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i f p14 weekender august 27 1994 st buttcon midgets eliminated in provincial semis the buttcon ltd midget boys fastball team went all the way to the semi finals at the ontario amateur softball association midget b champi onships held in napanee last weekend the buttcon bunch posted two wins against a pair of loss es at the competition with both defeats coming at the hands of the finalist squads stouffville got off on the wrong foot in a 100 opening game loss to the host team but the buttcon outfit bounced back to down east gwillimbury 166 in a game which helped erase the memo ries of east gwillimburys vic tory over stouffville in a tour nament held here in town ear lier this summer jeff taber socked a home run for stouffville tom hammond banged two triples rino dambrosio had a three bagger and paul doner and jay hoover each had a double mike underwood looked after the pitching helping his cause by banging a triple stouffville carried the momentum into the next morning when they defeated owen sound 83 behind the pitching of brad crozier hammond tripled while hoover socked another double but stouffville couldnt hold onto a 52 lead against the eventual champions from simcoe who plated the win ning run in the seventh inning to take a 65 win eliminating the stouffville crew underwood hurled a five hit ter in a losing cause dambrosio tripled with hoover getting a double the midgets were to contest their league playoff tourna ment this weekend in oshawa kovac mil used cm specials 1090 honda accord lx 2 door auto cassette 51 200 km a jewel mustsee 1993mazda323 autorlsx fuel injected ps pb amfm cass 2 to choose from t33r22 1993 mazda 626 lx cronos 4 cyl auto air pw pi 28000 kms ruby t30r7 1987 dodge daytona air auto amfm cass low mileage sporty coupe t31r22coldp 1993 mazda protege amfm cass ps pb very clean 2 to choose from t13r2t13r3 1987 mazda 323 dx auto amfm cass cloth int rear wiper dual mirrors low kms only 78000 int wipers t30r5 1993 mazda mpv4x4 lx 7 pass dual 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won four of six games to reach the semi finals the merchants may have found an heir apparent baranieski in the process fifteenyearold lefthander paul koert who plays with the towns bantam rep team won two games for the merchants who wound up with a 42 won- loss mark in the end the merchants were grounded by the oshawa bb juniors former rivals in the oshawa city and district fastball league both merchants losses were at the hands of oshawa after koert pitched the stouffville crew to a tourna ment opening 64 victory over garson near sudbury the merchants were edged 76 in nine innings by oshawa craig smith an ottawa area resident signed by the merchants this season pitched the team to a 63 win over garson in another nineinning i restaurant fene italian dining 6426524 67 edward street stouffville lunch time pasta bar monday friday 11 am 2 pm salad your favourite pasta made in front of you 495 mon toes wed 5 pm 9 pm all you can eat of your rt favourite pasta 05 i e take out banquet facilities available 67 edward st main st 1 marathon in game three koert relieved smith who had started the game to pick up his second win of the weekend the merchants won it on a sac rifice fly by baranieski fol lowed by a two run double by jason underwood stouffvilles keith piette ripped a pair of triples in the game on sunday koert and baranieski combined on the pitching rubber in a 52 tri umph over north fredericksburg bill pride socked a home run for the merchants ryan burkholder had a triple and a single while bob ferguson contributed to the offence as well the merchants then rode the solid pitching of smith to a 51 win over smiths falls in the quarter finals chris burkholder was the hitting hero for stouffville with four hits including a homer in four at bats smith helped his own cause with a pair of safeties but the merchants were ousted in the semi finals when they lost their second game of the tournament to oshawa 106 chris burkholder and baranieski both in their final provincial competitions as juniors finished with a flour ish burkholder homered in his last at bat in the oshawa game while baranieski had two hits in two plate appear ances darren crawford also socked a round tripper for the merchants in the contest ferguson hit well throughout the tournament the merchants returned to davisville fastball league play by splitting a pair of games earlier this week they were edged 10 by the host toronto sammys on tuesday then came home to blast the leaside mcsorleys 83 at jhe tewjtparfco wednesday