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p18tribune july 25 w mm afffe buttermakers win own tourney carrie swain correspondent photasjoehd witteveen sfoe7 fease mark meyer of the stouffville mite buttermakers slides safely into second with a stolen base diir- ing action at the buttermakers tourney on the weekend guelph second basemen ryan pettip- iere searches for the ball which meyer knocked loose on his hard slide into the bag summerhill moranhit grand slams stouffvilles action signs novice girls softball team faired well at a tournament in barrie recently but will have to wait awhile for the event to be completed as rain forced the cancellation of many of the games the stouffville girls started the tourney with a 98 win over cam bridge a strong pitching perfor mance by melissa dawson and solid infield play by stephanie summerhill paced the win stouffville led from the beginning and held cambridge from tying the game after making several out standing defensive plays hitting was supplied by christie hender son crystal moran heather maclaren lindsay leyston daw son summerhill and krista dudley that evening stouffville faced richmond hill and gave a strong pitching and hitting effort but lost 84 stpuffville tried for a late comeback scoring three runs in the final inning but it wasnt enough hits came from ann marie roy stephanie summerhill lindsay upton heather maclaren nicole bardell and melissa dawson the rest of the tournament was rained out but will be completed at a later date in other action last week the girls played and ventured into what became a seesaw battle against dropped a 1413 decision to new market grand slams were hit for stouf- fville by crystal mpran and stephanie summerhill and a show of good defensive play was seen from nicole robinson nicole bardell and jody grabiec the stouffville mite buttermakers captivated the crowd saturday at memorial park as they won the championship of a sixteam boys softball tournament stouffville played a tight final game against guelph who had dominated in an earlier match but buttermakers forgot about their earlier mishap and put on the pressure to win the seven inning game 75 the game was a seesaw battle all the way as guelph scored in the first inning with stouffville evening it in the second the opposition then scored two runs in the third but stouffville bounced back to take the lead on a three run homer by ian anderson the seesaw ride continued as guelph again took the lead by three runs in the fifth but it ended after the buttermakers came back for two runs in the bottom of the fifth and an insurance run in the sixth andrew harper was named most valuable player for stouffville as he tossed 21 strikeouts in two games brad johnstone won the gold glove competition for stouffville with his stellar defensive play to open the tournament guelph beat the buttermakers 21 mattie eagen scored the only run for the buttermakers and brad johnstone pitched a complete seven innings game two saw stouffville beat stratford 74 after four innings andrew harper went all the way on the mound for the winners the buttermakers started quickly against stratford scoring three runs in the first inning with help from mark meyers brett boyd and mattie eagen in action from last week the buttermakers beat thornhill 146 behind the sixstrikeout and twohit performance of brad johnstone other hitters for stouffville in the win were chad kerswell mark meyers and ian anderson brett boyd also whacked a triple and col lected two hits for the group the game highlighted the buttermakers solid defensive work while the offence consisted mostly of singles and doubles the mites buttermakers next game is tonight at memorial park on diamond one against port perry beginningat 630 pm to tough the stouffville spurs mens soc cer team lost a narrow 10 decision to the barrie wanderers saturday night spurs play well in loss squad considering the wanderers are a top team the spurs effort was a good one barrie took the lead in the first five minutes but stouffville then controlled the play for the rest of the match in what was one of their best efforts of the season both andrew stansfield and jon lord put in outstanding perfor mances for the spurs the squads next home game is saturday aug 4 at 5 pm at the stouffville recreation centre fields under14stie22 the stouffville under- 14 boys rep soccer team played uxbridge to a 22 tie in recent action damien serjeant opened the scor ing for stouffville with thundering free kick at the 20 minute mark uxbridge tied the score but stouf fville went ahead on a goal by chad dickinson who picked up a loose ball in a scramble kevin morrow was strong in net for stouffville and stopped a penalty t kick r i 5ij