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best available copy tribune august 10 1988 b3 stouffville stin allisons taking one day at a time by bruce staplev shes a laidback sort of athlete who performs best when theres something up for grabs and while her direct approach could be taken for cheek she simply believes in calling a spade a spade shes allison lowery 21 who with her booming bat has put much of the sting in the stouff ville stingers attack this season the ballantrae resident holds down first base and is now in her fourth year with the ladies soft- ball team she was on the provin cial championship team in 1985 and was with the stingers when they took the south lake simcoe league finals last year and if they repeat as champs again this season allison will have played a key role she has been hitting often and far while holding her own defensively while she has hit many home runs this season none could match the drama of her clutch blast in bradford in july that made tournament winners of the stingers the blow which came with two out and two on base in the lasst inning of the semifinal transformed a 64 deficit into a 76 victory she admits the season can be a little routine at times because it must compete with career and other interests but put a little in- rain delays tball rain forced the delay of many games for novice tballers but other divisions were blessed with nicer weather results from last weeks games follow tball novice stouffville pizzeria slapped guaranty trust 1912 home runs from heather lyon chris lageer stephanie rand and matthew downie helped out nicole aldcroft tripled and charles davies was outstanding at second for gt hathaway interior design 7 macleans furniture 0 default tball advanced ian anderson had five home t and billy read blasted four homers and a triple as rennie transport downed goodwood gas station 3630 zachary raybould and daniel haines add led taters for rennie big hitters fvtot goodwood were mark french chad norton trevor mackenzie keith lehman daryl vague kinsey rouss and aman- da cornelisse countrv stop burgers 7 ken svcole trucking 0 default jj ballantrae progress club played shorthanded and still managed to tie aaa plumbing wat 31 matthew bare had three v roundtrippers and chris hocher 8had one for ballantrae josh j marty n belted four homers while ija peter mabely and ryan mortson ihad one on the aaa side aaas shawn barton made an excellent running catch blasts from chris heidema mk jamie redshaw peter ward mike rhynold and nicholas ser- f jeant were all needed to get gallo real estate by att 3331 shawn boadway jeff boadway and jake spenser homered for v att it was stouffville lions 37 giles chevolds 30 michael wood dan thompson ryan white j p belanger karen 5 boyd and mike pesnyak made their bats boom for lions homers for giles came from v tegan bennett jason cumbers gg david giles and ken ruff mite girls c shannon timms and amanda 8 leger pitched well for ballantrae ife lions club as they held off stouff- ville florist 1312 rachel ar- sl mour hit a long one for florist tss mite boys clarks critters walked all over k claremont lions 145 simon vfraser david clark and jesse ijgray were key players for the 5r critters shaun tran and shawn qc vanderyagt led the claremont 2 team i a triple by jason wood and jt good fielding from michael pride helped stouffville kinsmen dou- ble up vandorf general store 168 jay nesbitt had a quick glove fof vandorf kr stouffville coop defeated iflovd preston ltd 2012 paul gribbon and peter reed beat up on the ball for coop while scott eyre and darren hackwood were just smashing for preston squirt girls nicole redshaw pam taylor and tanya vanderyagt brought in big runs as petrocan got by farquarson real estate 1815 mmkwue toyotas athlete of the week jamie loughery jamie loughery f markham abate towing tykes contributed six hits and scored the winning run in 54 win over thornhj last week marseille hwy 7 east toyota hoxcfntfkftssonns karen hoover homered and tripl ed for farquarson and tara mckenzie had a good catch squirt boys pickering sod crushed stouff ville lions 2010 thanks to triples by terry annis and darrin lehman terry added a homer to his hit list as well marc green david mountjoy and geoffrey armstrong were the big batters for stouffville rino dambrosios home run helped john doner ltd knock off stouffville fishnchips fishnchips big plays came from stephen wilcox jeff clare michael bovd and peter watson centive in there and she rises to the occasion i guess i play belter under pressure she says i like play ing and deep down inside i want to win even though im mainlv in it for fun just like the rest of the team allison the daughter of longtime stingers manager ted lowery came to ballantrae from scarborough when she was 10 she claims she was never keen on sports until she started getting in volved at stouffville district secondary school we won the championship in basketball and voiieyball and then we won the softball cham pionship i played all positions on the baseball team she tried soccer in markham one year and has been involved in the towns allstar hockey pro gram since 1978 her hockey teams have won the provincial womens top honors four years running with her solid play at centre con tributing she coached a junior house league team with fellow- stinger cathy carr one season a receptionist at markham handcraft industries allison tries to spend her lunch hour keeping in shape at the muscle factory i usually get there about three times a week she says perhaps because of her in terest in staying in shape allison has never endured an injury in all her years in sports except for the time i sprained my wrist on a skateboard she adds but i still played ball that night allison claims she enjoys the social aspect of softball as much as playing the tournaments are a good time she says they give us the chance to get to know each other as friends not just team mates the current season has been a positive experience she main tains although she just cant believe how fast it has gone allison claims she hasnt really given much thought to how many more years shell play for the stingers i just dont know there are days i really look forward to it and others where well allison hopes to have a family some day and says shell take her career as it goes she could see herself getting in to coaching probably at the house leage level especially if my own child was playing on the team and allison admits that its easier on her when her dad is managing and not coaching im glad hes involved she says im very protective of him when it comes to what the others on the team say about him would she ever coach the stingers herself a few years down the road who knows she replies for allison believes in taking life one dav at a time when counts count on us weve got hot accessories for your car or truck specials surffioof 15 x 30 tilted glass removable popup limited quantities s 69 chrome push bars for 1988 chev gmc or ford fullsize pickups cashcarry169 acc03i 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