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Tn CB wi # 8 § | ] 2 # a § ; "A Family Tradition for 128 Years" RL yl Sia -- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, September 19, 1995 - 17 120) YM 2 ICIS ECT VL VE SProrTs Close, but no cigar for Gamblers, Antrims The Oshawa City & District Fastball Championship Tournament tock place at Durham Fields on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and the Oshawa Heat re- tained the Campbell Division crown for the second yearin arow. The Heat defeated the Oshawa Jrs. in the final after the Double "B" Club squeezed past the Greenbank Gam- blers in the semi-final. The Greenbank club played two bad innings in the tournament which each time resulted in three run homers for their opponents and defeat for the Gam- blers. Friday night saw Greenbank win a forfeited game when the Oshawa Juve- niles (Ontario 1995 Junior Champs) had only seven players in the park. The Juveniles fielded a full team on Satur- day-Sunday but were eliminated. Saturday saw the Gamblers play the Oshawa Heat and Mark Goreski was holding a 1-0 Greenbank lead, courtesy of a Greg Newell homer, but in the sixth inning Barry McKenna belted a three run shot over the right field fence. This proved to be enough even though Greg Newell clouted his second home run of thegame. Brad Bricknell pitched for Oshawa but Pete Landers came on to strike out Greg Newell for the final out of the game. Greenbank stayed on the field to play the Scarborough Royals (the first place finishers in the league with Greenbank in second position) and the Gamblers Bryon Baranieski and Scarborough's Blair McBratney hooked up in a classic pitchers duel. Greenbank scored first when Steve Durham singled home Ray Kurhan but the Royals tied it when they put togeth- er three consecutive singles. Then in the fifth inning Trevor Till drove in Mark Goreski with what proved to be the winning run as Baranieski shot the Scarborough team down and the Royals were eliminated. Sunday saw the Gamblers meet the Port Perry Antrims who without ques- tion were the surprise team of the tour- nament. The Port squad played their best ball of the season behind Randy Underwood and Lawrie Williams and had wins over Richmond Hill, Scarbo- rough and the Port Perry Juniors. But the Gamblers bats started early and back to back home runs in the first inning by the Newell brothers put the Antrims in a hole they never got out of and Mark Goreski tossed a four hit shutout. This left only three teams in the run- ning and Greenbank played the Oshawa Jrs. to see who would play the Oshawa Heat for the championship. Again Bryon Baranieski was in a pitchers duel with Oshawa's Jamie Simpson and while Greenbank out hit the Double "B" Jrs. by a 6-4 count, the Gamblers had a bad inning that ended with a three run homer by Darren Crawford. Greenbank had their chances to score with the bases loaded in the fifth in- ning, and runners on second and third with nobody out in the fifth but failed to score. Don Beaton plated a run in the fourth inning and Trevor Till drove in a run in the seventh but the four run Oshawa Rally in the third held up as the Double "B" had a 4-2 victory and the Gambler season was over. Catcher Paul Goreski had a hot bat for Greenbank as he went six for 11 on the weekend. Greg Newell and Ray Ku- rhan also had productive trips to the plate with Newell's three home runs leading the team. Both Mark Goreski and Bryon Bara- nieski pitched effectively on the Gam- bler mound but the two bad innings proved to be their downfall. Congratulations to the Oshawa Heat on their City League Championship. Junior Merchants take part In year-end tournament After an inactive period of almost three weeks, the Port Junior Merchants participated in the year end tournament for the Oshawa and District Men's League. Even though many of the regu- lar players were unable to take part because they had returned to university or were involved with work, those who did play represented the team well. Special thanks to Ian Shrigley (Port Midgets) who helped fill the ranks and played extremely well, especially at third. The first game placed Port Juniors against Port Antrim, and this was a close match. Antrim had scored one run in the fourth on a Larry Pilkey home run, and the Mer- chants were able to tie it in the sixth when McBride, on with a single, scored on an RBI single by Empring- ham. The game went into overtime and Antrim was able to score two runs in the top of the eighth to eventually win the game -1. Hitters for the game were Card - walk, single; Empringham - two sin- gles, RBI; McBride - sin- gle; Ron Redman (rookie) single. Card pitched eight innings, striking out sev-. en, walking two, allowing six hits and three earned runs. In the second game, Port faced an old rival, the Oshawa Juveniles who represented Ontario in the Canadian Games held in B.C. this past August. Oshawa started quickly with two runs in the first, and a two run home run in the second. The Port Mer- chants continued to leave base runners stranded, but eventually in the fifth were able to score three runs to narrow the score to 5-3. Even though Port left eight base runners strand- ed, the final score was 6-4 for Oshawa. Since this tournament was a double knock-out format, this Turnto Page 19 "JEFF MITCHELUPORT PERRY STAR. SINGLES TOURNAMENT: Port Perry's Tennis Club was the site of a mens' singles tournament during the weekend, and here are the competitors. who made it to the final round. Kneeling is singles champ Kent Johnston, while in rear is finalist Werner Mees (left), along with consolation champ John Leeson. Hungry MoJacks give staff food for thought | By Wally Donaldson Special to the Star If four of their six exhibition games played so far are any in- dication, the Port Perry Mo- Jacks will be serving up a har- vest of delicacies for the fans this Central Ontario Junior C - Hockey League season. The athletes vying for a berth on this year's roster have given the coaching staff food for thought with only two .pre- season contests remaining be- fore the real show begins. ModJacks have amassed a three-win, one-loss record - their only defeat a 7-6 setback last Friday night in Sutton against Georgina Ice. They topped the Ice b-4 one night ear- lier and in their exhibition open- er a week ago, MoJacks doubled up on Little Britain Merchants 4-2. In their most recent outing, MoJacks squeezed out a hard- fought 3-2 verdict against mid- Ontario's Schomberg Cougars Sunday night at Scugog Arena. They close out pre-season play in Little Britain Thursday night and in Nobleton Saturday eve- ning against the Cougars. In the meantime, coaches Chic Carnegie and Brett Puckrin continue to pare the roster down to a workable size and as em- phasized at the outset, not eve- ry returning player's position is secure. ModJacks released goalie Chris Faulkner following Friday's loss and it is expected the net- minder who shared the duties with Rick Hutchinson last sea- son will return to Sutton where he resides and compete for the Ice. "Chris was very committed to our program and his goaltend- ing improved 95 percent over last year," said Carnegie. "It was a tough call. But he had been doing a lot of driving. Eve- ry game was an away game for him and Chris had an opportu- nity to play in Sutton. In fair- ness to the kid, I thought it best that he play in his home town. I've been told there is a spot for him." Carnegie is adamant that he does not have a No. 1 goaltender yet, although Hutchinson has the inside track. Paul Roberts, J.D. Shaw and Steve McAffery - all three from Oshawa - got an opportunity to strutt their stuff against Schomberg with each playing one period. 'I don't really have a goalie yet," says Carnegie of a regular starter. He added with a grin, "I - still have four goalies in camp and I'll have it down to three af- ter (tonight's) practice. I'm not going to rush it until the exhibi- tion seasonis done." Steve Barkwell, Kenton Le- Fort and Ian Martin tallied for ModJacks against the Cougars. In the four games so far, the scoring has been balanced which would please any coach. However, there is the matter of reducing the numbers. The players are making it awfully difficult for the boys who must make the final decisions. "1 can see two potentially real- ly good lines out there," adds Carnegie. Port Perry's third line comprising Jeremy Geer, Daryl Bourgeois and LeFort has re- mained intact and coincidental- ly, has impressed as the unit be- comes more familiarized with eachother. Another unit making favorable noise is the returning combina- tion of Chad Kearns centering Todd Stirling and Mike Pigeau. However, Derek Wright took the faceoffs for the two wingers against the Cougars. "My fourth line is going to be the hardest to pick. I have too many quality players to choose from. Some of the players are go- ing to be very disappointed. I'm going to be disappointed be- cause they've all given us every- thing they've got. But some will have to be told to find another team." Two native Port Perry athletes who have made a positive im- pression so far are defenceman Steve Stiles, initially groomed as anetminder in minor hockey, and Bourgeois, who has "played it a lot tougher than I exected him to play," says the MoJacks skipper. Broken down to a common de- nominator, the MoJacks have eight players competing for three positions. And yet, Carne- gie figures he'll have two addi- tional players who must realize their only contribution is in the event of an injury or suspension to other teammates. "It's going to take the right two players to accept the role and I've got a couple of kids who will most likely do it," says Carnegie. ModJacks open their season on Sunday, Oct. 1 at home to Georgina.