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Softballtookoverinthemindsofathleticstudmtsrecnitly lluron eitgiucame sway withtheboy's titleandWilliams -- oftwi thegirl's honors. fr. the thh lslan . shows Newmarhet Rays' hat hay Sean MeQniggantheT-shh'thereeeivedfromthaltay sasamementssf Ragk. take two fasthaligames from visiting Virgin Islands team By IAN RU'I'CHINSON Eraqortsedltor NEWMARKET In- ternational competition was the order d the day at the market fairgrounds Thurs- , as the Newmarket Ray s took both games of 3 double- header from the St. John ln- diarn. a team from the United States' Virgin islands. #0 in the first one and H) in the nightcap. We're really proud of what we did tonight." said Ray's manager Bob Ritchie Everything we did tonight was in return for what they did for us while we were down there" The Ray's visited the islands two months ago and beat St. John both times they played Awards highlighted the mght. Sadie Brent, a long-time Ray's fan who sells tickets at the gate, was presented with a cake for her 65th birthday Newmarket mayor Ray Ninney was given a plaque from the St. John team in friendship. and shortstop Orville Brown and second baseman Terrence Chinerry were awarded equipment bags for earning playerof-the-game awards in the two matches. St John coach Vern Sprauve was impressed with the Newmarket team and with fastball in Canada. I like the competition up ShutstspR-Prestsnshawshlssngeratleningssw egahy him during Sunday night's game hetween Eve's anher and Sneaky Pete's at the Gme Ilaskett Men s League. The lea'gne is gearhg up it its ann l hens-eat this weekend and there will he a dance as Satnrday night at the Community Centre. t THE SHIRT on ms BACK TerraeeChhnermeemhersftheSthhn lndians.ateam his to Canada. Newmarket teak hath games of the dsnhleheader by identical 4-. sewes. here." he said. re not used to playing competition like the Ray's but all we can do is im~ prove if we keep playing such topcalibre teams." He was looking forward to the Owen Sound tournament. which the Ray's will be com- peting in. despite the tough competition lthinkwecanwin one or two games." he said. The Ray's and their division will be a tough one " Newmarket will be playing in the same division as the Hamilton Scrappers, who rst retiriied to the Ontario Fastball League after being suspended by the Ray Gun." machine the team uses for batting practice. s a good machine and we re going to try and get one for our team" RAY'St INDIANS. In the bottom of the second inning. third baseman Bob Richardson led off with a home run Second baseman Mike Lunney stepped up to the plate and blasted another shot out of the park. in the fifth. Les Downing blasted his foin'th homer of the year and in the sixth. Downim Itbubled to brirg in Richardson Newlyeacquired pitcher Larry Griffin had a good game tossing a one-hitter agaimt the Indians. Griffin was obtained last week from Belleville. He has also played for the California (\ities RAY Si INDIANSO There was no score until the bottom of the sixth, when Frank Laverdi singled to score Moose Januntzems Dan Lahey doubled to score Richardson and a Dale Acorn triple brought in lahey and Downing Reg Martin chucked for the Ray's to earn the shutout isthefactthattheyhave yed 57 straight inning d and iiotallowedonerisi.'fhecr'edits keep piling up. For example. liesDowning won thehomerun title in the tournament for the second consecutive year. The Rays cruised through the Division Four contests and took the final with a H) win over Saginaw. It was on to the semi- finals where they met the Grimsby Peach Kin s and walked off with a H) Ray O'Quinn doubled and niciiedhomeonaDmigRartley double in the third ' ' . in the fifth. Frank laverdi ws and got to second on a throwim error. Bob Richartbon got on base on a fielder s choice and Les Downing blasted a three-rim homer out of the park. Bill Lunney took the win. tmsim a four-hitter and strikir; out fair. it was on to the finals qainst hamm 0w- w King Farm - and anothe shutout Owen Sound error played a big part in ti Newmarket win Ray () Quinn led off the first inning with a triple The second baseman threw the ball out of the park on a throwing error. with () Quinn standing on third base O'Quinn breezed home on the error in the second innim, third baseman Bob Richardson Singled and stole second base He went to third on Gary Weston's Single and scored on a pamed ball Doug Webster started the game but was replaced in the fourth b} newcomer Larry Griffen when Webster pulled a miscle tiriffen pitched one inning and was replaced by Bill Lunney The Rays will face Shane Construction from Etobicoke this Thursday night at the fairgrounds Game time is 7 I!) p m Newmarket will also travel to Midland. Michigan this weekend for an exhibition series Tykes tied for first place NEWMARKET The Newmarket Bob Cree Tykes faced Thomhill last week and came away with a lfrll win, Pat Lune and Darren Doner were on the mound for Newmarket Lurie had five strikeouts and Doner fanned four batters Tim Peat hit a home run and a triple and Jeff Smith smacked a triple Other hits went to Steve Scott. who doubled and Singled. Darren Doner. with a double. and Lurie and Marc Mair who both singled On Thursday, Thornhill was the opponent again as Darren Doner smacked three doubles and Blayne Frederick hit one. Tim Peat hit a double Lune. Doner and Peat shared pitching duties The Ajax tournament was the next destination for the Cree tykes as they won their first two games. The first game. a 54 win over Kingston. saw Pat Lune. who had six strikeouts. and Darren Doner. with three. share the mound. Blayne Frederick doubled and Marc Mair. Steve Scott. and Darren Doner knocked singles, Doner was on the mound in thesech game, a 176 win over Wln tby. as he pitched six in nings and struck out 13 batters Nevin Bales and Annesley Minsell were strong in the outfield and Lurie. tius i- unke and Peat hit two singles apiece Mair and Scott had three singles each and Paul Burdon and Frederick knocked two Chris Walden slammed a single in a game against Streets- Ville. the tykes lost 14-7 Steve Scott singled and scored in the first inning but in the fourth. Streetsville went up 76 Lurie had five strikeouts and Pest had five Scott had two Singles and Mair. Peat. Lune and Burdon knocked singles The tykes are now tied for first place in the York-Simcoe league with seven wins and one lens Legion peewees edge Barrie NEWMARKET - The Newmarket Legion ewee baseball team won a 2-1 geecision over Barrie last week Scott Cole and Wayne Hogan hit sirgles and Hogan, who was on the mound. fanned 12 batters. Bnntnms lose to Thornton NEWMARKET The Newmarket Schikedanz bantam baseball team played a home and home series with Thornton lutweekwirniing the firstonet- 2 arm hi. the second 7%. In the first game. Todd Driscoll took the win and knockndatwo-risidouhleinthe fourth lung. The second game saw Newmarkst go up 3-1 but Thornton overcame the she. Q George Lamont took the loss and MW four. '- On Satwdny, it was off to Bolton for a mment where thehantamslmtthoMidand andt-ztann'ieJnhothgames. Todd Driscoll and Alex Walker wenttlnnefmthreeattheplste. The next game is On Friday night in Markham. John Rye hit a No- run homer as Newmarket cleaned ig) 22-8. Scott had a two-run homer and David Witntsnley knocked a hunc- and a triple Snglss' went to Richard Tennant. with four. Larry Wilson. with two. Brent Stone and Mitchell Perry with one space. Hogan slammed a triple. The peewee's record now l._ r on stanchatfivewirnandnolmsm Webmdaz at 7 pm. at the with thenext game slated fir Friday night in Bolton.