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New baseball prez faces familiar problems By STEVEN The Herald Although Donna Blight is the first female president of the Georgetown Baseball Association B A she will still face many problems Ms Blight who became G B A president Sept 30 at the association s annual general meeting at Gordon Alcott Arena explains a lack of sufficient diamonds as well as a lack of quality upkeep on current ball diamonds are two major concerns facing Georgetown baseball This year we had an increase of over children and we the B A expect a similar increase for next season she said Unless more diamonds are built or become available for use within this time the G B A will be forced to con sider capping registration numbers for the season Ms Blight stated that during talks with the Town of Hills it was explained that no new baseball diamonds would be built until at least She explained the crux of this problem lies with teenage ball players At times these players have had to use smaller fields adequate only for younger children and this is neither safe nor acceptable One other concern raised at the G B A meeting was the quality of diamonds The association feels the general poor condition and inadequate maintenance of playing fields has led to a major concern for the safety of players Ms Blight has been part of the B A for five years She has ser as the association secretary and moved on to being a director and then vice president of house league past two years You have to be pleased they have confidence in you but a little apprehensive about the level of responsibilty said Ms Blight about being named G B A President The Georgetown Baseball Association had a record season There were youth players ages 18 a season record as well as more volunteers than ever and full complement of sponsors Despite an uncertain future in terms of growth and facility A 1992 outlook is optimistic An extremely strong executive with more volunteers than ever is on hand for the season and the B A looks for ward to offering a great season of baseball fun for the youth of Georgetown Hopefully in the coming months some arrangement can be made between the Town of Halton Hills and the Georgetown Baseball Association because every little boy or girl deserves a chance to be part of summer favorite past tune Wednesday October 9 1991 Page 15 H Hockey Awar winners Rec Ne 1 Bowling Results 1 Dart League Results DOWNTOWN FAX 1 SERVICE Evenings Saturdays Too itd Downtown Georgetown Sports and I Recreation Junior football Rebel Dave Blyth left rushes up the field on route to a over Lord Elgin Wednesday afternoon Blyth had a strong per formance during this game and scored a touchdown for the Rebels The Senior Rebel also won their game against Lord Elgin Friday afternoon with two touchdowns from Trevor Herald Photo by Steven LeBlanc Shaky beginnings for Reb girls basketball teams SIT I Herald Sports Georgetown Rebels girl s basket ill teams both junior ind senior have hid slow beginnings this season ich is a league record of 1 and despite strong forts their struggles seem likely to continue he junior took a finish m last weekend tournament at High School in Milton The team managed to win on of games a victory against Centennial High School Shannon Morns pliyed a strong game for Georgetown The junior Rebels also lost Wed afternoon it home to Loyola Hawks 42 Despite an unsuccessful start coach Jim is optimistic about the future of his learn The girls hive solid defence despite these losses we ire looking to improve in the weeks lheid senior also had one win it i recent tournament it Port Credit Strong performances were given Jen Jen Bot The senior Rebels took a be ihng it the hands of the Wednesday ifternoon on home court Brain sets second Ontario record Georgetown High School student Matt Brain set his second Ontario track and field record in eight days last Sunday at Thomas A Blakelock High School Already setting the record for the Midget boys Sept Matt then went on to surpass Sudbury s Ryan Logtenburg s record of points in the A with his outstanding total of 267 Raiders axe Ajax 73 on home ice BvSTEE LeBLANC The Herald Georgetown Chrysler Raiders im pro ed their record to and Satur day evening when thev crushed the Axemen at Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena Once again Ben Henoch excited fans with his out standing performance in net While he t have too face shots in the first half of the game he came up ith some strong sa es Georgetown jumped ahead to an earlv 2 lead in the first minutes of action thanks to goals Peter Perrone and Brandt who scored on a power pla With less than a minute to go in the first period Joe Kim added to the Raiders lead with a goal assisted b Ian Ellis and Brandt It until the dying minutes of the second that Ajax was able to get one past Henoch Bv this time Georgetown s Dave Osborne Kevin Rutledge and Trevor Elinsky had already racked up the scoreboard goals of their Georgetown control of the game began to disappear in the third period The Axemen scored twice in eluding a nice power play dinger but the Raiders lead was too much and Scott John Ventresca and Ellis combined to put the icing on the cake for the final goal at 15 Georgetown will to make it three in a row at home when they host da 30 p m at Gordon Memorial Pro Sports still undefeated Pro Sports remains undefeated The Georgetown Minor Atom M and Pro Sport hocke club skated to a well 22 tie the club on Sundav Oct 6 at the Arena The hometown learn the visitors had with a strong second period but ran into an excellent to keep the score tied at 2 2 The 1st period found the and M Pro Sports team down 2 with quick goals Rvin Bobor put the Georgetown club on the board with a fine powerplav assisted Dan Smith and Matt at the 15 mark Jason Hayes was turned aside at the 30 second mark with an excellent save on his shot from the blue line The 1st period ended 1 for The second period was dominated by Georgetown and highlighted by Roddy Heinz s shot off the goal post at the 6 44 mark Ryan Bobor and Jason Campbell combined with a fine shorthanded effort at the 1 mark which just missed the mark Newcomer Michael moved the puck well and played steadv defence Tyler Pearce brought the second period to a close w ith a fine save at the 25 se cond mark on a scramble type plav covering up the rebound The third period found Georgetown pressuring hard to find the equalizer Matt Bobor Don Smith Jamie and Michael Corlett all had opportunities to find the twine but were turned aside Bnan Stuttard broke up a 2 on 1 Chinguacousv at the 21 mark Trevor Cash and Joshua Trovers combined with a way passing attack at the 4 14 mark only to be dented at the mark Finally Brent McClung brought the crowd to their feet with a patented end to end rush to score at the mark assisted by Ryan Bobor The game ended 2 2 Full marks to both clubs for a very entertnining game The next Georgetown Minor Atom home game is at the Alcott Arena Sunday Oct at 30 with Hamilton providing the tion