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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), September 12, 1979, p. 11

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turned sou (It the Dntario Football club 1H3 to the North York at Sunday at Pickett. mod running attack. led Beianger. who had 101 and Al mthe . who came ~ledtheblackandgol s day. EWMARKET didn't - combi The lly mean much tion a a tough " tat-Aurora rivalry and ' trying to break both I lineups led to Vicious pm 3 the 881's outlasted the Flyers. 6-5 in y on ainday at ' orth Arena. lot-ll of 101 minuta in o were handed out and Nb Alcorn d the Tigers, ~ rket hon pla ' ctcd with major-a it wasn't pet rookiu' ' I tops at tourney Vito. a team Aurora new Softball .000. took the ciiun. RA- he " ' Humor: We played really well and (htki't let up," said head coach a big factor." it sauned like evc'y time the Steele's got to within striking distance. a red W would go down. "But the offence was ' " he continued. "Belangc was naming great and o aisive line was cloeescoreandthisweekwelost blowim holes by one," said defmsive eoadi 1hegamewasatomhoneto Mike Wright. EXHIBITHIN GAME it quits there, an year's the team diis year. For the Tigers, Darren MacDonald, back from the Windsot Spitfires. Gord Ero. Jeff Smith, Dave McLaughlin and "I ll Alcorn. who had an finals. They had earlier beaten Rick Allen Trucking 154) and Calla Flowers too. Both Rick All-i and Canidy were from Newmerket. Auras made a title sweep who Sunshine Travel walloped Al Domini. d Newmarket, by a 234 count to take comolation honors Sunshine had beaten Stoulfville 15-7 and 15-0 rlier but m toss to East Rl dele 114 to move into the comolalon side d the tournament. waiting" for its recreation master plan to be approved by the Ontario lleritege_l- oiinde- throudi, Mr. Tlnipeon that new fields might be mayor is he said. HAS LA NBE Goingintothefinalv Steelers heda 13-7 North York scored W Tigers edge Flyers rounding out the lineups. Mike Ruby. Mike McCluskey, Ron Butler, who has returned from Denmark alter deci to call Dave Carruthers were back from last squad and Jamie Macoun. who is out with an lnjiuy. and Al Weddell were watching from the sidelines. Both players expect to he with earlier tryout with the Toronto Marlboros were wearing the familiar black and gold of the Aurora team. One prominent rookie was BohAriuwhohasheuielevated to the role d manner at the Flyers afmr the resignation of Stan Hotclkin. "I think it was a good move." said Newmarket coach tarry Bone. Bob knows a lot of hockey Both Bow and Ted Tobias. of the Tigers, remained non- committal as to who will remain with their respective teams. re pet using these games to cut down on the numbers in order to start teaching them." said Bone. He did admit. however, that he liked the forward line (1 Mike McCluskey. Marshall Thompson and Butler. "l m going to unveil our full lineup after Tuesday s game," said Tobias. The were schemiled to play F'lyers back in Aurora on Tuesday after The Era went to press. Mark Wiltshire. of the Flyers. was impreuive in the exhibition W. Sisman s Shoes which could possibly expand into the park re very tight at the moment I hr as fielch go." he said. It could very well he that we ll have to two people away next year. What criteria we d the. i don't Mr. Lamoureux allowed thatthereiameepaceinthe Markhorough devel ments which had ts. is nailing firm ht now but the f I an on; converted touchdown and them kickedasingleforthewinning week.wewaihya But iii-sen couldn t help in! but pra ehisoffensive unit In on the particular, Whack Paul said thecoach. "l would have liked to put Sante (Mauri) in but Paul was pla ' so well He elt it was good to have an offaice out there. in recent Steeler games. the defence has been carrying the bulk of the field work especially in last week's win oVer the Etohiooke Roughriders. in that game. defensive back Neil Chambers came ip with some timely in- terceptions to help the Steeler Chrysl a tourney title C Sm' NEWMARKET The fact that several miner softball hams won chem in their respective div ions overshadowed several coni- geinta parents as the East willlm ury - Newmarket Sdlhall Annotation held its year-end tournament last wedod at the Fairgrounth. League president Paul kadf had I many as is potash from ts although none were up. Bayview Hills. led by Darryl Montgomery's four home run. one a grand slam. tom the T-Ball champiomhip alter tying Pinaville 21-21 in the MOUNT ALBERT ~ run. scored on an error. was all Aurora Chrysler needed to pick Cougars romp N E w M A R K E T Newmarket Cougars were able to jolt ()rillia 3522 on the weekend thanks to an m-ysrd runhack on an interception by Duncan Foote Foote also grabbed three more majors running as flanker in the Huronia Football Leasie match. Todd Driscoll grabbed another Cougar touchdown on a sweep Onllia scored once on a 40 yard fumble recovegy Newmarket tallied 17 first downs to ()rillia's 15 The two teams will meet again. this Sunday. in iinllis The Steelers now have two wins and two losses going into this Saturday's game against the East Toronto Trojans The Newmarket side will return to Pickering College a week on Sunday when they'll play host to one of the tougha teams in the loop. the North western Ghosts Frank Gelling booted a field goal in the first quarter and them punched a convert after Drew s out the Steeler scoring. One out." in CMUKI League encounter on Visitors' turf this Sunday . Second Section, . 3- my. Entertainment Teams will titles at tournament final severalped ysudiecaight mini-ens and made a dilibh alone. Shealeo au'ipleadshome net in one game. Shortstop Grentnmiekniedesomenice nap and hit tree triples. (hieySmithkneckedahomer and five doidil. and Cr' Heat poked w a ~ triperandwasbigdetemively Davidlclarenknockedahouie run and ayed well at first heeKimmthteyaboplayed well for wimers. 1n Boy's action. JayceeQ ind Kel n Glen 3 Mugford made er takes ip a H) victory over Woodville in the champiomhip oi the Mount Albert Softball Tour nement held last weekend in Mount Albert. Chrysler slugged three hits and made no errors. leaving four men on base. In the consolation fuial. tournament officials brought down the mercy rule as Valley Metal. a team from Newmarket. blasted Dan Mills 1H) The game was called after five in- ""183 Gary Wilkenson. of Aurora. was named most valuable pitcher in the tourney and Pete Alcom was named best of. fenswe player Lorne Jackson. of WoodVille, was picked as most valuable player Panthers squeak by Orillia NEWMARKET r We were lucky to pull that game exclaimed Ponderosa Panthers coach Gary Day. referring to his teams 12-? squeaker over Orillia here on the weekend Rob Strickland helped save the Nev/market Peewee crew with two touchdowns Coach Day said it was mostly a defensive game." with tackle Brad Whittock a standout on the li Newmarket wt 1 face Drillia Huronia Football LKeldonopened the Demand Bears and a 7-2 victory over that same hem Senior Girls action saw the Checkerboard Chicks dump Nordale Pools 14-0 Michele Avery lade a roundtripper for Nordele Checkerboard finished last in regular season play which Accountir' in it and 12 Girls' play Terrywasgoodinstnking outatotalduhattersoverthe curse of the tournament She alaohit five home runs over the tourney In the final ainst Torkdf. Helen MacLe slugged a homer and Donna Friend drove in the wimuu run Carol Perkins. who went undefeated in the tournament. pitched an excellent game for the losing side Torkoff had earlier defeated Vince's by a it 3 count Bn'ce's Sports Centre edged out Stoke s Bulldog 10% to take the champiomhip d the 11 and 12 Boy's (IVision In even and eight Girl's action. the champiomhip game was won by Colonial ChevOlch. The game was tied at the end (1 the (mirth inning and time es- pired Tracey Lickiss knocked in the winnirg run Leanne Smith slammed three home runs for the winners April Stevens had a homer for the losers Slessor Motors won the Seven and Eight year old Boy's division With a H win over B and K Janitorial Alan Gilbert made a good slide into home for one run and dove for the hall at first to get am out at first in Nine and Ten Boy's pk the Mount Albert Lions douhl. the count on the Steelers and th- Holland Landing Lions edged Jarmam ( able Hit in the girl s division At the tournament. com petitors were entered in a hit. run and throw contest Winners in the Seven and Eight Boy's division were Michael Torkoff 'hll'. ( olin Padley run and Mike Kennedy throw in the girls diviSion Sharlene U Reilly throw Alison Dove and Tracey Lickiss trunr took the laurels Mark 001 hit Kim Gordon run! and Dale Pollack throw were the winners in the T Ball diyision The organizers of the tournament would like to thank Pinaville for their cooperation in the weekend affair Maepherson jumps to national title KING Shelagh Mac- pherson was lamenting the fact that she had to buy several riders a round of drinks on Saturday afternoon at Seneca College's King Campus. She didn't. however, mind the reason behind it The 19 year-old from Aurora had psi won a free trip to the two Olympic Games in Moscow as a special observer for winning the CocaCola Cup National Finals at the campus Shelagh had just gone through a rigorous training camp under the supervision of coach Ronnie Mulch The training some of the riders have received since last year's competition has improved and matured them considerably." noted Mutch After the twoweek session. Shelagh had to compete in two preliminary competitions Thursday and Friday before going into the finals against four other riders Shelagh took top honors in Pride 's competition to earn the her . In the finals. Macpherson had to ride the other riders' horses as well as her own mount. Something Brewing, owned by C. Churchill Mann. She went through the five rounds with a clean score to edge out King's Jeff Begg for the crown. Begg had a clean score going into the final round but faultedonthediiid jump aboard Alexa Bell's The Executive. Begg was disappomted but he looked at the fault on the final jump philosophically it could have happened in the first mund. hesaid "Thathorseisa little different from the rest Instead of fighting him you have to finesse him Bigg ts planmng to continue on in the indoor Cerllll over the winter and is still hoping to make the 84 Olympic team "You have to work your way up tilympiccalihre horses are few and far between " He Cites the fact that the death of Sympatico. Terry Lethel's horse. could hurt Canada s chances for a medal People don t realize what something like that can do Terry s a top rider but that is gomg to hurt her " Macpherson. like Begg. is planning to ride in the Royal Winter Fair competitions and the East-West Challenge Series She thinks Something Brewing could piBSihly he an tilympicv calibre mount He 5 eight," she said He 5 a good speed horse and if and when l get on the team that .s how I'll use him " ()ther competitors in from this area who were involved in the training camp were Michael Elder and Michelle l- ennell. both (1 Aurora

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