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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday May 1 MM Page Sports Outlook COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor Former Cougars GM tabbed for Raiders post the Herald As the new general manager of the Georgetown Junior B Raiders Burlington resident Joe Walsh says his first priority is to name a new coach Raider president Finn made the announcement of Walshs appointment Wednesday The selection of Walsh as the new Raider GM comes as a bit of a surprise as insiders with the hockey team assumed the new GM would have been either Rich Heinz or Dave Tataryn both former hockey professionals who reside in the area In informing the Herald of the appointment Wednesday commented I feel he Walsh will do a great job And as Raider president Im very pleased he is joining our organization But as far as choosing a new coach Walsh so far has no one in mind The status of last years coach Peter Sturgeon is unclear said Walsh But if he is interested in talking with me Im willing to bit down with him said Walsh Walsh met with Poulstrup Thurs day to further discuss coaching op tions Walsh wouldnt put a deadline on when a coach had to be named saying if a decision hadnt been made by the deadline date hed have to start making up excuses But Walsh stressed its the first priority Walsh was the GM of the last seasons Burlington Cougars Junior team Walsh has also had extensive experience as a coach at the minor level hockey Walsh let go by the Cougars because he wouldnt give up his general manager position with the Burlington Bay Area Junior A lacrosse team But there was gore opposition in flag football action By COLIN GIBSON Herald Sports Editor The rich got richer the poor got poorer and the players literally took a bath in the second week of action in the Georgetown Mens Flag Football League last Sunday at the GDHS main field The wet weather hampered play and made the footing treacherous but league games are played regardless League games are cancelled only if lightening envelops the area werent complaining about the weather and trampled Phis Welding Kaspers didnt give and Pro Sports a ghost of a chance and posted a convincing 3016 win A rejuvenated Karry Kitchens squad outlasted the Glen Meznic Electric thumped the and in their second game of the day the Oldtimers showed their age bowing to Corrigan Dawgs WELDING The Longhorns rode the strong throwing arm of quarterback Mike McCandless to this onesided win as the eventual winners struck ear ly and didnt allow Plus Welding to get back into the contest Jim Lindsay and Bob Davey each scored two touchdowns for the winners with Mark Hamilton and Gary Hulbert also counting majors Dave Haggis was successful on six converts Jeff Woody had the lone Plus Welding major M AND PRO SPORTS Stephen Roy had two majors for the Kaspers crew who struck early then hung on for the win Louis DePaoli and Brad also crossed the for Kasper sixpointers Brian Wayne Morrow QUARTERBACK Mike Zeke sear ches for a receiver during play last Sunday in the Georgetown Mens Flag Football League radar was bangon target as he led the to a romp over Plus Welding Georgetown Mens Flag Football League games resume May the main field Herald photo and Simon Golding scored two- point converts for the winners Rich Gaislen and Kennedy scored the majors for and M Pro Sports with also adding a twopoint convert Brent also collected a twopoint convert for and M KARRV KITCHENS GLEN Team leader Doug had a lot to say in his teams win counting scoring points on a touchdown four converts and a field goal Grant Nairn Jeff Waterworth and Marcus Roberts also scored touchdowns for the winners Mike had two majors for the Glen Sean McQuarrie had a touchdown and kicked a convert while Mark Waters had a twopoint convert ELECTRIC The boys once again carried the largest offensive load for Meznic as Gary and Jeff each scored touchdowns and Ken kicked two con verts Herb Hulme added a touchdown to round out the win ners scoring Paul Paterson romped across the goalline to account for the scoring CORRIGAN Corrigan showed little sympathy for the Oldtimers state of health and posted the relatively easy win Alain and John Egan scored the majors for the Dawgs while Dave Clements and Wayne Stasimuis both gathered in two- point converts There are no league games scheduled tomorrow Sunday because of the long weekend play resumes May 27 a the GDHS main field with games Squirt girls thank officials The Squirt Girls soccer coaches would like to thank Kim Timmings and Kevin Taylor for refereeing their games held on Monday and Tuesday evening this week at St Francis field Monday night the Municipal Bluebells played the Green team coached by Joe Crane and manag ed by Stephanie Jackson to a score of However fun was had by all and noteworthy players were Rachel BryanMaloney Kira Ldwrence Roche and Cheryl Eagleson Tuesday night the Golden Girls coached by Danny Shields and managed by Ian Jarvie tied and exciting 11 game against the Red Devils Noteworthy players were Tara Rafferty Lindsay Craig Karen and Suzanne nothing bitter about the split he said He explained his current two GM positions wont conflict with each other There is only a bit of overlapping between the lacrosse and hockey seasons he said I have never had to give less time to one position because of the other What he knows about the Raiders is what he saw last year Although the Raiders placed last in their division over the regular season Walsh said the team is young and showed a lot of offence In Junior every year is a rebuilding year some years more so than others so if a lot of last years younger players return this season Raiders will be a good team this season he said But Walsh doesnt know yet who will be returning next year Walsh is a principal for Ascen sion School in Burlington Although the Georgetown com munity is unfamiliar with me Im familiar with the community he said Since his school is part of the Halton Roman Catholic School Board he knows Georgetown through his relationship with col leagues at the Georgetown Catholic schools Mayors race on horizon On Sunday May 27th the Halton Hills Recreation and Parks Department is planning to hold its Twelfth Annual Mayors RunWalk Race The race begins at a at the Gordon Arena on Guelph Street There will be a 5kilometre walk and run for Halton Hills residents only and a 10kilometre route which is open to anyone Registrations are being accepted at the Recreation and Parks Department at the Civic Centre until 300 p m on May 25th and at the Gordon Arena on Race Day A number of awards and trophies will be available for competitors to win in both running events and every participant to finish will receivea certificate The Georgetown Fruit Market is providing oranges for the runners while William Neilson Ltd will contribute juice and coffee creamers and CrossWays has agreed to supply donuts for a light breakfast following the race Major Tykes Trout Farmers snagged By DAVE Herald Special Georgetown Halton Hills Trout Farm Major Tykes opened the regular season in on Tuesday night and we might not see a more exciting game all season Georgetown lost their three ex hibition games including a lopsid ed contest to this same team just over a week ago Manager Paul Kelly was in no way concerned about those results as he was trying everyone at all positions to find hts best lineup By Tuesday night he knew what he wanted Doug Inglis Mike Kel ly and Kevin Humeniski sharing the pitching Andrew Beavan and Stephen Gibbons handling the cat ching Wesley Blight Kelly and Isaac Ferguson playing the infield and Dylan Lee Gary Norman and the speedy Ryan Smith covering the outfield The game got underway under threatening skies and for the first time this season Georgetown drew first blood Gibbons broke out of his slump with a solid single to right He stole second and third on successive pitches Inglis walked to put runners at the comers and then drilled a solid single to left cashing in Gibbons from third with our first run Oakville came back with a run of their own in the bottom fo the inn ing and then took the lead in the se cond with two unearned runs In the top of the third inning in a steady rain mounted a rally Gibbons was again the spark that lit the fire as he opened with a sharp single to left Once again he stole second and third Kelly then walked and stole second Inglis came up and lofted a long sacrifice fly to left allowing Gibbons to score his second run of the game failed to count a run in their half of the inning or the fourth or the fifth as held them to just one hit over the middle inn ings With the game winding down Georgetown gave it one more shot opened the sixth with a walk and stole second Ryan Smith hit behind the runner for a perfect sacrifice as he moved Beauan to third Then Gary Norman cracked a double to bring Beauan home with the tying run Unfortunately Oakville went up in the bottom of the inning and hung on to win as they recorded the final out with Georgetowns tying run at third base Manager Paul Kelly and coaches Steve Norjnan and Jeff Hannah were thrilled with the effort our boys gave Doug Inglis pitched the entire six innings allowing just 4 hits and earned run recording six strikeouts along the way In ad dition he teamed with Mike Kelly to turn a double play at third and picked a runner off first to end the fifth inning For his efforts he was picked as the player of the game Oakville ran the bases ag gressively all night but when a run ner at third strayed off the bag on a grounder up the right side Kevin made the play at first and zipped the ball across the dia mond to Kelly He threw a strike to the plate where Stephen Gibbons applied the tag for our second dou ble play of the game In a very short time these boys have come together as a team and look to be in for a good summer One player who is not very happy is Daniel Young He took a pitch off his hand in the Brampton game and although he stayed in that game his hand has since swollen such that he cannot hold a bat For his great play at shortstop on Friday and his gutsy performance with an injured hand he earned last weeks player of the game and injured or not he was sitting on the bench in Oakville supporting his teammates and organizing the wave