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18- PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, August 9, 1995 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" SPORTS Port Juniors have a week to remember This week's Port Junior Merchants sports report is sponsored by Precision Construction, Coldwell Bankers - Brett Puckrin, Ives Antiques and Van and Truck World. This past week was an interesting one which will be remembered by all players for a few years to come. On Monday night, the Port Junior Merchants visited Richmond Hill men's team for the first time this year and quickly fell behind 1-0 in the sec- ond inning. The game be- came a pitcher's duel with the infamous Richmond Hill pitcher striking out 14 players in a row going into the seventh inning. At the top of the last inning, the Port Juniors were deter- mined not to let all the strike-outs affect them and each batter ap- proached the plate with the intention of making contact. Their determina- tion paid off as they put five runs across the plate, with singles by Rich Burk- holder, Empringham, Laird, a double by Moase, a triple by Card, and a long sacrifice fly by Vand- er Slagt. The exciting comeback in this 5-1 game was a real boost for the team, coaches and fans. Card pitched seven in- nings, striking out nine, walking only one, allowing six hits and one earned run. On Tuesday, Port visit- ed the excellent Aurora Complex and faced an old friend and team-mate - pitcher Denis Smith. Once the game started, it was all business and Port pro- ceeded to put seven runs together. Card pitched seven innings with 12 strikeouts, two walks, three hits, and no earned runs for the 7 - 0 win. Thursday's return match with Aurora had to be cancelled due to the amount of water still on the diamond at game time. On the weekend, the Port Juniors were entered in the Meaford Tourna- ment, along with a few other teams from the Oshawa and City District Men's League: Port An- trim, Scarborough Royals, Bradford and Richmond Hill. The format was a double knockout, and the Port Juniors quickly won the first two games. This meant that they had to be defeated twice in order to be denied a spot in the fi- nals against the five other division winners. In the first game, Port met a team from Waterloo who started quickly with a two run home run in the first inning. Each team bore down and the score remained 2-0 into the top of the seventh. With rally caps on, Card started the inning with a walk and scored on an RBI Co- chrane single. Empring- ham, on with a fielder's choice was scored by a Smart single to tie the game. The crucial hit was an RBI double by MacLen- nan which scored Smart who, on an overthrow, stole home to take an im- portant two run lead. De- nis Smith, who relieved coming into the sixth was able to retire the side with his change-ups, and got credit for the win. In the second game, Port Juniors met a strong team from TARA (Owen Sound). Led by Smart's de- sire to beat one of his re- cent school mates, Port Forder-Parks Insurance Brokers Inc. GLC. | pI @ VP. N 985-8471 34 Water St., Port Perry, Ontario L9L1]J2 1.20% our best rate Subject to change without notice Government Guaranteed ROBERT J. GOW SOEs | 000.267-1522 RICHARDSON GREENSHIELDS [nvestment advisors to Canadian enterprise and enterprising Canadians 111 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa, Ont. L1G 454 8.25% 434-7156 or went ahead 1-0 1n the first when McBride, on with a single, was moved over to third with a Ryan Burk- holder single. He then scored on a sacrifice fly ball by Smart. A home run by Vander Slagt in the sec- ond gave Card the lead he needed, pitching seven in- nings, striking out six, walking one, and allowing six hits and no earned runs for the 2-0 win. TARA went on to beat Waterloo and were slated to play the Port Juniors who now had to be defeat- ed twice to be kept out of the playoff round. Unfortunately, TARA put together 6-1 and 5-1 back to back wins to elimi- nate the Port Junior Mer- chants from the Tourna- ment. The first loss was not pretty, but the second loss was a good effort by a TARA team with strong hitting and pitching. Port put 15 hits together in two games, but were not time- ly enough to score the runs when needed. The Juniors stayed at the Tyrolean Village in the Blue Mountains, and with 28 people in one chalet, the weekend turned out to be a great time of ball and socializing. For many years to come, we will all remember the entertain- ing Blues Brothers team of Murray and Roger, and the light-footed country western dancing of Jeff Card. Many unusual and hidden talents were brought out by a little prompting from fellow "chalet-ers". Hitters for the week: Ryan Burkholder - five singles, two RBI; Rich Burkholder - walk, four singles, double, RBI; Card - walk, two singles, triple, two RBI; Cochrane - seven singles, three RBI; Em- pringham - three singles, three RBI; Laird - single, RBI; MacLennan - two doubles, two RBI; McBride - two walks, two singles, two doubles, RBI; Moase - walk, single, dou- ble, triple, RBI, Smart - single, RBI; Vander Slagt - walk, two singles, double, home run, three RBI. Games for the coming week: Thursday, Aug. 10 - Port Juniors at Scarbo- rough Royals 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15 - Brad- fora vs. Port Juniors 8:30 p.m. The non-profit Milly Maid company of Ken and Don was much appreciat- ed as early each morning, the chalet was cleaned up and made presentable for another day. All in all, it was a great week of ball for the Port Jumors. JEFF MITCHELL/PORT PERRY STAR IN FINE FORM: Nathan Cook, 11, closes in for a return during a youth invi- tational tournament, held this past Saturday at the Port Perry Tennis Club's Water St. courts. Kids in several age categories took part in the fun event. Su 188 Mary St., Port Perry (905) 985-7383 Gamblers' action FromPage 17 Mark Goreski gave up a walk during the game and struck out seven. This Thursday night the Gamblers meet the Oshawa Juveniles, (the 1995 Ontario Junior Champi- ons) in Ianson Park at Greenbank at 8 p.m. The Oshawa Club have been on a hot streak for the past month or two and have just returned from the Cana- dian Jr. Championships in Vancouver B.C. The Greenbank club will be in Toronto this week- end to compete in the North American Fastball Asso- ciation Tournament which will be held Saturday and Sunday at QEW Beach and Dieppe Park. PORT PERRY STAR STAT-SHEET Cartwright Minor Ball TEAM GPW L T PCT Scugog Men's Slo-Pitch qu pi louse 10 3 5 2 400 (A division) Mann's Cormhus 11 6 4 1 591 TEAM GPW L T PTS Martyn Consul. 11 7 3 1 681 [Trader Sam 15 13 2 0 26 f Swain Seeds 10 3 7 0 1300 ColdwellBanker 14 10 4 0 20 (Senior) IGA 15 9 6 0 18 CampbellElec. 10 9 0 1 950 Square Boy 126 6 0 12 DonFrew& Sons 11 5 6 0 .454 Gators 146 8 0 12 Marlin Travel 101 8 1 150 (B division) Dr. Workman 11 5 6 0 454 Bradshaw Tow 14 8 6 0 16 Bassbal) Hanks 137 6 0 14 fogs Soe S 2 > : 9 416 pp AutoGlass 11 5 6 0 10 Sapo Was. U8 227 Antrim 1145 8 0 10 verridge Fire. 5 1.388 5 Serch (C division) : 1izza Delight 13 11 2 0 22 Port Perry Ladies Lob ball 5eskis 149 5 0 18 Investors Group 13 6 6 1 13 EAM gp w L ! PTS Pineridge Bulldogs10 5 5 0 10 Seagrave 15 10 5 0 20 Oppers Aluminum 14 4 9 1 9 Beamers build. 14 9 5 0 18 Forder -Parks 30 130 0 Williamsons 14 9 5 0 18 Mustangs 12 8 4 0 16 Pink Panthers 13 7 6 0 14 Raiders 12 6 6 0 12 limms Garage 13 5 8 0 10 Re/Max 14 1 30 2 Ridgenorth 13 1 12 0 2