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Page WEEKEND EXTRA Friday DONS AUTO SERVICE ElacuKi a the HERALD S HARVEYS TIRE CENTRE Eagles win first playoff game ONE DOWN Lalng 1 1 tiers and M and M Fro Sports met Saturday In two of IS entered la the ana ml fastball toon Georgetown Merchaati defeated M and Pro Sports Id the consolation final By STEVE MELVILLE Herald The Raiders loot to first place Guelph lait week netted three times In the- flrat half using short accurate between midfield ers and forewords which eventually found holes In Georgetown a defence In the second half the Raiders showed their tuff Helped by Matthew Moore excellent fleld support It wain I long before a crow from but lights end game early The newly installed hardball lights at Georgetown Fairgrounds diamond A caused a delay and even tually the suspension of the local Eagles playoff game The Georgetown Junior Hardball rep team opened their best of three playoff in the Niagara District League Wednesday night and led the game 105 when the game was suspen Bed because the lights went out Earlier problems with the lights Sunday night prompted the Eagles to phone the Recreation De partment to ask them to check to make sure tho lights would be working properly for their first playoff game However the Eagle game started without lights Wednesday but near tbe end of the third inning the lights were required to continue the gome The lights which are started by an automatic timer did not turn on which caused a 30 minute delay In the game while a Recreation Department staff member used their key to open the control panel to by pass the cir cuit OFF AGAIN Play resumed but at the bottom of the eighth Inning with the Eagles leading the lights went off for no apparent The timer for the lights Is supposed to turn the lights off at DO the lights Wednesday night went out at 10 37 exactly Eagle manager Finn said said the lea gue convenor could bly award the game to Georgetown because the situation is very similar to a ratnedout situation However the convenor wants to phone the league president and a decision will not be known until later For the Eagle players their bats started working early In the game Gerry Milne singled in the first Inning In the second inning the team exploded for six runs Gerry Milne tingled while Paul and Larry got on base on errors Mike tripled while Jay Anderson doubled to keep their drive alive COTTIULL DOUBLED Mike doubled while Chris got to base on an error In the third Inning Gcr ry Milne singled Mike walked singled which scored for a lead The only damage In the fourth was a single by Delghton and while the Eagles went down quickly In the fifth Inning Two runs were scored In xlh inning as Dclghlon singles singled singled and Anderson singled In the seventh Inning Gerry Milne singled while Paul hit ad vanced him Lorry hit scored Milne In the eighth inning when the game was called Mike Friskney was on third base with Chris at bat with a and count For the Eagles It was their second error free game while had four errors On the mound for the local club was pitcher Chris Fabbri who notched 14 strikeouts and only two Monday nights game nst powerful resulted in a 103 loss for Georgetown The best of three play off series against Chipp awa will resume Sunday In an away Let there be lights As of last week the Georgetown Minor Base ball Association has been using diamond A at the Georgetown Fairgrounds at night under hardball lights alter a summer of waiting tor the lights to be constructed Early In the season the G8A and the Town of Halton Hills came to an agreement with regards to changing diamond A from a designated soft boll diamond with sot tball lights to a hardball din mood with hardball lights The GBA agreed to pay over a number of years to pay most of tbe cost with the Town of Hills picking up the rest of the tab The lights will enable the GBA Rep teams as well as house league teams and other baseball groups a chance to play into the night Brookes says most of the rep teams next year will be able to put their gome times back to 30 p Part of problem 1 waiting all summer the lights to be erected had to do with ordering the light standards which were not In stock Brookes says hardball diamonds require that eight poles be used to light tho area instead of the normal six poles for sort ball A six foot high portable fence war never put In place for the Georgetown Eagles although the markings for It at edge of the outfield were dug Brookes says Atom soccer girls in Brams YSC Atom Raiders lose to Guelph Flag football season standings See page 10 Mike Melville gave Jim my English the sort of goal that Guelph a goalie could only stand and watch although Guelph got two more goals Georgetown had a lot more of the play than the score Indicates Paul Smith played well In net but goals were too well executed This weekend George town will meet some of Ontario best rep teams In Burlington and wo are looking for a strong team the Raiders Herald Special The Atom Girls Select team participated In the Brams United Girls Socc Tournament Saturday Aug and can be very proud of their efforts The team baa slowly been gaining In skills and confidence and played well together Their first game Malton was very encouraging and they had the majority of the play In the second ball with Carol Ferguson putting them on the score sheet from a very well setup play in which almost the whole team had a hand or foot Malton scored through two breakaways and act ally the final score of for Malton was very to them Both Sherl Nairn and Berg had chances to score but It was not to be The second game was also a very good game and the whole Georgetown con tingent played very well After two offside goals were disallowed one for each team the only goal to count was netted by Nicole Remedies after persistent work by Cove Cindy Hence a win for Georgetown Other members of the Georgetown team who played at Brampton and assisted In two fine games were Tina Trlcla Oesterhot Remes Cathy Paul Debbie Mitchell and Kirs- differential vera ten Horner for that position our should be tcamof goals for were not iheweek girls your to give us a wild all the parents card into the semifinals you Well although our points and New ideas still needed Talks are continuing In hockey about the formation of the new Georgetown Minor Hockey Association Right now the steering committee la concern ed with hearing from as many people as they can on their opinion of the new organisation and how It can Improve on the present KemW sold It la very Important that bet axe presented the most fa light September and for this to happen input Into new organisation Is needed now