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st tobumbahgusxftr pll iimips in the midst of battle by me time you sit down to read this offering the stouffville mer chants will probably be on the field engaging the host team in a serious game of fastball at the canadian junior mens champi onships at st johns newfound land the boys were scheduled to take on the newfoundland squad at 830 pm our time tonight of course the weather being as it is on the rock theres no guaran tee what kind of conditions the team islieing forced to endure after all they did have a serious snow storm in that province back in june the game is the second for our guys who were to play quebec yesterday afternoon the biggie of course the one theyve all been waiting for hap pens wednesday night at 1030 thats when the merchants square sport notes vklvsskfcwrs off against saskatchewan the squad expected to provide the stiffest competition of the week long tournament its also when the stouffville crew gets to go toetotoe with ex- teammate scott evan who went west this season a classic reunion to be sure the kind of stuff of which movies are made but then again the merchants have provided the type of high drama along with the tragedy that make for the sort of flick kevin costner loves to wrap his consid erable talents around in sport as in life players dont always get a second chance but the merchants were able to buck the odds and repeat provincial champs this summer which will allow them an opportunity to erase the memory of a pair of 10 losses which sent them home fourth place finishers in last years national show down in pont rouge que bec the first heart breaking defeat saw pitcher barry ellerbeck a tournament recruit from the kingston area throw a 12inhing no hitter only to lose 10 to new foundland on an error and a wild pitch the loss to newfoundland in the round robin contest put the mer chants in the position of not being able to lose one game in the play- off round ellerbeck threw backtoback wins as the championship set began- but in the semifinal pony club ends season with harrow win the uxbridgescugog pony club closed out the season with a flair edging their closest competi tor by one point in a tie breaker to take the b division of the prince philip games meet at port perrys greystone farms recently the narrow victory gave the uxbridgescugog club the season championship for the fivemeet series with a total of 1 62 points 22 ahead of the second place saddle- wbod farms cavan team the uxbridgescugog team includes cindy markell patricia and danielle donelly wendy beriris and rebecca sterritt the durham pony club team of bj reidj ammie reid lisa reid and tenille matthews was third on the dayjusf two points back of the leaders and fourth for the season the eglinton pony club entry n was fourth at the port perry meet but finished the season in third spot in the c flight it was the eglin ton pony club quartet of jennifer hoenie amanda mclninch ash- lee burness and marissa stapley riding to victory sunday the eglinton team ended up with a total of 23 points two points ahead of runner up saddlewbbd and five more than the third place uxbridgescugogdurham mixed team made up of beth murray amanda heron and laura beaton the eglinton team which missed the first two meets of the season won two and came second in the three meets it attended saddlewood finished on top for the season in the c class with the uxbridgescugogdurham team second and eglinton third in the a class the eglinton unit came third for the meet finishing the season in second spot behind tynedale against you guessed it saskatchewan the merchants byroh baranieski gave up two doubles in the fifth inning result- ing irithe i games only run saskatchewan went on to finish second to alberta in the medals both ellerbeck and baranieski are back this year with both young men determined to see the story have a happy ending this time around sure in this type of megapres sure competition determination alone wont always do it you need a break or two when runs are as scarce as heat waves in august in newfoundland the mercharitsonly gave tip eight runs in their seven tourna ment games yet all that got them was alsoran status and as with the big leagues- of baseball fastball is governed to a great extent by the whim and fancy of the gods as the blue jays have learned on more than one occa sion sometimes its just not in the cards but one of the hbkey expressions that holds the most truth in ball is that what comes around goes around the breaks do tend to even out in time and our stouf fville merchants would seem to be due for a break or two in this weeks national junior classic the boys are a year older with the added seasoning and savvy that go with an extra season logged against the same level of competi tion the merchants take to the field against an alberta outfit not the defending champs thursday before closing out the preliminary round with a match up versus nova scotia friday then providing they are in the top four in their six team division its on tothe championship round and you can be sure if byron barry arid the boys should put it all together and emerge victorious last years disappointment will vanish like the leaves of autumn a twoteams i ii hockey leaijue sahl has unartrtwn tnifs s linpnn pop s maple leafs and tlie occasions catering blues have been included in the leagues 40- i i th- now eight teams in the over40 flight with six i t the loop has also brought in a rule requmngall players to tlie sahl schedule begins on sunday sept 8 all games are played at the rec centre and run from 6 am through 1 pm sunday mornings tfus season s playoff chara- dionshio matches are sched- north subaru jh- m tm wtk wm i owners in york region oil filter 1595 tax we will also check all fluid levels tire pressures calling all toyota owners in york region oil filter 1795 tax we will also check all fluid levels tire pressures call 7737000 now rtm ffmmm syey 45 yonge st rl north of king s jh3bell j i