Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 22, 1990, p. 19

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THE HERALD Wednesday August 2Z Page 19 TO ADVERTISE IN the HERALD CALL 8772201 Sports and I Recreation ROB RISK Herald sports I DOWNTOWN FAX SERVICE Evenings Saturdays Too vounci a itd Downtown Georgetown 8772761 Playoff wins for ball teams Georgetown Juvenile player J inn in jcts caught stealing between second and third during the first inning their I It vol pi lyoff itiu Belle River at tht on Sunday Though Human wis run down on I plav his team won the Caught in the middle taking Ihi best of three mi will hi in round of th llus hut has vol photo The stand til All of the Georgetown rep baseball teams who entered playoff competition are still in the running for championships in their respective divisions After playing the first round this past week all the teams have won their first threegame series ex cept the ReMax Mike Adams Bantam team which played last night Tuesday after press time The Banam squad lost their first level game to Glanbrook last week on the road 144 and need to win the next two games to ad vance If the Bantams have won their Tuesday game they will play the deciding game tonight at the Fairgrounds at 7 00 p The Georgetown Lube Pee Wee team came back to win their series in dramatic fashion on Sun day After losing their first game on the road to Little Britain 5 on Saturday they responded by the first Sunday game at the With the series tied 1 the deciding game was played 30 minutes later and wound up being tied after seven innings he team had trailed earlier in the game but came back to tie it in the bottom of the seventh After loading the bases coach Graham Smith called for a suicide squeeze bunt down the first base line that scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning Due to the win the Pee Wee team advances to the C tournament which is scheduled for the Labor Day weekend The Neilson Juvenile D level team swept the Belle River team two straight games winning their road game on Saturday 7 and the second game on Sunday 93 at the Fairgrounds An opponent for the Juveniles next round has yet to be determined The Hills Trout Farm Tyke D team received a bye into the Ontario Championship touma due to a lack of opponents They are scheduled to play for the title in Exeter on the Labor Day weekend The Acmetrack Limited Junior team has completed their season for the year since they did not enter their squad the playoffs Baseball Lion Midgets sweep to advance to semifinal playoffs this weekend The Georgetown Lion Midget team vying for the title in the On Baseball Association level won thur quarter final series against Ancaster sweeping their opponents two games to none The Georgetown team dominated the two matches winn in the first game at home on Wednesday and the second 201 in on Saturday The scoring started slowly in the first game as the teams tested each other but then the Eagles scored four runs in the third inning and batted through the order in the fourth to put the hammer down scoring six more The Georgetown boys started a little quicker in the second game getting three runs in the first inn ing sending men to the plate in the second and more in the third to roll up 15 runs early Falcons pitching was solid in both games with Adam Hagen winning the first striking out eight over five innings while giving up only four hits Jim Kerslake ed and struck out three more to shut Ancaster down Chris Barrow heaved he in the sec giv up tw hit in five innings John Butlei tame en to mop up etrned Ks Bob played behind the plate for both gan and got a 24 out early in the first game to keep Ancaster from thinking about stealing As by the scores the Georgetown batters had two busy games Chris Barrow got two hits and reached base in twothirds of his at bats Joe Beaver hit a double and scored two runs in the second game John Butler also hit a double and scored three runs in the two games Brent Couhng scored twice in both games and hit several ropes to the outfield He started the se cond game with a line shot off the first pitch of the match DeZeeuw hit a ball out of the park in the se cond game along with hitting three singles in the pair of games Greg Dobbin was steady at shortstop and provided his share of offense as well as getting walks and being moved around to score Trevor went two for five and scored three runs while ing hit his n centre field Derek Hard shared duties at first base and well getting run in each game Pete Lee was the other half of the first base defense and scored two in the se cond game G got the hit in the first game scoring two runs on single w is stored Hagen helped his own it the plate hitting a triple double ind scoring five runs in the two game series Kerslake hit two singles got three RBls hid a high on base percentage Rvan Pells was steadv at third base and some singles to drive in a few runs for his team Paul Stvenster also hit the ball well driving in early runs in the se- game and scoring after steal The Midgets are now awaiting the victor of the Cheltenham series to see who they will face in the next playoff round w hich is due to begin this weekend GBA house league ends season with Day of Champions on Saturday Daves Service Centre Yankees win first two playoff games Dave Service Centre Yankees have continued their winning ways into the Pee Wee league playoffs taking their first two games by wide margins The playoff format is a double round robin after which the top teams play for the gold and the other two play for the silver lhe final games will be pi iyed at tht Day of Champions at the Fairgrounds on Saturday In the first match ag the Expos on Aug 2 the Yankees with only seven players won the game Action Spic and Span Jackson pitched a twohitter for the first two innings help his teim get started One week later the Yankees won their next game by a much margin beating the As JO Player David O Hagan hit a grand slam in the third inning to get things moving ind in the fifth to make sure things continued hit way hit another homer Offense wasnt tht only story of the since the pit thing of Burke David t Jackson earned the their first nohitler of the veir in their division Tht closest the A eame to get ling a hit was in the fourth inning when Blair Jackson had make a diving catch in centre field To help achieve the hit less game Burke struck out the first five bat he faced while O Hagan followed him by setting down the The Georgetown Baseball Association has organized a final big day of baseball for all house league players On August the GBA will salute players parents coaches sponsors and all other house league volunteers for their efforts in making a great baseball season The Day of Champions will fill the fairground diamonds with ex citemtnt from the opening pitches at a in until the final outs at ap proximately 30 p m All players will be wear their team sponsored uniforms and pulling out all the stops gain a win While the marks the finale is proud of ill who hut put forth their best throughout the and joyed a summer of fun w th baseball The 1991 season saw the ex to ts ever number it is exputed to grow t t more The rs been an enormous aid in pro baseball r youth and more can be done Pie consider volunteering some of our ime for house league basebill next year As in all volunteer organizations the more people helping out will lessen the load for all The Annual Meeting will be held Monday Oc 1st at the Police Office on Street Join the others for the great GBA players of at the fairgrounds on Aug 23 and come out on Oct l to offer your support for 91 Jon a player on the Expos Dairy Queen Squirt team swings at i low pitch during a game against the Padres last week and all the other house league players will be taking part in the Georgetown Baseball Association day of champions on Aug The event will run from to 5 p and will be played on all the Fairgrounds by Robert

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