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30 Years the HERALD HAZEIM LA WN r CYCLE SALES It SERVICE on ALL REPAIRS TO LAWN GARDEN EQUIPMENT SNOWDLOWERS MOTORCYCLES SNOWMOBILES SERVICE DEALER BRIGGS STRATTON TECUMSEHMTD HOMELITE CANAOIANA UNIT 11 Ball plans have come a long way Gone are the days there ever were any where Canada a youth baseball team can get together for a couple of weeks during the summer play a little ball then pack up for the World champion ship tournament and expect to contend with other nations When you re dealing with players from all across Canada more time is needed to make the unit a cohesive one capable of ding for a global title Later this month national youth team manager Jim Ridley will know if steps towards providing a more concrete and longer preparation time for this year team will be taken Sport Canada will decide if it con allocate more funds into Baseball Canada which would mean the youth team spending about tive weeks at training camp in preparation for this year tournament Ridley plan would call for a developmental camp slated for early July where about 50 recruits would spend eight or nine days working on condition ing and teaching Alter the list of players trying out would be cut to about 2530 and those individuals would attend the main camp where practice and playing ex games would be the ma jr activities Upon selecting the jnal roster the team would head off to Windsor where this year s tournament is This will be our fourth season and it taken a lot of lobbying in fighting and discussion to get this far Ridley said If I got four lor five weeks could guarantee we would have a better product I honestly believe we II be together for five weeks Team dominates Kitchener in final bantam tourney champs But the Public School teacher understands all of his are teetering on whether or not Sport Canada decides in favour of extending the funding to Baseball Canada When It comes to funding Sport Canada tends to give money to those sports recognized as pic events To date baseball achieved such status but that could change as early as this summer Baseball was as demonstrator sports in the Games held In Los Angeles and was in the top three in terms of spectator turnout There been talk that baseball will become a Olympic event before the Games slated for Seoul Korea This year could find baseball as an Olympic sport Ridley said If so the avenues for ap propriate funding are mult The plans are contingent on funding but 1 ve made plans Tor a developmental camp and train Ing camp Ridley added We II know somewhere around March 25 or but I think we ve come a long way from nine days in 1983 to what we been planning now Ridley is also Involved in recruiting prospects for the Blue Jays University program The program will offer baseball scholarships at British Columbia universities through sponsorship by the Blue Joys Continued on page All Wlnterhnwks over whelmed Kitchener Saturday night to claim top honors at the Georgetown Minor Hockey Assoc a Bantam Hockey Tournament Saturday championship contest culminated the tourney action which began a week ago Saturday at the Alcott Arena Markham win came over a Kit team that t psychologically into the game Kit had registered a major upset earlier in the crossover playoff by defeating North York Civics in overtime That game was Kit biggest win of the ment and ihc team able to come back In time for the champion ship qualified or the final with units win over North York won the A Division AAA teams with a decision over Guelph where Kitchener edged past Erindalc 32 in the C Division At competition In other division finals beat in the Division championship while Markham won the Division with a win over Ottawa Valley After taking part in the division final the existing four teams played a crossover with the A champ tok on the C champ and the and D class winners tangling The two win then met in the tournamcrtf final Hills had a total of three teams take part In the tournament In Dclass competition the Acton Firefighter bantams made It to the playoff round before losing to in the semi finals Ac ton played six games in the lourna mcnl and won two lost two and tied two The reason for the three games was that Ac Ion replaced Beamsville in the second Ddivlsion after pulled out In the second division won two lied one to make the semi final round In the first division Acton tied one and lost Wo In their opening loss to Sean Sears Troy Foster and Mike Simmons had the for Acton while Lee ad two assists Next Acton tied Oshawa 33 as Sears had two goals and Rob Murray had the other Carl had two assists In final first divls on game Acton lost Competing in the second division Acton defeated Georgetown j0 as Tim Oakley Dennis Sim mons David and Mike Browner had the goals Acton then beat Whitby as Sim mons had two goals and Swinnmer Sears and Oakley had singles In their final game Acton tied as Sears Browner and scored the goals Georgetown Johnson Associates Bantam team also competed in the Dlass but lost Its three games to Acton Whitby iol and Glenn Mulder scored the lone Georgetown goal In the C division the and M Pro Sports squad played six games and qualified for playoff round before losing to Erindalc In thai game the winners led after two before Georgetown came to cut the score to However scored lis sixth goal to put the game out of reach Alain Thibault had two goals for the locals while Do gal had ihc other Georgetown lost its ihrec games to Erindalc and Kitchener before replacing In the other division Brenl Wayne Snow and Dougal scored in Georgetown first three games respectively In Iheir first contest there Georgetown lost to Hamilton before beating Northwest and Snow Adam Bcnnctl and scored in the loss to Hamilton while Doug Kent had the goals in ihc Nor win Bennett had four goals In the win white Presswood had three goals and an assist had a goal and two assists while Snow hod the other Tournament director Wayne Pries said hi was pleased how the event anil had words of praise for many volunteers who gave of Iheir time and effort Thai the only way it could have happened hi said that wasn to suggest arose A received and eame misconduct throwing a water bottle at an it front of the off a in CI nguicoui ir fan little too disc to language to the fun v Ink he was Hit stands Nolhing major from the incident Unfortunately these things hap pen Pries said I the champion ship nine it Kitchener w is flat win over North York I hey held their own liut scon he said In the win over North York Kitchener had game toil NO Two the Hi hi of Central Scouting of the Ontario Hotkey League Three were left unclaimed Ticket on Saturdays draw won while Tuesday ticket won Also Ihe Thursday March 13 pick of 14 I a prize of Glen ace hurling for club Herald Sports Fastball League bat tors will get a little break this year when facing Glen Williams Specters The defending league champs will be without pitcher Mark Curtis this season The 25year old righthander has been contacted by Burlington of the Ontario Fastball League and Is currently working out indoors with the club in preparation for the league opener May I was surprised when 1 got the call Curtis said I had never even thought about baseball until I got t The Burlington team finished third last year in the Ontario going with a two- man pitching rotation However during the course of the season the two hurlers both had injury problems forcing the club to seriously look at using three pitchers rather than two At the indoor workouts the two retur ning players and Curtis comprise the Burlington pitching corps rtHOOIlN Iran pi at IT tlMrmhrrs of the bantam after winning the i- Mini r Hockey International It ii nit In the at the phot Rebels runner heading South on scholarship athletic Hopkins The Gride 13 Georgetown District High School student will attend Eisl Tennessee University this fall on a cross country and track scholarship Hopkins will formally sign all the in May when he visits the campus again As a result of getting the scholar ship Hopkins will receive his runn ing Also on an annual basis Hopkins is said getting a scholar ship I on his mind when he first began running in Grade six at Centennial Middle School In fact he t take running seriously until after finishing second in his first On Federation of Schools Athletic Association OFSAA as a midget in 1W1 It will be a whole different at mosphcre Hopkins said 1 11 be leaving my friends behind and it will be like a whole new start on life But Hopkins has run both track and cross country at Georgetown since Grade nine At East Tennessee Hopkins will run varying cross try distances while tackling the mile and two mile events in track Hopkins has qualified for in cross country each of the past five years and has finished In the lop twice However Hopkins t run In an OFSAA Irack meet as of yet Hopkins also runs for the Scar borough Optimists under the wat eye of coach Brian Barnes It was partly through Barnes connections at East Ten that coaches there become aware of Hopkins Barnes knowB coaches there has sent many Canadian runners to the school in re cent years Hopkins first caught the Ten coaches eyes two while running at the University of Virginia Invitational cross country meet The coaches sav a Rebels cross country Melt said Hopkins has tin potential to do well at the American school In country he should do well Erik is a person and is very As for his academic selection Hopkins is hoping to combine med physical education and would like to study kinesiology or sports medicine As for future goals Hopkins ultimate is to represent Cinidj in the Olympic Games He said if such a dream becomes a reility It wont be for a little while school competition At one time Hopkins is towards attending Virejun also received a letter from of Kentucky However niter the Tennessee campus came very with the student school It wis a nice town and the run 1 met there were nice guys Hopkins From what I ve read and heard it Tennessee sounds like the place lobe Some running magazines Lust Tennessee Stale as the top run ning college in the United Stiles Hopkins said he has always wanted to run at an American school because of better weather and at towards athletics Hopkins is confident he can improve during his stay The training will be a lot tougher Their program is a strict one where you run about miles a week Last summer ran miles week so this summer I have to double lhat to be In shape But if I go II properly there no reason why scholarship can t be renewed The coach there says I have all the right stuff to do well Hopkins said yet That is my dream my ultimate goal if it does happen won I be until or 1WG Runners lend not to hit their until Inter years Coaching clinic On j and there will be Technical lvcl III Coaching Clinic Acton program in eludes hours of movies and discussion and hours of ivork the I m looking forward to it said You got lo be using your head a lot Its good ball In addition the Burlington team is helping Curtis find job there Cur Us said the team is trying land him a spot with the Curtis is currently looking for a job Ploying in the will be homecoming of sorts for Curtis Four years ago he played for Kilbride just north of Burlington of Ihc Inter City League before heading west to play In Saskatchewan Since Curtis left Kilbride and the It has merged with ihc OFL Curtis has been with Glen Williams the past two years since playing industrial ball in Hornby after returning from My major goal will be just Curtis sold jokingly And not get hammered all around the park I ve been working on an off speed like to get Curtis ad After finishing third In Ontario last year Curtis said the Burlington team Is setting Its goals high this They think they have a good shot at the Ontortos he Their goal is the Canadians Top skier guest speaker Mil downhill it the Town of Hills Honor and Recognition evening Inglewood native Laurie Graham will ihe guest speaker it function Graham Is eurrently enjoying 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