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pi4 itdarcvsriiii7 h ttflf st the tribune got a score call our hotline at 6402100 midgets infuriated by questionable calls at provincial playdowns bruce stapley correspondent pitched out that was the fate of the cable tech midget girls softball team at the provincial womens softball association pwsa championships held in kingston over the weekend cable tech pitchers were called for a total of 68 illegal pitches in their three games played at the ontario finals the stouffville squad man aged to win just one of three games in the double knockout i competition cable tech cocoach fred timms said his team fell victim to the worst example of umpir ing incompetence he has wit nessed in half a dozen years of watching pwsa championship tournaments it was the biggest farce ive ever seen insisted an angry timms the umpires at these com petitions are supposed to be drawn from the best in ontario but they were all from the kingston area it didnt matter how we pitched we played all season and we werent charged with one illegal pitch we had no illegal pitches called in the qualifier when there were umpires from all over timms said the stouffville crew wasnt the only victim of the illegal pitch charges chinguacousy who we were neckandneck with in tourna ment play this season was out in two games because of illegal pitches timms said his team perse vered to edge port dover 98 in 1 0 innings in their first contest despite being called for 25 ille gal pitches starting pitcher amanda connolly gave up five runs all on illegal pitches shaking the teen this kid is tough but she was crying out there on the mound said timms the umpire said she was hopping but youre allowed to drag your back leg like she does she corrected that and then was called for double planting with her left foot i went out and asked the umpire can you show me what shes doing wrong he said he couldnt the frustration of the stouf fville coaching staff led to assistant coach paul sheppard being ejected from the game in the third inning after he ques tioned an umpires failure to call a port dover lead off thats when things got even more outlandish said timms the ump said he was going to forfeit the game to port dover but i protested and two pwsa officials came to our rescue timms said the game was continued but not until the umpire insisted thp stouffville fans move away from the immediate diamond area the stouffville girls eventu ally tied the game in the bottom ofthe seventh inning then won it on the tenth after danielle timms and tammy craigie successfully bunted angie burke home burke had started the inning x on second base in keeping with international tie breaker rules with two of the same umpires on the field the cable tech squad fell 123 to niagara falls in game two as pitchers connolly and amanda crow- der were called for 43 illegal pitches crowder hadnt been called for an illegal pitch in three years said timms the stouffville team was defeated 63 by london oak ridges in their third contest which saw a total turn about as a veteran umpiring crew worked the game there wasnt one illegal pitch call made said timms how can you all of a sudden have no illegal pitches after having 68 the first two games connolly pitched the entire game for stouffville timms said that while the third game saw a return to nor malcy the damage had already been done at that stage their hearts were out of it all of these girls worked three years to get here even one of the pwsa offi cials was disgusted timms said the team planned to lodge an official protest and would bring up the matter at the next pwsa meeting play ers parents were also being encouraged to write letters of protest to the pwsa timms praised the poise of the cable tech players despite the adversity they maintained their com posure and showed great sportsmanship shaking hands after the game 1 1 mmam k mmi lhiibwlrn ti aija i get out of my way soluri bros construction ltd player michael sooley right uses a little fancy footwork to avoid roswill pools alex powell during action in this whitchurch stouffville soccer association mini soccer final game at the novopharm field on saturday photo by sjoerd w1tteveen squirt stallions tamed in semifinals the stouffville stallions squirt boys softball team displayed the skills they have been developing all season at the oasa squirt boys championship in aurora from aug 1617 the boys showed off excellent hit ting running and fielding said coach david hayward in their first game against orangeville the stallions trampled their opponents 133 in a fiveinning mercy game jay mcneil pitched the win while josh spang had three hits and mike dambrosio and colin rainford had triples in game two stouffville was shutout by cobourg 40 mike root and rainford hit triples in that game the stallions bounced back to shutout stittsville 50 in their third game and advanced to the semi finals on sunday kevin hayward pitched the shutout while josh spang and rain ford hit triples matt fowles con tributed a double in the semis the stouffville squad were blanked 50 by aurora after a hard fought game with root and hayward contributing two hits each the stouffville stallions finished fourth overall in the oasa champi onship athlete of the week melissa munro melissa 16 years old entered an english horse back riding competition at foxhunter farm aug 1797 melissa placed 1st in novice equitation 1st in novice hack and won the novice all round champion a fine accomplishment for a schooling competition way to go schnapps the horse and mellssall sponsored by stouffville 6327 main st igr stouffvijk shadow lake centre to benefit from sportabilia auction held in toronto officials from mentally challen t j1 amazxng sports line point spreads picks scores 19004516637 ol768s 299 per min must be 18 yrs procau co 602 9547420 a stouffville area camp for develop- ged children were hoping to add a cool 10000 to a special construction fund in toronto on monday the shadow lake centre on ninth line north of stouffville was to be the recipient of the proceeds from the seventh annual sportabil ia sports auction held at wayne gretzkys restaurant the combination live and silent auction was to include a wide selection of autographed items and other sports memorabilia from pro- fessional baseball hockey basket ball and football teams celebrities on hand were to include tic domi of the toronto maple leafs with toronto arg onaut star quarterback doug flutie expected to attend as well its the seventh year theyve held it said gary ouellette director of shadow lake centre proceeds to be used for construction work he said this years proceeds will be put towards the construction of a 145000 wheelchair accessible house at the centre weve finally got enough money to start it said ouellette were planning a grand opening for the end of september ouellette said the annual auction is made possible by the dedication of various individuals and compa nies they bring a lot of autographed items plus there are recreational trips auctioned off as well