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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2010 11MOUNTEDPATROLRockwood The OPPs Mounted Unit - Bosco and Jas-per waited patiently ball player is a while OPP Constables Kate Carberry (left) and Steve Smith visited national champwith Rumours Furniture Shop owner Lou Bozzelli while on patrol in Rock-Localthe plate and scored the Rockwood soft-wood last week. Earlier ballwinning run, when she player and Rockwood Rthis summer, the police ebelstole home to break a 3-3 graduate, Brittany MacPherson has just re-tie. The Gators went on to services board recom-turned from the Canadian win 5-3 and advanced to mended disbanding the National Bantam Cham-the gold medal champion-Mounted Unit to save pionshipsship game. in Victoria, BC money, but Wellington wearingMacPhersons team hardware of a County politicians voted champion.turned to her for leader-unanimously to save the With a Gold atship, in the final, handing the Prov-incials, the Gators earned her the ball to pitch the unit. Submitted photoagold medal game. The Ga- birth in the National ACE championshiptors fell behind early as the in Victoria BCAjax Raiders jumped out , alongside silver medalists from Ajax. to a 1-0 lead after the 1st PITCHERMacPhersoninning. MacPherson tied and her Rockwoods Brittany teammatesthe game with a solo home had just one MacPherson helped lossrun over the right field and finished the the Gators to Gold at round robin with a 5-1 re-fence, to tie it up 1-1 after the Canadian National cordtwo innings. The Gators , good enough for first placebats continued to surge in the red pool. In Bantam championship theas Lyndsay Butler also championship round, in British Columbia. theparked a home run, put- Gators first victim was MacPherson pitched in non-other than their nem-ting the Gators ahead for five winning games and esisgood. MacPherson con- from Ontario, Ajax. two in relief and had 17 Withtinued her strong showing a similar record at strike outs.5-1in the circle, pitching the , everyone was on pinsGa- Submitted phototors to a 7-5 victory and needles, during theand earning her and her clash of Ontario. The Gatorsteam the Canadian Ban- fell behind early in the first inning but man-tam Championship. The agedGators compiled a record to battle back to tie it up and then went ahead of 8-1, for the tournament for good, when MacPher-while MacPherson went son3-0. The Gators managed doubled off of the outfield fence, and scored to score 76 runs for the on a home run by Tamara Championship tournament Graham. while only surrendering 17 Thein their nine games played. Gators continued to pushMacPherson was charged forward with a strong performance in the semi-with giving up 5 earned finalsruns over 17 innings in against the top BC teamher quest for gold. from Whiterock. The RenegadesMacPherson pitched in had finished firstfive games winning the in their pool as well, andthree games she started, a win for either team wouldwhile pitching two in re- seal a birth in the Nationallief. Brittany compiled Championship gold17 strike outs, with one medal game. Again, MacPhersonwalked batter for the en- had a strong showingtire tournament. going 2-for-3 at Were on our way back!rdSee you Monday, August 23ITS WORTH THE DRIVE TOACTON MOTORS8531280