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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2008-07-02, Page 22THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Soccer scores Page 24 Ironwood scores Page 24 22 TIMES ADVOCATE Sports SPORTS Tips? Contact Times Advocate Tel: Pat Bolen (519) 235-1336 x113 Fax: (5 1 9) 235-0766 E-mail: sports@southhuron.com Wednesday, July 2, 2008 Express win three games EXETER — Newcomer Brian McLeod has patiently waited for his chance to pitch more regularly for the Exeter Express, says Express spokeperson Joe Fulop Sunday was McLeod's day and he came through with a shutout victory over Strathroy 9-0. The win followed Express victories earlier in the week over the Lakeside Lizards and London Bulls. McLeod struck out five and allowed six hits during the contest against Strathroy. The Express were able to gain runs easily as they pounded out 14 hits. Justin Hayter led the team with four hits while Nate Burns had three and Bobbie Grant and Vic Oliveira had two each. The last hits came from the bats of Lonnie Hawke, Tim Eifert and Rob Burk. With the victory the team moved into second place with an 8-2 record. Lakeside leads the league with a 9-2 record. The Express extended their winning streak to five games as they defeated London 12-6 on June 24 and Lakeside 4-1 on June 27. The Bulls have always been a team loaded with good hit- ters, said Fulop. Dan Masse was given the Express pitching assignment and came through the experi- ence a winner. He was able to check the Bulls' bats even though they had 13 hits during the game. Masse struck out three London batters. The Express replied with 12 runs on 19 hits. In the first inning the Express struck for five runs. Aaron Patterson singled and stole second. The rally continued as Burns singled, Grant walked, and Chris Gosnell singled to drive in a run. Hawke then drove in two runs with a single and Adam Leppington doubled to score two more runs. The Bulls responded with three runs on four hits. The Express were able to add single runs in the second, third, fourth, sixth and ninth innings plus three more in the fourth. The Bulls added two in their fifth and one in the eighth. Hitting stars in the game with three hits each were Gosnell and Hawke. Burns, Grant, Dan Masse and Terry Hogg chipped in with two hits each while Patterson had one. Friday's game against Lakeside featured good pitch- ing, a solid defense and criti- cal hits, said Fulop. Derek Masse pitched anoth- er gem as he held the Lakeside hitters to only one run on four hits while striking out 12 Lakeside hitters. Coach Doug Fairbairn described the effort as the best of the year. The Express scored a run in the first as Leppington walked, stole second base and was driven in by Burns. Lakeside replied with a run in the fifth on four hits. Exeter broke the tie in the 10th scoring three runs with hits from the bats of Leppington, Grant, Burns and Hayter. The best hitters of the day were Grant and Burns with three while Leppington had two. The Express are proving to be a good team and more will be learned at the up coming tournament in Lakeside, said Fulop. The Lakeside tournament has nine teams. Fulop said all of them were in a higher cate- gory than were the Express last year and Exeter will have its work cut out for it. Crediton Cubs win consolation prize INNERKIP - The Crediton Cubs jrAnt. fastball team was consolation winners recently at the Woodstock ladies fast - ball tourney. The Cubs found themselves in a tough pool for regulation play. In fact, all four teams in Crediton's pool were winners in all four playoff divisions. Crediton 0 versus London Rebels 9 Crediton's bats didn't seem to show themselves during Saturday's play of the tourney. The Cubs' defensive prowess was quite evident all day but their offence struggled. Megan Preszcator and Carie Pertschy were the only batters for Crediton each notching singles. Marianne Scott pitched for Crediton with relief from Kathy Glen. Catcher Mary Glen was the game's MVP player. Crediton 5 versus Mike's 4 A four -run sixth inning was the key to Crediton success. Trailing four to 1 in the fifth inning, Crediton took the win after four base on balls and three single hits. Julie Prout recorded three singles for Crediton with sin- gle hits from Sarah Green and Kerri Fulton. Missy Pertschy and Kathy Glen were voted as the game's most valuable players. Kathy Glen pitched for Crediton with relief from Sarah Green. Crediton 0 versus Chepstow I2 The score does not display the fast -paced game against Chepstow. A 0-0 tie until the fourth when Chepstow scored three runs, remained very close until the sixth when Chepstow scored nine more runs. Again Crediton's bats were exceptionally quiet with only Sarah Green reaching first on a single hit. Sarah Green pitched for Crediton and was also the MVP of the game. Crediton I versus Mike's 5 Meeting the same team in pool play as in quarter -finals was disappointing for Crediton but this time the Cubs' oppo- nents took the win. Crediton remained scoreless until the seventh inning but the rally was too late to take a win. Marianne Scott led her team at the plate with two triples while Ange Gould and Sarah Green added two single hits apiece. Single hits came from the bats of Kathy Glen, Megan Preszcator and Mary Glen. The MVP for game was Marianne Scott. Crediton 13 versus Northern Lites 0 Sunday playoff games were a totally different story for Crediton as the bats were again on fire. Crediton scored twelve runs in the first inning during its semi-final game and added another one in the fourth. Kerri Fulton led her team with a double and two singles, Nikki Cyr pounded out a triple and added a single hit while Kathy Glen, Marianne Scott and Sarah Green each added a double and single. Megan Preszcator added two singles, with a double from the bat of Carie Pertschy and single hits from Ange Gould and Kelli Fulton. Scott notched two strikeouts for Crediton with relief from Sarah Green. Crediton 3 versus Oxford Plumbing 0 Even with a lightning sus- pension and a rain cancella- tion, Crediton still managed to maintain its lead and defeat its opponent for the win in the championship game. The Cubs jumped on the scoreboard in the first inning after Kathy Glen scored from Sarah Green's and Kerri Fulton's single hits. Glen added a double in the second but was left stranded. In the top of the fourth inning, the game was sus- pended due to lightning and when the game was allowed to start again, Crediton remained in its superior mode scoring two more runs in the sixth inning with singles from Sarah Green, Kerri Fulton, Missy Pertschy and Kelli Fulton. After a downpour, the game was called and Crediton was awarded the prize money. Special thanks go to Sarah Green and Missy Pertschy for their expertise and get well wishes to Julie Prout after her injuries. IMP Atifttrel Winning team — Over the weekend a district Mixed Pairs tourna- ment was played at the Exeter lawn bowling club with teams from St. Marys, Goderich and Exeter competing in a double knock -out format. The event went into the second day before Peter and Gloria McFalls came out on top over Dennis and Shirley Schmidt from Goderich.The winners will represent District 4 at the provincial finals in Uxbridge from Aug. 8-9.The winners of the event will go on to British Columbia for the Canadian championship. (photo/submitted) Fury blanked 4-0 EXETER — The Exeter Fury traveled to London Saturday to play against Gols and came away empty-handed on the short end of a 4-0 score. Playing with several of their regulars miss- ing, Exeter relied on several locals to assist them in fielding a team. Exeter played the home squad evenly for the first 20 min- utes, but a nagging hamstring injury sat down Joe Forrester for the remainder of the game. When he left the field, players began playing unfamiliar positions, which led to a breakdown defen- sively. Gols got on the board shortly there- after when two slide - tackles were missed. Keeper Ryan Masse made the initial save, but Gols there to score on the rebound to make it 1-0 at the half. In the second half, Exeter came out with more energy and nearly capitalized when Dylan Fidler headed a cross from Nick Williams off the crossbar. Gols came back to make it 2-0 on a chip play that Masse had no chance on. They made it 3-0 on a questionable offside non -call and scored another late in the half to seal the deal. Shawn McFalls had one last chance, but his headball off a cross from Corey Firth sailed over the net. Exeter plays at home at 8:30 p.m. versus league -leading Middlesex tonight (Wednesday) and see Cup action at home, also at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday versus Ingersoll. Free fishing day PARKHILL — As part of Ontario Family Fishing Weekend July 4-6 when a license isn't needed to fish, local young fisherman can get in on the action in Parkhill. On July 5 at the Parkhill Dam from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m, kids can compete for prizes for pulling in the biggest fish. For more information at to register, contact Daren Wood at 630-6621.