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Sports & Leisure, Friday, August 29, 2008 3 against B.C., giving up just one run and two hits. Dilks other appearance of the tourney came in the championship game, coming in for the fifth inning, lasting just two-thirds of the frame after three errors led to two opposition runs. Ontario hung on for an 8-6 win. We made some errors and I just couldnt get any calls. Thats gonna happen sometimes, he added. It was a great game, going back and forth, and the main thing is that we won. Its the second year in a row that Dilks has been on the provincial team and his confidence as a hurler has risen as quickly as his height, having grown three inches in the past year, now standing in at 6- foot-4, 175 pounds. His fastball tops out at about 86 miles an hour and hes added an effective split- finger fastball to his array of pitch- es, which also includes a curve ball. I figure that I didnt make Team Ontario the first time because I need to work more and get bigger, up to 190, 195 pounds, so I can throw harder, he said. Dilks noted that hes unsure of his inten- tions after graduating from GDHS and hopes that his efforts at the Baseball Canada Cup will help ensure that hes not on the bubble again when the tryouts for the 2009 under-18 provincial team progress. Im going to be the oldest pitcher on the team so if I make it theyll probably use me as a starter, he said. Id rather close, but if they ask me, Ill do whatever it takes. I used to start games so its not that big of a deal. The under-17 team attended tournaments in Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Mississippi this year, with trips upcoming to Florida and the University of Maine during the fall and winter. Dilks Ontario under-17 teammate, Georgetowns Will Cook, wasnt selected for the provincial team that won in Medicine Hat, although both have already begun tryouts for next years under-18 squad and will play in tournaments throughout September. (Eamonn Maher can be reached at emaher@independentfreepress.com) Dilks helps Ontario secure gold BRAD DILKS Continued from pg. 1 Trailing playing partner Stefani Markovich by two shots heading into Thursdays final round of the Golf Association of Ontario Womens Mid- Amateur Championship in Windsor, Mary Ann Lapointe of Georgetown showed why she has now won the 54-hole tournament 14 times. Lapointe, 48, birdied the first hole and went on to shoot a bogey-free round of five-under-par 67, while Port Colbornes Markovich slipped to a three-over 75, giving the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member a six-stroke win. The North Halton Golf & Country Club golfer began the tourney with rounds of 73-68. Her next big event is the U.S. Womens Mid-Amateur Sept. 6-11 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Also at the Ontario mid-am, Georgetowns Julie Green finished 22nd and North Halton club- mate Colleen Campbell tied for 23rd. Lapointe wins another Mid-Am