Times-Advocate, 1988-05-18, Page 17May 18, 1988
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South Huron hopefuls
Just over half of the South Huron
District High School track and field
team is participating in WOSSA
today (Wednesday). The SHDHS
team made an impressive stand at
the Huron -Perth finals in Goderich
fast Tuesday and Wednesday, bring-
ing.home a number of firsts, sec-
onds and thirds, as well as earning
21 berths at WOSSA.
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Scott Regier, one South Huron
hopeful, qualified in three events
last. week. A Senior, Regier placed
first in the 400m race, second • in
long jump and third in the 400m
hurdles -- his best event. A fall in
Wednesday's race kept him out of
first place, but Regier still managed
third. The top runner going into
WOSSA was only one second ahead
headed for WOSSA
of Regier, despite the fall.
Knee trouble has been affecting
the athlete's performance and
though he ices it before he runs,
Regier still competes in pain. It's a
factor he's not concerned about,
however. He expects to place in the
top three this week in 400m
hurdles. Knowing the competition
is a definite advantage for him.
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UP AND OVER -- Skip Pavlick
ron-Perth track and field finals.
WOSSA.
stayed in the running with several impressive high jumps Wednesday at the Hu -
Pavlick placed third in the event which was good enough to give him a berth at
Merger produces viable
team for London Ieagu6
LUCAN -- Dramatic changes
'have marked the beginning of the
men's fastball season in Lucan.
Like many other centres, a lack of
fastball interest and the•encroach-
ment of slo-pitch has caused two
teams to merge into one:
Lucan Harry's Spring Service and
Lucan Irish Nine merged this sea-
son to become Lucan Harry's Nine.
But that's not the end of the chang-
es. The newly formed team dropped
out of the now defunct North Mid-
dlesex League and joined the Lon-
don Civic Fastball League.
And the competition is stiff.
"It's (the league) probably as good
as you can get around here," says
playing manager Brian Noyes. "A
lot of the guys have played Memo-
rial or inter -city and they're sick and
tired of doing all the travelling."
Travelling was a major factor in
Lucan's decision to join the London
league. With the exception of Lu -
can, all the other teams are from
London.
Already three games into -the 30
game schedule, Irish stand with a
record of one win and two losses.
"We haven't' performed as good as
we can," Noyes says. "Our guys
aren't used to the better pitching. I
think we'll do better once we get
used to it. We've got some pretty
good ball players."
Figuring out what to do with
those players has been a problem
for Lucan in the early stages of the
season, however.
"When you combine two teams,
you've got guys that play the same
position and you don't know who's
going to play what," Noyes ex-
plains. "We've got 18 players and
were going to cut it down a bit."
The position of short stop is
causing the management some
grief. Irish short stop Brad Taylor
left a hole in the new team's roster
when he decided to give up fastball.
Lucan Harry's yielded no interested
short stops either.
"We got left short -stoploss,"
Noyes quips.
First baseman Kevin Lightfoot
and centre fielder Paul Wraith are
both possibilities for the spot, but
their talent seems only to compli-
cate the problem.
"Both of them are our best
players at first and centre field and
we don't know if we can afford to
put them at short stop," Noyes
says.
Troubles aside, Lucan has esta-
blished some depth in the pitch-
ing department.
Dennis Carty, a veteran left-
hander who played for Irish Nine
last year, will be throwing for Lu -
can this season. Carty is also pitch-
ing for Exeter Royals.
Rich Cowland is a new face from
London. A right-hander, Cowland
has performed well in two of the
three games played this season.
Rick Freeman, also a right-hander,
proved himself last season with Lu -
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An added bonus for the team is
Paul Horenberg. Horenberg will be
sharing his talents between St.
Marys Creamery Juniors and Lucan.
The pitcher Spent the winter in
Australia where he played a lengthy
schedule. Horenberg has yet to join
the roster because he was in need of
a rest upon his return to Canada.
"He'll miss some games, but
we've got enough pitchers that we
won't miss him," Noyes says.
"We're just glad to have him. He's a
good young fellow for all the talent
he's got:"
Jeff Shipley, who went overage
for Creamery Juniors this year, will
be devoting all his time to Lucan
Harry's this ycar as catcher. Noyes
Please turn to page 2A.
"You know who's who and who's
the top," Regier explains.
"Experience helps a lot in the long
run. You know who you can keep
up to."
Larry Miller, also a Senior,
doesn't have that experience to rely
on. He will be taking his first trip
to WOSSA on the strength of a
first place finish in the 800m and a
second in the 1,500m.
Despite a leg injury that kept him
out of the running for the past
month, Miller hopes to be one of
the first to cross the finish line in
his premier event.
"The best time in thc 800 at
WOSSA is 2.04 minutes and at.
Huron -Perth I ran a 2.10," Miller
notes.
Injuries have been a problem .for
Kim Van Dongen as well. The
Midget girl was the defending
champion in the 3,000m last year.
Suffering from a dislocated knee
cap, she ran to a second place finish
in the 3,000 last week, but was un-
able to compete in two other sched-
uled races.
Team coach Joe Fulop was un-
sure whether `Jan Dongen would be
able to run at all this week.
Van Dongen suffered the injury in
back-to-back skiing accidents this
winter.
• The promising young runner
came sixth at the OFFSA regionals
last year. At her best, Fulop expect-
ed her to go on to the regionals
again this season.
Twoother regional hopefuls are
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AiR BORNE -- Laurie Forrester flys through the air en route to earning a
second place finish in the long jump. Forrester and Sandra Relouw dominat-
ed the event at the Huron -Perth track and field finals Wednesday.
Greys keep_ winning formula
EXETER - An expanded league
with more competition will be just
about the only change Exeter Greys
will have to deal with as a club this
season. Greys are the reigning
champions in the Huron -Perth La-
dies Fastball League. After they
burned through the regular season,
losing only one game, Exeter put
St. Marys out in league finals and
dropped St. Pauls -in the playoffs.
With a few minor changes, which
will only bett"r the :'am, the Exet
er ladies promise to be the premier
team in their league once again this
year.
Parkhill, Corbett, Crediton, Den-
field and Mitchell have all joined
the league, while Scbringville has
dropped out. That leaves the
HPLFL with a 12 team line-up for
a 22 game schedule.
The additions to the league are
welcomed by Janet Buchanan, coach
of the Greys.
"It's certainly a better challenge
for us because we don't know what
everybody's going to be like,. Bu-
chanan said, noting that with the
eight team league last year, Greys
knew there were four good teams
and four bad teams.
"I think the only way were going
to keep ladies fastball alive is to
make the league bigger and more
competitive."
Greys stayed on known territory
for their first game of the season
when they defeated St. Marys 3-0
last Tuesday night at the South Hu-
ron Rec Centre.
With three new additions and a
solid core of veterans, Buchanan ex-
pects' this season to follow the
same vein as last year's.
"I've got five pitchers and they're
all capable of pitching," Buchanan
said. "I think our defence will save
us. Our offence will come with
time.
"I think all aspects of the team
will be strong."
The pitching staff makesfor an
impressive list. Patty Down, a
right-hander, played for Milverton
Juniors before joining Greys. Tam-
my Mathcrs will act as a pitcher
and an outfielder. Heidi Elliott of
Goderich will return for her third
year with Greys. A pitcher, she can
also take the role of infielder.
Gail Beuerman is a new addition
to the team. Coming from playing
.Senior Bali with Waterloo Ghosts,
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Bcuerman should be an asset. Tess
Nethery, a third year veteran left-
hander, rounds out the pitching
unit.
Nethery, along with Elliott and
Down arc all products of the Mil-
verton Senior fastball system. They
share that background with many
on the team. Buchanan explained
that her experiences with other
teams and thc fact that Milverton
Junior and Mil -Dor twins drew on
talent in this arca have built strong
tics between the powerful Milver-
ton organizations and Exeter.
Strong defence
Season veterans with versatility
figure prominently in Exeter's stur-
dy defence. -
"My team is very versatile," Bu-
chanan noted. "In fact, you (Greys
players) could play anywhere. I've
been known to change the whole
field."
Elaine Gould will act as both an
infielder and an outfielder for the
team. Bonnie Caldwell will likely.
concentrate her efforts on first base.
Infielder Dianne McCuaid is an-
other versatile player. She original-
ly played Intermediate ball in
Guelph and Brantford.
Sandy Fremlin, a second year
player, will be working third base.
Fremlin, now a resident in Huron
Park, played for St. Clements
Suns.
Greys have a great dcal of depth at
home plate. Lynne Farquhar, a St.
Clements Suns veteran and a third
year player with Greys will be
catching along with veteran Sandra
Burns. Burns played for Milverton
Suns before coming to Greys. She
was also selected as a Canadian all-
star catcher twice.
First year player Kendra Arthur, a
student of the University of Guelph
is also a good young catcher.
In the outfield Brenda Bell will be
working with Judy Nahrgang a third
year Grcy with a Milverton Suns
background, and Brenda Jarrett who
hasplaycd for Tilisonburg Interme-
diate Jets.
"The defence is always going to
be there," Buchanan said of her
team when asked about its weak
points. "If anything lets us down,
it'll be the bats. There are a number
of good pitchers in the league."
Panthers ousted by Strathroy in tourney
EXETER - During the weekend,
the S.H.D.H.S. Panthers Baseball
• team took part in a two day tourna-
ment against other school teams
from Kincardine, Owen Sound,
Strathroy and Parkhill.
Strathroy became Exeter's down-
fall as the tournament progressed.
The visiting team downed South
Huron twice, then went on to the
final where they were defeated by
Pctrolia 15-9.
Petrolia found their way into the
championship final after defeating
Ingersoll 7-0 and Kincardine 5-3.
The five participating teams were
grouped into two pools with Exeter
and Strathroy in one and the re-
maining teams in the other.
Saturday, Panthers were led by
• solid pitching from Scot Russell
leading 5-3 against Strathroy head-
ng into the sixth.
Jeff Dalrymple and Fred Gregus
• belted three hits each and Doug
Clark added two more.
However, with Russell tiring, and
errors common, the team faltered in
the late innings and ended up on the
short end of a 10-5 score.
Sunday, the toam had to ba.tle
back in the late innings against the
same Strathroy team.
After falling behind 7-0 early, the
team retained their composure and
fought back into the game.
Dan Weigand started the sixth in-
ning off with hissecond hit of the
game • a double over the left field
• fcncc - and the team came alive.
Scot Russell followed this up in
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thc seventh with a homerun over
the left field fence, and Panthers
went on to score five runs in the
last tow innings.
Nonetheless, Exctcr fell short,
falling 10-9.
Jeff Butler played a fine game in
the field and also contributed two
hits.
- Coach Pete Heency expressed his
appreciation for all those who at-
tended practice and came out to
play. Under different circumstances,
both scores could have been re-
versal.
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FIRST RUN • After a slow start Sunday the Panthers finally got a run across the plate in the third inning. Pan -
.hers never did catch up to Strathroy's lead.
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