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This year’s OASA 'Provincial Select Championships will take place in Victo- ria Harbour Aug. 23. , Hodges eaméd the club’s MVP award during the tournament. The selects’ next tournament is schgdpled for Saturday in Unionville. Tyler Hodges, Mike Finn, Peter Wide- man and Connor McDonald helped the defending Ontario Amateur Softball Asso- ciation provincial champions in the first tournament of the season. The defeated Georgian Bay 4-3, Orangeville Wildcats 8-6 and Pickering Prowlers 11-1. Four Stouflville residents played a key role as the Goodwood-Stoufiville midget selects won silver at the Geor- gian Bay Minor Softball League touma- ment in Victoria Harbour. They lost 18-6 to Georgian Bay in the final. Soffbafl {>er for Stouffvllle boys For more oh the CIGA, loé on to: www.cjgacom Entered in the boys 14-16 division, the 15-year-old Gormley resident was tied with "Human Tai, 14, of Markham and finished two shots behind winner James Rim of Ajax in the one-day event. Wesley Brown carded an ll-over par 83 to finish in a two-way tie for second in the Canadian Junior GolfAssociation’s Kanefi Junior Series event at the Royal Niagara Golf Club near Niagara-on-the- Lake Monday. MARKHAMFALL HOMESHOW Brown second on Niagara Ilnks Geiger,whogmduatedfromStoufi'ville District Secondary School last month and trains with the University of Toronto Track and Field Club, will attend Notre Dame University in September. For more onâ€"the cfiampionships, log on to: www.iaaf.org The United States took the gold medal in a time of 3:30.19 while the Urkmine was second and Australia, third. The Stoufivflle resident was part of ateamdlatwasroundedoutbySamh Wells of Unionville, Alyssa Johnson of Wmnipeg and lessica Parry of London. The foursome finished the race in a time of 3:39.27. Natalie Geiger helped the women’s 4 x 400-metre relay team advance to Sun- daYs final of the 12th IAAF Junior World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland where they finished eighth. Erma Roeder bowls during house league play at Stoufi‘ville Lawn Bowlâ€" ing Club Monday night. The first-year bowler loves the social nature of the evening. Newcomers are welcome. SPORTS EVENING 0F GREENS Stouffville Sun-Tribune ARTANTIO\UES STAFF PHOTO/MIKEieARRETT IN THE PARK so many great hitteis, I didn’t get that many opportuni- ties to hit. Now I’m getting those opportunities and it has allowed me to work on my hitting and slapping,” she said. She played behind senior national team members Erin McLean and Melanie Mat- thews during her freshman season. “Other than getting more playing experience this year, I didn’t really think that I would have the kind of year I'm hav- ing," she said. .408, Harris led thé Clan in several offensive categories including RBIs with 33, total bases 79, runs scored 33 and hits 42. Inserted as their lead-off hitterandsportingthefourth- best batting average on the team in 30 games played at While winning their first three games, the Clan lost their last three that included a 6-1 loss to Dickinson State May 19 to end their season. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS In fact, Harris was a vital cog with the Clan, as they received an at-large bid to compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national championâ€" ship. Break-out season for Harris on B. C. school ball team But such wasn’t the case for the Stouffville Distn'ct Secondary School graduate. be a season in which she would just gain another year of expen'ence and roll with the punches. The 20-year-old Stouflville native, who plays centre field for the Clan, thought it would BY MIKE HAYAKAWA Staff Writer When JessieHam'sentered her sophomore campaign with the Simon Fraser Uni- versity Clan women’s softball team this year, she didn't have high expectations. at the Markham Museum “But a number of former players have gone on to play in Europe or overseas, and that could be something l would enjoy following uni- versity," she said. While Harris is enjoying a vintage season, she hasn’t given much thought as to where her career in the game might take her in Canada. Not just for an education, but in the calibre of ball she would face since at the NAIA level as the Clan compete against US.-based schools. EUROPE AFTER scuoon “Canada has a better edu- cation system, and playing at Simon Fraser allowed me to remain in Canada and play top-calibre competition," she said. After entertaining offers from universities south of the border, Harris eventually felt the opportunity to remain in Canada was best. “My sister played with Erin McLean and she ran the junior national camp that I attended. Erin told our coach (Mike Renney) about me and he scouted me at the Canada Cup,” she said. Her arrival at the Bum- aby, B.C., campus came via her appearance at a junior nan'onal camp. JESSIE HARRIS: Stouffville native leads Simon Fraser on offence as lead-off h'rtter.