26 -The Canadan Champion, Friday, August 23, 2002 àr5_1kFJtngE Concroetoe m NORITH AMERICA fer 5un Ieauu.'s ISTKPEFOM ECMErEoUur mo*f &S.p..c et." for ai ly . h.,,..n«ww Reffl Pat c.Di teways Wkwas, etc CO -8624-T - Junior Red Sox capture Ontario 'C' titie Milton's championship year punctuated withfive straight .'-, wins fr provincial crown By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion ]rheJunior Red Sox' 2002 gold rush is now Adding the crowning jewel to a championship-ricb season in Listowel, Milton engineered five sraight victories last weekend to capture the Ontario 'C' crown. Surprisingiy enough, the provincial winners' two most convine- ing decisions came againststhe heavily-favoured Wateroo Tigers. The Roxul-sponsored locals handed tbem a couple of f-ive-inning mercies - including a 19-9 Sunday afternoon blowout to ciinch the titie.- "Every pitcher they threw as us, we just cmusbed it (bail) ail over the field," said jubilant manager Glenn Turner. whose juniors were fn-st in both regular season and league playoff action as wcll, while fmiùshing with an overail record of 32-7. "And with our pisching and defense being as good as it was this year, once we gos the upper hand they had nu intention of relin- quithing it." Rookie Kevin Cooper picked up the win in the finals, whilc closing things ont was Mats Dickson. Milton amassed eight runt in the second inning and set the stage for another mercy by scor- mng six tintes in the fourth. Extra-base bits came frorn up and down the linieup - as they did Photo bs' STEVE LeBLANC chring the initial Milton-Waterloo clash Saturday evening. The Junior Red Sox celebrate their provincial championship vlctory after taking five straight wins to finish flrst at the Sox dismantie Waterloo Ontario 'C' finals last weekend in Listowel. Absent from the photo are Andrew Coe, Kevin Cooper and Jarrett Konkie. The Red Sox' pitching and defense were the ssory through rounds one and swo, during which just one mun was scored on nine bits. Volpe went the distance to wbitewash Listowcl Friday nighs while ace Adam Ahearn- supported by a trio of double pîsys tossed a complete-game tbree-bitter to topple St. Thomas 5- 1. Jordan Jeans had his fn-st borner of the weekend in the tourna- ment opener, wbile highlighting round swo with a three-run dou- ble was Nate Perrotn. Reese Davies drove in runs in botb games to help establish a strong stanl. Milton made just a handful of errors aIl weekend 50 cap a sea- son in which big-game defense was noîhing short of exceptional. Eager Io resumne play followmng a third-round bye, the Red Sox sel a whole new standard for plate pop. They exploded for 22 bits - sending a handful of those over the fence - to annihilate their top prowincial-chamnpionship obstacle 23-10. Recalled Turner, "We bit the living daylights out of the bail. We capitalized on every mistake they made and just kept on sconing runs."1 Making up for lost tine - after missing much of the season due to surgery and work coromitments respecsively - Jordan Jeans and Jarrets Konkle each went downtown, as did Evan Jeans. Taylor Lawton and Michael Volpe. Beating Waterloo the fn-st ime, as well as host Listowel and St. Thomas earlier in the weekend, set up a semnifinal showdown with league rival Dundas. Milton had handily won nearly every other encounster between these two teams and continued that trend by scoring four limes in the first and cruising îo a 5-1 triumph- which was lueled by sound pitching from Ian Moszczak and Dickson plus big bits from Lawton, Jordan Jeans and Jef MacLeod. ý vae zemsd54 4 41tce44ic4* 4tù9/1fav4 The Red Sox' season mncluded four piecet of hardware - the provincial title, regular-season and league playoff championtbips as well as the Wallaceburg Tournamrent crown - while two of their seven lottes camne against top-ranked 'A' level clubs. Last weekend's win marks the third provincial cbainpiontbip secured by Milton inside a ycar. The midgcss and seniors took top honours as the Ontario 'A' and 'D'fmnals respectively last Sepsember. Making up the rets of shis year's championship junior squad were Mike Austen. Andrew Coe, Jed Cosby, Paul Faggion, Mike Grabauskas, John Melito, Andrew Neilson and coaches Mike Nevins. Frank Hume and Mike Cosby. * ~ Oa«e~4 Skatingi, Sports and Casual Wear Jerry's o *94e44.4w S"aeVet LYCRLk ONLY BY DUPONT I 751 Main St. E., Upper Level, Milton 905-878-8698 I Be sure to read ait about the Senior Red Sox' opening round game one win against St. Catharines on page 28. AhmmmummoodL Ammmmmmý -1 THE CANADIAN CHAMPION FRIDAY AUGUST23,2002 tS-JONDOî-;,ý # or& et-le Ci. el, 1 - "ou 0#, 1