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6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, August 14,1991 Sport-talk 623-3303 FLASHBACK -- 25 YEARS AGO -- Bowman- ville's Legion sponsored bantams faced Ajax in the deciding game of their playoff at Memorial Park and came out on the short end of an 11-7 count. Team members included Paul Lyle, Doug Crough, Jamie Perfect (batboy), Grady Robson (batboy), Tim Walton, Mike McGregor, Ted Robson (coach), Tommy Simpson, Mike White, Randy Rogers, Brian Blackburn, Hugh Rogers (manager), Mike Donoghue, Jamie Robson, Kim Rogers, Jim Ryhor- chuck, Sandy Brown, Bert Perfect (coach), Murray O'Brien. FLASHBACK -- 10 YEARS AGO -- The Bowmanville Bowmanville summer school lawn bowling program wound up its season for elementary-aged children last week with a final tournament. Organizers and winners included Mel Putnam (teacher), Paul McMann, Ab Mavin (president of Bowmanville Lawn Bowling Club), Karri Smith, Kevin Nagel (skip), Dale St. John (teacher). SPORT-TALK TRIVIA -- Who was the Blue Jays pitcher who started the first game when the Jays moved to the SkyDome? PAGANS FASTBALL -- The Oshawa Juniors will be at Memorial Park tonight to face the Bowmanville Bowmanville Pagans in an Oshawa City and District Fastball Fastball League game. Next Wednesday, the Stouffville Juniors will be in town for the final home game of the regular season for the Pagans before playoffs begin. Game time for both is 7:00 p.m. MIDGETS ELIMINATED -- The Bowmanville Canadian Tire Midgets were swept in two straight games in their OBA 'A' playoff series with Pickering Pickering last week. The Orioles dropped the first game 12-9 and the second one by a 19-12 score. Interestingly, Interestingly, Bowmanville had defeated Pickering one week prior to the playoffs by a convincing score of 12-1. COACHES NEEDED -- The BMHA Toros are still looking to fill a couple of coaching spots for the upcoming season. Coaches are needed for the major bantams, and the juveniles. Anyone interested in coaching either one of the above teams, is asked to contact Paul Jackman at 623-9538 or Greg Adams at 623-5218. LEGION GOLF WINNERS -- The Bowmanville Royal Canadian Legion Branch 178 golf team finished finished in second place to a team from Beaverton at a tournament in Barcovan. Bowmanville's foursome included Terry Baker (72), John Barebeau (76), Darrell Hunt (82), Vic Hanc (85). Their total of 315 was two shots back of the Beaverton foursome. They will return to Barcovan on September 7 for the Provincial finals. , TJ'S-RUSHWOOD WINNERS -- Close to 60 competitors competitors braved threatening skies on Saturday at the Bowmanville Golf Club for the 1st annual TJ's- Rushwood Industries Tournament. Rick James took home first place with a two over par, 74. Lloyd Mapes was a close second at 75. TRIVIA ANSWER - Jimmy Key "Precious Bunny" Pacing to Victory The month of July was a lot like the month of June for Port Perry's Peter Hef- fering. His pacing colt, Precious Bunny, won a million dollar race in both months (the first standardbred horse ever to capture two such events in a single season) and was once again selected as Horse of the Month by the United States Trotting Association. Showing that his June victory in the $1 million North America Cup was no fluke, Precious Bunny added the $1 million Meadowlands Pace to his resume in July. He then closed off the month with an easy victory in the $383,555 Art Rooney Memorial Memorial Final at Yonkers Raceway. Raceway. His four wins in July ran Precious Bunny^s current winning streak to seven and pushed his 1991 totals to 11 victories and two seconds in 13 starts. His earnings of $1,436,449 make him far- and-away the leader in the North American money winning winning list. Trained by Monte Gelrod for the Bill Robinson Stable, Precious Bunny was driven in all his July starts by Jack Moiseyev. 328 RITSON RD. 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His solo shot to deep cen- terfield in the third inning set the Pagans in flight, as they rallied for a 5-3 win over Port Perry in an Oshawa l City and District Fastball League game at Memorial Park. Pagans 5 Port Perry 3 "B" Championship For Soccer Selects E^KUMHO CANADA, INC. The Darlington Mosquito Select soccer team came away with the 'B' Championship Championship in the Cobourg Tournament Tournament on August 10-11. Losing their first game to Woolwich, 2-1, automatically automatically put them On the *B' side. It was a hard loss as the boys controlled most of the game and had numerous chances to score, but were very unlucky. Woolwich scored first, but a throw in by Nicky Zdrav- kovski to Niki Defreitas to Brent Huggins tied the game. Woolwich got the winner winner with 10 minutes left to play and ended the boys' undefeated undefeated streak at 15 games. Peter Frisina, Brent Huggins Huggins and Greg Stevenson played a strong game. The second game against Port Hope, Darlington scored an impressive 6-0 win. John Marco Cannito opened the scoring. John Marco's shot came on a Port Hope defender. Chris Peldiak made it 2-0 set up by Nicky Zdravkov- ski. Sebastian Murdoch scored off a corner kick by Brian Wojnarowski, then Nicky Zdravkovski blasted a shot from 15 metres out for a 4-0 lead. His goal was set up by Ben Tonks off a corner kick by Niki Defreitas. Chris Peldiak, with his second goal, made it 5-0. It was set up by Ben Tonks and Peter Frisina. Nicky Zdravkovski rounded out the scoring sot up by Ben Tonks. Jason Lange earned the shutout. Strong midfield ploy came from John Vando- rootcvhcnn. The win put Darlington in the 'B' final against the hosts from Cobourg. The boys came away with n commanding commanding 4-0 win. Everyone played very hard, Niki Defreitas opened the scoring on passing plays by Brent Huggins, John Marco Cannito and Bon Tonks. Brent Huggins made it 2-0 on another line pass ing play by Ben Tonks, Niki Defreitas and John Vande- rootevhean. Greg Stevenson scored on a penalty shot, and moments later, Ben Tonks got the final goal. Brian Wojnarowski got the shutout in this game. Brent played his best game of the season. The defence held their opponents to very few shots in all three games. The team, coached by Mike Defreitas, will be in Uxbridge on August 17-18 for the Durham Cup. Adamson's leadoff home run broke a string of six consecutive consecutive outs that Port Perry pitcher John Annis had recorded through the first two innings. "I didn't think he (the third base coach) would send me home," said Adamson of his jaunt around the bases. "Once I hit third base, I was ' ready to tell someone else to take over and run the rest of the way." The home run may pose some problems for the Pagans Pagans in the future. They employ employ a DH for Adamson when lie's pitching. His home run and leadoff single in the fifth may change their way of thinking. But don't count on it, he assured. "No, I don't think it will," laughed Adamson at the suggestion. "If we get 12 guys to show up, there's no use having the pitcher hit when we can get other guys into the game." With the win, the Pagans improved their record on the season to 11-14-1. Reaching the .500 mark to close out the regular season will be difficult, as only four games remain. Both teams had problems with their defence, as outfielders outfielders from both clubs helped opposition batters to stretch singles into triples and home runs. With the Pagans up 1-0 in the fifth, Dino Medd hit a single to right field with two runners aboard. The right- fielder let the ball get past him, allowing Medd to score on the play. The Pagans returned the favour one inning later. With one Port Perry run already in and runners on first and third, a ball was lined down the third base line. The ball went through the leftfielder, allowing both runs to score, pulling the visitors to within one at 4-3. The Pagans added some insurance in the sixth inning, inning, scoring a run on three singles and an error. Paul Reddick went the distance on the mound for the Pagans to record the win. He allowed only four' hits while striking out nine. He was in command for much of the game, retiring Port Perry in order in the fourth and fifth innings. Annis, who started for Port Perry, went five-and-a- third innings and was S ed with the loss. Laurie iams came on in relief in the sixth with runners on first land second with one out. Sport Thoughts by Brad Kelly New Features For Mosport by Nelson Hudes • Mosport International Speedway continued with its thrilling brand of stock car racing this past weekend with two added specials and a treat for the ladies at the door. Rain-outs from one week ago added two feature races to the bill in the Sportsman and Late Model classes. As well, ladies were treated to half price admission to the Speedway. In Street Stock class, Rod Marshall, of Cavan, grabbed the feature event win, holding holding off Andy Warbutton (who won a race earlier in the evening) of Oshawa who finished second and Jeff Zeisner, of Pickering, who took third. It was a great race, with lots of passes, and fender-to-fender action. In the first Sportsman class feature, Daryl Leather- dale, of Blackstock, held off a hard-charging Bill Nort- ham, of Oshawa, to grab the win. Leatherdale pushed hard throughout the race and in the end, came out on top. Finishing third was Neal Fair, of Ancaster. In the second Sportsman class feature (which was scheduled this week due to last week's rain-out) Daryl Leatherdale once again held off all challengers and was pronounced the winner after driving a fantastic race. Randy Slack, of York, finished finished second and Stuart Robinson Jr., of Holland Landing, finished third. In Late Model, A1 Thomson, Thomson, of Uxbridge, was a double double winner, winning both, feature races and he put on an incredible show doing it. His driving style was superb as he commanded both races perfectly. Finishing second in the first race was Randy Slack, of York, and Stuart Robinson Jr. was third. In the second race, Tom Milligan, Milligan, of Newmarket, finished second and Rudy Oppersma was third. Next week, Mosport International International Speedway presents a Sportsman Ladies' Ladies' Race. Should Clinch Racing Title Junior Hanley moved another another step closer to clinching the GM Motorsport National Stock Car Series last week, winning the rain-shortened Budweiser 500 at Sanair Super Super Speedway. Hanley, who has already collected a $50,000 bonus for winning the Bud Triple (Sanair, (Sanair, Mosport Park and Riverside Riverside Speedway in Nova Scotia), extended his lead in both the GM Motorsport Na-, tional Stock Car Series and the overall American Canadian Canadian Tour standings with his victory. The 47-year-old Camp- bellville, Ont. resident led 140 of the 151 laps in the scheduled 300-lap .main event. Beaver Dragon of Mil- ton, Vt. was the only other driver to be in front, leading laps 101-111 when Hanley took advantage of a yellow caution flag to pit for gas and new tires. Hockey Towns Use Teamwork Hockey players from thé surrounding communities, communities, namely Newcastle and Orono, will be eligible to travel to Bowmanville for the upcoming season and suit up for the Toros. The floodgates, though, have not entirely opened. Restrictions and proper procedures for players wishing to jump to Bowmanville must still be adhered adhered to. But, with all three communities working together together to see that each player is given the opportunity to play at the highest level of competition possible, roadblocks will not be set up. Newcastle saw the light last year. With a substantial substantial decrease in registration from the previous year, Newcastle released players in peewee, bantam bantam and midget-aged categories to Bowmanville. In effect, it gave the kids an opportunity to play all- star hockey, providing they made the team. Orono also did the same. It released kids who didn't have teams to play on. This year, players from all teams can come to Bowmanville. Provided -- and this is important -- that they register in their hometown first. "Anyone registered in Orono can come to Bowmanville Bowmanville and try out for the Toro teams. But, the kids have to register in their home community first," stressed Bowmanville Minor Hockey Association Association President, Paul Jackman. "If they make the team, Orono will give them their release. If they don't, we'll return them to Orono." The whole deal is pending approval from the OMHA. Jackman is hoping to get a reply from them by August 19, but doesn't foresee any problems. With the best available players from the Town of Newcastle coming to Bowmanville, the BMHA has also requested that Bowmanville play in a 'AA' league as opposed to 'A'. With the better calibre of play during the regular season, the thinking is that it will benefit the teams when playoff time rolls around, and they drop back into 'A'. "We'll see how many teams are available to play in a 'AA' league," said Jackman. "We could be looking looking at travelling to Markham, Newmarket and Orillia. Orillia. Who knows?" Another change for the upcoming season will be in the màke-up of the teams. Due to a resolution passed unanimously in May, teams will now be comprised of minor and major-aged categories, as opposed to last year's all-star and 'CC' teams. The advantage to the new system is that kids will be playing together with the same age group for their entire minor hockey career. And, should the town's population continue to grow, there may be enough talent to have a minor, major and. mixed-aged teams for each category. That may not be too far down the road. It could be just the beginning of changes and improvements improvements in the minor hockey system in Bow-1 manville. Eventually, we might see the day when the borders are opened even wider, and a Triple A team is formed that plays out of Bowmanville. It's all to the advantage of the kids. Which what it should be. is THE BOWMANVILLE FIGURE SKATING CLUB Fall Power Skating School Cost: $40.00 Aug. 15 -16 6-9 p.m. Aug. 17 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Aug. 22-23 6-9 p.m. Aug. 24 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Bowmanville Mall For details call Mike Rate 623-6969 B.M.H.A. Bowmanville Toros REGISTRATION B.M.H.A. and B.R.H.L. (Bowmanville Recreational Hockey League) DATES TIMES LOCATIONS Thursday, Aug. 15 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Bowmanville Mall Friday, Aug. 16 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Bowmanville Mall Saturday, Aug. 17 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Bowmanville Mall Thursday, Aug. 22 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Bowmanville Mall Friday, Aug. 23 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Bowmanville Mall Saturday, Aug. 24 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Bowmanville Mall Thursday, Sept. 5 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Sports Complex Saturday, Sept. 7 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sports Complex Ico time schedules will be available at registration. All Newcastle and Orono players wishing to try out must first register In their home community. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: Paul Jackman 623-9538; Greg Adams 623-5218; Harold Yellowlees 263-8370 :)r" I :l I it I Auto Glo is Bring in this Coupon for tip To $ 50.00 OFF Your insurance deductible on Windshield Replacement Offer expires August 23rd, 1991 Bowmanville (Across from Canadian Tire)