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rr AOA et eat PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, August 6, 1997 - 19 "A Family Tradition for 131 Years" PORTS Scugog teen off and running In the Wild West By John B. McLelland Port Perry Star Lisa Bonser had a tough decision to make. The 18-year old had been offered full scholarships from several well known American colleges'including Kent State, Iowa State, University of 'ndiang and University of Texas at El Paso. In the end, the Scugog Township resi- dent decided on the University of Texas at El Paso, or UTEP as it's known. She heads for the Texas city right on the Mexican border August 16 and will start classes about ten days later -- her first of four years on a track and field scholarship where she will specialize in the long and triple jumps. There were several important factors that made her choose UTEP such as the track and field facilities, the attitude of the coaching staff, the campus itself, and the weather. "I hate training indoors," she said with a laugh during a recent interview with the Port Perry Star. Lisa certainly won't have to worry about the weather in El Paso, a city of - 520,000 on the Rio Grande River which boasts 318 days of sunshine a year, just seven inches of rainfall, and where it snowed just once last winter, and that didn't stay on the ground very long. Lisa was able to visit several of the colleges offering her scholarships (all expenses paid, of course) and said every- thing at UTEP "just seemed to appeal to me." The university, founded in 1913, has about 15,000 students and a fine repu- tation for both athletics and academics. Lisa's scholarship is worth about $20,000 yearly and covers tuition, books, . room and board, travel to meets and all her athletic gear. For the next four years, she'll study towards a degree in sports medicine/training. This academic year, she'll be taking general arts and sciences' courses. And as a member of the track and field team she'll compete this season in about 15 meets all over the southwestern United States. She has set a goal for . herself -- to qualify for the "big one" in U.S. college track and field -- the NCAA finals next June--perhaps as early as her second year. It's all a new and very exciting adven- ture for this poised and gifted athlete who stood out in numerous sports as a youngster. She played soccer, hockey (with the boys) and ringette in Port Perry, winning a provincial ringette Turn to Page 20 Seagrave's Lisa Bonser, University of Texas at El Paso. 18, has accepted a full scholarship with the She leaves in mid-August to start her schooling. Tykes, | Week 11 ended the reg lar ) season season for the Tykes and Mites as both divisions get ready for the upcoming season ending tournaments. The Tyke divi- sion was won by the Nestleton Store Marlins as their six game unbeaten streak to end the regular season vaulted them past the Lions Cubs for top spot and trophy honors. Final Tyke Standings Nestleton Store - seven wins, two losses, one tie; | Blackstock Lions Cubs - five wins, four losses, one tie; Wotten Hammerheads - four wins, six losses; Overridge Flames - three wins, seven losses, Nestleton Store Marlins 8 Overridge Fireplace Flames 7 A game winning triple by Cody James that scored three runs kept the Marlins in top spot as the team rallied for the win. Colten James had an RBI while in the field Cory Vanderweil had some fine innings of pitching as did Brandon Kearnan. Hammerheads 10 Overridge Flames 5 Aaron Wright had a double and two runs batted in plus some excellent pitching to give the Hammerheads a season ending win. Chad Gerrits hit two triples and knocked in Asselstine maintained their stranglehold on top spot with this win. The Yamaha's played long ball as Justin Gerrow and Josh Ferguson had three round trippers each and Chris Hoskin chipped in with two extra base hits. uirts Li SwainSeods Sluggers 17 Cummings Diggers 16 Swain's clinched the league title and found their winning ways after a two game losing streak. Nicole Jones led her teammates with a scoreless inning of pitching as well as contributing offensively with three hits including a home run. Andrea Bonsma had two extra base hits while Brett Whyte and Brandon Jordan combined for four walks. three runs while Caitlyn Asin J8 3 -Hellingman had four RBIs " Pineridge Sports fromtwohits. © ""Bluegig © ~ NestletonStoreMarlins = The Hawkeyes won their 2. fourthin arow as some fine Lions Cubs12 defensive plays led them to _ This game was a tuneup to - the win. At the plated Ashley A the tournament as Nestleton Lucas had three hits including 'had already clinched theleague a first inning grand slam title. Game stars for the Cubs home run while call up James were Nathan Alpe, Jackie Hobbs played an excellent Geisler while Zachery game. NY 3 Rockbrune pitched well. ~~... The Mite league title niors will have to wait for the make- Asselstine Yamaha 16 up game between Turners and Don Frew & Sons 15 the United Church Saints to be played. The winner of this game will be crowned league champs. EN Spring Grove Agrivaders 14 Turner's Green Giants 10 . Spring Grove started with a bang scoring five in their first at bats led by the grandslam home run by Corey Hellingman. From there the game turned into a six inning efensive struggle as there were only a total of 13 runs scored by both teams until the open inning. The game was close all the way and Turners actually took the lead heading to the open inning by scoring three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Brent Paradis put Turners in the lead with an off field triple that put the score at 10-8 in favor of the Giants. From there Spring Grove took over scoring six runs in their open inning behind the triple of Marissa Snowden and the two RBI home run by Dean McClure to take the lead by four runs. The defense then took centre stage as Tim Gibson made a great stabbing line drive catch for an out and Bryan McNamara picked up a loose ball and fired a hard throw to Sean Taylor at first to end the game as Turners were held off the scoresheet. Campbell Electric 9 Super Spud 4 In this low:scoring affair Campbell's kept their hopes of a shared division title alive with their ninth win of the year. Corinna Bauer led the atters with two doubles as well as making great catches. Casie Shortridge and Mike Godfrey also made great field- ing plays while the pitchers held the opposition to just fou runs. £ Mark Morrison went three for three to lead the Reds offense while Holly Bartley made some fine throwing outs to first base. Scoring runs for Super Spud were Steven Blunden, Mark Morrison, Ryan Sutcli set for finals Nesbitt and Ben Marshall. Winter's Storm 24 ~ Martyn Consulting 15 | - Winter's clinched at least a tie for league honors as home runs by Chris Goble, Bradley e and Steven Vine led the hitters while Michelle Noseworthy played a fine all' round game. Allison Kadowaki led Martyn's with her best game of the year with timely hitting and excellent defense. Lee Churchill and Cristen Cobitz ran the bases in deer like fash- ion while Darryl Goulding had a good night behind the plate. Coach Reminders 1. Please drop off player assessment forms to John McNamara's mailbox. 2. Mite and Intermediates Tournaments take place this weekend. Spectators are always welcome and are encouraged to come out and cheer on the Kids of Cartwright. . 3. Hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and pop will be avail- able at the public school,' which will be the site for tournament headquarters. As well raffle tickets for Blue Jay games in September will: . 'be available for sale as part of the fundraising efforts for CMB. : LS ge tl fs ll pa