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p8 weekender july 20 1985 markham tykes in tough battle it will take at least another baseball game to decide whos the better club bolton or the markham tykes the two clubs battled in a home-and- home series last week with each one win ning in its home diamond game one in bolton went to the host 95 as the bolton pitcher scattered seven hits to pretty well shut down markhams off ence markhams biggest scoring opportunity loading the bases in the fourth inning was squandered when it failed to bring even one runner home weekender the offence that was generated came primarily from kyle moore who went 2 for 3 at the plate and scored twice tim hawco contributed a triple and two rbis back home the club put together a 15hit barrage and scored five times in the third inning en route to a 1412 victory markham also brought home four run ners in the fourth frame but nearly let the win go when bolton rallied for five runs in the seventh inning but the difference was two markham runs scored in the sixth and bolton leaving its tying run at the plate with a strikeout this time shawn mcleish carried the big bat with four hits including a triple and three rbis in four trips to the plate robert crawford pounded out a pair of hits and collected four rbis adam kerr crossed the plate three times markham pumped up by that victory then hosted leagueleading newmarket and sent it home with its second loss of the season both of them to markham the 109 final score saw newmarket jump into an early 30 lead and after four innings that had stretched to 83 but mar khams defence allowed only one run on six hits afterwards while the offence came to life the locals took advantage of newmar kets wildness with timely hitting that pro duced seven runs on four hits in the last two innings crawfords basesloaded single with two outs in the bottom of the sixth brought home the winning runs he finished up with three rbis hawco scored three times and mcleish and gord chilton twice each sports 2942200 6402100 markham defeated john watt of the markham rugby club drives forward while a toronto nomad tries to stop him during wednesday nights summer league contest markham came out on the losing end of a 1411 score with scott bowers and john clark scoring fourpoint tries andy stone booted a threepoint penalty kick sjoerd witteveen yearlong battle swimmers earn crown for the second straight year swimmers from the town of markham aquatic club mac have captured the bronze level title at the annual pennant championships not only that but the club also finished second behind richmond hill at the silver level and third at the gold level in the sea sonlong competition at the gold level kelly stafford picked up a first two thirds a fourth and a fifth julia williams earned two firsts a second and a fourth sheri stewart collected two fourths and a sixth melanie mackwood and karen jones earned two placings while one each came from michelle field shannon nix sergio bogani scott croe and ryan mclnnes ryan newman led mac in the silver level with three placings jamies thurs- field placed in two events and mark hall took a first others to earn a placing each were carla smyth karla klein jennifer lynes jason dixon jason dickinson and jeff knight bronzelevel competitors were led by nix who picked up a first and a fourth other firsts were earned by mackwood and mclnnes placing in two events each were klein florian von gutenberg and jill kelly also earning top six placings were stewart closs field smyth hall crone knight ken fowler charlotte curgenven tyler cave andrew pricstman ryan mccart ney and matthew cardwell macs gold level relay team williams stafford field mackwood and jones won two firsts at the silver level field lynes rena grunert and holly porteous took a first dixon fowler bogani and nicholas luck earned a second while cardwell crone bogani and fowler placed second stewart porteous mackwood and grunert combined for a third at the bronze level dickinson luck dixon and mclnnes earned a third o v- 4 meanwhile five mac swimmers achieved top fifty national rankings from swim magazine laurie demorest led the way being named the eighth fastest llor12yearold girls in both the 100 and 200metre butterf lies she also earned rankings of ninth 18th and 31st in other events unionvilles wendy johnston had a top ranking of ninth in the 200m individual medley her rankings in several other events are 16th 22nd 23rd 29th 31st and 33rd mark dickinson a longtime veteran with mac had a best ranking of 21 st in the 400m freestyle but he was also in the top 50 for five other events carolyn brndiar and rod burki had two top 50 rankings while julie klein gannon jones and ken ahlberg gained one apiece unionvillc resident rcnce altmann had a top placing of 16th in the 50m freestyle she also earned rankings of 24th and 26th in other swims v j stouffville defeated in tourney final by kelly connelly when two softball teams lock into first gear at the same time and then try to play each other the ensuing battle is usually a grinder the south lake simcoe ladies softball tournament in stouffville last saturday witnessed such an encounter two archrivals the stouffville stin gers and pefferlaw presently fighting for first place in their division met in the tournament championship the stouffville squad was defeated by pefferlaw in the final twogame show down by scores of 62 and 21 earlier in the day stouffville had gone unbeaten defeating zephyr pefferlaw in a quarterfinal match and mt albert to reach the championship stingers candy brown and dee dee keith both slugged homeruns in the 64 win over zephyr alison ashton was awarded mvp honours in that contest in the 53 quarterfinal win against pef ferlaw debbie gold captured the mvp award she came in for three runs includ ing a homer in the second the stingers staged a sixrun blitz in the first inning to destroy mt albert 110 in the third game mt albert replaced its starting pitcher after the first inning damage was done the reliever a lob pitcher surprising ly shut out the stinger batters for three innings midway through the game however mt albert could not get on the board and stouffville moved on to the final team morale appeared the deciding fac tor in the last two matches against pef ferlaw the stingers looked tired after playing three games straight the twohour break the girls took before their first encounter with pefferlaw in the final may have taken some of the sting out of their cause in reflection stouffville coach ted low- ery remarked that pefferlaw rolled into the final immediately after defeating mt albert in the semifinal it was still hot from the win he said while his girls were cooling off pefferlaw scored all its runs in the first two innings stouffville responded with two in the fifth a final game was ordered since both teams at this point had lost one game apiece it proved to be a pitchers duel from the start stinger pitcher sheila fockler who alternated games with candy brown took no chances and kept her throws tight both teams fell into three upthree down ruts most of the game donna hope and lisa pollock drew first and final blood for pefferlaw in the fourth inning stouffville managed one run by janninc ferguson in the sixth we kind of had control up to the final but we knew it could go cither way said lowery when you have two teams so evenly matched who are fighting during the regular season for first spot this last tournament game had to be dramatic and exciting the regular season playoffs for the in termediate girls start august 6 the stingers will also be in norwich au gust 9 for the provincials