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saturday july 20 2002 17 mickelson singh to play in bell canadian open touring pga pros begin to confirm plans to play in national championship at angus glen by mike hayakawa staff writer the names are starting to filter in and based on the initial confirmations of those touring professional golf association professionals intending to visit the angus golf clubs south course links to play in the 2002 bell canadian open this years event has the potential to be a highly entertaining affair on thursday phil mickelson vijay singh jesper parnevik mike weir and charles howell iii announced their confirmation to compete at the open which has a total prize purse of 4 million us and will run at the unionville public course from sept 28 known in golfing circles as lefty the 32yearold mickelson will be making his first canadian open appear ance in eight years the winner of this years bob hope chrysler classic and canon greater hartford open the san diego california native is currently second on the 2002 world golf rankings second on the 2002 pga tour money leaders through 18 events with 3653426 us in earnings and first on the 2002 pga tour top 10 finishes singh 39 is no stranger to angus glen as he captured last years telus skins game title that was played on the clubs north course a native of fiji singh is ninth on the 2002 world golf rankings seventh on the 2002 pga tour money leaders with earnings of 1884035 us through 18 events and sixth in top 10 finishes the 2000 masters champion captured this years shell houston open weir who hails from brights grove ont is also familiar with angus glen as he also joined singh as a participant in last years telus skins game the 32yearold weir is current ly ranked 23rd in the world golf rankings and is 62nd on the tour money leading list having pocketed 617700 us through 16 events a native of sweden the 37yearold parnevik is 21st on the 2002 world golf rankings and 38th on the 2002 pga tour money leaders list howell iii 23 is 56th on the world golf rankings and 37th on the tour money leader list a native of augusta georgia howell iii is tied in 29th place for top 10 finishes this year the five players will set out to dethrone last years canadian open champion scott verplank who is currently ranked 21st in die world golf rankings and 29th on the tour money leading list although the entire field has yet to be completed kevin thistle angus glens general manager and director of golf operations feels tliis years canadian open has die potential to be one of the most competitive in history i think the 2002 open will show this is one of the strongest fields in years its unbelievable were excited to have someone of mickelsons calibre in the field and singh is one of the best players today and howell is one of the most promising up and comers he cited more competitors are expected to be announced by the royal canadian golf association in the near future on a weqkjy oj bjwpekjy basis v- vijay singh captured last years telus skins game title at angus glen golf clubs north course economist sun stouffville tribune sports staff photosjoerd witteveen practice makes perfect adrian valenzuela 14 practises his freethrow shooting at brother andre catholic high school on wednesday during the weeklong cardinal sports basketball camp mariners mariners win streak ends at 42 in tournament final the markham mariners minor peewee baseball team saw a 42game undefeated streak come to an end last weekend at a tournament in mississauga when it dropped a 30 verdict to the kitchener as in the tide tilt the mariners received excellent pitching efforts from anish bhide and alliston wong who only gave up one earned run and four hits in the loss at the plate bhide collected two hits while ryan murphy adam velocci and peter rodrigues each got one the mariners opened the tournament on an impressive note as daniel mukai tossed a two hitter and wong belted a solo homer to propel markham to a 100 mercyshortened win over royal york argenis paz mukai james kottaras velocci and murphy each got one hit and one rbi rodrigues aaron caputo and steven stamkos also collected one hit buoyed by a threehit one rbi effort from velocci and a solo homer from wong the mariners won their second game over the pickering red sox 105 kottaras picked up the win facing the north york blues in their third game the mariners overcame a fourrun deficit to prevail 96 and quali fy for the playoffs keying the seventhinning comeback were a threerun homer by velocci and strong relief pitching from romano and wong the pair gave up just one unearned run in six innings with wong posting the win advancing to the semifinals the mariners received a threehit pitching effort from kottaras and a homer from wong to turn back the guelph royals 62 sports digest raiders gain berth in nfc playoffs the markham raiders clinched a playoff berth in the northern football conference with an 1813 win over the oshawa hawkeyes at centennial park last saturday the raiders jumped out to a 60 lead when gifford rose scored on a 25 run but the hawkeyes rallied with a converted major before the half to take a 76 lead and padded it to 136 with an unconverted touchdown in the third quarter rose then scored his second touchdown of the game when he hauled in a 30yard pass from quarterback danny custer to cut the raiders deficit to 1312 with less than five minutes to play in the game the raiders took the lead for good when andy taylor took a handoff and ran 25 yards to the hawkeyes oneyard line from there custer scored from one yard out now 52 on the season and tied for second with the mississauga wolverines with two games remaining in the regular season the raiders will host the belleville panthers tonight at centennial park at 7 pm james cages berth on junior national team shane james 18 was one of 12 players named to the canadian junior mens basketball roster that went to venezuela earlier this week to compete in a copaba world qualifying tourna ment the 6foot2 point guard who attends milliken mills secondary school and will be entering his oac year this fall made the team after trials were conducted at brock university last week the junior national team is vying for one of four berths that are up for grabs for the 2003 world junior championships in malaysia next july the national team was scheduled to play tiiree games tiiis week against venezuela brazil and puerto rico after the first round of games the top two in each pool play in die semifinals the third- and fourthplace teams play for classification stouffville wins two on the ball diamond t the stouffville mennos had a perfect week of action on the ball diamond as they took a pair of games in oshawa city and district softball action on monday the mennos travelled to markham and came away with a 101 win scott eyre and rino dambrosio led a 10hit menno attack with two hits apiece byron baranieski belted a three run homer in the fifth inning while kyle barbour and shawn boadway each had a triple paul boynton worked the first four innings and allowed just four hits to post the win baranieski worked the final two frames and didnt allow a hit returning to memorial park on wednesday to host- bradford die mennos almost let a sevenrun lead disap pear before emerging with a 76 win eyre had two hits including a threerun homer in the third inning while rich burkholder and chris burkholder also collected two hits ed kamerman also had two hits one of which was a solo homer in the fourth inning while rich burkholder and chris burkholder also collected two hits ed kamerman also had two hits one of which was a solo homer in the fourth inning terry reesor worked the first four innings before giving way to midget callup greg dalgarno who surrendered four runs in the sixth inning and walked a couple of batters in the seventh reesor then came back in to shut the door down to post the win and save f now 116 on the season the mennos will host oshawa mickey finns next wednesday at stouffville memorial park starting at 830 pm t o -ii- r r o shane james milliken guard named to 12man national team