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pioi8fflljnea3rjgustj4199i iks ta attem photosjoerd wittevebl stouffville indians first baseman paul gibson dives for sional finals at stouffville memorial park on saturday with the bases loaded but the ball was jarred out of his the bag with the ballih his glove during provincial divi- he tried to tag put the opposing midland teams player glove and the runner was safe stouffville teams gear up for finals its approaching crunch time for the five stouffville rep softball teams the local squads are all gearing up for the upcoming ontario amateur softball association oasa play- downs which will determine the provincial champions in their respective divisions the choko design squirts and the mite buttermakers are slated to defend their respective oasa crowns at tournaments to be held at simcoe over the labor day weekend the dean myers pee wees are presently involved in a best twooutbfthree series with league rival east gwillimbury to determine who goes to the oasa pee wee tourney the boyds sports midgets are off to stittsville this weekend to participate in the oasa midget championship tournament the stouffville merchants juniors who have already won the allontario oasa junior crown are to enter the competition to decide the provinces a class junior champion aug 25 at markham the mites squirts pee wees and midgets all com pete at the b level merchants win one before heading east the stouffville merchants gave their fans a preview of the team which will contest the canadian junior mens fastball title this week in st johns newfoundland last wednesday night bolstered by three players picked from among the best in the province the merchants edged the oshawa juniors 21 the game marked the last home appearance for the ontario champion mer chants before leaving for st johns this past friday evening the large supportive crowd watched owen sound recruit todd martin shut down the oshawa offence in hisfive inning stint martin racked up a total of 11 strike outs merchants resident ace byron baranieski came on to pitch the final two frames barry ellerbeck the rideau val ley pitcher who will accompany the stouffviile team to the nationals for the second year in a row didnt see action the third pick up sebringvilles ron white saw some infield duty the merchants then took a deplet ed crew to port perry thursday night where they fell 52 to the scugog squad wednesdays lusty send off impressed merchants manager mary meyers everybody is very excited about us going to the nationals said myerej whose mer chants placed fourth in last sum mers canadian junior champi onships there seems to be even more excitement and support than last year everybody is more hyped up about it were getting great support from everyone this time around even the kids myers expressed her gratitude to all who helped the team realize its 27000 fund raising goal calling it a tremendous community effort we didnt have much time to put the money together but the boys north americas oldest pony club will be sporting a new appearance from now on the eglinton equestrian club located on davis dr cedar valley has acquired a new logo the logo is the work of renowned artist theo dimson the father of club member emily dimson the club will be losing the ser vices of dressage instructor eugenie hollaender who is heading back to sthe eglinton equestrian club her native holland on aug 29 to assist in her familys business after instructing at the eglinton club for a year and a half the club is holding a senior show this sunday followed by a barbe cue on aug 24 to 25 the fox run future horse show will be held at eglinton the show will feature both hunter and jumper divisions entries are available at the club royals tie aurora to help end skid the stouffville royals put the brakes on their recent skid when they held the visitors from aurora to a 33 tie at the rec centre field last wednesday evening the royals came on strong in the games opening half outshooting their opponents by a 73 margin while scoring a pair of goals chris pettitt netted the games first goal for the royals with assists going to robbie taylor and erik jensen after aurora tied it up taylor restored the stouffville aurora squared things again and then andrew post gave the royals a 32 lead on a goal from cheeatow and taylor t but aurora managed tied it before time rans but philip mccomiskey was impressive in goal for the royals marco bucci who had scored his first goal of the sea son the week previous continued his aggressive offen sive play for the stouffville squad andrew lombardo and rob howie were strong on defejjcefprtlie royals v worked hard and everyone involved with the team got involved it was great the merchants return home mori- day and are scheduled to play host to bowmanville at the town park next thursday v precision auto try for ladies league title the uxbridge precision auto refinishing intermediate ladies softball team will be going for all the marbles this weekend the uxbridge ladies are contest ing the south lake simcoe ladies league playoff champi onship at the richmond hill greens located at leslie st and elgin mills the threeday competition which begins friday evening involves all seven teams from the league the host richmond hill outfit was given a bye into the second round of the event due to its first place finish in the leagues regular season standings precision auto starts off with a game against mt albert and will then play either scarborough or zephyr in game two the auto crew which dropped a 12r2 decision to richmond hill last week closes out the regular season with games against scar borough and zephyr this week