The Times Advocate, 2006-06-14, Page 11Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Exeter Times—Advocate
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Sports
Awards presented at assembly
continued from page 10
Junior boys soccer: MVP -Brett
Oud; Best Defence -Kyle Masse Best
Offence -Kevin Ha;
Senior boys soccer: Offensive MVP -
Reschke; Defensive MVP -Roger
Mills; Hustle Award -Nick Williams;
Track and field: Top Athlete
Female -Oke; Most Dedicated Male-
Anstett; Top Athlete Female -O'Reilly;
Girls rugby: Most Valuable Back -
Shea Sutherland/Caldwell; Most
Valuable Forward -Lindsay Allen;
Silver Fern Award -Ashley Roger;
Junior boys rugby:
Most Valuable Back -Matt Kerslake;
Most Valuable Forward-Sharir
Sabri; Junior All Black -Scott Masse;
Senior Boys: All Black -Brett
Crerar; Most Valuable Back -Mitch
Iredale; Most Valuable Forward -
Jason Martene.
From left are Paw award winners Reid Halpenny and
Panther Dedication winner Justin Dionne, Panther Field Hockey/Soccer award
winnerAmyWeido and Panther award winner KylenVan Osch. (photo/Pat
Bolen)
Katie Stewart, with
Express rally to win 13-12
EXETER — The
Exeter Express and the
London Bulls fought
hard for 10 innings
Friday night before the
Bulls were able to pull
out a 14-9 victory.
It was a game where
both teams piled up the
hits, where a strong
wind led to some
unusual plays and
where some excellent
fielding plays saved the
pitchers for another
inning.
The Express rang up
three runs in the first
on a double by Aaron
Patterson, Justin
Hayter's triple and two
doubles by Dan Masse
and Vic Oliveira.
The Bulls rallied over
the next two innings to
take a 4-3 lead but
Exeter responded with
two in the third on hits
by Hayter, Masse,
Oliveira and Marty
Merner.
Back came the Bulls
for five runs over the
next two innings which
ended Dan Masse's
pitching stint for the
evening. He was
touched up for nine
runs on 10 hits.
Merner came in to
shut down the Bulls for
the next four innings
allowing just three hits
and striking out five of
the tough Bull hitters.
This gave the Express
a chance to rally and
they took advantage of
their chances to tie the
score.
They scored three in
the sixth with hits again
from Patterson, Masse
and Oliveira before hits
from Bob Grant,
Merner and Hawke tied
the game in the eighth.
The Express had two
runners on in the bot-
tom of the ninth but
were unable to score
that much needed run.
A valiant Merner tried
to hold the Bulls in the
10th but he was tired
and the Bulls jumped
on him and reliever
Paul Elston for five rims
on seven hits to win the
game.
Coach Doug Fairbairn
wanted the win badly
as the Bulls have now
defeated the Express
seven straight times
A key hit in the eighth
or ninth innings could
have done it, according
to team spokesperson
Joe Fulop.
Just 12 hours after
dropping their game to
the London Bulls the
Express were involved
in the most incredible
baseball game I have
ever attended, said
Fulop.
Fairbairn had saved
his ace Derek Masse for
Strathroy but Masse
lasted for only two bat-
ters before he had to
take a position as a first
baseman as his arm
was sore.
Masse later added to
his woes as he took a
ball in the face.
Strathroy ran up the
score to 8-0 after two
innings.
At this point the
Express had only nine
players including 57
year old relief pitcher
Paul Elston at game
time.
Elston pitched an
inning and played an
infield position until
Cory Burtch was able to
get to the game.
The Express turned to
pitcher Nate Burns
(who had not played in
four years) for relief.
Burns threw 136
pitches over seven
innings as the Express
pecked away at
Strathroy's lead.
One Exeter player was
ejected for colliding
with the catcher.
This meant that
Fairbairn had to play
the rest of the game as
an outfielder.
By the top of the ninth
inning the Express had
tied the game 12-12.
Dan Masse, who had
pitched five innings on
Friday night, relieved in
the bottom of the 10th
and promptly got him-
self into a bases loaded
and none out situation.
But the Express pulled
off a double play and
killed the potential rally.
In the llth Fairbairn
smacked a hard single
to center field to drive
in the leading and even-
tually the winning run.
The Express players
showed a lot of heart
said Fulop, as several of
them were nursing
injuries and four of
them played new posi-
tions due to the short-
age of players and all of
them were tired from
the night before.
"All of this was
against a team that
plays at the 'A' level in
OBA playoffs. The
Express play at the 'D'
level tournament. What
a game!!," said Fulop.
The four Exeter pitch-
ers allowed 12 runs on
14 hits.
Burns was the work-
horse for the day allow-
ing six runs on nine
hits.
Dan Masse picked up
the win as he shut out
Strathroy for the final
two innings while
Elston gave up four
runs over one plus
innings of work.
The Express offense
exploded with 27 hits
throughout the game.
Difficult weather con-
ditions with the wind
and a bright sunlit field
contributed to the high
hits totals.
However, Burns and
Grant had five each and
Oliveira had four while
Hawke and Dan Masse
had three each.
Aaron Patterson had
two, while Fairbairn
and Brad Baker
chipped in with one hit
each.
The Express evened
their season's record to
two wins and two loss-
es.
They play a double-
header in Listowel on
Saturday and a home
game Sunday in Exeter
against Strathroy.
lawn bowling
Mon., May 29
Peter McFalls
Pauline Simmons
Har Brintnell
Bob Thompson
Tues., May 30
Marlene Parker
Jim Chapman
Fran Mickle
Brad Claus
Marg Consitt
Kathy Triebner
Lucy Sage
Thurs., June 1
Frank Regier
Marshall Dearing
Jim Chapman
Ray Consitt
Fran Mickle
Verona Snider
John Batten
Marg Consitt
Marlene Parker
Brad Claus
Mary DeBoer
Jim Chapman
Fran Mickle
Brad Claus
Marg Consitt
Kathy Triebner
Lucy Sage
2W32
2W28
2W22
1W12
1W1T26
2W25
2W25
2W22
1W11
1W11
1W11
2W26
2W26
2W20
1W19
1W19
1W19
1W14
1W14
1W14
1W13
1W13
2W25
2W25
2W22
1W11
1W11
1W11
Tournament
The Exeter Lawn Club hosted a Men's Pairs
tournament. Teams from London,
Thamesford, Seaforth, Mitchell, St. Marys
and Exeter.
1st Ron Jones, London, Elmwood 3W49+3
2nd Bill Baxter, Fairmont 3W40
3rd Jack Muir, Seaforth 2W49+2
Consolation: Jurgen Fessler - Exeter 1W45
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Cup loss
EXETER — The Exeter
Fury were blanked 3-0
by Benfica June 7 in first
round Cup play eliminat-
ing them from the com-
petition.
The home team got on
the board first with a
long kick that sailed over
the head of
Fury keeper
Ryan Masse and
into the back of
the net.
Ryan Carroll
had a good
chance for
Exeter as he
cracked a hard
shot over the
net.
Benfica made
it 2-0 before the
half when a low
shot from the top of the
box found its way into
the corner of the net.
Ben Willis -Leake had a
strong two-way game for
the Fury hustling to
loose balls and playing
sound defense also.
Willis -Leake almost
added to his game file by
scoring on a head ball
but the Benfica keeper
making a diving stop.
Benfica continued to
exploit the Fury defence
and create large open-
ings for excellent scoring
chances.
The home squad
sealed the victory by
scoring on a breakaway
to make the score 3-0.
The Fury struggled to
create any offence for
the third consecutive
game which placed a lot
of pressure on the
defense and goalkeeper.
Exeter played host to
St. Thomas in WOSL
Second Division play on
Sunday and were beaten
5-3.
The Fury started well,
scoring the opening goal
in the first minute of
play.
for Fury
Carroll pressured the
last defender and stole
the ball, which allowed
him to go in all alone on
the goaltender.
He fired a shot to the
bottom right corner,
narrowly missing the
net. Matt Prout, streak-
ing up the right
wing, caught up
to the ball and
deposited it into
the net.
St. Thomas
stormed right
back, scoring the
next five goals of
the half.
St. Thomas
scored all of
their goals from
in close to the
Fury net with a
couple being just out of
the reach of keeper Ryan
Masse.
Exeter got a goal late
in the first half when a
penalty shot was award-
ed fora foul.
Carroll made no mis-
take and the teams went
to the break with a 5-2
score.
Exeter played a
stronger second half and
had several chances, but
were not able to get one
by the St. Thomas keep-
er until Justin Muller
sent Tom Phouttharath
in alone.
Phouttharath shot the
ball past a charging
keeper and brought the
home side to within two.
St. Thomas tried to
extend their lead with a
cannon of a shot, but
Masse got his fingers on
it to deflect it over the
net.
Exeter was not able to
score again and missed
their chance to move up
in the standings.
They next see action
on Saturday evening ver-
sus Benfica in London.
Ben
Le
Willis-
ake
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