Times Advocate, 1999-09-08, Page 21Wednesday, September 8, 1999
Ewa► TintaamAtivocate
21
Fury edge Hornets for
first win in a month
EXETER — The Exeter
Fury men's soccer club
picked up their first win
in a month with a 2-1
home victory over the
London Hornets Sept. 1.
The Fury controlled the
first half not allowing the
Hornets any good scoring
chances while creating
many excellent opportu-
nities of their own at the
other end.
Tim Proctor beat a
defender to a loose ball
and calmly poked it past
the keeper for a 1-0 lead.
Shortly after, Brian
Harrigan put the Fury up
2-0 as he fired a shot
that beat the charging,
Hornets keeper. -
London had one good
chance but Fury keeper
Scot Davidson made a
great diving stop to
deflect the ball wide of
the post. .
The, visitors managed a
goal before the half,
scoring on a penalty shot
to gain some momentum
for the second half.
Exeter's inability to
score on their many
chances in the first half
allowed the Hornets to
stay in the game. The
visitors attacked more in
the second half but
Exeter's defence of Dan
Snell, Rob Devries, Jason
McFalls and sweeper
Ryan Hern turned away
each rush that came
their way. Hern had a
strong game clearing
away every loose ball
and beating the opposi-
tion in every one-on-one
battle.
The win puts the Fury's
record at 4-8-3- and: t5.
points, good for fifth
place in the. Western
Ontario Soccer League's
Third. Division West
Division.
The Fury next travels
to London to face
Curinga on .Sept. 12.
Head battling. Exeter Fury soccer player Craig
Hern, right, fights for a headball versus a London
Hornets player during last week's game at Exeter
Community Park.The. Fury won 2-1 for their first vic-
t r in a month. (photo/Scott Nixon)
1.er Express impresses at OBA champi
GLANBROOK All that
hard work almost paid
off.
The Exeter Express
senior men's hardball
team showed they could
play with the best teams
in the province with a 2-2
record at the Ontario
Baseball Association final
tournament at Glanbrook
on the weekend.
The Express won their
first • game 4-1 over
Thorold. Scott Russell
pitched seven strong
innings, giving up only
one earned run while
striking out 10 and walk-
ing one. He threw a
seven -hitter giving up six
singles and a
double.
Fred Gregus
and Scott
Russell led
the Express
attack with
`alto singles
each while
Nate Burns
swatted a
double and
Dave Russell
and Marty
Merner had a
single each.
The defence
held up with only one
error, the faux pas com-
mitted by Dave Russell.
"We had a real strong
team performance in
game one," Express man-
ager Doug Fairbairn said.
"Scott pitched his best
game of the year. We also
played very well defen-
sively and got some timely
hits."
Glanbrook galloped by
Exeter 9-4 in game two
despite a stellar outing on
_thet. mound by Scott
Kemp.
"I've gotta tell you that I
don't think I've ever seen
a gutsier pitching perfor-
mance in my" 25 years of
senior bale than Scott
gave us in thisgame,"
Fairbairn said. "He got us
into the 10th inning and
threw 186.pitches along
the way. It was an
absolute shame he didn't
get a win out of this."
Kemp struck out tie,
walked eight, gave up
seven singles and a dou-
ble. He gave up seven
rums, only five of them
earned. two of the four
runs Kemp gave up in
regulation
were
unearned and
turned out to
be costly.
Fairbairn
wasn't the
only one who
noticed
Kemp's per-
formance.
Fairbairn said
the umpire
sought Kemp
out after the
game to shake
his hand.
Fairbairn said the ges-
ture was the first he's
ever seen from an ump.
"He told Kemper he had
never seen a player throw
a better game in a losing
cause in all his years of
umpiring," Fairbairn said.
Rick Boon pitched to
three batters in the 10th
and gave up a home run
and two singles.
Paul Elston came in and
gave up , a single before
getting the tial out in the
"I'vegotta tell you
that I don't think
I've ever seen a
gutsier pitching
performance in my
25 years of senior
ball than Scott
(Kemp) gave us in
this game,"
— DOUG FA1RBAIRN
EXETER EXPRESS
MANAGER
inning.
Burns was hot with the
bat with two singles and a
double while Dave Russell
Mark Glavin, Vic Oliveira,
Dale Hope and Dave
Hawke all had one single
each.
Exeter committed four
errors, one each by Boon,
Hawk , Merner and
Oliveira.
Exeter whipped
Wheatley 8-1 in game
three.
Burns struck out . one,
walked two and gave up
two singles in the first
three innings and didn't
allow any runs. At that
point Exeter was up 74
and Fairbairn decided to
take Burns out and save
him for the next game.
Boon was brought in to
start the fourth inning. He
gave up one earned run
in four innings, struck out
two, walked two and gave
up three singles.
Gregus, Oliveira and
Kemp all had two singles
each while Burns and
Boon hit one single each.
Fairbairn was pleased:
the defence finally played*
a perfect game.
"It took until our second
last game of the year to
play error -free, but we
did it," he said. "Again,
we had a really strong
team performance. We
bad strong pitching, flaw-
less defence and timely
hitting. This was a really
positive game for us."
The Express ended their
season with a heartbreak-
er 3-2 loss to Staynor.
Though an error by
Merner proved costly,
Fairbairn said it was the
lack of clutch hitting that
did the Express in.
Exeter had only one hit
going into the last inning,
when they rallied for two
runs on three hits. They
left runners on first and
third at the end of the
game.
Gregus, Dave Russell,
Boon and Merner all sin-
gled-
Burns . pitched another
fine game, giving up three
ruins, only one of them
Lawn bowling
Bauer - August 31
Isobelle Rescorel 2W27
Lawrence Russell 2W27
Gus Gregus 2W25
Audrey MacGregor 1W1T23
Marion Dearing 1W18
Stan Roth 1W18
Marshall Dearing 1W15
Henry Drachenberg 1W15
SPauline Simmons ber 2
2W24
Mike Underhill 2W24
Lawrence Russell 2W22
Roy Triebner 2W22
Mary DeBoer 2W21
Myrtle Maguire 2W21
Bill Sullivan 2W19
Don Overholt 2W18
Marion Dearing 1W16
John DeWeerd. 1W16
with two wins
earned, over seven
innings. He struck out five
while walking one and
giving up seven singles
and a double.
Fairbairn said his
team's pitching was prob-
ably more than he had
hoped for during the tour-
nament and the defence -
was much better than it
had been all year long.
"The most positive sign
to come out of this week-
end is that our pitching
and defence prow ear
offence a -chancel to Will
every game," he said,
adding a couple dutch
hits in the games they lost
could have made a big
difference in the win and
loss columns.
"I can assure you that
contrary to the belief of
certain people, there
were certainly no lemons
wearing an Express uni-
form in Glanbrook on
Labour Day weekend.
Thank You
The Zurich Minor Athletic Association would like to say
THANK YOU to the businesses and people that helped the
ZtAA.duning the '99 Bean Festival ,
Veri Trucking Inc.
Ice Culture
Hayter's Turkey
Zurich Co-op
Rick Masse
Phil Masse
Mike Masse (Mouse)
Seaforth Knights of
Columbus.
J,& L Variety
..
Seylers Food Land
Zurich Abattoir & Meat
Market
Seip's valu-mart
Randy Smale (Scobie)
Kevin Geoffrey
'99 Bean Festival
Committee
All parents who worked so hard
to make it the success it was!
STEPHEN TOWNSHIP MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION.
ATTENTION: GIRLS
We are still looking for girls to complete our teams .for -
this hockey season. 3 Divisions
Novice - 8-10 years of age • Junior - 11-13 years of age
40" rip Intermediate - 14-18 years of age
Feel free to give it a try!
' „00, Where: Stephen Township Arena
When: Novice & Jr. Girls - Tuesday, Sept. 14 - 7:00 pm
Int. Girls - Tuesday, Sept. 14 - 8:00 pm
0K61.r
+
,
•