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22 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, July 22, 1986 Sports Port Perry Midgets advance to the semi-finals before being knocked out The North York Kiwanis Midget fastball team picked the right game to defeat Agincourt for the first time 'this season. They did it in the final game of the 11th annual Port Perry Minor Soft- ball Midget Tournament, sponsored by Culinar Inc., Flamingo Plant in Port Perry. And they did it in convincing fashion with.a solid 9-2 victory over Agincourt late Sunday afternoon to wrap up the tournament that began- Friday evening with 11 teams. North York pitcher Ken O'Sullivan and Agincourt thrower Eddie Hare were locked at 2-2 Vo Bo NN i, ¢ Li ~ Midget Fastball tournament MVP was Richard Lowery (left) of Agincourt. Most valuable pitcher was Ken O'Sullivan of North York, who | «A member of the Port Midgets was called out at home on this play against Vandort. It didn't through five innings when the North York bats suddenly exploded for six runs in the sixth to put the game away. The big blow was a grand slam shot by short-stop Darren Tucker, - and that was all North York need- ed to coast home for the victory. Strong pitching through the tour- nament by O'Sullivan (he won three games) and solid defense proved to be the margin for the North York team. In five games, they gave up just seven runs. North York reached the finals with victories over Acton, Oshawa and Napanee in the opening round, § bs hd H 4 : - and a 6-2 defeat of Kemptville in Sunday's semi final. Agincourt also displayed some pretty good defense in the tournament, giving up six runs in four games to reach the championship. The team defeated Napanee, Woodbridge and Oshawa in the preliminary round, and in the semi-final on Sunday, dumped the home town favourite Port Perry squad by a score of 7-3. North York coach Joe Picko Jr., said after the game he was very pleased with the way his team per- formed and gave credit to the pit- ching staff and the strong defense. For the Port Perry Canadian Tire won three games, including the final. Sport- smanlike award went to Agincourt coach Bill Woodhouse. (See story for details) matter much as Port Perry went on to an easy 10-0 victory in this preliminary round match. squad under the direction of Garnet Warriner and Wayne Venning, the team played well to reach the semi- finals on Sunday before losing 7-3 to Agincourt. Port Perry began the tournament Friday evening with a solid 4-0 vic- tory over Cedar Hill. Lee Wilbur went the distance on the mound giv- ing up just three hits and chalking up seven K's. Wilbur helped his own cause with a 2nd inning homer, while Chris Cookman has a strong game at the plate with three singles. In game two, Port Perry took a laugher from Vandorf by the score of 10-0 with Craig Venning giving up just two hits and fanning nine en route to the easy win. Craig Menzies, Joe Rose, Steve Langaille and Karl Durham led the hit parade in this one, each with a pair of safeties. Game three against a tough Kemptville squad was one of those games the Port Perry players would like to forget. They just could not get anything going right and when- it was over, they were on the short end of a 17-2 score. Dave Burnett was tagged with the loss. Feeling were running high throughout this game. That loss put Port Perry into the 'wild card" playoff Sunday morn- ing, a five inning affair against Ac- North York wins local tournament ton. Lee Wilbur got the nod for the start, and he was sharp as the team won 8-3. Wilbur gave up six hits, fanned six and had a great game with the stick, cranking out a home run and a double. Greg Warriner had a single and a double, while Cookman had a pair of singles. The victory over Acton advanced Port Perry to the semis against Agincourt, and they bowed out by a 7-3 margin. Dave Burnett took the loss, Wilbur had two hits and Joe Rose slammed a long triple. It was a frustrating game for Port Perry as Agincourt batters seemed to be finding the holes, while the Port bat- ters were hitting the ball right at people. Following the championship game, the Most Valuable Pitcher Award was given to North York's Ken O'Sullivan for his three vic- tories, while the MVP went to Agin- court's Richard Lowery. Agincourt skipper Bill Woodhouse was named the sportsman of the tournament. Tournament directors had lots of praise for the work done by the grounds crew who worked very hard to get the fields in shape for play after the heavy rains. They were especially pleased with the work done by the Township's Steve Bull. py mber Ban TANG CENIRE Hamat ight RE ENE RAR a Port Perry pitcher Craig Venning had his game in fine form Saturday as he tossed a two-hit shut-out over Vandorf. Port open- ed a big lead early, then breezed home the rest of the way. Venn- ing had nine K's in this one. Action took place during the Midget tournament over the weekend. IF YOUR AD WAS HERE ... over 12,000 people could have read it this week! That's alot of potential customers for your business. Advertising made easy -- find out more about it! CALL 985-7383 for INFORMATION