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leasbng s easy way to drive larry cotter leasing 6404541 ab mates and n nesday june 29 1988 m v- 1 a i iv all dktario champions i members of the stouffville atom clippers were honored this week for winning the all- s ontario championship at a banquet held at the maples of ballantrae in frontfrom left are jason davis brent avery brian coughlan ryan burkholdcr siah morrison and lihdsey hay low in the middle at right are roger mcmann aud john mckinnon in the rear are goiter carconne chad dickinson phil pridham ryan jefferson geoff smith jason reesor david mountjqy and greg sanford the coaches are don reesor mike jones lome brand and bob mckinnon bruce stapley reesor also mentioned haw lost a leg the teams told the au- cre fund- iugj2vetsbeing planned to the town crest on the front and the inscription all ontario champions the atoms include greg san ford jason davis john mckin non jason reesor sean mor- ison geoff smith ryan jef- buttermakers tournament sets the stage for festival turner michae nart along w crowded i ary hutchison john hutchison ranmof meupnvsvcmii tromhehind victory over sfobourg in a playoff i preliminary at one point they jyjere down three games to none tmsl v atoms coach don reesor spoke iii glowing terms of how his players coaching staff and thevplayers parents had fall contributed to jthe provincial championship i think ideas as a slated bui the playerssdiddefensenianiiithe quest for the provincial title the real work i bi lice stapley oe7tynri7imfifitilern divisicasqbite- art accomphshmcntv for from thcwhitcharchslouffville minor iiockcy playcrs vllkc kyle nbrton at left and- evan association slmambers of the bruce stapley the slouffville buttermakers slowpitch tournament will be a central part of the strawberry festival this weekend the tourney includes 32 teams from southern ontario and gets under way thursday at 6 pm at the park there will be cash prizes for the winners and the tourney is a qualifier for the niagara falls tournament later this summer buttermaker spokesman wally crowder who is organizing the threeday event reports that there may still be openings for c and d level slowpitch teams his phone number is 6403111 the tournament will mark the return to stouffville of the in famous barnswatioks a pickup slowpitch team made up of alum ni from sudburys laurentian university the former college intramural outfit can always be counted on to bring a touch of mirth and frivoli ty to any tournament they enter and they are far belter known for their disappearing act involv ing suds than for their baseball skills the participating teams will consist of a mix of local outfits and clubs from out of town the buttermakers will be pro viding music thursday friday and saturday night and plan to operate a beer garden for those three days they will also host a dance saturday at latcham hall begin ning at 9 pm scott evans heading for greater heights by bruce stapley scott evans has set his sights on greater heights the flameth rowing righthander led the stouffville bantams to the provincial cham pionships last year and hes go ing to try out for the ontario pro vincial team july 16 and 17 in st catharines the ontario team will compete for the canadian championship in saskatchewan next summer officials will also be scouting for candidates for the canadian na tional squad who will take part in the world softball tournament in prince edward island during the summer of 1989 there will be 26 kids trying out for the team scott said they will start by picking an ontario team then they evaluate you for the canadian team scott was approached in late may by an official of the provin cial and national teams while pit ching for his stouffville midget squad in markham the official had seen scott pitch in the on tario championships last year it will be a great experience to go down to st catharines and play with the best players in ontario he said i think 1 stand a good chance of making the ontario team seventeen players will be chosen for the club including three or four pitchers scott explained stouffville mites drop 129 decision aveiiuifresk ed grimshav aiming for presidency stouffvities ed grim- sliaw is only two strides away from the presidency of the ontario minor hockey association the rupert dent was elected tollie ppsi- lion of second vice- president at the recent 55tli animal meeting at the i royal york hotel toronto the president is john slobodnik of sarnia the 1st vicerpresident- is jim 1 pollard of london third vicepresident is jack white of thoi old the immediate past- president is elmer mcfsnj- den of elm vale executive positions are retained two years s x in addition to the second vicepresidency grimshaw is chairman of the overseas committee an exorillia terrier and toronto marlboro star ed grimshaws involvement with minor hoekev spanssss- the neversaydie stouffville mites were unable to compete with pouring rain wednesday the rain was responsible for the rescheduling of several stouf fville softball games including the mite peewee and bantam rep teams as well as the betz pools mens fastball team the mites however did put up a strong fight with unionville june 15 but found themselves on the short end of a 129 seesaw battle coming back from a 62 deficit the juniorbuttermakers rallied for five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning keyed by a three- run homer by evan boyd but unionville roared right back with two in the fifth on a bloop triple and added another in the sixth to make it 97 unionville the mites launched another comeback in their half of the sixth tying the game on a pair of rbi singles by craig wood and adam crowder but unionville responded by getting three of their own in the top of the seventh on a threerun homer bv paul koert stouffville made one last gallant effort in their last atbat scott assinck led off with a triple and jeff hassard reached first when his hard smash bounced off the glove of the third baseman boyd then walked to load the bases with none out however craig wood and son ny acosta popped out and pitcher kevin hackert grounded sharply back to unionville pitcher chris deeley who came lo the plate to end the game on a forced out hackert was touched for all 12 unionville runs but he was effec tive at times striking out five unionville batters first baseman sunny acosta made a spectacular catch on a foul to kill a unionville rally in the fifth adam crowder had a triple and two singles to contribute to the stouffville offence the loss left the stouffville squad with a record of two wins and four losses experience grinisbaw was initially an omiia convenor then an executive member local- ly hes held the officegf- both president treasurer member hes also alifcy arranging overseas trips for teams is a rewarding 4 pericuce says the 5yeart old gm plant protection manager hes ciirreiitly making plans for a tlioiold bantam club lo visit scotland at the end of september hell travel to norway denmark svedeni and several other countries i i couldnt do it without the cooperation of my com- pany and iny family he- says ive really jjcctif blessed ra arranging the first stouff- vijic bantam team iripfo switzerland was aii event hell never forget nuietyj seven stouffville players and parents went along ah- omha record stouffville midgets bow to oshawa 21 bv bruce stapley the stouffville midgets ended up on the short end of a 21 score bowing to firstplace oshawa at the park thursday the home club was stymied by the fine pitching of oshawas todd martin who allowed only three stouffville hits stouffville managed to touch the hardthrowing righthander for a run in the first inning chris burkholder walked stole second and scored on a jamie showers single jason yoshida kept the rally alive with a single but that was the extent of the stouffville offence catcher dan bell saw his fifth- inning single elude the oshawa righlfielder allowing him to go to third base but he was stranded as burkholder flicd out to ccireflsld the first batter got on base when showers dropped the throw to first the runner was called out for taking a leadoff on what looked like the third strike on the batter but it was ruled no pitch and the batter then hit a single to advance the runner to third catcher dan bell was unable to hold on lo a third strike two bat ters later and the winning run came home martin struck out the side in the seventh guaranteeing the oshawa victory the 10 lead held urttil the fifth when oshawa victimized stouff ville pitcher scott evans with a series of bouncing singles through the left side of the infield the third hit was gloved by a racing burkholdcr at short but his ihrow to showers at first wasnt in time allowing the tying run to cross the plate evans finally ended the twoout flurry with a strikeout one of 15 he threw in the game oshawa went ahead for good with an unearned run in the sixth jamie showers at bat swings on a curve ball in this weeks stouff ville midgets game the midgets were edged 21 by oshawa at stouf fville park jamie drove in the midgcls only run bruce stapley