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26- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, May 16, 1995 - -- "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" ------ Keith Leslie earned MVP honors for the MoJacks thi tender Rick Hutchinson now has his name on the D Scott Heasman stood out as Rookie of the Year and Defensive player of the year on the squad. DAVID STELL/ PORT PERRY STAR s season while goal- anny Sluggett award. Gavin Cochrane was Cartwright Minor Ball teams prepare to hit the diamonds Cartwright Minor Ball 18 ready for another sea- son of exciting fun filled ball play. The teams have: been selected, uniforms and equipment are being readied, and practices or- ganized. Hardball is scheduled to begin this week with softball and lob ball play beginning the week of May 21. Coaches are now con- tacting players for team practices in preparation for the upcoming season. The softball team lineups are as follows. For T-ball (ages four, five and six) the teams are Analda Garden Centre, Blackstock Figure Skating Club, Super Spud and Blackstock Lions. The next group is seven and eight. They are the Tyke level which include, Mike Baker Automotive, Philip Pontiac Firebirds, Spring Grove Agi-Vaders and Yamaha is years of' age. This season sees the ad- _ dition of a Youth Lob Bal] division. This group is made up of 16 to 19 year olds. This division has two teams which are Pine- ridge Sports and Jim's Ex- cavating. This year there are three baseball teams; one at each level except at the Midget level. Asselstine Mosquito, Overridge Retail the Pee- wee, and Carpet Ware- house is the Bantam team. The baseball teams will play their games through an affiliation with Clar- ington this year. In total this year, CMB 18 fielding 27 teams, made up from approximately 350 registrants. Cartwright Minor Ball encourages those who en- Joy ball to come out and watch the games during the season. Games are played on various dia- monds Monday through Thursday evenings at Blackstock Fairgrounds, Cartwright High School, Cartwright Public School and Nestleton Park. There 1s no charge for admission. Baseball games begin at 6 p-m. with softball begin- ning at 6:30 p.m. Anyone who missed reg- istration, or was not aware of it, still have a very short time to do so. Contact Pat- sy Sonne at 986-9607 for further information. Gamblers rained Wotten Carpentry. Youths age nine and 10 play at the Mite level. This Trevor Bremnor was the hardest working this year st Vivian the most improved player over the season a DAVID STELL / PORT PERRY STAR anding beside Kevin nd Todd Dennis who level team consists of Cummings Backhoe, H & M Wright Sox, Lishmans, Nestleton Country Store, Port Perry IGA and Turn- ers Green Giants. The Squirt level is made up of 11 and 12 year olds with their teams being, Antrim House, Mann's Sweet Corn, Martyn Consulting, and Swain Seeds. The Senior level consists of Campbell Electric, Don Frew and Sons, Marlin Travel, and Dr. Workman, Optometrist. The youths out of own opener The Greenbank Gam- blers' home opener that was scheduled for last Thursday night in Ianson Park was called off due to rain, cold and wet weath- er. So the Greenbank club will try again this Thurs- day night at 8 p.m. when Richmond Hill will be the visiting team. Richmond Hill is one of five new teams in the league this year and Richmond Hill has long enjoyed a reputa- tion as a hotbed of fastball] so the Gamblers will be facing tough opposition to start their season. In the meantime, they will play "on the road" in Port Perry this Tuesday night when they meet the Port Perry Juniors at Joe Fowler Park at 8:30 p.m., as the Port Juniors kick off their opening game of 1995. in this group are 13 to 15 was co-winner of the best team player award with Brad Bagshaw. ----, wo-- By David Stell Port Perry Star The 1994/1995 Port Perry ModJacks finished up a success- ful season in Junior C hockey this year when they reached the Central division finals last March. They gathered one last time for their annual banquet last Saturday (May 13). The club handed out their awards to honor some of the hardest working members of the team. A unique part of the ModJack awards is that the players themselves vote who is most deserving in each catego- ry. y This year's MVP of course was no surprise. Quiet leader Keith Leslie distinguished him- self as a class act in Junior C hockey this season, finishing third in the league points race and finishing with only two penalty minutes in regular season action. He led the team on the ice this season and when a big goal was needed, Leslie didn't disappoint. The best defensive player award went to Gavin Cochrane this season after a strong sea- son guarding the MoJack blue line. The veteran showed a lot of skill on the ice. The MoJacks captain even proved to be a versatile player with coach Brad Menzies trying the big skater in front of the net on the power play unit for most of the season. Rookie of the year honors went to defenseman Scott Heasman. On a team that had Awards presented a number of rookies Heasman stood out. Team general man- ager, Murray Parliament, pointed out that defense is a tough position to break into Junior C hockey.The best team player honor was shared by two of the hardest working ModJacks this season. Brad Bagshaw and Todd Dennis showed a lot of heart on the ice for their squad this season and made a big contribution game in-game out. Sluggett Award The Danny Sluggett award, awarded to the MoJack who best contributed on the ice while maintaining a high degree of excellence in school was given to goaltender Rick Hutchinson. Coach Menzies pointed out that the MoJacks. > rv. goaltender played well all sea- son while keeping his average over 80 percent at Trent University. The squad's num- ber one goalie rarely had a bad game, but always followed those up with an excellent effort the following game. Rookie Trevor Bremner was named the hardest working member of the squad. Bremner's energy on the ice was a wonder to watch. He never seemed to run out of gas, but it was always interesting to see what would happen when he got the puck and started to circle. And most improved player over the season went to the tenacious Kevin Vivian. He earned a promotion to the first | MoJacks wrap up season with banquet line with his grit and determi- nation digging the puck out of the corners and mixing it up with some of the biggest players in the league. The banquet offered dinner and a raffle for a MoJacks jer- sey along with the awards pre- sentation. Coach Menzies also introduced each member of the team and they were all given a team photo package to remem- ber the season. They also took a moment to think about Ken Jackson, former owner of Mother Jackson's, the team's sponsor. The team signed a card for the ailing MoJacks supporter who has been in the hospital with health problems recently. 7 dl ____________________