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Zurich Citizens News, 1980-06-26, Page 16Page 16 Citizens News Jun 26, 19$O TAKE CLINTON BALL TOURNAMENT — The Dominion Hotel squad took top honours in a O'Brien. Kneeling are Kim McKinnon, Kevin McKinnon, Randy McKinnon, Brian Hodgins, and recreational tournament held in Clinton on the weekend. Members of the winning squad are Norm Koehler. Missing were Ken Fenwick, -Richard Schilbe and Ken R.gier. Hodgins was (back row) Pat Bedard, Steve Smith, Wayne Meidinger, Ron Rader, Gary Koehler and Jeff . awarded the most valuable player trophy for the tourney. Staff photo Tavern team victc.ri.c..us. Over the weekend the Tavern -Boys from Zurich captured the first annual Clinton recreational fastball tournament. There were two other teams from the Zurich league inolved in the tour- ney, the D.J.'s and the Sunsets. Both of these teams gave good performances all weekend with the Sunsets winners - the Zurich Dominion Tavern. Brian Hodgins of the Tavern crew lead them in their championship bid as he allowed only three earned runs in four games and was named the tournament Most Valuable Player. In their first game the Dominion Tavern defeated Lobb's Casey's of Clinton 7-0 in five innings, with hits SPORTS • SPOT with Marlene and Tony Bedard winning their first against Goderich township by a wide margin and losing a heart- . breaker in the second game 4-3 in 9 innings to the Clinton Bluebirds. The D.J.'s fared better as they won their first 2 games by lospsided scores against Ex -Cello from Clinton and the Teachers also of Clinton. In their third match they lost 5-1 to the eventual tourney being recorded by Jeff O'Brien, Ken Fenwick, Brian Hodgins. Next in line came the Villagers from Seaforth who were defeated 8-2 by the tavern team. Leading the way for Zurich were Rick Schilbe, Kim McKinnon, Wayne Meidinger, Norm Koehler and Brian Hodgins with one hit each and Jeff O'Brien with two. SOUTH HURON SLO-PITCH LEAGUE Teams GP 1. Bayfield Knight Hawks 8 2. StanleySteamers (Varna )8 3. Zurich Eagles 8 4. Dashwood 6 5. Zurich Cobras 8 6. Bayview Blue Bombers 7 7. Bluewater Lakers 7 8. Bayfield Flyers 8 l W L T PTS 7 1 0 14 5 2 1 11 5 3 0 10 4 2 0 8 4 4 0 8 4 3 0 8 1 7 1 3 0 8 0 0 GAMES PLAYED SUNDAY Zurich Eagles 6 Bluewater Lakers 5 Zurich Eagles 17 Zurich Cobras 15 Stanley Stealers 16 Bluewater Lakers 16 FUTURE GAMES Wednesday June 25th Eagles at Flyers Lakers at Steamers Thursday June 26th Bombers at Knight Hawks Sunday June 29th Eagles at Dashwood Knight Hawks at Cobras Bombers at Lakers J In their third game of the tournament the Tavern boys defeated the D.J.'s of Zurich 5-1 with it one of thebetter games of the tourney. Leading the way for the winners was Kim McKinnon with a double and single and Pat Bedard, Rick Schilbe, Jeff O'Brien, Randy McKinnon with one hit apiece. The D.J.'s were rests icted to three hits by hurler Brian Hodgins as he recorded 10 strikeouts. Ken Clarke had two singles and Paul Morrison one. In the 'A' Championship final the Champions gained sweet revenge as they beat their old enemies the Bluebirds of Clinton 13-0 in five innings. The win was a reversal of last year for in the Zurich tournament the Bluebirds defeated the Dominion Tavern 1-0 in the 'A' semi-final. The Bluebirds eventually won the Cham- pionship.In the final at Clinton, Hodgins limited the Birds to just two hits and had eight strikeouts. The Zurich boys opened up a 9-0 lead after one inning and never looked back. Leading the way of- fensively, was Ken Fenwick as he stroked three straight singles, next in line was Richard Schilbe, Pat Bedard, Kevin McKinnon and Wayne Meidinger with one hit apiece including a, double by Meidinger. The hotel boys were speedy on the basepaths as they recorded seven stolen bases and were issued eight base on balls. For their efforts the Zurich Dominion Tavern brought home the $200.00 first prize money, a giaht trophy and each member of ..the team was presented with a 'gold medallion which read "Clinton Fastball Champs 1980." For his efforts, M.V.P. Brian Hodgins was presented with a silver cup for being the top player in the touritament. Sunsets edge Patz On Wednesday night singles by Don .Beauchamp and Kevin Geoffrey plus a two run double by' Dave Stark in the sixth inning gave the Sunsets a 2-1 victory over the Patz boys in Zurich rec fastball league action. The lone Patz run came on a home run in the first inning by Mike Masse. The Pontiacs continued to have a fine season as they edged the D.J.'s 6-5. A walk to Don O'Brien in the eighth inning secured the victory for the league leaders with O'Brien coming in following singles to Bob Brown, Bob Merner and Bob Johnston. On Monday the team with the beer mug on their chests walloped the Patz Boys 24-7. The tavern ds ha 22.hits off of the offerings of Patz hurlers Al Scott, Isidore Laporte and Dave Taylor The Patz team had 12 hits off of winning pitcher - Kevin McKinnon. The D.J.'s team took revenge Monday night by gaining a 134 win over the Pontiacs. According to reports the Pontiacs made a FEW errors. Pee weer win In the past week the Dash- wood Pee Wee hardball team chalked up two well deserved. victories. The first over Seaforth 15-1, and the second over Wingham 9-5. This was Winghams first loss of the season. Nextgames are July 1 at 6:30 - Clinton at Dashwood. July 2 at 6:30 - ,. Dashwood atGoderich. Soccer In the, local ato.artspccer gran' titirittire s1eains consisting of Grand Bend, Clinton, rich, Seaforth, St. Columban, Kincardine and Zurich. At thisjoint.in the season the Zurich atoms are in fourth place. Wins afghan - The dravabringitistin and pillow conducted by, the Zurich Has Beaners Hockey Team was held during a social evening ,Saturday evening, Thelucky winner was Wendy Masse of Zurich. „ ' Come to the barbeque If you are looking for an evening of fun come to the Zurich Fund Raising Pork BBQ, 'July llth. The CFPL Lively Guys are being challenged by the Zurich Bean Team at 8 p.m. g mmuuumminnnmummimnmmmmmmmemmm enmmnnnnmunmmmminmmmmmmnmtmmmaimmmnmmmw.: = s a a 4F1 JULY 1S; CANADA'S BIRTHDAY Council for Canadian Unity Citizens Committee of the National Capital Region Canadian Folk Arts Council mmma8mmm alaamimmamaammmn0111MMMtmnnnnmIONNINNawaa