and lost by one run. Keller said Kincardine is a good team and it should be a good game Sunday. Exeter W&K/Co-op Juniors at Southwest London Last inning heroics on the part of Exeter salvaged a tie against Southwest May 11. It was a pitchers duel and hits were hard to come by. Defensively, Exeter made just one error in the first inning, it cost them two runs and they had to play catch-up the rest of the game. Exeter started the game off on the right track when Mark Laye opened up his batting season with a double in the top of the first inning He moved to third on a ground ball by Matt Iredale and scored on a throwing error by the catcher to give the Juniors an early one -run lead. "I give Mark credit–he had a great hit and then scored by taking advan- tage of a mistake by their catcher. It was a great heads -up play," said Keller. Exeter let the lead slip in London's half of the first inning when a throw- ing error brought in two runs off starter Mark Laye. "Mark was pitching really well. I think we just had some first -game jit- ters and lost our train of thought. These things happen in the first game". Laye didn't let the miscue get to him. He stayed focused, pitched two solid innings allowing no earned runs, and struckout four batters while allowing just one hit and two walks. From that time on, it was the pitch- er's game. Terry Hogg came in to pitch in the third and shut the door on the London offense. Over three solid innings, he had three strike -outs and allowed just one hit and no walks "Terry was on fire out there today. For the first game of the season, he had great control and pretty good velocity," Keller said. Jon Brand took the hill for the final two innings of the game and picked up where Hogg and Laye left off. Brand was also on fire, throwing strikes on almost every pitch. He threw two hitless innings, had two strike outs and no walks. "Jon threw right where I wanted him too, Keller said. "He forced London to hit ground balls every time they were at the plate. Jon was great." Exeter finally got some offence in top of the seventh inning when Justin Hayter reached first on a single. Ricky Regier walked and with one out, David Gingerich had a hit over the right fielder's head. Hayter scored easily. However, a coaching mistake got Regier out trying to score from first. "I shouldn't have sent him. I had just one out with two of my best hit- ters up next." "I was really impressed with the way the guys played today. They played with enthusiasm and intensity. I hope it lasts all year." Keller said the rookies also played well, making some contact with the ball at the plate and making some good plays on the field. He added Steven Regier, the youngest player ever to play for the Juniors, played well for his first game. "He is going to develop into a solid ball player."