Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 25, 1983, p. 15

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Rebels third at PeelHalton track finals By DOUGLAS Herald correspondent The Georgetown District High School track and field Rebels look third place at the Peel Halton championship meet in Etobicoke last Thursday lspolntsoulof first while the boys team was eighth overall Eighteen Rebels qualified for the Regional meet tomorrow in The lop form In each event automatically qualify for Regional Everyone performed admirably said Georgetown coach Donna Metcalfe There were some absolutely spectacular results It was pouring rain through part of the meet but that slop Sandra who won tie midget girls and fifth In the Krhtcnscn also took third In senior girls 1500 metre while Marelnluk placed sixth xnns added another Rebel first in midget boys hurdles Amy Powers ran to a pair of second place finishes In tho midget girls and 3000 and was sixth In the BOO Slaccy Wheeler was second in open boys metre steeple chase Mike Wood finished third in the midget boys 3000 metre and fifth In Ihc 1500 Eric Hopkins placed ihird in the Junior boys 3000 shot put and Ken Hesse took third In ihc Junior boys BOO metre The Rebels only relay cam of Ken Hesse Chris Ferguson Paul Burroughs and Gary finished In race had more relay teams wo quite easily could have been second overall said coach Metcalfe We don have very good relay teams because we don t have a rack Nancy Mustard placed fourth In the midget girls hurdles and Gary took fourth place In the Junior boys BOO metre was fourth In open boys metre steeple chase We hope all regional qualifiers will qualify for said Georgetown coach Karen Cos grove ft will depend on the day Senior Jen pepper who was fifth In the metre senior Angle who placed fifth In the midget Anne Couliglian sixth In the and junior Fiona whoplaccdBlxthlnthe3000alsocontribuedpointitothe Rebels third place finish A strong team from Burlington Nelson High School captured the Peel title well ahead of T L Kennedy High School Kennedy placed second only twenty points ahead of Georgetown IS vouncs PHARflMCV ITD Open Until PHONE 2761 the HERALD Park wrestlers toughest Rebel Wilson trie to break free of the grasp or a Central Peel defender during high school rugger action last Tuesday at the il I pile a strong showing the to their Peel opponents 1 Herald photo by Specters unbeaten in four Glen men still perfect By GERRY TIMBERS for the Glen Williams Herald Sports Specters after their 10- inning victory over Thirteen Jeff Amato of Eden Place shows off Ihc trophy he won In St as the number one Under 14 10kllomeler runner In the country Big winner Thirteen yearold Jeff Amatoof Eden Place ran to a first place finish In his division at the Run Canada Kilometer National Road Race Championships St Catharines on Sunday covered the distance in minutes and nine seconds to finish ahead of more than other boys In the 14 and under division He was 173rd overall from a field of approximately 1 runners which Included Canadian 10 meter record holder Peter Butler and Jacqueline who finished second in he Boston Marathon this year who Grade at Centennial Middle School and belongs to the Georgetown Track Club said he knew he was doing well during the race but wasn t aware he had won his division I was passing everybody that seemed be around my age said Same of the guys thai looked about my age seemed to be really dying out there SHU I believe It when I heard them call my name I was shocked Amato ran most of he race In a steady drizzle which had escalated to a hard rain near the end of the race Two other members Joined In the St Catharines classic Bob Parker ran an excellent lime of to finish 150th overall while Ian covered the distance In The overall winner of the race was Vancouver Butler who set new Canadian standard at 17 Toronto Nancy Rooks also set a national mark for the finishing at IB Amato will be running in the Mayor Race on June before heading off to Waterloo for their 10 kilometer race week later He won his age division at hit race a year ago will travel to London in August lo compete for the GTC at the All Ontario Track and Field Championship meet defending league on Alton in Inter County Fastball League action last Tuesday night at the Glen Park Now in four starts Specters rode the two hit pitching performance of Jeff Haines a show that included 13 strikeout until they could muster a run In the dramatic bottom or the tenth Speedy third sucker Tim Fields sparked the win when he laid down a twoout bunt beat it for a base hit and swiped second base Catcher Glen then became the hero of the night depositing a two strike pilch over second base for a Texas league single and the winning RBI II was Just a fan to game Specter manager Ted Wilkes said later Were4Onow and while that docsn make a season it a heck of a lot better than being Thccontestwasathrlll throughout as Haines battled Alton starter Bill Palmer through the innings Tic visitors almost stole the gimo from Haines twice The Specter pitcher retired first 13 he faced but with one go ic in the tors f Alton third baseman Murray Donald si unloaded a triple Haines retired the next two batters to solve that In the the tenth Glen Andy saved the day with a circus catch against the fence of another Donaldson that hid homer written The Specters were to host Erin last night before travelling to Fergus for a Friday night Tie Glen men will pale in the Hornby Tournament over the weekend Manager Wilkes is plcised to have first m in Mike Reynolds back w Ih the team for this week Reynolds is best known for his potent bat Visiting gals top Georgettes The Georgetown Stationery Georgettes got off to a start last Monday night at he Fairgrounds dropping their Ladles Rural Fastball League opener to Erin 113 The final outcome was especially hard for getlc conch Judy Piper to accept because the locals actually out hit the tors 1311 over the seven Innings The home side mating to load the bases three times but produced Just a single run They left baserunncra stranded Erin center Judy Kendall determined the outcome of the game almost In the first two Innings rapping a two- run homer her first trip to the plate and a two run triple next time around The visitors led after two The locals finally got on the In the home half of the third when Sue Smnrda stole home Pitcher Carol Spiteri singled and came around to score on Janet Mac Kay ground out to make it after four Innings Trailing In the fifth Karen Penny singled to deliver Becky with the final Georgetown run of the night The Georgettes wcro rained Thursday night In Glen Williams and wcro due lo sec action last night In Acton Results woul not be available by press dcadl The next Georgette home game is May when they host at tho Fairgrounds Game time is pm By P DOUGLAS 1 1 era Id pa Park Public Schools wrestling team fought its way to a first place finish at the annual Public School Wrcsiling hosted by George town District High School last Thursday Wrestlers ranging in age from seven to 12 years represented seven Georgetown public schools In he tourna ment Park wrestlers chalk up 41 points while second place Harrison Public School Wrlgglesworth Public School and Joseph Gibb Public School for third with 16 points a piece Joe Parkinson of Park School ttonull three of matches to take the title in the pound cate gory I ark Jul Scarlett lust her first match to but came Luck in her last mutches lo win the conso lation championships of the same division David Shclda of Joseph Gibbons ho champi match in the category against Park Keith Smith came out on top as he and Ken two George Kennedy wrestlers j for tho S3 lb conso lation championships J Rutherford of took the lb championship by defeating Park s Cave Vincent Corel from Holy Cross was lion champion in the lb weight class over son Thomas Spencer Bobby Bouskilt from Wrlgglesworth was champion In the lb weight division over Harrison Chris Barrow Joseph Gibbons Doug McDerrnoll defeated Shone of In the lb consolation Darren Krafczck of Park Public School beat schoolmate Phil Smith for title In the lb category Harrison Dale Mc wnn the championships by defeating George Kenne dy Steve Brown In the lb weight vision Chad Bailey from George Kennedy he championship match Jamie from Harrison The consolation champions match In the 77 lb category went to Powers from Harrison who defca Joseph Sean Peterson Holy Cross Joe Santos in the Ih weight d vl beat Actum Us of Harrison in the match In the consolation match Wrlgglesworth Gary Cunningham defeated Gary Robinson from Joseph Br an Montgomery of Holy Cross tost he lb title match to Park Jason Grasman while James Prtddle Joseph Gibbons wrestled he consolation championship away from Andy Domln goes Hot Cross Steve Robinson from Joseph Gibbons wun the lb category by defeating Harrison Kevin Barrow The lb Hon champion was Trent Cull Harrison who defeated Owen Junes George Kennedy in the consolation match Winner of he lb weight class was son Steve Sutherland who defeated Pork s Jim George Kennedy bent Craig Harrison in the consolation match Jam of Park was he heavyweight champion a bout with schoolmate Todd Smith and Derek Park look the of HI of Atslsii gives Harrison telle be old Public School wrestling championships at District High School Blrncare eventually managed to pin his opponent and win the match Herald photo by Gerry Timbers ion match from David Hodge Park The public school w rcstlcrs have been Using a for he under the di reclion of inf team members basic reason he aurnament was first started was to Introduce he sport to the younger kids says high school wrestling coach Bob Mc Kay But it s a good experience for the high school wrestlers who go out to teach them some of the and then come here for the tournament They gel out for a day and have fun and they can enjoy Ihesportforwhatltls not necessarily the compel Hon of it And in later grades ihey may want to look into the sport a little more he says Town hires track star will By GERRY TIMBERS Editor John one you met him leave you with feelings The first thing you notice Is his dashing Tall and already tanned brown from his outdoor training his brown curls and pepsodent smile give him all the Teen Beat heart throb credentials ho could ever need You can forgive that though when you speak with him and realize he Is a confident mature and ambitious young man Behind thai glossy smile is a finance and marketing major who earns straight As at a major American college A Junior student who belongs to the varsity track team holds down a regular summer job be tween school terms and plans to lake courses at Chicago renowned Northwestern University At the tender age of this Georgetown District High School graduate tually says things like have be disci plined There are only so many hours In a day and there Is very lime for partying which is Too good to be true why it seems many Not really people go to unl elate possibly because today II only natural to JOHN like well rounded people who don t have faults perceptible to other hu mans For the record John is a nice guy The oldest of three sons for Ron and Phyllis he is polite Intelligent and modest You really can I hold It against him that his life Is unfolding like a fairy tale He wrote of the story line A few summers back after high school tion decided he was sick of school and to lake a Job for a year He wanted lo be his own man part of the real I wasnt interested anymore so I thought I d take a year off Warnock recalls with a grin I ended up doing slave labor at a car wash and I can remember thinking there was noway I wanted to do that for the rest of my life Meanwhile he had developed a serious inter est in rack after taking the sport up to get In shape for hockey A scout for Marshall State University in West Virginia War along with George town teammate Doug Smith and Milton a Roy eventually ing them south to show off their wares at an tional meet Warnock ran 17 mile finished third In his field and garnered an athletic scholarship offer He now runs cross country and track sped In the 800meter and mile events By work to a on a four point academic scale has corralled an academic scholarship For the summer War nock will be working as supervisor at a sports camp run by the town Parks and Recreation department The job Is Ideal for him I m off on the week ends so I can race and keep my training up Warnock sold The people I work with are great too We have a pretty good time For the female readers best is last Warrorir no steady girlfriend His explanation that Incredibly hard piece of Information la simply that wcreoathe road competing every weekend and you have to lake your books on the road with ju Sorry girls Wo dent print addresses or phone numbers

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