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Times-Advocate, 1988-08-24, Page 17Gregus competes as all-star HAMILTON - Exeter ,Co-op Junior player Fred Gregus was out in centre field when the Western Ontario all-star baseball team won the bronze medal at a regional tour- ney on the weekend. Couched in part by Exeter base- ball guru Brad Gregus, Westerni ll - stars played five games, winning - three and dropping two decisions to Fred Gregus claim third place. In an earlier game they defeated Hamilton 9-2. Hamil- ton went on to win the tournament. Fred Gregus was awarded with a position on the team after working his way through a series of eight try=out camps which were held in London but attracted players from all over The area. The -various all-star teams were were "boiled down.into six all-star teams which came together for the tournament in Hamilton. picked from a total of 17 teams, - spme of which were encompassed by Inter -county baseball, London Juveniles and London Juniors -- al) -high calibre organizations. They Juniors advance to Great Lakes finals KINCARDINE - Exeter Co-op Juniors earned a berth in the Great Lakes Baseball Junior final after they claimed the top spot in a Jun- ior Baseball tournament by beating. the host Kincardine club 11-7 and then forcing a 10-4 loss on Lis- towel in the final. Juniors begin a best -of -five ser- ics against Lakeside this week to: decide a league champion. Listowel took a 2-0 lead in the second inning of the final game of the tourney, but Co-ops rebounded in the top of, the third when pitcher Terry Cox slammed out a two RBI double to bring home Darcy Mar - Peewees reclaim Sportsfest .title Coaches George Eisenschink and Arnold Martens took the Ex- ctcr Pee Wee's to the annual Sportsfest this year organized by \Vingham. As defending champions, Exet- er showed right from the start that they wanted to repeat as champions and played superb soccer throughout the day. In their first game Exeter took a 3-0 lead in thc first seven min- utcs of the -game against Owen Sound and then played a defen- sive game for a 5-0 win. Exeter goal scorers were Sisa- vay (1)- and Sivichay Sengk- hounmany (2) and Nick Szabo. In their second game, Exeter kept up the pace and disposed of Wingham by a 4-0 score. Joel Campbell netted three goals and Sivichay scored once. In their final game for the overall championship Exeter really put together a beautiful ef- fort and coasted to a 7-0 win over the Nai Wash Ali Stars. Sivichay (3), Sisavay (1), David Moriock, Souban Inlakhana and Tonya Richt took care of the Ex- eter scoring. Tony Armstrong, Allen McFalls and Mark Lynn all played a very strong tournament on defence and goalie Andy Vi - los recorded all three shutouts. tin and Fred Gregus. Doug Schade scored earlier on a sacrifice fly by Steve. Neil. Exeter added four more runs in an explosive fourth inning when RBIs went to Martin, Neil and Schade. Darren Little scored on a wild pitch. Schade batted in Brent O'Brien in the fifth and Neil and Cox scored in the sixth to build a solid lead which saw them through for the win. Earlier, a six run third inning made up for some lost ground and laid the foundation for Juniors .win over Kincardine. Only two of the nuns were earned. In their last game of regular sea- son, Juniors carne close to blanking Lakeside with a 15-1 decision. O'Brien was on the mound for Ex- eter. He threw four complete in- nings without allowing a hit. Only . one Lakeside batter was .given a base on balls. A wild pitch precipi- tated Lakeside's only run of the garne. . Darren Little came in to relieve Sports O'Brien inthe last inning and was able to maintain the pace. After taking a 3-0 lead in the first inning, Juniors added a pair of runs in the second. Lakeside managed one run in the fourth, but that was over -shadowed by a five run fourth - inning for Exeter. Five more runs in the fifth ended the game in a mer- cy. - SAFE AT SECOND - Janet Gilmore of the Lieury Pros and Cons Mather of the Exeter Untouchables from making it tb the bag. Woodham Optimists slo-pitch tourney on Saturday and Sunday. champs. nearly gets to the ball in time to stop Tammy Sixteen teams battled it. out at the Kirkton- Kirkton's Terrible Teei emerged as overall Ames - Serving South Huron, NorthMiddlele\ August 24 1988 dvocate & North lamblon Since 1873 P'go I A APPETITE FOR COMPETITION - Josh Watson returned from the Provincial Gaines for the Physically Disabled with three first place ribbons and one second. He:lrked what he saw at York University. .. - Watson gets taste of wheelchair athletics It was a bit of a shock to the system for Josh Watson last weekend when he travelled to York University to compete in the Provincial Games for the Physi- cally Disabled. It was the biggest event of the year for wheelchair athletes in Ontario -- and Watson's first meet. The young Exctcr resident was originally slated to get his first taste ,of wheelchair athletics at a regional meet in London, but when that event fell through due to a lack of entrants, Watson re- ceived an invitation from the On- tario Wheelchair Sports Associa- tion t0 attend the Toronto meet. "i kind of felt as if I was being thrown in off the deep end," Wat- son said Thursday at his home. "When I was in the races, the starter would give the signal to go -- I'd get started and I'd look for the other guys and they'd already he at the first corner." Among thc youngest compcti- tors at the event, (which included wheelchair athletes who will be competing in demonstration ,-,orfs at the surnmcr Olympics in Seoul) l0 -year-old Watson found himself alone in some divisions. Ile brought home three first place ribbons .and one second place award after competing in the 100, 200 and 400 metre dashes and the shot put, in which he recorded a 1.73 metre throw. Watson is not without some long-distance experience. Lastfall,• nc raised several hundred dollars when he completed the Terry Fox 10 K here in Exctcr, so he has al- ready had a taste of long distance "I was ,core the next day," he said of that experience. Watson found himself at a defi- nite disadvantage in the races at York. Virtually evcry competitor was equipped with a racing wheel- chair as opposed to Watson's stan- dard chair. A racing chair is a light -weight three -wheel vehicle with main wheels slanting in toward the op- erator. Bruises on Watson's arms from racing on a standard chair with vertical wheels illustrate.the practicality of the slanted wheel design. The high-tech chairs cost ap- proximately $3,000, a price Wat- son finds disturbing. • "II the cost would go down a few dollars, it would be better," Watson said. "Unfortunately, the guy who thought of them and the guy who builds them figured that people who wanted them could pay for them." Russ Watson, Josh's father, said they were looking into the purchase of a chair. Even with racing chairs, Josh points out, athletes wear protec- tive gloves and old socks with the toes cutout to nrotcct their arms. Start training There arc several meets on the horizon this year and Watson, his appetite whetted by thc York meet, plans to start training for them. "We've got sonic rings (hang- ing) in the back yard that I'd use to build up the strength in my arms," Watson explained. Ile expects to work out for one mile cach day for the racing events and he notes, with a trace of awc in his voice, that his fa- ther has ordered a shot put with which to practice. Watson is looking for a coach to help him train and he hopes to findan indoor location such as SIIDIIS to work out in when winter hits. - Royals open playoffs with win EXETER - Backed by the strong pitching performance of Dan Hcy - wood, Exeter Royals opened their South Perth Fastball League quar- ter final against Fultarton A's last Thursday, by edging the A's 4-2. Heywood scattered eight hits over nine innings, while striking out six and walking three. After giving up single runs in the second and third innings on six hits and the three walks, the veteran right - bander settled down to retire the next 141)atters in a row before giv- ing up two harmless singles in thc ninth. After falling behind by two. Roj'als got on the scoreboard as right fielder Jim Lcwis led off the fifth inning by being hit by, a Please turn to page 3A" Exeter I moves into first EXETER - In the squirt division, Exctcr II strengthened its hold on fourth place with a 3-0 shut out. over Arva. Exctcr 111 came up short against Ilderton by a 3-1 score. In atom play Exeter I won both its games 3-1 over Lucan Ii and 2-1 ovcr Lucan i to move into a tic for- first orfirst place with St. Columban. The tic for first place was partial- ly treated by Exeter Ii. The much improved Exeter 11 squad stoic a point from first place St. Colum - ban after they scored late in the game to even the score at 4-4. With two games left in the sea son ltic last game bctweer Exctcr i and Exeter II could decide the cham- pionship. At Mosquito action Exctcr could not find the range in the first half and had to settle for a 0-0 half time score. However, in the second half things really changed and the Exeter boys put the'ball in the net at will against Grand fiend for a 7-0 final score. Exctcr Mosquito's are assured of a second place overall. in the Pcc, Wee division things are really heating up. With two weeks left, in the season a tic for first place by three teams is a good possibility. Exctcr I missed their chance for the championship after losing 4-1 to Grand Bend. A shortmanned Ex- eter team was not good enough against the strong Grand Bend side. Mosquito Marty DdBruyn scored the. lone Exeter goal. Atom Trevor Boersma saw action in this game. Exeter ii had a very easy time of it in their game defeating Ildcrton 11-0. Sivichay Scngkhounmany (7), Souban Inlakhana, Cheryl Bal- lantyne, David Moriock and Dan Martens were the scorers.