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p16 weekender september 7 1985 weekender orts sports 2942200 6402100 unionvilles albright investigation squirts cleaned up at the ontario softball cham pionships last weekend team members include back left to right manager robert field head coach larry lightfoot ted wyborn greg pipher bill field jamie burton mike kingston assistant coach al burton front mike mitanidis chris stringer danny cronin brad griffin bat boy randy pipher mike john stone andy herrington and david lightfoot unionville hoys win ontario title unionvilles albright investigation softball squirts liked winning the ontario c championship so much last year they went out and did it again during labor day weekend the club won four games over three opponents to take the championship tournament which was held in new hamburg however this is really the first pro vincial crown for most of the roster only greg pipher dave lightfoot jamie burton and bill field were left from the 1984 team a 135 annihilation of new liskeard located south of timmins started the locals on their way lightfoot who also handled the pitching duties led the offence with three hits ted wyborn mike johnstone and chris stringer contributed a pair each game two was equally easy though the score was close at first unionville brought home two runs in the first in ning with kemptville doing the same in the bottom of the frame however the club then blew the game open with six and sevenrun in nings to cement a 162 victory this time johnstone looked after the mound duties tossing a fivehitter lightfoot again led the hit parade with four while burton contributed three pipher including a threerun homer and field stroked a pair of hits each according to coach larry lightfoot the championship game was the toughest but a very key game was that morn- ing one against garson located near sudbury he added by winning that game we were able to sit around and wait for the final it was the turning point in the tourney unionville opened the contest with three firstinning runs and never looked back grabbing a 74 decision mike kingston led the defence with his sliding catch in right field stemming a possible garson rally lightfoot and wyborn paced the off ence with a pair of hits each in the final the squad rallied from a sixthinning 43 deficit and beat kemp tville 54 andy herrington started the rally with a single field singled to advance him to third base then lightfoot brought him home with the tying run on a single greg pipher won the game with a homer in the bottom of the seventh in ning burton and field slugged two hits apiece coach lightfoot said he wasnt sur prised with his teams triumph weve been playing very well in the last l4 months he pointed out if youd asked me a few months ago i wouldnt have been so sure about our ability to win the title again but weve improved a lot unionville plays a disciplined style with a reliance on key hits including bunts and smart base running the coach explained were a very good defensive team too so if wc stick to our style were usually successful and in case anyone wants to dispute that assessment all lightfoot has to do is point to the results uxbridge jr c try outs uxbridgcs junior c bruins hockey team begins tryouts for the 198586 campaign on monday sept 9 registration starts at 8 pm in uxbridge arena centre road players are eligible up to age 20 the bruins will compete in the central ontario junior c hockey league along with clubs from bowmanvjlle little bri tain port perry port hope lindsay lakeficld and cobourg uxbridgcs soasonopens oct 18 with a contest against- defending league cham pion bowmanvillc eagles for more information contact coach randy hall at 8527404 unionville boy barefooting it by francis king sports editor when students at the new unionville high school relate their summer activi ties most will talk about trips to the cot tage or playing soccer and softball most of them wont even believe what ken harper has been up to but fortunate ly there are photographs to prove that hes a barefoot skier and a good enough one to win a trophy at his first competition the 13yearold briarwood resident took up the relatively new and littleknown sport four years ago after watching father jim 43 perform since then ken has surpassed his father and is so good at doing the tricks of the sport that he had to compete in the adv anced mens division at the barefoot chal lenge that competition held recently at chan- dos lake in the kawarthas resort region saw harper finish second out of 10 barefoot skiers one of the opponents he beat out was a competitor in this years canadian championships we really didnt know what to expect when we went to this thing said jim who serves as kens coach we just planned to go with tricks ken had been consistent with next year hell use some more diffi cult moves ken went into the sport mainly because my father was doing it barefoot skiing is exciting its something to reach goals with but what about the betterknown older sport of waterskiing he does it but his first love is barefoot ing jim explained barefooting is more challenging ken added its harder because the skis are bigger than your feet so theres less con trol you have to have some concentration on the tricks ken started the sport without much knowledge of what was involved i didnt know there were any tricks un til i went to a show then i bought some magazines and used the tips they had in addition said jim we must admit ken spent a week training in florida with mike seipel the world champion barefoo- ter they the instructors think he has a lot of potential indeed he does harper fearlessly does a variety of stunts including backwards skiing and performing on one leg one thing ken is not worried about is injuries among them the risk of suffering whiplash if he falls while barefooting back wards i ken harper and his first trophy you have to know how to fall said jim its a little difficult in the early stages you learn by trial and error he also stressed its important to wear the right equipment and to ski with people who are properly trained the right equipment is basically a spe cial protective suit with a price tag that starts at 300 the sport also requires a boat with enough power to haul a skier along at about 35 mph with kens talents he was the youngest skier in the barefoot challenge the teen has set up some lofty ambitions im going to try and go to the canadian nationals he began if i finish in the top 10 there i can go to the world cham pionships with the canadian team meanwhile theres the more immediate goal of gaining more expertise in the sport through another session in florida all i want him to do is have fun said jim who used the same philosophy in coaching unionville select hockey teams my approach is not to push ken if he wants to progress hell progress and progress he will especially with the goals hes set and is seriously pursuing unionvilles ken harper creates a blast of white water as he barcfootwaterskis behind his parents boat harper hopes to eventually compete in both the canadian and world championships susan armstrong