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WEEKEND EXTRA Friday August Page DONS AUTO SERVICE the HERALD wit St Girls soccer S HARVEYS TIRE CENTRE Green Machine outdistance the Flames Herald Green Machine 3 Flame 1 Although playing the Green Machine had no problems securing a solid win aver Fin ma Sharon ford had two goals oral a third was scored by Becky Dobbin Kim ttel den counted or Ihe Flames Michelle was excellent In goal for the Green Mach no with full support of her team front of her Ball season nearing end The fastball and hardball season suffered lb usual and downs in Hills this year From our sports desk to be In many respects a struggle to squecie Information from coaches and administrators as to Lhlr teams happenings A case In point The Glen Williams Merchants are undoubtedly the premier team in fastball by virtue of their consistency we forget about their loss to Cambridge last week in rep lntercounty pay Lost season the Merchants fought tooth and nail for coverage by the papers and It wosn easy when our own paper wanted to give due coverage and exposure to their sister team from Georgetown the The had a reputation of winning and the year before they finished second In their vision of the highly competitive Metro Toronto Softball League But lost year It wo the Merchants who came on op while the faltered though they gave It their best shot In the Ontario finals The Merchants offered us the classic Cinderella story of the summer We t expect a championship and It was an exciting way to end season For coaches Bud Haines and Cliff Norton their on the diamond is equally matched in their businesses with Bud looking after his sand and gravel firm and Cliff his contracting business The trouble is that both coaches are often on the road and cannot be reached by the two newspaper In town Both coaches had tried to appoint a public relation man to help Improve their link with the papers and even a plea to their own players has failed Nevertheless the Merchants will most likely propel themselves Into the lntercounty finals thanks to the arm of Terry and Jeff Haines which should begin qualifying rounds next week PRESSURE TO PERFORM The pressure to perform had to be on the minds of the newly formed Georgetown Junior Eagles rep hardball team one can help think that pressure came from within the club and not by the public at large Generally most of the town had to be happy Just to see these dedicated bunch of under 31 year olds givelt their best each week against teams that had been playing together for two or three years The odds were against the Eagles from the start but with the enthusiasm and efforts of manager Finn the industrious Blue Bomber Machine The Green Machine handed the Blue Bombers the rat loss of the season Valerie scored two goals for the Green Machine with Clifford adding a third marker Burr was the lone scorer for the Bombers wilh no goals Sikkema Smurf soccer Page and Valerie were note worthy fo the Green ne The whole Bomber team played well and had to work hard throughout the n atch being short many players Belles I- Is mo Scoring for were Melissa Maiuran and two more by Debbie Wendy Mould and deserve special mention for their play Rhonda scored a hat trick for ihe Flames with the three stars going to Sarah Stephanie Schoff el and Boom Machine I Both teams played a good game and both were minus many players Rhonda El lard netted the Flames goal with a penal ty kick Sharon Clifford knocked one In for Green Machine Kalhy Tyrrell Becky Dobbin and Jennifer Cave played well for the Green A good solid effort was noted by the Flame team Red Devils Blue Bombers Goals by Tanya toy la and Susan Taylor allowed the Red Devils a win over the first place Blue Bom Along with the goal scorer and Michelle Evans deserve special mention for their play Jackson was very steady playing full back for the Bombers along with the hard work of halfback Kim Richards made many excellent saves in goal for the Bomber who were minus many play er Without Lorna eft arts in goal lh score would have been consid erably larger Every team makes the playoffs Gemini Report It Is now del that Richmond Hill has also dropped out of the Central Ontario Junior league Because of the late timing of this development the eight remaining teams have agreed to leave the schedule and playoff arrange- as they were This means that for this year only all eight will be In playoffs The will remain however to finish first and win the League championship and then to f top four so that you con choose your playoff opposition The present schedule for the GEMINI contains some Tuesday evening games ch we wilt try to reschedule to a weekend Also home game th Buffalo has to be worked in As soon as has been done we will issue the final playing The GEMINI will be holding two open tryouts August 20 and August at I m Both are at the Gordon Arena Br all own equipment UPCOMING GEMINI FUNCTIONS Sept 11 at the Georgetown Fall Fa sweet Oct 16 the Annual Elk Hall Meet Heralds feature team The Tyke Padres are a hardball taut to be reckoned with on any given sight With the aspiration od provided by coaches sack as tleri right Ctrl ma Brian the boys can play spirited kail Seen here from the Padre aref let la right Jamie Chris Pat Mbdoteow Barrett BUly Tatt Brad Darren Peel aad Carts