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Firestone Ladies claim first win of the season Hotting Georgetown last Tuesday in Prospect Park the Halton Firestone Ladies first win of the i Clare Herrmann pitched a three hitter on the mound to lead Acton to victory and she was chosen as MVP by the players A triple by Marion Case in the second inning brought in the first two Acton runs and then Herrmann crossed home plate for a total of three runs A single in the third inning brought home Traeey Clarke and in the fifth Inning Kelly Kennedy Marion Case and Patty batted in two more runs to clinch the game Last week however the Firestone squad faced two tough games dropping bo in to their On June Ihey took on OrangevUle on home turf but their strong opposition overpowered them 126andon June 11 Acton dropped a 12 decision to their rivals in Georgetown In their match against Acton couldnt seem to find any holes knock the ball through and as a result they left five runners on base Pi chin a was shared by Clare Herrmann and Jan and hits were credited to Traeey Clarke Mardie Phillips Sandra Kelly Kennedy and Teresa Dunn In the June match Marion Case tried out the pitcher mount for the first time and managed to pitch six good innings until she was replaced Clare Herrmann Natalie Russian went three for four at ihe plate including a home run and a triple Other hits for the local team were credited to Susan Phillips Teresa Dunn Sandra Marion Case Clare Herrmann and Clarke Eight runners were left on base in the game which showed good play on defence by Acton but again the hitting Just there Diana gives it her all in the long Jump at the track and field competition The St Joseph student claimed second place for her performance Girls tourney June 23 Baseball fans get ready for another weekend extravaganza as Acton hosts a 16 team girls tournament Saturday June at Prospect Park Four divisions Atom Squirt and Bantam will be playing with four teams In each division pitted against each other Five Acton teams have been in the event Acton Rural Aclon Squirt Tricounty and Halton Rural teams Acton two teams com bined and the Acton Bantam Rural girls squad The Atom division final will be played at 4 p on the blockhouse diamond the squirt division title game wilt be on the blockhouse diamond at 15 the Wee champions will be decided on the main diamond at 4 45 m and the ban tarn division championship game will be on the main diamond at 15 EXPERT jn EQutnrarr BAZ MOTORS LTD AUTO BODY SHOP ST GEORGETOWN 8775285 Pee- Wees clipped in Gueiph tourney final The action was fast and furious at Prospect Park on Saturday as IS dust cleared It was the Rural team that scored a I win A teams competed for softball honors In three divisions In the Atom B scored their lone run on a close play at the plate Chris final it was the Acton A4 Food land TriCoanty Atoms against the coaldn t get the UK down In time the A squad claimed an early Acton Nellia Construction Halton Rural Atoms and when the final lead Local teams take titles Fifteen minor ball teams in atom squirt and pee wee divisions turned up at Prospect Park on Saturday to compete for honors in the Annual Acton Minor Ball Tourney boys division When the dust cleared at the end of the day two Acton teams had carted off titles The Acton Halton Rural Atoms emerged victorious with a thrilling comefro m behind 2 win over the Acton Atoms while the Acton Tricounty Pee claimed their division honors with a win over Glen Williams Hillsburgh proved to be the class of the squirt division claiming an win over Brookville in their championship match The Acton Tricounty squirts claimed the consolation title in their division with a win over the Acton Rural team Atom Division In game one defeated Glen Williams 184 Game two saw Acton Halton Rural defeat Eramosa 14 in a pitchers duel For Acton Brad Hayter pitched a one hitter and struck out baiters Chris knocked fn Ryan Masales for the only and winning run In game three Atom Acton County defeated 0 David Deforest was J strike outs Runs were scored by Chad Rowsell Mat Chris Schick Ken Jaffray Dave Deforest Troy MacDougall 2 two runs Chris Schroeder Kyle Thomson and Steve with two runs Acton Halton Rural defeated Limchous 1 in another pilchera duel in game four For Acton Brad began his second game on pitcher mound pitching another one hitter and striking out 12 batters Ryan Masales scored Acton first run and Chris Hayter scored the winning run on a solo home run This qualified Acton Rural for the final against Acton Tri County defeated l in another pitchers dual In the fifth Atom game was and qualified for consolation final against Glen Williams In the Consolation Final Omagh defeated Glen Williams Jason Cole of struck out 13 batters to win the player of game award The Championship Game saw Action Halton Rural defeat Acton There was excellent pitching on both sides Brad Hayter won his third game of the day pitching a threehitter and striking out all 15 batters Acton went ahead on a home run by Ken but Acton Rural scored two in the top of the fifth to win Ihe game 1 Brad who also hit two triples and drove in the two winning runs was selected as the Player of game David Deforest in a losing effort struck out batters Squirt Division Acton Halton Rural defeated In a come from behind win in the first squirt game John Kalsilieris struck out 12 batters to record the win Acton scored runs by Jamie Marty McCafee Jason Piper and two by Paul Gloss A strong team whipped Acton on the road to the title John Burt of struck out 12 Acton batters for the win In game three Brookville defeated Glen Williams 9 to Acton defeated Acton Halton Rural in the fourth game Mike Shannon Jason Moran Brandon Canary Jason Philip Drew and Jim Wheeler counted runs Tor Acton County with Todd Deforest and John Kat scoring for Acton Halton Rural Hillsburgh defeated Glen Williams 100 as As scoop two wins Facing what could have been losing streak the Acton Junior A rallied for two wins this week against New Hamburg and Gueiph Last Monday the A a were down 7 2 In the eighth inning against Gueiph when suddenly the Acton bats started pounding the ball Into the outfield Kent McArthur and Roy Spear landed safely on first and second on base hits and then Glen Scott cracked the ball over the fence for a three run homer Dave Wilson was next up to bat and after singling to first he rounded the bases on a powerful blast from Rob VermeuJen Mark Symes was next to leave on a single and on a play by Tim Baker Vennulen crossed noma plate and Symes and Baker were left on base The final ajamedEncfafngptaycamefrom Kent McArthur who smashed the ball Into the outfield for two more RSIs The first two As rata were earned by Symes and On Monday night the A s were hosting New Hamburg and it if wasn for a four run tally In the first inning Acton would have suffered defeat Mark Symes Tim Baker Dave Wilson and Pete recorded first inning runs while New Hamburg notched a pah- Rusty Elliot pegged a lone Acton run in the second inning and Wilson Pete Cargill Paul and Elliot tallied a run each in the third to establish a commanding 102 lead In the fourth frame the A maintained their lead and then New Hamburg began their comeback in the fifth inning While Mark Duval rounded the bases for a final Acton tally New Hamburg bats started swinging In the fifth they scored once to the sixth they notched one again and then to the seventh four more New Hamburg runs were balled in Fortunately for the A a though the four runs in the first toning saved them John Burt struck out 15 batters to win qualified Tor tourney final and Glen was The consolation final saw two Acton teams face each other again with Acton defeating Acton Rural to win consolation championship Runs scored for Acton TriCounty were Wheeler Burton two Shannon two and McGrath Run scorers for Acton Rural were and Gloss moved to be the class of the squirt division by hammering out a decisive 180 victory over to win the Squirt final John Burt pitched his third con secutlve shutout striking out 15 batters and win the Player of the Game award Pee Wee Division Glen Williams defeated Acton Rural 12 to start the division rolling Greg Smith scored the lone Acton run TriCounty whitewashed their way to the title Frank Katsllleris and Scott Williams combined for the shutout striking out seven baiters over four and a half innings Acton scorers were Art Milchel two Greg three Carl Yoroschak two Dave four Evan two Shane Adams two Frank Katsllleris three Kostos three and Rob Murray with three The Acton TriCounty defeated Glen Williams 151 to advance to the final Scott Williams recorded the victory on the mound Acton scorers were with three Iwo Murray two Athanasoulis two Adams two Williams one one one and Van Dam one In game four Acton Rural defeated and eliminated from further play Scorers for Acton were Williams with two one Harrison one and Campbell with one Glen Williams defeated Acton Rural and eliminated Acton in the double knockout event Scorers for Acton were Chris Lindsay and Greg Smith The pee wee final saw Acton TriCounty defeat Glen Williams for the title Frank Kalsilieris and Carl split the duties on the mound striking out 10 batters Scorers for Acton were with two Williams two Yaroschak two and single runs going to Adams and Athanasoulis With a four for four day at the plate Acton catcher Evan Hayter was selected as Player of the Game Tournament chairman Evan Hayter would like to thank the weather man and all the volunteers who either umpired kept score helped in the booth or kept the diamonds in excellent shape throughout the day Special thanks go to the Pipers Bonnie Mitchell Tony Van Dam and his ground crew boys all of whom gave extra time and effort to make the day a success Battling their way post teams from and the Acton Pee Wee boys squad was edged by Burling ton in tro championship round of the season first tournament In their first two matches Acton had little trouble moving into the championship round as they blitzed and then blanked their hosts Gueiph However In the championship game against a tough Burlington squad Acton was nicked 43 On a bright note though the Acton pitcher Frank was named the touma men s most valuable player In round one action Foils Kalsilieris put Acton on the scoreboard with a pass to first A triple by Greg Leatherland sent him home Leatherland scored the second run on a single by Scott Williams A six run rally in the third Inning put Acton well ahead of the game Leatherland started the rally and by the end of the third frame Scott Williams Kostos David Roden Shawn Rob Murray and Evan Hayter had all rounded the bases as well Tallying up the final runs of the game in the sixth inning were Hayter Kat Williams Athanasoulis Dryden and Murray Acton came out swinging in the second game of the tourney against Gueiph with singling to first and rounding the bases on a home run by Frank Katsllleris Carl doubled and Leatherland smashed out another double to add up a third run for Acton Following Leatherland double wos a two base hit by Williams which sent Leatherland home to give Acton a lead The second inning saw the Acton offence shutdown but In the third frame Yaroschak made first on an error then stole second and came home on singles by Williams and With a Acton managed to continue to shutdown the Gueiph batting lineup for a win In the championship round it was Burling ton to come out with the beg bats At the end of the opening frame they had a lead It I until the sixth Inning that the local boys finally got onto the scoreboard with an error that allowed to round the bases on a three base hit However Gueiph also managed to get things rolling in the sixth inning collecting two more runs to establish a lead With only one inning left Carl Yaroschak recorded another Acton home run on errors and Leatherland edged Acton closer to a tie with a third an errors Unfortunately though the pitcher whiffed the next Acton batters to win the match and tournament honors Squirts squeek by Omagh 1514 The Hide House Squirt girls squeeked grand slam to put Acton into the by Omagh 1514 Wednesday night in a cliff lead and also scoring for the local team were Amy Trautman Andrea Gudgeon Terri Yaroschak recorded a fifth inning Two Aetoa Villa soccer players attempted head he ball but to recent action against Batcher from Toronto last Wednesday St Josephs athletes place at Haltons Two St Joseph students com place finish in the bantam girls In the Halton Separate Schools metre dash and second place in the ban- track and field meet recently came away tarn girls high jump Also taking a third with three awards place finish at the meet was Julie Justine Porter proved to be who placed in the midget girls star of the meet as she recorded a third high Jump