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650+4640 www.totalworldtravel.com Iravei and Cruises Inc. HUGE SELECTION + HURRY IN Sale August 13 to September 1 Continued from page 19 Umpires a factor in Twins‘ tournament exit The Guelph Gators Midget Girls softball team, featuring four Waterioo players, were 6â€"1 in roundâ€"robin play at the 2003 Midget Girls Fastpitch champiâ€" onship last week. That was good for first place in blue pool play, and gave the Gators a doubleâ€" life in the 16â€"team tournament. Unfortunately, the Gators lost their next two games, losing 4â€"0 to Burnaby, B.C. before losing 3â€" 1 to Winnipeg, Man., on Saturâ€" day. The Waterloo girls were key cogs in the team‘s success with Alicia Spitzig, pictured right, batâ€" ting .273 with six hits, while Waterioo Ghosts pickup Robyn Haig had seven hits and a .368 average. Waterloo‘s Lindsay Kurt went 3â€"2 in the tournament with 20 strikeouts, while Amy Tiffin added a RBI. Gator bait NeED BEKAVAC HOTO giving, saying that the umpires took the game _ out of their hands. "That just threw me off," said Bradley about the calls. "It took me right out of the game. "It‘s interesting that the one umpire from Newfoundland waited until this game to But that adversity proved to be motivation for the Twins during their winning streak, said cleanup hitter Grant Baechler, one of three ballâ€" playing brothers on the Twins. "We had a good run," said Baechler, in his final year with the squad. "We won seven in a row and I don‘t think any team in the tournament did that. make the call, and he made all Baechler said six games in two days did as much to hinâ€" der the Twins‘ chances as anyâ€" thing that the umpires threw at them. Facing Newfoundland three times in less than 36 hours also proved to be too much. While the Twins won the first two contests, it was just too much to beat the "We just had no gas left in Best Ribs & Chicken Contest Entertainment * Classic Car Show Kids Zone & Dog Show Headline Act â€" Saturday 9â€"10:30pm THE WATCHMEN n & 0 same team three times in a "It‘s tough to beat a team three times in a row no matter how good or bad they are," said Baechler. "And the Newâ€" fies are a really good team." The first inning also wasn‘t kind for the Twins in their final two losses, 5â€"0 to the defendâ€" ing champs Jarvis and 7â€"1 to Newfoundland. "I don‘t know if we weren‘t prepared or that‘s the way things just happen," said Baechler. "We couldn‘t battle back and dig out of that hole." Baechler is one of six playâ€" ers who will move on to the Intermediate level next year. He said he‘d like to keep playâ€" "I want to play until I can‘t walk around any more," he laughed."Or maybe 1 can become an umpire and call the game right." The Jarvis Juniors went on to repeat as the Canadian junior fastpitch champions. They beat Newfoundland 7â€"1 in Saturday‘s final. ing the game as long as he