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p18weercen6erfmy steady now in an effort to gain some extra distance on this long jump attempt travis barker tries his best to put all of his weight forward during a recent track and field meet conducted at bailantrae public school in the end barkers attempt at gaining every last inch came up short as he lost his balance photoateve somerwlle rebels to ride the arm of evans this season b r u c e s t a p i e y fastball fans in this area are in for a treat this spring and summer as they get the chance to see the young man who established himself in recent years as canadas top junior fastball pitcher scott evans has returned from a fouryear western crusade to pitch for the claremont rebels who will move from the north durham itcni fastball league to the north york fastball league now that evans has arrived the dominating power throwing right hander was unhittable as he led the alberta provincial champion lloydminster liners to consecutive canadian junior mens fastball championships in 1992 and 93 he was named tournament mvp at both national finals throwing shutouts in the deciding games each year evans made a name for himself locally when he came up through the stouffville minor ball system he pitched and slugged the stouffville bantams to the ontario amateur softball association oasa championships in 1987 then teamed up with bryon baranieski to pitch the stouffville merchants to their first of tvo consecutive oasa junior crowns in 1990 evans went west and helped the saskatoon magic to the saskatchewan title in 1991 then faced his for mer stouffville teammates as the merchants finished third at the nationals in newfoundland the magic finished out of the running evans signed on with the liners in 1992 and almost got to play against the merchants again when the stouf fville team came within a hair of threepeating as ontario junior champs evans played for a mens team in washington state last season but he decided to come back east this year and is splitting his time between the rebels and a team from midland michigan which plays in the american softball association evans who lives with his fami ly in pefferlaw will be playing for the rebels during the week then making the trip across the border for weekend games with the arrival of evans the rebels were ordered out of the north durham league says coach frank hendry v the rebels who won the north durham loops con solation championship last season made an impres sive debut in the north york league when they post ed a convincing 71 win over the north york knights on the road may 16 evans was in midseason form striking out 19 as he twirled a twohitter the only run against him came in the first inning and was unearned as he was force to strike out four batters because one of his third strikes was too hot for his catcher to handle evans has been reunited with several of his old merchants mates with the rebels claremonts jason yoshida along with former uxbridge bruin jamie showers arid stouffvilles rob parcells all go back a few years together in stouffville also on the roster are bruins current assistant coach tim evans and former bruins goalie brian harnden claremonts rob watson is a member as well as is his brother tom of scarborough the watsons are just one of three brother tandems with the rebels dave and dale jones are on the squad and tim evans brother brad is there as well the lineup is rounded out by jim closs jim peddie and derek clausen sylvia ryan is team manager the teams major sponsors are williamson motors and the claremont legion a golden moment stouffville figure skating club coaches hans ahlgren far left and judy ahlgren pose with skater jennifer selwyn who recently earned her gold award photocheryl johnson the watson brothers are also spending their week end south of the border as they are playing for bostons american softball association entry in the rebels recent opener agains the knights the wat sons supplied the bulk of the offence as tom banged out three hits and rob chipped in with a pair of safeties tim evans contributed a two run double the rebels will be playing the bulk of their home games wednesday nights at 830 at the park in claremont