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Defining team loyalty among baseball fans Team loyalty How exactly is that defined Lots of people follow their major league sports to different degrees such as wat ching them on television every week andor reading about them in the paper regularly Others try and see them in person when the team is in town while others will even follow them on the road There are those that hunger for every new scrap of information about their chosen sports organization ranging down to those who are content to wait and ask friends or coworkers how the team is doing lately For most in this area the Toronto Blue Jays are baseballs team of choice However there are those among us I count myself as a Jays fan who may look like us talk the same and hey you might even socialize with them but there is something not quite right about them Thats right theyre White Sox or Red Sox fans or worse fans They can usually be spotted whenever sports conversation comes up spouting team doctrine on why theyre the best even though they might be in the divi sion cellar at the time The easiest time to pick them out however is at the Skydome Thats the time when the colors are shown usually in the form of headgear or jerseys These infidels usually con- Risky Business 3f by Robert Risk fc in groups possibly because theyre afraid to wander from the herd and never return but more likely its due to their travel packages seating ar rangements I have no qualms about them provided they stay in their place However its those little non- blue and white caps that are dot ted around the stands that get me Granted some of them are uneducated foreigners in town for a short vacation but many are turncoat locals How dare they show themselves amidst the swarm of Blue Jay supporters spoiling our cheers with catcalls and yelps of encouragement for the visiting team Its hard enough getting tickets to see the Jays nowadays with the Skydome being such a good place to watch a game and the team doing so well What steams me is wanting to go to a game thats sold out and knowing that traitors are taking up valuable space that many loyal fans could be using I guess its just sour grapes because I havent been able to have a free night at the same time when seats were still available While on the subject of team loyalty and being able to see a game why not give the Halton Hills area teams a try There are plenty of seats available closer to the action than most Skydome seats and the players would love to have an audience Theres some kind of action going on at the various fields almost every night so go out and enjoy Sands top Rebel at OFSAA meet By ROBERT RISK Herald Sports Editor Dave Sands became the first Georgetown District High School student since 1988 place as high as third at the Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association championships in Sud bury on the weekend Competing in midget boys metre hurdles Sands took home the bronze medal from the On tario finals the highest achieve ment by a Georgetown student since Dave Paul placed third in senior boys steeplechase Rebels coach Jay Anderson said he was pleased with the results considering that 800 schools took part in the cham pionships involving about 1000 competitors from across the pro vince We have a very good team and will have an even better one with the new crop of midgets we have coming up and the ones we have now improving on their per- Anderson pointed to Rebels winning the Halton track cham pionship title and said he was very sure if the Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference champion ship meet kept score of its finishes Rebels would have easi ly won that as well Also placing well at were the senior boys metre relay team of Bill McDonald Stew Kevin Dyer and Rob Walker who took fourth place overall setting a new GDHS record with a time of beating the old mark of Kristy Johnson placed 16th overall out of competitors in junior girls 3000 metre while sister Johnson placed overall in midget girls metre The midget boys metre relay team of Dave Sands Matt Brain Derek Parsons and John Buckle placed Two Dawgs players Wayne Stasiulis left and Dave Clements sandwich ball carrier Rob Spiteri during flag football action at Georgetown District High School on Sunday Dawgs won For story see Herald Herald Sport Shorts Track meet The Family of Schools Track and Field Meet involving five Georgetown public schools and 272 athletes is being held today at Georgetown District High School The event which begins at am and runs until pm is being organized by GDHS grade students Duane Lewis and Jim English as part of physical education class Youngsters from grades three four and five will com pete in such events as 60 metre 100 metre 200 metre metre and relay races The field event competition will include high jump running and standing long jump and ball throw The top six winners will receive ribbons for their efforts All participants names will be entered into a drum for lucky draw prizes which include athletic wear from Brooks Acton lacrosse In Acton Lacrosse League action last week Blues had its way with White ing them off at the Acton Arena last Thursday Michael Mills led the scoring for Blues getting a hat trick Teammates Chad Henry Colin Sheehan and Kyle had singles Formerly called Peanut Lacrosse the League plays every Thursday night at 630pm in Acton AHS Athletes Acton High School recognized its top athletes of the year at its awards banquet on May presenting Heather with the Bill Spehar Memorial Trophy for her outstanding con tribution to the athletic pro gram Willmott was president of the athletic society assistant coach of the girls basketball team and played on the senior girls basketball volleyball softball and tennis teams Matthew Fleet assistant coach of the swim team received special recognition for his leadership and being an inspiration to others by being given the Al Higgins Memorial Trophy Mai Nguyen was selected most improved female athlete while Scott McKee was chosen as the most improved male athlete Outstanding female athlete was Kelly Ambrose and Bill Andrews was the outstan ding male athlete Most valuable player awards went to Shawn Reynolds ski team Sarah Fleet and Tracy female swimmers Deforest male swim mer Devon Ambrose midget boys basketball Bill Andrews junior boys basketball Beckie Boycott junior girls basketball Kelly Ambrose senior girls basketball Prueter and Kelly Am brose girls softball Steve Turkosz boys tennis Tanya girls tennis Jake junior boys volleyball jason Schonnop senior boys volleyball Sarah Lindsay midget girls volleyball Jenn McNabb junior girls volleyball and Leanne Prueter senior girls volleyball g jump try Carrie Burns a grade five student at Harrison Public School comes in for a landing during one of her long lumps during the schools track meet on Friday Originally scheduled for Wednesday the meet was moved due to rainy weather Herald photo