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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), August 22, 1979, p. 13

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Briefs By IAN HUTCHINBON Era gas-ta editor ananyred-bioodedmalefromthisarsameta belleattheAin'oraCanminiltyCuitreandleni-nedthat mmveiledallovethewtlddiir whatdiedoobest. mmrmalYa'quionalboywoiddprobablympmhn'. tentopunchoutan li-yearoldboy .dymtoherdressimroomamidashowcof r alls Actually.therewcetwosuchgirlsinthearealast fhursday .. as Big Time Wrestling s Dave McKigney introrkiced the ' ,IgorandtheCanadianWildmantolocalwratlingfans. Partofthepunch- inciudedaboutbetweui acy .. d5. of Tampa. Flori andCatLareue. a lbyearoldfrom therbome, Mississippi. Althotghthetwowomaiditki tpunch my local gaitlemai or kick. they did a praty good job . mg each other. Before-thematdi.23-yearcld Richards was showirigarather e. ugly bruisewhichshehadobtainedfromapreviotnfight lo cal She sat on it. she said. refering to Cat. I'll get her back it" She admits that pulled mindes. brim. welts and areallpartofhereverydaylife. They did manage to inflict at the Cat hitti her aseriesofbodyslamsand muchtothechagrinof crowd which appeared to favw ht t. N the tith ... lateintheboutasCatcarnsbackto Richar . Buthowwouldtln'syorn somhcnflowutintobeatiq leupforaliving . sawit,lloveditandl'vebeuigoim . since."she said. h'acy has beai pa'formim her art for four now . "I go ev e. I've been all ova the United States. l ve . to Canada and I ve even psi to Africa. i like it very much . in Canada." AslorthepeopleoftheDomiruon,shecantakethemorleave . "They hate my guts. i like the country but i hate the As for Cat, she thinks the muritry is great including the le laroue enjoyed watching the wrutling (ll television whai was younger and decided totake it upluadf. Shewent toa 'namedAnnCaseywhobqantrainimhcatthetaida'age l6 AbouthanuuungfeudwithRichards.Catprefmtoignore vociferous wrestle. lt'sbeai onforthepast yearor She's bear mouthing off and I (if! like it, she says i; tothelargebruiseadorrni arm. Laroue's cares hani't beai exactly injury~free dther. For pastyear.shehasbeenplaguedbyanaggingbacklnjuryshe vedwhiletakingafreetripovttheropescotn'tesyofoneof - opponents. ltmightnotbeasgoodasherfreetripstoplaceslikeJackson GulfPortinMississippiaswellasCanada butsheenjoysher Ain't that a kick in the head SHOOTING THE BREEZE The West Park Men's Fall League will be holding its third . lStrike Out Dance at Keswiek Arena this Saturday. Tickets 87 a couple and there will be door prizes. prim. refresh- -ts. buffet and music. The dance will run rom 8:!) pm. to l u and ticket holders will get the chance to watch people like y lord tripping the light fantastic. For more information. ' 4763979 or (76-4210. Don t forget that the Newmarket Baseball Association will be i g llS annual dance the same night. A couple of familiar faces are hdping Flyer coadi Larry out with the Newmarket Ree dqartmait's suran hockey in Bone isgetting a hand from Shawn Babeeekand Dave onwhobothskatedfortheI- lyerslastseason. Babcock for Windsor next week to try out for the Spitfires but thers says he'll be back in a Flya uniform this season Congratulations to Dan Cosney. of the Newmarket Hawks, " was named most gmdernanlymost valuable player in Ssntli Baseball League play this year. is probably the Pitcher in the loop and certainly dua'ves accolades. It's 'bad that the Hawks coulthi t ga more playcs out to a game. Thrivork-to-rule planned by local teachers. could screw up football season this year. If there isn't a satlemait readied .noonewillbearoundtoleadthearea's stars. The l- lyers began training camp last week and coach Bone - his eighty charga going thr scrimmagu. The players Yed training schedules from teamaixweeksago and Bhopirgthatallplaymwilquortingoodshape. Mobil] nder-bird coach Wayne Morris seems pleased mt acquisition of former P lyer manage Stan listebklss. regartk Stan as a very knowledgeable hockey man. Cuigkratulations to those who passed their swimming tests Wee allay Harrbon. of the rec anrtment. is looking for input by Micastowhatshmildbeincludedintheupcoming fall ssheisworkimon. Anyonewithany ideas, should call - Harrison at 41%. The New Games Festival was cancelled last week but ac- : toMrs. Rarrisontl'iereisstilladiancethat itstill may go ' me in Sqtesnber. M to Aura'a s Sheila Macpberssn who won the Roth- "GrandPrixeventattheBnttanl- ah'twoweeksago. Miss " - son and he horse, Bennetkhg Brewing. looked good someofthetopridssinthecotnitry. .onderosa Panthers ' p Orillia 5 9-6 LIA Halfback Rob ' Bainedmyardsand " touchdowns for the uNterback Steve " ran fir three.touch- Wanineoatotalariss "0! the pound. John ~ . the other Panther hackdamed 96 yank ' 7 I off so P : w ile playing Suiciewasalsog fir us." Day was Strickland. Soucie, i In all. die Newmarket of- fence accumulated over 400 yards, a fact that pleases coach ' ' Pluthers in a 59-6 Gary Day. I was pleased with '0 Orillia last week. thewaythingsturnedout. The whole diernive line played well espeCially ha with the play' of gu rd mllil Mueller and am end Brad Whittock. (ki defence. Rob Clyde Coventry and John Stark played well The Panthers will carry their two-game winning streak agaiut Rmedale on Sat, Sept. marksmanbadbeenstanding in a. at meatless-1t i run t h'rrease at the time. Second Section . ' , Entertainment Bay s win and lose at ISC worlds NEWIARKET - One more loss and the Nswniarkst Ray s are out (1 the lntssnatiaisl Softball Con rsss world championdiip Bakcsfieid. california. The Bay's paraded Cedar its . lows 0-0 in the spam. game in My but were We ! marl. SAIL 0N,SAILOR DaveNewtsntfrentlandGede-lsptbnek).bdhsflteswick. lenrnedtheartofsallinglast-weekfrenDebHeBrown.of Mississauga. Debbie.wlhthsbeipsfths GssrghsCa-nnnny S teeters dorms Jets for second victory NEWMARKET The " Newmarket Steelers. of the Central Ontario Football league, toned down arul maybe even stopped the laughter which has been directed their way in the past three years as they ran roughshod over the Toronto Jets 326 on Sunday at Pickering College. The game marked a couple of milestones in the Steeler s short history. it is the first time the black and gold have seen first place and the win is the second for the Newmarket side Last year, the Steelers damped the Jets by a much closer score It all came together for coach Bruce Russell. Even the quarterbacks and offensive linemen played with authority, something the team has been lackim in previous seasons The offense looked good." said Russell Paul (Drew) kept the team moving and Sante (Mauiri) was consistent." The lopided score allowed Russell to play both pivots Drew played die first half and gave way to Mauiri in the second. Both gunners looked good and Russell will have a hard time deciding who will be numero uno. But while Drew and Mauiri looked good, the offensive line gave them time to comb their Sunshine wins lacrosse crown Warren Sunshine Travel is the 1979 championship team of the York Region Men's Recreation Lacrosse League. thanks primarily to Kevin Bryan Travel s high scoring captain, Bryan, scored four times and assisted on another to lead Sunshine in a 5-3 Victory over Aurora Chrysler Plymouth in the championship final game played last week. Bryan has been the driving force in Sunshine s success throughout the year and it was he who scored the final overtime goal against Bell Vending to get Trayel into the final The final itself remained very close throughout the first two periods and, at the end of two perioih, Chrysler was ahead 2-1. Sunshine, however, ex- ploded for four goals in the third period to take the title Bryan put Warren 1?an on the scoreboard first. scoring from Steve Crocker and Ron Van Bake] The 1 came on a powerplay whie Chrysler's Steve Wilson. enalized for slashing, watc from the box The goal was the only one scored during the first period as both teams tended to con- centrate on defence and hope for an opportunit to use a fast . Ch put one in duri theopsningperlod but it was disallowed became the Sunshine held the 1-0 margin until the 1019 mark of the second period when Phil McMinn converted a Steve Wilson pass into a goal to tie it for Chrysler Aurora s second unanswered goal of the period came when Randy Jamieson fired a shot past Sunshine s Ray Murphy. Chrysler's McMinn had an assist on the play. Heading into the third period. Chrysler had a single I lead and both teams show sign of the games exhaustive pace. Kevin Bryan ran awa with the show in the third a final period. Sunshine tied the count at 2- 2 early in the third when Bryan Alexander fired a thirtyfooter past Chrysler's Brad Sm. Kevin Bryan earned an auist on the goal. Shortly after the marker. Chrysler's big gun Phil Melina was ejected from the game after disputing a minor penalty. Wim the bulk of the opposition's of- fense helm neutralized. Kevin Bryan moved into high Bryan took passes from teve Crocker and Brett Calda to put Sunshine ahead 3 2 and s: before Chrysler scored their last goal Scott Aird scored from Randy Jamieson and Steve Wilson to bring Aurora Chrysler within one. Twenty-seven seconth later, Kevin Bryan scored from Dave Hot to restore the two-goal Me and salt thegarne away for Services Department. gave 15 hours of lessons to beginners. The Community Services Department is hoping to bring the program back next season. hair before throwmgapass Add to this the fact that regulars Paul Castes, who 13 nursing a cut on his head. and John Porter. who's trying to get down to playing weight. were out of the lineup and the Steelers bright outlook IS entirely realistic The defence. always a Steeler strong pomt, continued to crunch opposing ball carriers Several Jet players had to be carried from the field due to bone-crunching tackles and the Steeler defence scored a pair of majors to put the icmg on the cake Russell feels that his team s superior conditioning was a g'lhus for them during the game e n D. :MnOwenSrnindwh-iDan M ardwursglncedby Inky tam ids back. Dainhie Jim Cowdry. scersdrniIikeLininey'ssiuie. at St Andrew '5 College in from the Etobicoke Bears. who wan the the Ontario Baseball Anociation semi-finals, against Agincourt fa the Newmarket Magna international juvenile baseball club afhr defeatin Birchmount in a close three-game series. The pveniles fought to an 11-11 deadlock in the second game against Btrchmount The game was called became d curfew Dave Kennedy was on the mound for six mains befa'e giving way to Bill Dunlap in the final inning. Kennedy ve in) eight hits, two walks fanned six batters. Dunlap allowed two hits. one walk and fanned one. The Newmarket side sprayed 17 hits around the field and made nine errors. Dunlap slammed two round-trippers and a double which scored Dwayne Legge and Brent Peter-man its the tyim run in die eighth Back in Toronto. Newmarket downed Birch- niount 8-3. Dinlop pitched me entire game allowing five hits. four walks and farming eight Jarrue Macoun bad a good day getting on base every time he was up for Newmarht Magna slugged 12 hits in the pme Newmarket and Birch- mount battled it out in the final game but Newmarket came art on top 9-8 Magus slammed it hits (airing the contest com- pared to seven for Birchmount Dave Kennedy. Dwayne Lea! and Dunlap shared the pitchin duties for the winners pomts Gelling added the extra Aurora for the past two months Pom! and most of the players stayed in shape over the winter Kicker Frank Gelling continued to prove that he s one of the best kickers in the league as he booted four field goals mcluding a toyarder Gelling had a tryout with the Toronto Argonauts midway through last season but lost out to Ian Sunter Drew opened the sconng ill the first quarter as he went up the middle for a major (jelling was good on the convert Belling raixd the score to NH) when he punched a 27-yard field goal in the second quarter. a solid tackle by Steve Jarvey led to a Jet fumble and Jack Mesley i. lions or: Gellmg came through again this time with a 39-yard field goal The defence came up big again when Randy Highmore belted the Toronto quarterback and Lorne Sedore jumped on the loose pigskin The Jets scored later in the period on a reverse but Gelltng carve through with kicks of 40 and 37 yards to finish the scoring The Steele-r bubble could burst next Sunday at Pickering at 2 pm when they meet the tough Scarborough Vikings who feature the passcatching of Peter Gabriel. younger brother ofUttawa Rough Rider tight end Tony Gabriel ' a Waly( osper.apiayerfanfallm h e y at a an Bnnhy at NM [WMwnsplayutnnde

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