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.Mystics' qualifyi*ng bid eCWChidnF"yA«1M-1 stopped in short order Milton's midget girls softball squad went int last weekend's double knockout provincial qualifying toumnamrent on a red bot note. However, tiseir bid for advancemest quickly hit the deep fiveze. A major defenaive breakdown in gaine one and a lack of plate pop in tise second outing led ta an early exit for the Mystica. "Tise two straight basses, something we had allowed to happen only one other lime ail season, was a huge disappointinent for the girls, who had high expecta- tions of a strorsg showing, and perbapa even advancing to the provincial championahipa," said diacouraged manager Roy Harrold. En-ors prove costly Leading Orleans 4-0 Friday night, the local ladies looked ta be off to a atrong: start - until an error-filled third inning paved tise way to, a dramatic reversai of fortune. The Mystics' uncharacteristically poor fielding opened the door to seven runa againat in the third and an eventual 8-5 defeat. Pitchera Lisdsey Harrold and Katie MacKrory were both rock aolid on the mound, but their efforts couldn't make up for tise blatant defensive lapse. Tasha Leslie led at thse plate witis two hits, including a three-mun double in tise top of tise third that caahed in Harrold, Tara Elkie and Sarahs Mooney. Also acoring in gante ose were Carolyn Coates and Alicia Taylor. Shannon MacKenzie stood out offen- aively as well, registening two singles and a sacrifice bunt. Tise midgets' sharp defense retumied for its do-or- die second conteat against Belleville Saturday. However, tise locals' timely hitting was nowhere to he found. They had runners in scoring position during three separate inninga but failed to capitalize on every occa- sion - and were subsequently whitewashed 3-. Thse Mystica had only one lesa hit tisan tiseir round two opponents, which made their lack of follow- through even more disheartening. MacKenzie and Kate Moore counted a pair of sin- gles each for tise midgets. Harrold and MacKroty were once again impressive on tise hilI, collectively allowing juat nine hits and one walk. Milton - sporting an overaîl record of 26-15-2 - still has a chance to, pick up some hardware, during their league championahipa in Hamilton, August 25 to 27. They currently hold down second place, giving thei a legitimate ahot at tise Golden Horseshoc ladies softball title. Photo by STEVE LeBLANO Mltns lkyladies Milton bail players Taryn Tompklna (lait) and Jacqueline Goodlng were among 10 local girls who wore rocently lnvited down to Toronto's SkyDom. for a ellnic wlth morne Blue Jaya as wsll as members of the North Amerlcan women's profeselonal ranka. Midgets bomb Express Tykes' titie run finally ends lihe win itself wasn't as significasat as tem metmitiselped create. Or rather, added to - since tise local midget boys basebull toast had aloeady rindstaptune over tise Martlssgrove Mofnday's 12-2 blowout at Mapl*airt Bail Park mieant litile to t)se veali league standings - but offéed anoilser mucis welcomted boost: to the Red Sox' growlsg confidence level heading into thse '" division provincial qualifying: tournassent, slsted to mtn August 25 to 27 in Oskville. "We've beaten aIl tisese meains before," said manager Herba Hatje, refesring ta Maîtisgrove and tise four other teama - Clarkaon, Erindule, Oakville and Orangeville - wiso'fl anake up thse dou- ble-knockout ahowcgse. '~if we play tise way we're capable of, 1 really like our Q*Why did the chicken cross the road? A: To live longerI CORRECTrION NOICiE In our Auguat 2-8, 2000 fly.r, th. followlng errora occurred: *The Sony Portable MiniDisc Player/Recorder advertised for $299.99 on page 11 incorrect- ly stated that il included the remnote control, AC adaptor and rechargeable batteries. The MiniDisc Player/Recorder only includes the optical cable and headphones for $299.99. W. abnceroly apologize for any lsconvenionce ths. may have caused osir valued custoners. chances." His conasenta followed tise sidgets' eigist-inrsing mercy osf Martingrove Monday. Milton delivre a flawless performsance in thefeld and srluy and often ai tise plaie to bttry tise Statng pitcher Michael Volpe went six sialid is gi lup fmris sand -collbcting seven srikeauts. Thse biggeat two-way contribution camte firsm Adtow Ppper lie aassed four singles on five at-bats, drove in a pair of mnsamd made sosie inipressive put-outs atsoststop. Chris Dumencu also went 4-for-5 witie Rab Hatje isad tisree hits. Thse 13-10-2 Red Sox have two sake- up gaines remsaining in regular season play - against Brampton and Orangeville. Thse Milton tyke lacrosse squad's championship mun ended st weekend in Whithy. But when puash came to shove, it took tie province's top teama to bring tise local lads' lengtsy hardware haut to a complete standstill. Tise Mavericks - who secured league and tourna- ment dites earlier this aummer - rais into especially atiff competition and despite tiseir beat efforta won only ose of four round robin gaines. Thia nalTowly bumped tisei from quaiterfinal play, wits the tisird and final defeat pmoving to be tise decid- ing eliminator. It came againat Elora Saturday night. Having just come off a double overtime bass to London, Milton had minimal energy heading into tise evening clashs - and was running on empty by tise midway mark of tise gainte. Aa a result, tisey felI 4- 1. Scott Dersaott scored tise lonte tally, with assiats going to Brandon Haggait and Richard Monk. Delivering solid goaltending - as hie did aIl week- end long - was Trevor Rae-Hunt. Milton managed to hang tougs througs perioda one and two before giving up a couple more goals in tise Mlton WMior Hockey Association Tryouts &< Regitraio Tryouts: Memorial Arena <Thompson Road) Tyke <1l993> Minor Novice (1 992) Novice <1991) Minoir Aiom <1990) Aiom (1989) Minor Peewee (1988 Peewee (1987) Baniain <1985> Minor Baniain <1986 Midget (1984, 83> Aug. 19, 9:00 arn Tom Fe Aug. 19, 10:00 arn, Aug. 20, 9:00 arn Pat Hou Aug. 19, il1:00 arn, Aug. 20, 10:00 arn Dan Fit Aug. 19, 12:15 pin, Aug. 20, 11:15 arn Gar A Aug. 19, 1:30 pit, Aug. 20, 12:30 pin Buic t Aug. 19, 2:45 pin, Aug. 20, 1:45 pin Ken Ha Aug. 19, 4:00 pin, Aug. 20, 3:00 pin John A Aug. 19, 5:15 pin, Aug. 20, 4:15 pin Jin Kos Aug. 19, 6:30 pin, Aug. 20, 5:30 pin Larry S Aug. 19, 7:45 pm, Aug. 20, 6:45 pin Jin Ma Pleae stian in nt im ai) ~Ominutas Ism&sra vmr &wu##d rguson 9gari Imas ibrahain AecIland irtwick rnolcl >malski 0#t rsbali Registration: Saturday Aug. 19 from 8:0om to 6:OOpm Memorial Arena <Thompson Raad) Players muai be registeredl with MMHA before they con tryoui First turne registrants muat provide a copy of their birih certificats For More Information CaUl: 875-4114 final frame and thoroughly surrendering to fatigue. Againas London Saturday afternoon, the Mavericka rallied froin a tbree-goal deficit to take their opponenta to sudden death before London pre- vailed 6-5 early in the aecond extra aeasion. Dermott exploded for four goals in the highly intense ahowdown white Chria Larkin'a single late in thse third period forced overtime. Before that, the tykes aplit their firat two division gaines - getting thumped 9-3 by Whitby's second entry teamn and then outdiatancing Spartan 9-5. Michael Sgarboaaa had a hat-trick in both gaines. iAU F GoDWLL Moms Mr counting die &aYs untiltleId&arebW&kto schoo And this year Back to School Winl cost you leus, at al Goodwl Value Centre! 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