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Whitby Free Press, 31 Aug 1983, p. 12

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PtrE12, WEDNESDAV AUGUST 31,1983, WHITBY FREE PRESS F1 SPORTS WEEK Bantams win lacrosse nationals BY TOM FRANK Whitby's major Peewee lacrosse team won the gold medal at the National Lacrosse Playdowns held i Barrie. The WGR team competed in "B" division. 1This team, sponsored by The Hideaway, lost their first game 6-4 to Port Coquitlani, B.C. Jeff Whittle geored two with' other goale by Keith Primeau and Brad TIley."' The Hideaways broke a third period tie to win 7-6 over Huntsville. Derek- Jones and Prîmeau had two each with othere marks by Todd Wilson, Chris Page and Mark Smith. They didn't'have muc'h trouble with'the Anjou, Quebec team as they won 15-2. Jones scored four, three by Andrew Vanderlinde, two each by Mark Ainsworth and Adam Foote and singles by Brian MacDoneil, Chris Tucker, Page and Tiley. They walked ,over Kitchener 13-4 as Jones found the net five-trnes, Foote twice and others by Tiley,' Tuýcker, Smlth, Wilson, Page and Primeau. on the fifth day of play, Spartan jumped into an early lead but with good defence from players like Julie Kernohan and-Paul Windover and an extra big effort from goalie Shawn Emmerton, Whitby took the game 10-8. 1 Foote and Wilson had two goale each, wlth singles by Tiley, Sith, Tucker, Jones, Prirneau and Mac- Doneil. In the semi-finale, Whitby defeated a more détermined Kitchener 8-4. Wilson and Tucker had pairs while Foote, Jones Ainsworth and Page com- pleted the scoring. The final for the gold medal was againet Hun- tsville who had won the "B" division at the Ontario Provinciale. The game wae back and forth with Whitby scoring the winning goal with only 2:28 remaining on the dlock. The Hideaways had won the national box lacrosse championship 7-61 Whitby scorers were Wilson and Jones with two each and singles by Tucker, Foote and Vanderlinde. The bench personnel for these champions are Coach Chuck Lepine, Ast-manager Ed Jones and Manager Gord Tueker. The Bantam, team had a tougher time at the National Bantam Lacrosse Playdowns which are held in Gloucester, Ontario this year. There were 10 team competing ln the "A" division. Perhaps the Whitby team didn't have enough time to get their concentration and intensity back after winming the Ontario championship the day before the nationale. Perhaps they sustained too many bumpe and bruises in their firet game against Peterboro who had been embarassed by two straight losses at the provinciale. The Bantame, eponsored by Peacock Sports, icet that first game 7-6 to Peterboro. Greg Vansickle had four goale and Wayne Cornish had two. They came back'with a 10-8 win over St. Catherines Eagles. Robert Paddick, Cornish and Emery Campbell scored two each while Steve Dyment, Rich Dyment, Steve Nolan and Dean Vanderlinde had singles. They were surprised 10-6 by Niagara-on-the-Lake. WGR goals were by Campbell, Steve and Rich Dyment, Tom Frank, Cornish and Vansickle. The fourth game was tied four times until Bram- pton won 8-5. Cornish had a pair with help from Simon Lewis, Vanderlinde and Vansickle. Chris Keilar scored the firet and the last goale in an 11-8 win over Orangeville. Steve Dyment had three, Vansickle had two with singles by Nolan, Campbell, Paddick and Rich Dyment.. Burnaby, B.C. eventuaily won the gold medal with Etobicoke earning the silver. Illga ptchcosts Legionaires. clos e gam BY TIM BAINES The Whitby Legionaires though they' had aeen just about everything i ,this long fastballseason buit an umpire "-dug -deep in to the rulebook. to eall an illegal pitch and coet the Whitby, team- a 4-3 decision at the hande of the- Oshawa Midget Shamrocks. - , ,This *as not an or- dinary: illegal, pitch '.It ,w as'uled that the Whit-. by catcher was flot I the catcher'e boxý and thufs the runner from third was permitted to trot home with the. win- ning, run. The Legionaires have filed a .formaI .protest, on what they believe to be an in- correct interpretation of the rules. < On Tueeday night, the Legionaires had recor- ded a 6-3 victory over Oshawa *R&H Cabinets to'solidify their hold on flirst - place, in the Oehawa City and District, Brady Division, fastball league.1, It was a différent story Thursday. Shamrocks' .pitcher Brad Baker fanned 20 Whitby batters and ailowed only six hits. Legionaires' hurler Dary Blake also pit- ched a brilliant game, allowing only six hits while striking out seven in the 10-innig contest. Mike Gorman hit a single and double while Wayne 'Owen con- tributed, two singles to euDDlyv the bulk'of the- Whitby attack. Bob Muir and Mark Renkiewicz each hit a single. *' Oshawa opened the scoring in the third in- ming as Gar Pearson singled and came around to score on Barry McKinnon's single. Whitby tied the score in the fourth as Peter Davidson reached hase on an error, -was sacrificed to.second by' Jerry Murphy and scored on a single by. Owen. Oshawa bwilt up a 3-1 lead* as they scored single runs in both the fourth and fifth. Singles by Owen, Gorman and Renkiewicz led, to a Whitby run in the seven- th. The Legionaires pushed the game to ex- tra innings in the ninth as Bob Muir singled and scored on a two-out double by Gormâan.,, Kevin Qumnlan scored the contraversial gamne- BROOKLIN-fWHI TBY MINORHOCKEY 'ASSOCIATION %REGISTRA, TIONV Wed@, S-ept. 7th, 6-9 p.m., Iroquois Park Arena only Sat., sept. lOthy 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Brooklln (Luther Vlpond) and Iroquois Park Arenas Oneregistration - $90-00o Trg'istations »$400 Late registrations are subjeot to $25 penalty. Registrattons accepted up to and including Sept. 10. After that date, late registrants will flot be guaran- teed a place. Forf urther information contact: Alex Bell, Registrar 668-9947 N Any persons-interested in watching or mfanaging house league teams snouio contact:. John Moore Ron Warner Bonnie Weales 666-3340 668-9164 668-5417 Persons interested in coaching or managing select teams in the B.WMKHA. 'for 1983-84 should'contact John Moore at 666-3340 and be prepared to supply a resurme of experience. An interview wiIl be arranged. REPRESENTATIVE TEAM TRYOUTS WILL BEGIN AT - IROOKLIN ARENA & IROQUOIS PARK MONDA Y, SEPTEMBER 12, 1983 6:00 P.M. WA TCH FOR COMPLETE SCHEDULE. I I winning run in the tenth inning. Whitby pounded out twelve hits on route to the win over R&H Cabinets. Owen belted -a triple and two singles while Dean Knight, Jim Spiers and Peter David- son each hit two singles. Dave Withers ailowed seven hits to record the victory. Oshawa took an early 2-0 lead with a pair. of runs in the first.', Owen and Spiers knot- ted the score in the second as they'singled and scored on David- son's deep single. After Oshawa counted a sigle run in the top of the fifth, Whitby again tied the score as -Owen sigled and scored on a single by Davidson. Sigles by Mike Gor- man, Bob Muir were foilowed by an RBI triple by Owen, who then scored on a single by Spiers i the seventh. I DoIlwins tennis tourney Colin Doil, of Pickering, was the big winner i the ProKen- nex! -Concord i- -vitational tennis tour- nament held this past weekend iWhitby. Doil defeated 'Rudy Schmidt, of Oshawa, I the final' of the men's singles competition to capture the firat prize of a $500 car stereo and Kennex bags. Doi l aso paired with Darrin Alcock to win the men's doubles event as they defeated Dave Rutkay and Zoltan Polya 4-6, 6-1 and 6-2 i the final. Doil and Alcock, the number one seede, won a VCR and fourý movies for ..a, weekend. Both teama won Kennex bage. Andre Fowler, of Pickerig, won the women's singles event as ehe defeated- Tina Kemp, of Ajax, 6-4 and 7-6 in the final. Kemp had advanced to the final by defeatig Paula Hadden, of Whitby.' Draws were also held foir $25 i Fuji cassette tapes. Darlene Prit- chard, of Whitby, was the women's winner while Darryl Bobyk, was the maIe recipilent. MOSQUITO SOCCER The Whitby Checkers Variety minor Mosquito soccer teamn trounced Bowmanville 7-0 in a recent encounter in the Durham Youth league. , Scott Wood and Colin Mason gave Whitby a slim 2-0 margin at the half. Wood, with two.more goals, Jason Leesui, with two, and. Manson rounded out the scoring i the second haif. Brent ^Jamieson recorded the shutout, his fifth of the season.' I TOYOTAI Vour local Toyota DealerI S Parts * Sales 0 Service 1025 Dundas St. W-9 Whltby I 668-4792Tor. une 68.6-2228 SPECIA L 1 AII TV Service i Cails Wlth1 1 This Ad. ONLY9.1 FREE ESTrIMATE ON CARRY IN SERVICE FALCON TV', BLAIR PARK PLAZA 100 LUPIN DRIVE, WHITBY 668-6060 Cîosed Saturduys Durine Jiine. iIv àA Amirnie

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