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fitlfrfrrff wmtmknnmqk 2k jensmstfsi rc v will a single bytoddmcleish drove in mark cheeseman with the gamewinning fun in the bottom of the ninth inning to propebthe markham pioneers to ia win over- peterborough in medecidinggame of the best ofthiev ontario- baseball association b qualifying final at millikenpark thursday cheeseman led off the inning with athiiple matt wagner and mark petrou were then intentionally walked after steve horsley hit into a field ers choice mcleish came through with the second of his two hits on the night mcleish was also the winning pitcher throwing two innings of scoreless relief v buoyed by a tworun homer from horsley in the first inning the pioneers jumped toa 50 lead i- v but the tigers rallied tot take an 86 advantage through 7 12 frames before the pioneersscored twice in the eighth inning to knot the count and set the stage for mcleishs heroics horsley jeff fox and cheesemaneach had three hits while mark petrou had two hits and two rbis wagner had a hit anti one rbi and patrick turner one hit thepioneers drew first blood in the series onmonday with a 133mercyshortenedwin at milliken park petrou ignited a16hit attack with four hits and one rbi ian ellis fox and wagner each had two hits and one rbi cheeseman had two hits while horsley shelby nelson and turner were each credited with a hit and one rbi hadfield worked the first six innings to earn the win the following night the tigers capitalized on their home field advantage to even the series after plating seven runs in the final trip to the plate to record a 7j6 win j cheeseman had anohitter goingthrough eight innings before the roof caved in horsleytook the loss in relief not helping matters for the pioneers was the ejection of nelson arid euis in the final inning j- v the pioneers will advance to the oba b championships in kendal oh labour day weekend wp timitedsfage wf centre s fi xljx zlzd new vaugharilsports centre rutherford h wv 400 en available fulliigilildortbar seats 350 v tjjsrtttn6 y fjtservice pfshop i cml 2 vij race car seeks to win third checkeredflag this year bruce stapley correspondent peter gibbons will be out to extend his cascar national series point standings lead when he takes to the mosport speedway road course in his chev monte carlo this weekend i gibbons and his canadian tire racing team are looking for their third checkered flag of the cascar season at the mosport 250km event which runs tdrriorrpw the 38yearold goodwo9d resident who is the defending national cascar champion has already posted victories in calgary in latejuly and montreal the first weekend of august he has also won four qualifiers to date j gibbons has 975 points in the cas- car national- point standings giving peter gibbons hopes to maintain cas- car national senes points lead him a slim fourpoint lead over his clos- est rival as he goes for a second straight national crown the mosport race is the second lastofthe 13race cascar eastern series with the season winding up at london ontarios delaware speedway park next weekend crown we need to go out there and win races and lead as many laps as we can 5vsaidgibbons- time- trials for tomorrows feature j race were to take place yesterday with qualifiers scheduled fof today gibbons- expects to be right up front when sundays race gets under way v the last four road races ive been on the pole and ive done well gibbons placed second at the exide battery 2000at mosport june 17 rafter setting a mosport oval track record of 22092 seconds in his qualifying lapto earn the pole position the record was one of six track marks shattered by gibbons this season brake problerhs caused him tqsettle for a thirdplace fin- ish at the exide 99 held aspart of the molson indy weekend in toronto in july gibbons said hes looking forward to competing at mosport because itgives he and his racing teania break from the travel involved with mostracedestina lions in jganada the united states as- far as theracinggoes its just another race but i like it because its so close mariners advance to oba championships the markham mariners minor mosquitos earned a berth in the ontario baseball association provincials after going- undefeated in their playdowns in oakville last weekend firstplace finishers in their york simcoe baseball assopiation regular season schedule with a 22- 01 mark x the mariners received twohit tworbi efforts from ryan murphy and jack caradonna to rout riverside 254 in their opening game jesse milanovich was the winning pitcher the mariners defence came to the front in the second outing asalliston wong peter rodrigues and adam velocci executed a key double play with none out in the finalinning that enabled markham to hold off the windsor expos 41 justin mintsouliscbllected a key runscoring hit to give the mariners a threefun cushion entering the final inning wong earnedthesave for winning pitcher anishbhide with a berth for the provincials on the line in the next game against guelph chris romanos double drove in caradonria- who led off with a double in the bottom of the seventhtolift the mariners to a dramatic 76 victory t caradonna collected three hitsand two rbis while romano added two hits and two rbis for the mariners bhide had a hit and donny marchione one rbi wong earned the win in relief securing a berth in the provincials the mariners concliid- ed the tournament with a 166 win over the brampton red sox veloccihad three hits and two rbis while caradonna milanovich and murphy- each had two hits and two rbis romano bhide aaron caputo marchionej rodrigues and argenis paz each had one hit and one rblcaputo was the winning pitcher f y the oba provincials will be held labour day weekendjn burlington l- r ontario gup semifinals to be playedin markham vaughan sports rutherford hwy 400 wki 057387574 w sports imanagementig wwwvaughansportscom the road to the ontario cup final will go throiigh mount jdy mis week end as semifinal games in the uhder13 girls7 undef18 girls under- 14 boys and under19 boys divisions will take place the under- 13 girtewill kick off action today at 11 am with the burlington ice meeting the mississauga- dixie blue bombers the other match at 1 pm will feature scarborough west rouge and scarborough united magic fouowing those games the under14 boys matchups will feature london united andnorth york azzurri at 3 pm sfoney creek saltfleet 86ers and the sports digest oakville strikers will follow at 5 pm the under18 girls semifinals will take place tomorrow at10 am with the oakvilleextreme taking on the milton magic the nepean iron eagles will then face the pickering power at noon at 3pm the under19 boys will fea- ture the thorold cobras arid the vaughan rockets in one semifinal following that game the scarborough azzurri athletics will tackle the kitchener spirit t atom raiders lose opener the markham raiders atoms opened their central ontario minor football league season with a 3312 loss y to the liost burlington stampeders 1 i raiders i raiders quarterback elran granek scored both majors while runningback alex clarke had over 150 yards in rushing the atoms will host oshawa tomorrow at mount joy field at fypm don pay that traffic t1giceti1 va 5ri misaas guaranteed sr 905 9403000 4418 hwy 7 east udionvilje r c i a l v