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GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,1984
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Last inning rally lifts,,Bryanston to 3-2 victory in final
• Kirkey's Kar Kare was just one out
away from bringing the Labour Day,
Fastball Tournament's B championship
back to Goderich.
But in the immortal phraseologly of
former New York Yankee catcher Yogi
Berra; "It's never over 'till it's over."
Bryanston got a two -out, two -run single
in the bottom of the seventh inning from
Gerry Duskocy to score two runs' to lead
Bryanston to a 3-2 victory over Kirkey's in
the B championship game her1!Ionday.
The loss was a heartbreaker for Kirkey's
and pitcher Terry Johnston who had
played so well throughout the four-day
tournament. Johnston had held Bryanston
to just a single run on three hits until the
final inning when Duskocy lined the tow -
out single sharply to right, field scoring
Dennis Carty -and Jim Clark.
Bryanston opened the scoring in the
game in the first inning as leadoff batter
Bob Cornish reached base on an error and
scored on Mike McNeil's double. Kirkey's
got that run back in the top of the second as
Dave Scholl singled with two out and
scored after successive singles by Bob Orr
and Bruce Sheardown.
The Kar Kares took the lead in the third
as Dec Miller nailed a double with one out,
. scooted to third on a passed ball and
scored on Paul Kelly's single.
That lead stood until the final inning.
Needing only three outs, Johnston got the
first batter to fly meekly to right but Den-
nis Carty was safe at first when Orr drop-
ped the throw from Glen Faulkiner. The
next batter singled placing runners on the
corner. Gerry McMaster then grounded to
Kelly, who made the play at first, leaving
runners at second and third for Duskocy.
Carty, who pitched in three winning
games for Bryanston, was chosen as the B
Division's most valuable player. He also
hit a hefty .600 and had one home run.
Kirkey's Terry Johnston was the run-
nerup.
In winning the B championship,
Bryanston recorded three victories over
three different Goderich teams. After a 9-6
victory over Lieury in its opening match
Bryantsor was hard pressed to advance,
defeating Denomme 2-1 in the second
round in extra innings. The Arrangers
scored a run in the third inning to take a
one -run lead but Bryanston scored a run in
the fourth and scored the winning run in
the eighth on three straight singles.
In its semi-final match, Bryanston
scored six times in the first inning and then
had to hang on to defeat a stubborn French
Terry Johnston, MVP runnerup pitched well while Steve Arbour
in the lineup. (Photo by Dave Sykes) .
team 8-5 Monday. Jim Ginn got one run
back with a homer in the third inning and
Goderich got to two Bryanston pitchers for
four runs on four hits in the fifth inning.
Brian McKenzie, Kevin Jewell, George
Sutton and Bob Johnston all had run -
scoring hits in the inning. Bryanston put
the game away with single runs in the
fourth and sixth innings.
Kirkey's ledd'off the tournament with a
6-3win over West Corners. Paul Bartliff
and Paul Kelly provided the offensive
spark with two tuts apiece. l3artlrtt singled
to score two runs in the first inning and had
a run -scoring single in the third. Kelly nail-
ed a two -run homer in the fifth inning.
Johnston went the distance in the win
allowing three runs on just four hits.
Kirkey's had an offensive field day in the
second game pounding Wilkesport 17-9.
Steve Arbour and Paul Kelly led the 14 -hit
attack with three hits apiece. They also
scored three runs apiece. Faulkiner,
Miller and Sheardown chipped in with two
hits apiece and they scored two runs each
as well. Wilkesport touched three
Goderich pitchers for nine runs on 13 hits.
In the semi-final, Kirkeys scored a run in
was one of the many big batters
the bottom of the seventh inning to edge In-
gersoll Henderson Gulf Cowboys 6-5.
Goderich scored five times in the second
inning to lead 5-0 but watched as the
Cowboys bounced back with three runs in
the third and two in the fourth to tie the
game. Goderich won the game in the
seventh as Johnston led off with a single,
advanced on a single by Arbour and even-
tually scored on a fielder's choice. Arbour
and Miller led the offence with two hits
apiece. Dave Scholl went the distance in
the win allowing five runs on nine hits
.PORTS SHORTS
Where did the summer go? Seems sucha
short time ago that the last whistle sounded
to end the season and the skates were hung
up, Now it's time again to tape the stick and
sharpen the blades. The Goderich Minor
Hockey Association are taking registration
on Saturday, September 8 and 15,
Sgme centres already have their ice in and
practises have begun, and the Association
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hopes that they too can get things started a
little earlier this yelp' in Goderich.
They are also/ attempting to hold costs
down .for.. -the wreath by keeping the
registration fee the 'same as last year. Again
parents can register first year Tykes on a
four-week trial basis if they wish, For
further particulars regarding the
registration refer to advertisement.
Grand slam helps
Orangeville to A title
Gerry Hogenhout of Orangeville Dairy ineame, nit a two -run triple in the tour -
made sure there would be no mistake run fourth inning.
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tion final of the tournament. ing a single run on .four hits over five inn-
.,�� la strrzt"t, -a—hitting machine for ings.
Orageville, nailed a grand slantt""'il"tile """'`' -' h leSay geoi3kPownehVt tom'°the"
third inning to lead his team to a 8-0 romp consolation side of the Division,
• Hogenhout was selected a the most
valuable player. HelrA seven for 12 in the
tournament and knocked in nine runs. He
hit three home runs in the tournament in,
eluding the grand slam.
Orangevill lost its opening round game
to Woodstock 3-2 while Cambridge fell to
the Sarnia Tigers.
over Cambridge.
The game was scoreless until the bottom
of the third when Hogenhout drilled a two -
strike, two -out, offering over the left field
fence to score four runs. They added four
more runs in the fourth inning to clinch the
game. Bill McLaren, who had two hits in
Hickson wins consolation
with 3-2 win over Lieury
Hickson scored a run in the sixth inning
and held on to edge Lieury 2-1 to win the B,
Division consolation championship of the
Goderich Labour Day Tournament.
The game belonged to pitcher Dave
Mclaren as he picked up the win'on the
mound and scored both Hickson runs.
Hickson took the lead in the fourth inning
as McLaren reached base on an error and
scored on Rick Culbert's double.
The winning run was scored in the sixth
as McLaren led off with a double and
scored on Jim Wieker's single.
Lieury refused to give up however, and
gave Hickson some trouble in the seventh.
With one out Pickering and Hodges hit
back-to-back singles and Pickering even W
tually scored on a fielder's choice but
McLaren got the final out on a grounder to
clinch the win.
Hickson lost its opening round match to
Canada Company as Mark Frayne hit a
three -run homer to spark the Company
while team-mate Glen Tigert went tow -for -
two and drove in a run. After the loss,
Hickson beat Strathroy 7-3 and advanced
to the consolation final with a 31.2 win over
West'Corners.
After losing'. to Bryanston in the first
round, Lieury defeated Nairn 3-1 and took
care of Zurich 6-4 in the consolation semi-
final.
Bombers win Soccer
Playoff Championship
Bombers, winners of the first-half of the
season, won the Squirt Soccer House League
Playoff Championship last Wednesday, by
beating Giants, the second -half winners, 3-2
in a thrilling, closely -fought contest.
The teams were tied 2-2 at the end of
regulation time, Mike McBride and Chris
Lyndon scoring for Bombers, and Jeff
Klages and Dave Lumley scoring for
Giants.
The game then went into sudden -death
overtime, and, after nineteen minutes of
end-to-end action, Mike McBride seized
upon a poor clearance by one of the Giants'
defenders and his sizzling. shot gave Giant
goalkeeper Ryan Donnelly no chance.
The Bombers, coached by Scott MacAulay
and Kirk Lyndon, were the most consistent
team over the whole season. The Bomber
standouts were: forwards Mike McBride
and Trevor MacAulay, midfielder Chris
Lyndon and full-back Ben Armstrong.
The Giants, coached by Rick Brown and'
Mike Cicchini, finished the season very
strongly with three straight league vic-
tories. Forwards Jeff Klages and Jeff
Brown, midfielder Taylor Cicchini, and full
backs Matt Shetler and Ryan Million were
the Giants' leading players.
The Raiders, coached by Linda Lumley,
were handicapped by the absence of centre -
half Derek Gilchrist for much of the sum-
mer. This left too heavy a workload for,
striker Dave Lumley and centre -half Dirk
Wolterbeek, the Raiders' top players.
The Vikings, coached by Brad Otterbein
and Bill Chisholm, were the most improved
team by the end of the summer. Forwards
Jason Meriam and Ken McLarty, mid -
fielders Mike Moffat and Mark Hoy, centre -
half Andrew McCallum and full-back Matt
Jewell were the Vikings' standouts.
All coaches and players are to be com-
plimented for their dedication and sport-
smanship, which made for a very enjoyable
and successful season.
Wingham BPs whip Sarnia 12-1 to win in A Division championship
The Wingham BPS, backed by the three -
hit pitching of Don Edgar, ripped Sarnia
Enzo's Pizza for 12 runs on 10 hits, in a 12-1
victory in the, A Championship at the
Goderich Labour Day Fastball Tourna-
ment.
The 13Ps actually trailed by a run after
the first inning but got things going with a
steady diet of runs in the middle four inn-
ings. They tied the game with a single run
in the second, then went ahead with two
runs in the third. They finally broke the
game open and turned it into a rout with
three runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth inn-
ings.
Several walks, coupled with some timely
hitting, hurt Sarnia as Wingham scored
their 12 runs on 10 hits.
(;len Gallagher led the Wingham attack
with three hits in four trips to the plate. He
scored two runs and knocked in two others.
Edgar, who allowed the lone Sarnia run in
the first inning on two hits, held the pizza
men to one hit the rest of the way.
In its opening match, Ron Rielly tossed a
neat one-hittee��,as - Wingham nipped
I,ucknow 2-0. Kl±i`th Raymond nailed a two -
out triple off Rielly in the second inning but
was stranded as Rielly fanned Brad Pet-
teplace. Wingham scored both its runs in
the second inning as Gallagher and Bob
Pegg scored on Neil Bieman's two -out
single.
Wingham had little trouble in its second
round game, disposing of Woodstock 7-0 in
five innings. The BPs scored three runs in
the first inning, added two in the second
and completed the scoring with two in the.
fifth. Pitcher Ed Daer blanked Woodstock
on just two hits while striking out five bat-
ters. Bob Armstrong and Gallagher led the
Wingham seven hit -attack With two hits
apiece.
Wingham's toughest match was its 2-1
win over Sarnia Micor Sports in the semi-
final. The BPs scored single runs in the se-
cond and four* innings and hung on
behind the two -hit pitching performance of
Dave Burns to win the game and advance
to the tournament final.
Neil Bietnan scored hath Wingham runs.
He led off the second with a walk and later
scored on a sacrifice fly. In the fourth he
led off with a double and scored on a single
by Gallagher.
In reaching the final, Sarnia defeated
Johnson Sports 3-2 and then dumped the "t.
Sarnia Tigers 6-0. In the semi-final they
defeated London Ted Dilts 8-5 ,
It was hustle like this that led to Wingham's 12-1 win in the A
championship game in the Goderich Labour Day Tournament.
(Photo by Dave Sykes) -.
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