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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-06-15, Page 33135 YEAR -24 AT I N GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15,1983 SECOND SECTION St. Marys wins' A' divtsion in fastball tourney St. Mary's Little Falls defeated the Sarnia Glis by 1-0 to capture first place in the A division of the third annual women's fastball tournament held last weekend. From left to right are Diane Mitchelmore, tournament chairman; Jill Richardson, St. Mary's captain; Irene Comley, most sportsmanlike ,player; Debbie Kelterborn, most valuable pitcher; and Wilf Noels, St. Mary's coach. (photo by Darrell Kloeze) BY DIANE MITCHELMORE Sunny skies, hot temperatures and cold beer highlighted the third annual Goderich Women's Fastball Tournament. In the short history of this tournament, Goderich has become famous for hosting some of the finest women's fastball in Southwestern. Ontario. This year saw 24 teams competing in two divisions for a total of $1,800 in prize money. Sixteen teams made up the 'B' Division with the Goderich Elevators, Art's Landscaping, Blyth Baintoneers and the Benmiller Ladies representing the Goderich league. Newmarket Dixon Pencil emerged the champions of the `B' Division, defeating the Blyth Baintoneers by an 8-7 decision. Cambridge Ernie's Road House defeated Conestoga 4-3 to take the consolation championship. The most valuable pitcher, Marie Hutchinson of Newmarket, record- ed two wins, one of which was the final, a three -hitter, and batted .545 for the weekend. Barb Cocking, the catcher for Newmarket, was chosen the MVP and Lori Hesselwood was awarded most sport- smanlike player. . Outstanding Achievement Awards were presented to Barb Petrie from Goderich for maintaining a batting average of .715; to Cindy Drexler of Conestoga for pitching two one -hitters; to Wendy Moore of Cam- bridge who batted .556; to Linda Meyer of Blyth with a batting average of .571; to the catcher from Cambridge, Michelle Lord who played superb ball for.four games and batted .462; to Colleen Murray from Blyth for racking up two home runs and playing great defence in the infield; and last but notieast, from Newmarket, a real asset to the infield, the first base person, Michelle Mudie. In the 'A' Division, St. Mary Little Falls took top honours after defeating the favoured Sarnia Glis Belles in the grand championship game 1-0. Receiving awards for Outstanding Achievement were: the left fielder from Bay City who made several game saving catches, at the tender age of 15, Jamie Hart ;, -a pitcher who threw a one -hitter and a two -hitter, from Sarnia, Connie Beland; a short stop who displayed a fine command of the skills of the game and also batted .545 for the tournament, from Bay City, Sharon March; and finally, a tiny little cat- cher who came to the tournament while .still convalescing from a lengthy hospital stay. Not only did she maintain an on base average of .400 but she scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth against Ohsweken, from Bay City, standing four feet, three inches, Beth White. This year's most valuable pitcher was a gal who has built up quite a reputation with the Goderich Tournament as one of the finest pitchers in the area. This year she threw two two -hitters and was a major threat at the plate, winding up with a bat- ting average of .500 - from St. Marys formerly Deb Bell, Deb Kelterborn. The MVP maintained the top batting average in the 'A' Division of .545 and bat- ted in the run that brought them to the final - from Sarnia, Bobby Lynn Stewart. The most sportsmanlike players played fan- tastic centre field and batted .400 for the. weekend - from St. Marys, Anita Comley. After three years of organizing this tour- nament, I feel it is time to step aside and let new blood take over. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank my family and my past and present executives for their hard work and dedication: our head Turn to page 2A • The winners of the B division in the women's fastball tournament last weekend were Newmarket Dixon Pencils. They maintained an 8-7 lead over the Blyth Baintoneers in the championship game to catch the title. In, the back row, left to right, are Bob Dove, Newmarket coach; Diane Mitchelmore, tournament chairman; Colleen Dove, Newmarket captain; and Norm Mugford, Newmarket coach. Three team players also won individual awards. Kneeling ( left to right) are Michelle Mudie, outstanding batter; Barb Cocking, most valuable player; and Marie Hutchinson, most valuable pitcher. (photo by Darrell Kloeze) Fastball action dominated the sports scene last weekend as Goderich hosted its third annual women's fastball tournament. There were 24 teams from across Southwestern Ontario competing in two divisions for a total of $1,800 in prize money. (photo by Darrell Kloeze) Rebels hold on to first in GRBH League Last week the Rebels held ,... �,, first Rebels on to first place in the Goderich Receational Ball Hockey League by defeating Brewers, 3-1 and United, 3-2._ In the game on Tuesday, June 7 Darrin Moore opened the scoring for Brewers but the Rebels bounced back with a goal by Mike Wedlock. Steve Walters increased the Rebels lead at the 5:49 mark of the second period when he put one by Brewers' goaltender, Dale Balonski. Jeff Denomy wrapped up the scoring when he got the final goal of the game. On Thursday night, United played a sharp game but the Repels managed to squeek by the team in the final minute of the second period. Brewers' goalie, Dale Balonski watches as his teammate Larry Kelly (9) teaches for the ball during a game against the Rebels. The Rebels defeated Brewer* 3-1 and as result have held on to first place in the standings.(photo by T.Murr) United got on the board first with a goal by Mark Frane but Mike Wedlock scored three minutes later to tie the score. - During the second period Greg Lapaine put the. Rebels ahead only to see United come back and tie the score. With five minutes left to play, United was assessed a 14 minute penalty and the team was forced to play defensively. Unfortunately for United, Larry Boyce worked his way through the defence and scored to give the Rebels the win. In other ball hockey action, Auburn was defeated by the Rink Rats, 12-1 and downed by the Knights, 5-1. In the game against the Rats, Ron Sowerby led the soring with three. goals and two assists. Other points were scored by Jeff Sargent, who got one goal and three assists, Dan Maillet, who got four goals, Ron Standen, with two, and Kevin Meriam and Brian Meriam, who each got one. The lone Auburn goal was scored by Pete Kohnert. In Thursday's game against the Knights, Kohnert also got Auburn's only goal. Scoring for the Knights were; Dan McLean, who got two goals, Mike Pitre, Phil Wood and Hugh Hanley. Also during last week's games, Sher- wood Express slit a pair as they lost to the Rats, 5-4 but defeated Brewers, 8-2. In the game against the Rats, both teams played a fast game and as a result the action went end to end. The Rats tookan early lead during the first period after Paul Kelly and Ron Sowerby both scored. But before the end of the period Sherwood tied the score with two goals by Dave Gallow. At the start of the second period, Sowerby put the Rats ahead, however, Sherwood teammates Pat Bissett and Gord McLellan each scored to put their team in the lead. Sowerby again tied the game which sparked Bruce Sheardown to score the winning point. On Thursday night when Sherwood met Brewers, Bob Kisch led the scoring for Sherwood with two goals and two assists. Other goals were scored by Terry Bean, who got two, Bill Gallow, Scott Stoll, Pat Bissett and Ken Straughan. Larry Gaynor and Jack Barussa each_.. got a point for Brewers. Goderich league to host ball hockey tournament this weekend This weekend 13 teams will be com- pein a ting m which being td ll bytheGoderich Recreational Ball Hockey League. Teams from Listowel, Stratford, Chippewa Hill, Mooretown, London and Goderich will contend for the "A" championship trophy and $425 purse. The "A" division consolation winners will be awarded $325. In the "B" division the champions will be presented $275, while the consolation winners will receive $175. f htt game is scheduled to begin on Friday at 7 p.m. with Sherwood Express meeting Ripley Thunderbirds. At 8 p.m. Listowel Warriors challenge Goderich United and at 9 p.m. Stratford Coca Cola take on Goderich Rink Rats. On Saturday the action will resume at 9 a.m. and continue all day, The semi-finals and finals will be played on Sunday af- ternoon. tternoon. League representatives Kevin Merino and Ron Sowerby say if this year's tour- nament is successful the event will be held annually. Arrangers move into second place in GMFL Denomme's Arrangers moved into se- cond place this week with two lop -sided 'victories over Kirkey's, 16-6 and -an 8-0 vic- tory over Lakeport Steel. Their record is four wins, one loss and one tie. John Hoy and Doug Smith led Denomme's 17 -hit attack against Kirkey's with three hits each. Jack MacKinnon, Jim Durst, Jim Bell and Clare Harmon added two hits. Ron Sowerby led the Kirkey bat- ters with a four for pur night, including a three -run homer. P ul Kelly had two hits. Kirkey's made sev errors in the game. Against Lakeport Steel, Denomme's scored six runs in the fifth inning with eight consecutive singles to break open a scoreless game. MacKinnon, Bell, Hoy and Barry Bloch each had two hits for Denomme's whereas Carman Fielder had two of the three Lakeport hits. John Verwey pitched a strong game for Denomme's. Also this week, French Cleaners picked up three points with a 4-1 victory over Hotel Bedford and a 5-5 tie with Canada Company. ' Dave Patterson's first inning solo home run led off French to their third victory of the season. George Sutton led French with three hits and was followed by Patterson and Bob Johnston with two hits apiece. Gary Peters' second hit of the game in the seventh inning ruined Don Bogie's bid for a shutout. French pitcher John Bogie had great success in the game against Canada Com- pany with every batter except one, Mark Frayne. Frayne drove in all five C.C. runs with a three -run homer in the first inning and a two -run triple in the fifth inning. Glen Tigert also had three hits for C.C. French was led by Kevin Jewell, - Gary Tebbuttand 4Martin,:w,h i had two hits ,.eaphs Ona bf Martln'.a hts wAa.golo,liom m run theseeotntinntngk< r '; t i' .!: ,,, Hayter's split a pair of games this week, losing '6-1 -to Kirkey's and thumping the Canada Company 11-3. The first game was all Kirkey's as they took advantage of their seven hits and the sloppy defence of Hayter's to win. Terry Johnston pitched his strongest game this year giving up just three hits. Hayter's then jumped out to a quick 100 lead and coasted to the 11.3 victory. War- ren Watt led Hayter's with three of their 11 hits while Dave' McDonald and Jim Ginn had two hits each in Hayter's strongest played game this year. Pitcher Dave Scholl gave up four hits in picking up the win. In other games this past week, Lakeport Steel won their first game of the year, an 8- victory over the winless Orioles while Lakeport Advertising lost 4-0 to Hotel Bed- ford. This was Lakeport's first loss of the season. Orioles made six errors and walked 10 batters but gave up just six hits in losing to Lakeport Steel. Brian MacKenzie led Lakeport with two hits. MacKenzie also pitched a strong game giving up just five hits in a game that took well over two hours to play. Finally, Hotel Bedford picked up their sixth victory of the season in defeating Lakeport Ad. 4-0. Rob Plunkett pitched a two -hitter in another excellent perfor- mance. Simon Langlois also pitched a strong game _giving ,up six hits, three of which went to Del Mitchelmore. . G.I.F.L. Standings (As of June 8 GP W L T Hotel Bedford 8 6 2 0 Denomme's 6 4 1. 1 Lakeport Ad 5 4 1 0 French Cleaners • 7 3 3 1 Hayter's 7 3 3 1 Oa.• a�. "+r« < 3- 3- 1' , _,,..• "3t - 5 0 Lakeport Steel 6 1 4 ` r Orioles ' 6 0 5 1 P 12 9 8 7 7 7 3 1 Carlow downs Goderich to win Auburn tournament Faithful readers of this GMSL column will recall three weeks ago when it was said that Carlow comes up hot in tour- naments. Well, this past weekend their play raised the diamond temperature to over 100 degrees F as they defeated Goderich Auto Sales in the "A" final 7-5 to take the $250 purse. En route to this final, they edged Meneset 14-12 and blasted Blyth 11-0. Pitching two strong games and blasting a home run in the final, Ross Dobie proved to be a valuable addition to the Carlow squad. Specal mention also to 'Bill Vanstone for'his four RBIs in the final. Bill Rahbek also punched two out of the park for Meneset in the first game. This tournament victory was only the finale to a very successful week for Carlow. Last Tuesday night they swept a double-header, blanking Sifto 8-0 in the first game and coasting to a 13-3 decision over Bluewater in the second. Doug Stoll going five for six and Mike Redmond with a perfect six for six night of the plate pro- vided the offensive spark for Carlow. A total of 22 games were played in the GMSL during this past week. Tickers caught up on all their rain -outs, playing a total of four"games. They edged Raiders, 14-11, blasted Local 1863, 15-7 and Bluewater 18-11, but missed their perfect week with a 19-5 loss to the Coyotes. Coyotes, playing superb ball as of late, hammered Little Bowl 22-4 and Renegades 15 to 6. Meneset pounded Bluewater 16 to 5 but then became the poundee as they lost to Elevators 13 to 4. Goderich Gas Rite edged Local 1863, 6-5 and in two other close mat- ches, Canadian Tire teak"' Renegades 4-3 but then lost the second game to Cedar Lodge 6-5. Garb and Gear continued their consis- tent , ball, dropping a 20-8 decision to Goderich Auto Sales. Port Albert Bulldogs defeated Goderich Elevators 15-3 but later lost a close 6-4 decision to the Bears. Goderich Auto Sales -edged Little Bow15- 3 and Cedar Lodge 9-4. Bears blasted Garb and Gear 22-4 while Cedar Lodge escaped with a 6-3 victory over the Harbour Park Raiders. Goderich Chrysler coasted to a 15-3 victory over Bluewater and the Bulldogs downed Canadian Tire 9-6. Coyotes missed one umpiring assign- ment at a cost of $10 but otherwise 'team reps and contacts are to be congratulated for an outstanding job of communicating rescheduled games. GMSL Standings To June 10 GP W T 11 11 0 10 9 0 10 8 0 10 7 1 9 6 2 9 6 0 10 5 1 10 5 1 9 5 0 9 4 1 8 4 0 9 4 0 9 4 0 9 3 0 9 2 0 9 1 2 Team Bears Coyotes Auto Sales Bulldogs Chrysler Elevators Renegades Cedar Lodge Little Bowl Tickers Canadian Tire Carlow Gas Rite Harbour Park Meneset Sifto Garb & Gear _.Bluewater Local 1863 L 0 1 2 2 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 6 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 8 0 9 0 0 9 0 PTS 22 18 16 15 14 12 11 11 10 9 8 88 6 4 4 0 II Peewee baseball team make impressive showing The Goderich Legion Peewee baseball team made an impressive showing in the -Kincardine Legion Tournament on the weekend winning one game and losing in extra innings in the second round. In the opening game of the tournament, Goderich defeated league rivais Seaforth to advance to the second round. Byron Bowman, with a home run and Jason Million, with a triple sparked the Goderich offence while Dave Brown nailed down the win with excellent relief pitching. Goderich played well against the host team in the second game as they trailed 5.2 after two billings of play, rallied to tie the game 54 only to lose 6.5 in eight innings. Kincardine scored three runs in their half of the first inning but Goderich rebounded with two of their oWn in the bottom of the first to narrow the deficit to a single rim. Byron Bowman delivered the first Goderich run one single that scored Scott Garrow and Bobby Allin scored the second run on a ground out. Kincardine added two more runs in the top of second to increase its lead to 5-2. Goderich chipped away at the three -run defecit scoring two runs in the fourth in- ning to narrow the Kincardine lead to a single run. Bowman doubled and scored on a pinch-hit single by Bill Whetstone and Andy Orr scored the fourth Goderich nm. Kincardine hada chance to pad its lead in the fifth butan outstanding- defensive play by entre fielder Allin kept Goderich within reach. With one out„ Ian Brooks tripled for Kincardine and waltzed home after team-mate Matt McLeod launched a fly deep to centre field. Atha made a Turn to page 2A • • IJI T ..t with Power b 1 � dron will be o ding its annul Sail, Pact h the outer barber Allis. Sunday at 2 pm, Registration will take place at Snug Harbor at 1 ' ,m. Spectators may view the event fro 4 : 4: south pier. +++ The sixth annual Colgate Women's Games will be taking place this Saturday and Sunday at Etobicoke's Centennial Stadium. The elite of Canada's track and field competitors will be on hand as will, Mistress of Ceremonies Diane Jones- Konihowski. The action gets under way on Saturday at 10 a.m. and Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Admission and parking are free. #4-h The America's Cup Selection T5rials begin on Mood.ay, June 20. Paul Parsons of Coder/Olt will be part of tate Canadian ere! which will be ging to win the positiOnof challenger of the America Cup. ° Runners who are interested in taking part in a race this weekend can enter the Waterloo 10km Classic. The race features a wide range of categories such as father - non and corporate. The race begins at 10 a.m. Sunday and registration can take place beforehand at Seagram Stadium. (A word of warning, many racers register just prior to the event, so you may want to get there fairly early.) Arrangers move into second place in GMFL Denomme's Arrangers moved into se- cond place this week with two lop -sided 'victories over Kirkey's, 16-6 and -an 8-0 vic- tory over Lakeport Steel. Their record is four wins, one loss and one tie. John Hoy and Doug Smith led Denomme's 17 -hit attack against Kirkey's with three hits each. Jack MacKinnon, Jim Durst, Jim Bell and Clare Harmon added two hits. Ron Sowerby led the Kirkey bat- ters with a four for pur night, including a three -run homer. P ul Kelly had two hits. Kirkey's made sev errors in the game. Against Lakeport Steel, Denomme's scored six runs in the fifth inning with eight consecutive singles to break open a scoreless game. MacKinnon, Bell, Hoy and Barry Bloch each had two hits for Denomme's whereas Carman Fielder had two of the three Lakeport hits. John Verwey pitched a strong game for Denomme's. Also this week, French Cleaners picked up three points with a 4-1 victory over Hotel Bedford and a 5-5 tie with Canada Company. ' Dave Patterson's first inning solo home run led off French to their third victory of the season. George Sutton led French with three hits and was followed by Patterson and Bob Johnston with two hits apiece. Gary Peters' second hit of the game in the seventh inning ruined Don Bogie's bid for a shutout. French pitcher John Bogie had great success in the game against Canada Com- pany with every batter except one, Mark Frayne. Frayne drove in all five C.C. runs with a three -run homer in the first inning and a two -run triple in the fifth inning. Glen Tigert also had three hits for C.C. French was led by Kevin Jewell, - Gary Tebbuttand 4Martin,:w,h i had two hits ,.eaphs Ona bf Martln'.a hts wAa.golo,liom m run theseeotntinntngk< r '; t i' .!: ,,, Hayter's split a pair of games this week, losing '6-1 -to Kirkey's and thumping the Canada Company 11-3. The first game was all Kirkey's as they took advantage of their seven hits and the sloppy defence of Hayter's to win. Terry Johnston pitched his strongest game this year giving up just three hits. Hayter's then jumped out to a quick 100 lead and coasted to the 11.3 victory. War- ren Watt led Hayter's with three of their 11 hits while Dave' McDonald and Jim Ginn had two hits each in Hayter's strongest played game this year. Pitcher Dave Scholl gave up four hits in picking up the win. In other games this past week, Lakeport Steel won their first game of the year, an 8- victory over the winless Orioles while Lakeport Advertising lost 4-0 to Hotel Bed- ford. This was Lakeport's first loss of the season. Orioles made six errors and walked 10 batters but gave up just six hits in losing to Lakeport Steel. Brian MacKenzie led Lakeport with two hits. MacKenzie also pitched a strong game giving up just five hits in a game that took well over two hours to play. Finally, Hotel Bedford picked up their sixth victory of the season in defeating Lakeport Ad. 4-0. Rob Plunkett pitched a two -hitter in another excellent perfor- mance. Simon Langlois also pitched a strong game _giving ,up six hits, three of which went to Del Mitchelmore. . G.I.F.L. Standings (As of June 8 GP W L T Hotel Bedford 8 6 2 0 Denomme's 6 4 1. 1 Lakeport Ad 5 4 1 0 French Cleaners • 7 3 3 1 Hayter's 7 3 3 1 Oa.• a�. "+r« < 3- 3- 1' , _,,..• "3t - 5 0 Lakeport Steel 6 1 4 ` r Orioles ' 6 0 5 1 P 12 9 8 7 7 7 3 1 Carlow downs Goderich to win Auburn tournament Faithful readers of this GMSL column will recall three weeks ago when it was said that Carlow comes up hot in tour- naments. Well, this past weekend their play raised the diamond temperature to over 100 degrees F as they defeated Goderich Auto Sales in the "A" final 7-5 to take the $250 purse. En route to this final, they edged Meneset 14-12 and blasted Blyth 11-0. Pitching two strong games and blasting a home run in the final, Ross Dobie proved to be a valuable addition to the Carlow squad. Specal mention also to 'Bill Vanstone for'his four RBIs in the final. Bill Rahbek also punched two out of the park for Meneset in the first game. This tournament victory was only the finale to a very successful week for Carlow. Last Tuesday night they swept a double-header, blanking Sifto 8-0 in the first game and coasting to a 13-3 decision over Bluewater in the second. Doug Stoll going five for six and Mike Redmond with a perfect six for six night of the plate pro- vided the offensive spark for Carlow. A total of 22 games were played in the GMSL during this past week. Tickers caught up on all their rain -outs, playing a total of four"games. They edged Raiders, 14-11, blasted Local 1863, 15-7 and Bluewater 18-11, but missed their perfect week with a 19-5 loss to the Coyotes. Coyotes, playing superb ball as of late, hammered Little Bowl 22-4 and Renegades 15 to 6. Meneset pounded Bluewater 16 to 5 but then became the poundee as they lost to Elevators 13 to 4. Goderich Gas Rite edged Local 1863, 6-5 and in two other close mat- ches, Canadian Tire teak"' Renegades 4-3 but then lost the second game to Cedar Lodge 6-5. Garb and Gear continued their consis- tent , ball, dropping a 20-8 decision to Goderich Auto Sales. Port Albert Bulldogs defeated Goderich Elevators 15-3 but later lost a close 6-4 decision to the Bears. Goderich Auto Sales -edged Little Bow15- 3 and Cedar Lodge 9-4. Bears blasted Garb and Gear 22-4 while Cedar Lodge escaped with a 6-3 victory over the Harbour Park Raiders. Goderich Chrysler coasted to a 15-3 victory over Bluewater and the Bulldogs downed Canadian Tire 9-6. Coyotes missed one umpiring assign- ment at a cost of $10 but otherwise 'team reps and contacts are to be congratulated for an outstanding job of communicating rescheduled games. GMSL Standings To June 10 GP W T 11 11 0 10 9 0 10 8 0 10 7 1 9 6 2 9 6 0 10 5 1 10 5 1 9 5 0 9 4 1 8 4 0 9 4 0 9 4 0 9 3 0 9 2 0 9 1 2 Team Bears Coyotes Auto Sales Bulldogs Chrysler Elevators Renegades Cedar Lodge Little Bowl Tickers Canadian Tire Carlow Gas Rite Harbour Park Meneset Sifto Garb & Gear _.Bluewater Local 1863 L 0 1 2 2 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 6 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 8 0 9 0 0 9 0 PTS 22 18 16 15 14 12 11 11 10 9 8 88 6 4 4 0 II Peewee baseball team make impressive showing The Goderich Legion Peewee baseball team made an impressive showing in the -Kincardine Legion Tournament on the weekend winning one game and losing in extra innings in the second round. In the opening game of the tournament, Goderich defeated league rivais Seaforth to advance to the second round. Byron Bowman, with a home run and Jason Million, with a triple sparked the Goderich offence while Dave Brown nailed down the win with excellent relief pitching. Goderich played well against the host team in the second game as they trailed 5.2 after two billings of play, rallied to tie the game 54 only to lose 6.5 in eight innings. Kincardine scored three runs in their half of the first inning but Goderich rebounded with two of their oWn in the bottom of the first to narrow the deficit to a single rim. Byron Bowman delivered the first Goderich run one single that scored Scott Garrow and Bobby Allin scored the second run on a ground out. Kincardine added two more runs in the top of second to increase its lead to 5-2. Goderich chipped away at the three -run defecit scoring two runs in the fourth in- ning to narrow the Kincardine lead to a single run. Bowman doubled and scored on a pinch-hit single by Bill Whetstone and Andy Orr scored the fourth Goderich nm. Kincardine hada chance to pad its lead in the fifth butan outstanding- defensive play by entre fielder Allin kept Goderich within reach. With one out„ Ian Brooks tripled for Kincardine and waltzed home after team-mate Matt McLeod launched a fly deep to centre field. Atha made a Turn to page 2A • •