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Times Advocate, 1991-08-21, Page 18Page 18 Times -Advocate, August 21, 1991 Fastball roundup Windsor fans 11, Lord has two doubles as Crediton beats Exeter CREDITON - Hard throwing Carol Windsor struck out 11 as she backed Crediton to a 3-0 shutout win over the Exeter Greys here Monday, night. Going into lait night's game in Exeter, the best-of-thren Huron - Perth Ladies Fastball League semi- final playoff series was tied at a game each. The winner will take on either St. Marys or St. Pauls. A year ago, Exeter had a strong regular season before bowing to Crediton in the semi-finals . Last Tuesday night, the Greys had lots of hits as they rolled to a 12-1 win but Monday, only Dianne Willis could manage a single in the fifth inning. Crediton got to Exeter pitcher Patti Down early when they plated a run in the second inning. Deb Lord lead off with a double and with one out, scored on Kelly Prouse's sacrifice fly. The rally stayed alive in the next Bwing when Jane Howley and renda Wilds had back-to-back sin- gles with one out and after a walk to Theresa McGee loaded the bas- es, Lord had another double to give Crediton a 3-0 lead. Defensively, , Crediton retired the side m oraer m all seven innings. After Willis singled in the fifth she was tossed out at second. Bantam Royals In semis EXETER - While the senior Royals are heading into the league playoffs, their farm team, the bantam Royals are attempting to win the Us - borne Fastball League. Sunday night they downed powerhouse Lieury 12-5. Exeter pitcher Steve Cook not only struck out 12 but connected with a key two run sin- gle in the third inning. When Cook stepped to the plate, Exeter held a slim 4-3 lead. The two teams met again Monday with the winner of the best -of -three series ad- vancing to the final against Fullerton. Earlier in the week in OASA playoff action, the bantam Royals were eliminated Thursday by Londesborough who beat Exeter 12-5. Londesbo- rough plated nine runs in the seventh and final inning. Last Tuesday the Royals evened the series with a 3-2 win in Exeter. Dennis Gower was the winning pitcher and Ken Hines had a two nm homer. Cook also delivered a single which scored the winning run. Hanging on - Mike Burton of the Exeter bantam Royals hangs on after he stole second base Tuesday night's OASA game. Exeter beat Londesborough 4-3 in this one but were eliminated same club later in the week. Exeter ends regular season with impressive 18-8 record By Fred Groves Winning by default is not glam- orous, sure it adds ugh another two points, but it doesn't give much credibility to the team you've beat- en. The Exeter Royals were sched- uled to travel to Sebringville on Thursday to take on the Stratford Steelers, a phone call notified the Royals they had won by default. Sunday afternoon Exeter was supposed to host Shakespeare Colts, another default and another two points. Even if the Colts and the Steelers would have won they wouldn't have qualified for the 'A' division playoffs. What those two teams did in- stead was pad the Royals chances to make the top group for post - season play. A 2-1 win Sunday night over the Nighthawks in St. Marys didn't hurt either. "They didn't see any benefit even if they won," said Exeter coach Fred Cook of the Colts and the Steelers. "You can't assume we would have won them this late in the sea- son." With the four wins last week, which included a 9-0 blanking over Fullerton, the Royals finished the season with an impressive 18-8 record. They've won their last nine league games. The two defaulted games gave the Royals, especially ace pitcher Derwyn Hodgins a rest. Cook was undecided on whether or not those games should have been played. "That's up to the league, we made ourselves available." Exeter now heads into the playoffs, which matchup were be- ing determined Monday night. Cook said a month ago when his club was 10-8, he didn't expect to Brent Dawson ...key hits finish with 18 wins. "A month ago no, at the start of the year yes, I thought we'd finish that high." Royals 2, St. Marys 1 This one was very close and the only difference was Brent Daw- son's second inning triple. Steve Neil singled and Dawson, squaring to bunt, faked everyone and lined it into the left field corner. He scored what proved to be the winner when Jim Allison was safe on an error. The Nighthawks came back and made it close when pitcher Scott Brookshaw singled. Brookshaw struck out 13 while Exeter's Der- wyn Hodgins had his best outing of the season fanning 21 of the 36 bat- ters he faced. Defensively, Royals' shortstop Rod Johnston who came in for Dan Heyweod in the first inning, made a fine play when he backhanded the ball, and threw to first from his Royals 9, Fullerton 0 The home run derby continued for the Royals Wednesday night as Graham Nesbitt connected with a a two -run blast in route to a 9-0 win over the Fullerton A's. This one, played in Hensel), saw the Royals come up with 16 hits off of A's pitcher Jeff McGee. Catcher Brian Noyes led the way with a double and two singles, scoring three times. Mike Neil had three singles, one of them to the fence which scored two runs. Allison had an rbi triple and a single while 'Dawson, Sandy Hyde and Mike Desjardine each had a pair of singles. Hodgins started on the mound for the Royals and in the six in- nings he pitched, struck out 14 in- cluding the side in order in the first, fifth and sixth innings. The only base hit Hodgins gave up was a third inning single to Jim in last by the Smith but Smith, in an auempt to move on a passed ball, was gunned down by Noyes. Steve Neil pitched the final three innings, allowing just a pair olhits. South Perth Men's Fastball League Final Standings - White Division Milverton Magnums 19 7 38 St. Pauls Generals 18 8 36 Exeter Royals 18 8 36 St. Agatha Thunder 16 9 32 St. Marys Nighthawks 14 12 28 Sebringville Royals 10 14 20 Fullerton A's 9 14 18 Stratford Memorials 6 19 12 Millbank Mustangs 4 21 8 South Perth Men's Fastball League 'A' Playoffs (best of three) St. Marys Selects vs. Mitchell Mets Sebringville Jrs. vs. St. Agatha Milverton Magnums vs. Exeter Tavistock Orioles vs. St. Pauls Sports shorts llthAnnLthI»'' TerryFox Run EXETER - This year's Terry Fox, the 11th annual, will once again see the staff of the Scotia - bank in Exeter lending a helping hand. On September 15, a run is sched- uled for Exeter and plans are also being made for a run in Zurich. The 1990 Terry Fox Run, com- memorating the 10th Anniversary of Terry's Marathon of Hope was an emotional and rewarding one. Over 500,000 participants in Canada and around the world raised $7.5 million for innovative cancer research. Booster dub__ EXETER - The Exeter Mohawks Senior 'A' Hockey Club could be on the receiving end of additional office support this year as there are plans for creating a booster club. An onizationaf meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Tuesday, August 27 at Joan Finkbeiner's home at 231 Carling St. in Exeter. Hoopers in Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. - Three bas- ketball players from Lucan recently attended a basketball mrttnargnt in Kentucky. Jennifer Duskocy, Deb- bie Greenlee and Laura Duskocy, joined the Forest City Ramblers for five days of basketball at the Uni- versity of Kentucky. The Forest City Ramblers from London, finished eighth with a 5-6 record. Their competition included 17 varsity high school teams from West Virginia, Indiana, Florida and Kentucky. Laura Duskocy finished third in foul shooting with 80 percent: --_- Field hockey EXETER - A field hockey clinic will be held August -26.27 at the South Huron District High School be,ginning at 9 a.m. both days. Returning and new players are in- vited to brush up on their old skills and learn new ones. Doing well LONDON - Gerry Lamport, quarterback with the London Beef- eaters of the Ontario Football Con- ference is . second among the league's pivots completing 21 -of - 44 passes for 47.7 percent for 292 yards, one touchdown and five in- temeptions. He is a South Huron Distract High School grad. Ramblers - Jennifer Duskocy, Debbie Greenlee and Laura Duskocy recently attended a basketball tournament in Kentucky. SlImery conditions - Gavin Snell (right) of the Exeter 17 -an n team prepares to steal the bail from aim opponent during their playoff a game in Lucan Saturday. Naim won the game 3-1. Weat, with soccer finais LUCAN - Despite heavy downpours on Saturday, 20 teams managed to take to the field to fight for champion- ships in Lucan, as the, Lucan and District Minor Soccer Association ended another season. Four games in girls soccer, slated for late after- noon, had to be postponed due to Mrm Conditions. They will be 'pthis Saturday in Lucan. The Exeter I mosquitoes capped off a perfect season, defeating Ex- eter 11 to capture their playoff championship. The team got goals from Jeff McLean, Tyler Bourne and Jacob Bruxcr, while Scan Beattie earned the shutout. Exeter I finished the season 15-0-0, also winning the league championship. In fifteen dames they scored 106 goals while surrendering only eight. In atom play, Exeter I defeated Coldstream to claim the 'B' cham- pionship. Coldstream scored early on a penalty kick, but Peter Fragis- katos tied thins up with about five minutes remaining. The teams were deadlocked through the rest of regulation and through a 10 - minute overtime period, ..fore fi- nally being deckled in penalty, kicks. The game was very evenly matched with both teams playing excellent soccer. In peewee action, Exeter came up against a more inspired Si Colum - ban squad, Toeing a close match 2- 1. St. Columban scored in the first minute of the game, but Viengxay Inthavong tied things up with a shot from well out that he tucked in just under the crossbar. St. Colum scored the winner midway through the second half, when a St. Colum - ban forward was allowed to sneak well in behind the Exeter defense to receive a breakaway pass. SOCCER SCOREBOARD SQUIRT 'A' Coldstream -1 vs St. Columban- 0 SQUIRT B' Exeter - 1 vs Bryanston - 0 ATOM 'A' Grand Bend - 8 vs St. Columban 0 ATOM 'B' Exeter - 2 vs Coldstream - 1 (penalty kicks) MOSQUITO 'A' Exeter I-3 vs Exeter 11-0 MOSQUITO B' Nairn - 4 vs Lucan - 3 PEEWEE 'A' St. Columban - 2 vs Exeter - 1 PEEWEE B' Nairn - 4 vs Lucan - 1 17 -AND -UNDER 'A' Naim - 3 vs Exeter -1 'B' Lacon - 5 vi Merton - 2 GIRLS 10ER vs Nairn II1 10-ANDa5 NDER 'B' Coldstream vs Grand Bend postponed 13 -AND -UNDER Exeter vs Nairn postponed 14 -AND -UNDER Exeter vs Coldstream Soccer champions - The Exeter I Squirt team were champions at the finals in Lucan Saturday. After a hard playing game, with shots on net being stopped by a stnxE Bryanston goalie, the Exeter team scored in the last few minutes of play on a penalty kick. Shown after their win, back left to right, Tyler Feagan, Henny Pfaff, Kyle Farwell, Andrew Prnut, Breyden Lord, Amanda Wuerth and Shawn Talbot with coach John Muller. Front, left to rpt, Jamie Rosenberg, Daren Marzlall, Meaghan Geiser, Chris VanEa- broeck, Matthew Watson, Justin Muller and Michael MacLean. Missing were coach Peter Darblshlre and Chris Darbishire.