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The Canadian Champion, Friday, August 3, 2001- 19 " 5,oflTerm Leaso5 (995) 842-8892 Add5ss5tNvers THE-CANADIANJniorARedISox revailUUT320 luirRdSo rvi at Wallaceburg tourney Milton's early lead holds up in championship win By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion Strong staris had Iong-lasting effects for Milton's k junior boys basebail teawn ast weekend in Wallaceburg. The Red Sox enjoyed prosperity through the initial stages of every game - and that made the difference, as the local lads secured championship honours with 'wiro an undefeated tournarent run. vE y=, o Comnation cerernonies began Sunday night after Glenn Turner's Sox toppled Stoney Creek 9-5 in the 1 1 1 finals. Milton held their opposition scoreless until the t11~ ~fiftb inning, and by then there was little chance a 9-0 th e all ,Lýstranglebold would be overcome. 'Aller we got a big lead we basically just played to Milton Mystic Tara mun them out of outs," said Turner. SElkie prepares to bet out Putting the finishing touches on an outstanding a hit durlng toumnament weekend, shortstop Taylor Lawton collected four hits play agalnst Stoney - and a pair of runs in the cbampionship. Overaîl in Creek Saturday. For fll ~- Wallaccburg, Milton's rnost reliable performer had 10 resuits on the local bits plus seven runs and half-a-dozen RBI. tam's performance, see Jeff MacLeod walked three times in the finals and page 20. scored twice while holding Stoney Creek in check on Photo by the mound were Matt Dickson and Jarrett Konkle GRAHAM PAINE who collectivcly enjoyed a tlawless Fielding carnpaign from their defensive cohorts. Konkle delivered a three-up, three-down seventh inning to seal the deal. A few hours earlier the juniors posted their third win in four tournarnent encounters with Brarnpton's AAA squad - prevailîng 6-3. Much like in the cbampionship, sernifinal play saw the locals establisb a sizeable lead early on and gut out the victory with solid defense and pitching. The latter was offered up by Ian Moszczak - who threw exactly 100 pitches in a complete-garne, fOve-bit effort. Andrew Coe highlîgbted the offensive ide of things with a solo horner and two runs scored while also scoring twice was Kurt Mitchell. En route to the final four, the Sox rnercied Mississauga North 12-i in five innings and humbled Clinton 11-5. MacLeod's inside-the-park borner and tbree-run performance led the way against Mississauga Nortb wbile Dickson, Reese Davies and Andrew Neilson al scored twice. Adamu Ahearn went the distance on the mound against an understaffed Tigers tearu that was uncharacteristically brusbed aside. Versus Clinton, Davies and NoIe Kent split the pitching work and enjoyed offensive support froru Davies, Lawton, Macleod and Jordan Jeans. Milton cornritted just a handfui of errors over the weekend and only one tbrough tbe playoff rounds. 1Midgets continue to-shine with win over Kitchener By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion Multons ridget boys basebail tearu appear destined to secure sorne provincial hardware over the Labour Day Weekend. Furtber evidence of that was given at Mapleburst Bail Park Monday. Pushing their tier two division ieading record to 16-4, Jeff Harper's charges offered above-average efforts in every aspect of cornpetition on the way to toppling Kitchener 7-3. Tbe 'A' Red Sox - virtuaily unbeatable against tearns of simni- lar ranking this year - got a decent showing out of several play- ers and a standout performnance by Steve Spiers. The reliable nigbt- bander picked up tbe win with an eigbt-and-a-third inning camn- paign - during wbich be surrendered a rneasiy four bits and fanned a dozen batters. Offensively, Spiers cemnented the victory by cashing in Rob Angus and Chris Durnencu with a one-out seventb-inning single and then scored irnself just a few moments later on a tielder's choice chopper by Evan Jeans. Left in aller sorne sixtb-inning debate by Harper, Spiersjustitied bis skipper's faitb by allowing only one walk in the seventb and striking out the side in the eigbth. After 146 pitches, he was finally given the hook with two outs remaining and - in the quickest relief stint possible - Chris Durnencu needed just one toss to get the last visiting batter to bit into a routine double play. "Wby did 1 even bother warming up'?" quipped the evening's dloser, wbo's- to say the Ieast - used to a tougher workload. Wbile Spiers' superb mound work was the main story of the game, a noteworthy sidebar was the hosts' focus and composure onl a night when an initial lack of plate pop and a few verbal clash- es between the cornbatants could have gotten tbern mentally unglued. Once again serving notice tbat wben challenges arise tbey won't buckie, the local lads stayed sharp in the field and refused to allow a blown opportunity in tbe second inning - wben tbree straight outs foliowed consecutive bits by Kevin Cooper and Ryan Harper - to tell the tale. Angus drove in a pair of runs during a prosperous third frame, while other RBI were posted by Jeans and Scott Connoliy. Milton committed just a couple of errors on the nigbt and enjoyed solid defense froru intielders Harper and Mark Black. The Red Sox had won nine of their last 10 regular season con- tests heading into yesterday evening's trip to Martingrove. Resuits were not available at press time. Sunday they boat Mississauga North at 5 p.m. at Maplehurst. [JClairke'9s Golf www.clarkesgolf.com Grdt letin f $O9 juio Ei om n I Im I .18 Thoupffl Rd", Unit 7 & 8 Mlto. 905-878-1 AUGUST 7TH - 12TH ...-N PS. T. e NO G.S.T. 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