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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2005-06-22, Page 17Wednesday,June 22, 2005 Exeter Times–Advocate 17 Usborne track and field Close games for Crediton junior squad Usborne students Alana Horn (above) and Laura Selves were two of the participants taking off at the Usborne track field day held June 3. (photo/submitted) CREDITON - The Crediton Laurmart Juniors find themselves in close matches every game. The local squad is definitely holding its own in the Tier II league. The local squad fights hard at every game and if you would like to see some great fastball come out to one of their games. Crediton 6 vs Otterville 7 The match against Otterville was a very close one throughout the whole evening with Crediton tak- ing a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning after the first three innings only Jessic allowed three bat- ters per inning. The game went into overtime with a 6-6 tie with Otterville scoring and Crediton unable to capitalize on scoring a run. Shortstop Jessica Davies saw a lot of action and never missed a chance at an out. Kelli Fulton led her team at the plate with three singles with one being a perfectly -placed bunt while Jessica Davies' bat was on fire pounding out a double and triple. Kerri Fulton added two singles with a double off the bat of Jessica Bray and singles from Megan Preszcator, Amber Preszcator, Melissa Prout and Carrie Dixon. Dixon strongly went the distance on the plate. Crediton 3 vs South London 6 Crediton jumped on the scoreboard early in the game scoring three runs in the first inning but were held scoreless the rest of the game leaving ten players on the bases unable to get them across home plate. The team was pressing very hard in the seventh inning with two on base but was unable to tie the game. Julie Prout and Kelli Fulton led their team at the plate with a double and single with Megan Preszcator adding two singles. Kerri Fulton pounded out a triple in the first inning to clear the bases. Jessica Davies, Jessica Bray and Amber Preszcator added single hits. a Davies Carrie Dixon again pitched a strong game with two strike- outs. Crediton 8 vs London Rebels 7 A perfect game to watch saw Crediton defeat the first -place team from London. Several girls were playing different positions for the game but every player showed their strong soft- ball skills throughout all seven innings. Jessica Davies led her team at the plate with four singles. Carie Pertschy and Jessica Bray added three singles apiece. The same duo played superbly outfield together, along with out- fielders Melissa Prout and Janelle Dykstra stopping a lot of London rallies. Nikki Cyr and Janelle Dykstra added two singles apiece with sin- gles from the bats of Julie Prout and Kerri Fulton. Kerri Fulton on first base and catcher Julie Prout were big forces throughout the game. Natalie Laporte helped the win with plays on second base. Carrie Dixon went the distance for Crediton. Crediton 2 vs Oakridge 8 A very close 2-0 game until the sixth inning found Crediton on the los- ing side. A couple of men- tal errors by Crediton and strong defense by London were the reasons for Crediton's demise. Julie Prout led her team at the plate with two sin- gles with single hits added from the bats of Megan Preszcator, Kelli and Kerri Fulton, Nikki Cyr, Melissa Prout and Jessica Bray. Carie Pertschy and Jessica Bray pitched for Crediton. Special note The Crediton junior team would like to extend a big thank you to Julie Prout Marten and Laurie Dykstra (Laurmart Transport) for the donation of uniforms for the team. It is a won- derful gesture and allows the players (majority of which are post secondary students) to save a bit of money. Exeter Brave Chris Annis delivers Sunday night against Walton on the way to a 3-2 win for the Braves. Annis pitched six innings and also drove in a run, before Chad Dalrymple finished up. Matt Thompson also drove in a pair of runs as the win improved the Braves record to 6- 0. (photo/Pat Bolen) Express drop doubleheader in tou EXETER — The Exeter Express evened their season record at two and two with a hard fought 8 to 5 win over Listowel. The Express banged out a total of 12 hits. Pitchers Marty Merner, who picked up the win, and Dan Masse held the potent Listowel bats to nine hits. Merner was charged with all five runs. He struck out three and walked one. Masse pitched the final three innings for the save. He struck out four batters. The Express took an early five run lead in the first two innings with key hits from Aaron Patterson, Vic Oliveira and Cory Burtch. Listowel responded with two in the third. The Express added another in the third as Burtch parlayed a walk into a run. Listowel added three in the sixth on three hits. The Express rallied again for two runs over the final two innings. Four solid hits by Nick Regier, Oliveira, Terry Genttner and Scott Smith were the highlights of the ral- lies. With the squad still shorthanded the team was in Strathroy June 11. The Express won a thrilling contest against the first place Royals by a 2-1 score. The game was contested Saturday afternoon in the extreme heat and humidity of the day but both starting pitchers went the distance. The Express scored in the first as Patterson walked, stole second base and stole home on a double steal. Lonnie Hawke and Dan Masse each had hits in the inning. There was no further scoring till the ninth. Patterson again walked and scored on a hit by Hawke. Starter Derek Masse kept the potent Strathroy batting order under control during the first eight innings Two walks and two hits saw Strathroy score a run and have the bases loaded with two outs. Masse retired the final batter with a fly ball to center fielder Genttner. Masse struck out eight, walked four and allowed six hits in picking up the win. Other Exeter hits came from Oliveira with two, a third hit by Hawke, a second hit by Masse, and a single by Terry Genttner. The Express had a tough weekend losing three games at home. On Friday they lost 8-5 to the London Bulls. Saturday they lost twice to Tillsonburg 7-5 and 4-1. The game against the Bulls was a see saw affair with the score tied until the eighth at 5-5. Exeter's defense wasn't as good as normal allowing seven unearned runs. Curtis Meyers and Scott Kemp held the visitors to seven hits. The Express had 12 hits but stranded nine runners throughout the game. Hawke sparked the Exeter offense with three hits including a homerun. Coach Fairbairn had to play part of game one versus Tillsonburg as the Express had only eight players at weekend game time. Fairbairn made a stellar defensive play and pulled himself from the game. Dan Masse was the loser giving up seven runs (six unearned) on seven hits. Again the game was tied going into the last inning. Again, the opposition rallied for two runs. Exeter's leading hitters were Hawke and Patterson with two each. The second game of the double- header was a close one with Tillsonburg putting the game away by scoring two runs in the sixth and one in the seventh. Merner scattered 10 opposition hits. Exeter had only six hits with Hawke again leading the way with two hits. The Express league record is now 3-5. They were at home Tuesday night and face Strathroy Friday night at 7:30 p.m. plus a Saturday match in St. Thomas at 2 p.m.