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Hoosiers hope for last softball playoff spot The Firestone Halton Hills Girls Bantam Softball team did what it had to do last Wednesday with a come- from behind victory over second place Cawthra Panthers The win left Hoosiers one point ahead of Brampton Blazers in the hunt for playoff spot Firestone now has to sit back and wait as its regular season is over while Brampton still has two games left to play Brampton needs to take two of the possible Wednesday July 1991 four points in order to knock out of contention Firestone made it hard on themselves committing five er during the game Errors in the second third and fifth innings helped Cawthra score single runs to build a lead However in the bottom of the sixth Firestone started to roll Andrea Chapman singled to right to start the inning One out later Shannon Morris an infield single and Shene Peacock walked to load the Lisa Harlows sharp grounder through the left of the infield cashed one run and reloaded the bases Carmen Cosentmo follow ed with a grounder to short but Morris beat the throw home to cut the lead to and load them up once again A popup and strikeout ended the Hoosier rally The bottom of the inning was highlighted by an inningending double play with Chapman snar ing a liner and doubling the run off at first with sharp throw to Peacock The rally conmtinued in the seventh With two out and Chap man on via a single Morris hit a Texas leaguer Peacocks sharp grounder through the in field scored Chapman from cond and on the play at the plate the ball sprung loose allowing the runners to advance Harlow HERALD followed with an RBI single Firestone defense held in the bot torn of the inning to seal the vie Line totals Cawthra three runs on four hits and one walk leaving runners stranded Firestone four runs on eight hits and four walks with eight runners left on base Morris notched the victory allowing no earned runs and recording one strikeout over solid innings of work Page THE HALTON HILLS HERALD DOWNTOWN FAX SERVICE Evenings Saturdays Too ill vouncJ itd Downtown Georgetown 8772761 ROB RISK Herald Sports Editor 8772201 22 22 23 Herald roundup 24 Sports calendar 24 Georgetown girls help baton club win Canadian titles Two Georgetown members of coach Darlene Kings National Baton Twirling Club played large roles in helping their teams win the Canadian Grand National Championships for the second year in a row in Calgary July Andrea on left is on the Junior Twirl Team and also won the Two Baton Championship Susan is on the Senior Twirl Corp and captured the National Solo Dance Twirl title Herald photo the HERALD SPORTS SHORTS Tim bit lacrosse Acton Blue and White teams played to a tie in Timbit Lacrosse League action at Acton Arena last Thursday with a last minute goal from Justin Cole knotting things up for Blue White player Matt Lyons got things started for his team at l S3 of the second period set up by Monaghan At 5 Justin Cole tied it up for Blue assisted by Eric Goll In the third period Bam scored to put White ahead assisted by Gregory Black but Blue tied it up shortly after Players of the game were Matt Bronazewski for Blue and Gregory Black for White Correction For those trying to reach the Hills Sports Operations about its upcoming hockey camp The Herald would like to apologize for printing incorrect phone numbers The proper numbers for more information are and 416 We regret any inconvenience this may have caused Corporate challenge All businesses in the area are being invited to participate in the Enn Mills Town Centre Road Races challenging for the Astra Pharma Provincial 10 Km Cor porate Team Cup on August 18 The event which begins at 30 am is in support of the Lung AssociationPeel Region and amateur athletics through Track West Funds raised for the Lung Association will go toward asthma and health education pro grams in the Region of Peel Funds raised for Track West will assist amateur athletes to com pete on an international level Brooks merchandise prizes are available for pledge collectors and there is the opportunity to win a Panasonic Color TV a weekend for two in Niagara Falls and much more The corporate team that raises the most in pledges will win a dinner for 10 at Woodrows Dining and Banquet Club For more information con tact The Lung Association at 416 5565 Tball losses Despite losing its three most re cent games Elliott Custom Brokers Rep Ball team is an ticipating the big Burlington tour on August 10 The team played a tough game in Milton on July 16 and lost 3515 Marc Monchamp and Cameron Sisnett were players of the game for their triple hits Jason also hit a one run triple Matthew Seaman Greg Tales and Andrew Oeoch hit doubles At the July 23 Hamilton was victorious despite an outstanding effort by Tyrell Crews who caught several glies and hit a triple A triple was also hit by Chris Cormpilas At Erin Mills on July Georgetown were defeated 3M Jeff Martin and Kyle played great outfield positions Kevin Binsell caught some key flies while teammates Ryan Van and Kyle Hotham were strong hitters The members of the Kings Na Baton Twirling Club recently arrived home as Cana dian Grand National Champions for the second year in a row The Club Junior Twirl Team won the National title on July 7 in Calgary and the Kings National Senior Twirl Corp took the Na Grand Championship title Two Georgetown girls who are members of those teams also came home with individual Na tional titles Thirteen year old Andrea won Baton Championships and 17 yearold Susan Thibodeau captured the National Solo Twirl title Both girls also represented On tano as two of the top five athletes from each province in the freestyle championships which select the team of athletes who will represent Canuda in ly this week at the annual World Championships In the Junior division Chisholm placed moving up two positions from last year Thibodeau was one of only two Ontario Seniors who made the lop in the Freestyle event This is a big jump in the standings for her placing 25th last year said her success can be attributed to her being one of the Kings National World Team members who earned the silver medai in Calgary This elite team is comprised of the Kings top athletes from across Canada and the level of expertise required to be on this team has pushed her skills much higher this year The Kings hope to improve upon this silver medal finish at next years National Champion ships being held Ontario next July If they get the gold Suan and the team will represent Canada in Pans at next years world championships The goal of achieving a cham has a much better chance of becoming a reality thanks to the Optimist Clubs of both Georgetown and Scar borough and Tim King coaches of the team said they are excited that the Op timist Clubs have recognized the committment to excellence of their athletes With the Optimist Clubs assistance the teams will now have more opportunities to train together and in better facilities Darlene is in Italy for the 12th annual world competition this week with two of her athletes Kevan Latrace of C the ding men s world champion and Alison Brown of Sask the Cana dian senior women s silver medalist Closest football decision provided by M and M match Bv ROBERT RISK Herald Sports Editor Save for a default the closest score in Georgetown Men s Flag Football League play or Sunday at Georgetown District High School was a victory by M and beat Plus Welding by three touchdowns winning 287 followed by a 70 default win for over Moldmasters and played next with Meznic closing out the day with a victory over the Glen virtually took away Pius Weldings passing game in four attempts as Paul Allison led the offense with three touchdowns Bruce Mitchell pull ed in the other major while Bob Davey and Dave Patterson con verted Marcus Noel scored the tone marker for Welding with Weir booting the single After default win M and M and battled for a victory which was undecided until late in the game a yard return by Lawrence when Bill Davis got a touchdown was converted by a Doug kick M and Ms Horace Thomas quickly changed that by scoring the next two ma for his team making the score at half time Stu Hurst came through early in the second half to put M and up by but Scott Sanvido and Bill each brought in six points for Oldtimers along with a single from Doug Pembleton to tie it up On the following play Fisher ran the back for M and Ms winner The Glen made a strong effort in the first half to try and win its game against Meznic Electric but points was all it could got on the board first The Glens Mark Waters got six points followed by a field goal from Sean and a touchdown by Hillock Jeff Lockwood exploded for 24 points scoring a field goal and a single in the first half and hen three touchdowns and a con- in the second half Greg got a two point convert for