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The Times Advocate, 2008-07-09, Page 19THIS WEEK IN SPORTS Fury Page 20 Uniform donation Page 20 Wednesday, July 9, 2008 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 19 Express at Lakeside tournament Runriing for her mother EXETER - The Exeter Express were in Lakeside over the weekend taking part in the annual tournament. Game one saw the Express matched up with Erindale, who were second last year in the O.B.A. elimination tourna- ment. Exeter pitcher Brian McLeod got the call from manager Doug Fairbairn. Team spokesperson Joe Fulop said McLeod had a case of nerves in the first inning allowing four runs on three hits and four walks. McLeod settled down for the the rest of his appearance but the strike zone was not favourable for him as he gave up 10 walks in the game. Terry Hogg came on in the fifth inning and allowed one earned run although he was charged with four unearned runs. He struck out four bat- ters and allowed six hits. The biggest problem of the day, said Fulop, and all the players agreed, was the defense. Only two runs were earned as the team committed four recorded errors plus other questionable plays. Fulop said this has not been the case all season as the defense has been excellent. The Express were never ahead in the game although they stayed within one run until the seventh. The Express trailed 4-0 in the first as Adam Leppington, Rob Burk and Bobbie Grant had consecutive singles fol- lowed by a walk to Chris Gosnell and a Lonnie Hawke sacrifice fly. Both teams picked away trying to get runs. The Express rallied for four more but lost 11-6. The best hitters on the day were Burk with four while Tim Eifert had three hits and a walk. Getting two hits apiece were Hawke and Grant (who also missed hitting a long home - run by inches) while Aaron Patterson, Leppington and Justin Hayter added one hit each. In this tournament the first two games were to be warm up games. The second team Exeter faced was Woodslee which was a back and forth battle, but Woodslee held on for a 7- 6 victory. The Express scored in the first with a single from Burk, a walk to Grant and a single by Hayter. Their second rally was in the sixth where walks to Vic Oliveira, Patterson and Hawke along with hits by Hayter, Chris Gosnell and Leppington led to four runs. Woodslee scored in the sev- enth. Hayter led off the bottom of the seventh with a triple but didn't score and the Express lost the 7-6 decision. Dan Masse pitched a good game while scattering 10 hits and striking out six oppo- nents. Hayter had a three -hit game while Burk had two hits. Game three was the first for -real game, said Fulop, as the loser would be eliminat- ed. Fairbairn pulled out ace pitcher Derek Masse who dominated Barrie for three innings and struggled for the rest of the game allowing three runs. In the process Masse scat- tered five hits and struck out eight Barrie batters. Leppington walked, stole second base and scored on a grounder. The Express rallied for three runs in the third on hits from McLeod, Leppington and Grant. A walk to Oliveira was fol- lowed by a wild pitch, a sacri- fice and a Patterson single. Barrie was unable to score in the next half-innining. Sunday's games saw Exeter play teams with rosters of 25 players while the Express had 10 players on hand due to "previous commitments." This was made worse by the fact that star shortstop Patterson could not play due to a hand injury. The next opponent was the team from Lakeside. Gosnell took the mound for the Express and did an excel- lent job of shutting down the powerful Lakeside lineup allowing nine hits and four runs. The game was tense and exciting as the Express have always fared poorly against Lakeside. The Express scored four runs in the second as Burns, Oliveira and McLeod singled before Leppington hit a tow- ering homerun. The goal then was to try to defend against Lakeside's bats for the rest of the game. but Lakeside tied the score by the fourth innining. The winning run came from a Grant single, a fielder's choice and a ground out to give the 5-4 win to Exeter. Exeter hitters managed only six hits from six different players. They were Leppington, Burk, Grant, Hawke,McLeod, Oliveira and Burns. Three teams hoped for a bye to the final game but Exeter lost the draw and had to play Oakville next. The Express were a tired team as Gosnell decided to carry on and pitch his second successive game. He held Oakvile to two runs on five hits in a performance Fulop called "amazing." Exeter managed only three hits and no runs in a 2-0 loss. Burns had two of the hits. while Hogg had the other. The pitching throughout the tournament was outstanding, Fulop said. Finally, the hitters did a good job against pitchers from teams that were ranked higher in the upcoming play- offs. The team plays a tough - schedule starting with a dou- ble header against Tillsonburg in Exeter at 11 a.m. Sunday. By Pat Bolen TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER - Former Exeter resident Rita Kemp will be carrying the memory of her mother Donna with her Oct.19 as she runs a marathon in San Francisco. Kemp says she is running the marathon in honour of her moth- er who passed away in February due to multi- ple myeloma. It is the first marathon for the 20 - year -old who started training over the May 24 weekend and she says it has been going well although there have been some hotter than normal days recently in Vancouver. Kemp says she start- ed thinking about the idea of running a marathon after her roommate in Vancouver took part in a marathon in Vancouver. "I thought it was an inspirational thing that she did it and that I could do it in honour of my mother," says Kemp. Kemp says she is up to 18 kilometres, with her previous longest run being 10 kilome- tres. Kemp is part of the Team in Training pro- gram which helps the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in its mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma. Team In Training is Exeter Golf Club weekly league scores Monday Night Men's League June 23 - A flight LG Tyler Buruma 37, LN Peter Rowan 35,2nd LG Andy Freiter 38, 2nd LN Jesse Bergmann 37 B ffight LG Morley Obre 41, LN Laverne McCarter 35, 2nd LG Richard Miller 43, 2nd LN Ryan Freiter 37 C flight LG Rob Miller 46, LN Craig Hebert 37, 2nd LG Monty Scott 46, 2nd LN Reiny Freiter 38 D flight LG Rick Etherington 48, LN Dennis Pfaff 35, 2nd LG Fred Wells 50, 2nd LN Bob Sargeant 38 CTP #3 Ryan Freiter, CTP #6 Jason Kerr; A&B Skins: Tyler Buruma #2, Ryan Freiter #3, Andy Freiter #5 & #9; C&D Skins Reiny Freiter #4, Tony Mattucci #7 June 30 - A flight LG Hayden Gozzard 38, LN Al Preece 35,2nd LG Kim Chauvin 41, 2nd LN Bryan Denomme 39 B ffight LG Ryan Freiter 42, LN Brian Lather 38, 2nd LG Jason Wein 45, 2nd LN Rich Miller 41 C flight LG Doug Campbell 45, LN Craig Hebert 39, 2nd LG Bob Dougall 48, 2nd LN Tony Mattucci 39 D flight LG Mike Nice 46, LN Rick Etherington 38, 2nd LG Bob Forrest 51, 2nd LN Dave Keys 41 CTP #3 Ryan Freiter, CTP #6 Jason Kerr; A&B Skins: Tyler Buruma #2, Ryan Freiter #3, Andy Freiter #5 & #9; C&D Skins Reiny Freiter #4, Tony Mattucci #7 Tuesday Morning Ladies League July 1 - Red and White Day / Low Gross, 43 golfers A flight Carole Preece 43, B ffight Betty Sangster 55, C ffight Sheila Reaburn 59, D flight Gail MacDonald 66 Visitor's flight - Esther Martineau 47; 15 pars, 2 birdies; Share the wealth - June Hillen and Marlene O'Brien Wednesday Night Ladies July 2 - Closest to the Pin on #3 A flight Carole Preece, B ffight Sue Cooper, C ffight Phyllis Fidler, D flight Barb Willard; 50 / 50 win- ner: Mary Lou Hyde Senior Men's League July 3 - A flight Brian Cosgrove 34, B flight Brian O'Neill 35, C flight Joe Regier 34, D flight Conrad Sitter 31; CTP #3 Ralph Simons, CTP #6 Bill Vanderworp Winning teams: (146) Ralph Simons, Conrad Sitter, John Stephens, Bob Thompson; (149) Al Preece, Al Otton, Jim Redman; (153) Jerry Maclean, Bob May, Gerry O'Neil, Brian O'Neill For her mother - Former Exeter resident Rita Kemp will run in the San Francisco marathon in October in honour of her mother who passed away in February. (photo/submitted) the largest endurance program in the coun- try to benefit a charity, according to Alicia Rempel, Team In Training campaign director. "Walkers, runners, cyclists and triathletes raise funds and in exchange receive a fit- ness program that will help them successfully complete their event," Rempel explained. Kemp has to raise a minimum of $4,400, of which 75 cents on the dollar goes to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, while the rest goes to pay for air fare and hotel. Kemp is having her air fare paid for by Mike McCowan of Best Computers in Exeter, where Kemp's mother used to work. Donations can be made to Kemp's cam- paign online at http://my.e2rm.com/pe rsonalPage. aspx?regis trationlD=450845 or by cheques to the Lymphoma Society, which can be address- es to Kemp at 2720 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6k 1W8. Cheques can be made out to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society with Kemp's name in the memo. 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