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5 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, September 18,1991 Eagles Drop 7-6 Exhibition Match . within one, at 5-4. game up front was Doug Lc Hv Rr-iH KpIIv the nrc-scason that the Bruins Smith and Jason Czypyha. Trevor Low led the Bruins gut lw0 goals within a cr, who collected a pair oft by Brad Kelly the pre-season that the Bruins Winning hockey games at have managed over the Ea- this stage of the season is the glcs. On Friday, September 6, least of coach Mike Noonan's in Uxbridge, the Bruins concerns. This was evident on Sunday Sunday night against the Uxbridge Uxbridge Bruins in their second exhibition game of the season. season. Only three regulars from last year's team were in the lineup. That's not enough against the defending league champions. champions. Although the rookies played a spirited, physical game, Uxbridge was too strong, posting a 7-6 win over the Eagles. Bruins 7 Eagles 6 It was the second win of scored five times in the third period for an 8-2 victory. That game, much the same as Sunday's, saw an Eagles' lineup full of rookies. "The giveaways in our own end were bad tonight," said Noonan of his team's performance. "The kids didn't give up, though. They played a good game. "It (Sunday's game) was a real good test for them. We've seen what we wanted in a lot of them, so by next Sunday we should be down to most of our hockey club." Despite the seven goals, Noonan was pleased with the goaltcnding of rookies Geoff Smith and Jason Czypyha. One of those two will remain with the club, as veteran Ian Cooper, who had been with the team for the past two seasons, seasons, was released last week. Defensive lapses were the cause of much of the Eagles' troubles against the Bruins. Five of seven goals were the result of pucks lying loose in front, or Bruin forwards allowed allowed to stand alone in the slot waiting for centering passes. On a positive note, the Eagles' Eagles' offence was a well- balanced attack, as six different different players scored. Trevor Rogers, Jason Rogers, Rogers, Steve DeSmedt, Scott Pollard, Ryan Scarway and Mark Pierce collected a goal apiece. Trevor Low led the Bruins with a pair of goals, while Chad Donclly, Ryan Cobum, Greg Cook, Craig Stronach and Sean Bourgeois were the other marksmen. The Eagles dug themselves themselves a hole early in the game, trailing 4-1 at the end of the first period. Three of the four Bruins goals were from scrambles in front of goaltcndcr Smith, who started the game and was relieved by Czypyha midway through the second period. The other goal came on a rebound. After Low scored his first of the night, early in the second second period to give the Bruins a 5-1 lead, the Eagles showed some character. Three unanswered unanswered goals pulled them to game up front was Doug Lev- But two goals within a cr, who collected a pair of as- span of 1:24 midway through sists. Based on his play Sun- the third period by the Bruins day night, he appears to have put the game virtually out of a lock on one of the jobs as a reach. ccntreman. Scarway and Pierce scored cmni> T i^ scored late goals for the Ea- 1 Ht SCOOP - The glcs to bring them back to league has adopted a five within one. But, with Czypy- minute sudden death overha overha pulled in favour of an ex- time rule for league play in ira attacker late in the game, the upcoming season. Teams the Eagles couldn't gain pos- will get two points for an session of the puck in the overtime win, while the los- Bruins' zone ers will get one. If the game Rob Real! who is looking remains tied, both teams gain to secure one of the remain- a point...So far, three rookies ing overage spots, had a have been signed for the up- strong game. His robust style coming season. Steve DC- created a couple of good Smedl, who was called from scoring opportunities. He the midget Toros last year, managed to pick up an assist Ryan Scarway and Criag Hil- on DeSmedt's second period ton have signed cards. Scar- goal way was a member of the Also playing a strong midget Toros last year. S:*;**::* illili 7 7 8 Valuable Sports Collectables Up for Grabs Sports fans will have a great opportunity to own a unique piece of sports history, thanks to a special fund-raising project sponsored by the Oshawa/ Whitby/Newcastle United Way. A hockey stick signed by the members of Team Canada, a football autographed by all the Toronto Argonauts and a baseball signed by each of the Blue Jays will be given given away during the upcoming United Way fundraising fundraising drive. ITie raffle is being sponsored by the industrial division of the United Way fund-raising effort. Last week, two members of the Argonaut Sundancers cheer leading squad visited Bowman- ville's Goodyear plant to kick off the campaign. From left are: Wally Hicks, Goodyear operations manager; Elsie, Argo/Sundancer; John Brent, United United Way Industrial Committee Chairman; Tara, also an Argo/Sundancer; and Nathan Casteel, Plant manager manager at Goodyear. The group is reading some of the signatures on the sports souvenirs. Among the names are Eric Lindros and Wayne Gretzky. The draw for the prizes will be held November 8. Details Details concerning ticket sales are yet to be announced. announced. There's a flip-side to the talk you might hear about over-paid professional athletes. athletes. Although they command high salaries, many of them are also the first to lend their names to fund-raising drives and other charitable endeavours. endeavours. That's what organizers of an upcoming United Way sports draw discovered. The industrial division of the Oshawa/Whitby/ Newcastle United Way will be selling 2,000 tickets on a chance to win one of three pieces of sports memorabilia. A hockey stick autographed autographed by members of the 1991 Team Canada, a football football signed by the Toronto Argonauts and a baseball bat autographed by the Toronto Blue Jays will be raffled off in Novembexias prizes in this unique United Way project..... John Brent, chairman of the United Way's industrial division and safety manager at the Bowmanvillc Goodyear Goodyear plant, said it was relatively relatively easy to get autographed souvenirs from the three teams, especially once the United Way's name was mentioned. . "As soon as you mention the United Way, they'll bend over backwards to help," said Mr. Brent. The Team Canada stick which bears the signatures of Lindros, Gretzky, and all of the other team members except except Mark Messier, was obtained obtained after a practice at Maple Maple Leaf Gardens. The team's director of Promotions, Bill Touele, readily provided the souvenir once it was verified that the autographed stick was being donated to the United Way. Similarly, there was little difficulty getting an autographed autographed ball from the Toronto Toronto Argonaut organization or an autographed bat from the Blue Jays. Both clubs just . wanted proof that they were dealing with the United Way. The Argos even sent, two of their Argonaut Sundancers cheerleaders .to Bowmanvillc last week to help promote the upcoming raffle. The draw for the three lucky winners of the sports keepsakes will take place November November 8. In the meantime, be sure and pick up your ticket for a chance to win a piece of sports history. Eagles' goalie, Jason Czypyha, takes a little breathier up against, his" goal post during some hectic action around his net in the second period of ", l1 their game against the Uxbridge Bruins on Sunday night. The Eagles suf-" J, ,7 fered their second loss of the pre-season, dropping a narrow 7-6 decision'"' to the Bruins. Tyrone Squad Wins League Title M' i T ri Yesterday's Heroes 50 YEARS AGO -- The strengthened Local 189 team proved to be a little too good for the All-Stars as they defeated the league's best by a 9-6 score at the high school grounds Saturday evening in one of the best exhibitions of softball displayed this year. ****** Bowmanvillc Foresters Girls defeated Pickering in a sudden-death game 14-4 to capture third place. Mildred Snowden, with 14 strikeouts, pitched an outstanding game. Audrey Brown, the catcher, was hurt in the last inning but stayed behind the plate until the end. Bowmanvillc knocked Oshawa Oddfellows out of the playoffs in two straight games when they whipped the Motor City lads 11-10. Hitting by Ray Welsh, Dave McKnight, Dave Osborne, Maurice Conway, and Walter Policy was chiefly responsible for the run-making efforts of the Bowmanvillc team. ****** 25 YEARS AGO -- Darlington senior soccer league closed its playoffs on Saturday night at Zion when Solina took the championship. The champs are: Ed Worry, Don Westlake, Larry Welsh, Glenn Worry, Murray Flctt, Grant Glaspell, Larry Broome, Perc Westlake (coach), Alf Huggins, Ken Ashton, Ron Baker, Ron Broome, A1 Westlake, Dwight Bradley, Brian Howells, Ken Spires, Neil Tink, Doug Flctt (coach), Roger McQuaid. Last night in Whitby, Newcastle's Ladies' softball team was defeated 2-1. The win gave Whitby the championship with four straight wins. ****** Frank's won. the junior men's softball league title with a score of 7-3 over Ellis. Team members include: include: Ron McLean, Bill Williams, Don Bishop, Jerry Falls, Harvey Webster, Garth Linton, Bob McManus, Sam Snowden, Brian Bradley, Murray Taylor, Ken Baker, Gerry Barker. >jt >#< * * * * 10 YEARS AGO -- The Bowmanvillc Merchants put on a strong display of baseball in the first game of a doublchcadcr when slugger Steve Parker opened the scoring with a grand slam home run. The Merchants won the game, 10-8, but lost the scries scries in the 10th inning of the third game, 6-2. Bowmanvillc Pagans Take One On The Chin in 13-0 Thumping by Brad Kelly It just wasn't meant to be for the Bowmanvillc Pagans. After forcing a sudden- death playoff game by virtue of their 15-11 win over the Oshawa Juniors last Wednesday Wednesday night, the Pagans were one win away, from a berth in the finals against Port Perry. But Sunday, in Oshawa, the Juniors exacted some revenge revenge as they pounded the Pagans, 13-0, in an Oshawa City and District Fastball semi-final game. "They beat us bad," was how coach Dean Joncas summed up the thrashing that his team took. "We had no excuses. We split with them all year, so I don't have any excuses. "I just couldn't believe that it was happening right in front of us." Jerry Pearson, who started the game and took the loss, was one of four pitchers that the Pagans used in the five- inning game. Joe Rose, Keith Adamson and Chris Bailey all came in for relief duty. The loss brought to an end qn otherwise good season for the Pagans. After a terrible start, they managed to put it together as the season progressed progressed and finished at the .500 mark. "It was just a bad loss to a good season," said Joncas. "It's the farthest we have ever gone. We were only one win away from die finals." Last Wednesday night at Memorial Park, needing a win to advance to the sudden- death playoff, the Pagans tried their best to snatch a loss from the jaws of victory. The only thing that prevented prevented them from doing so was the play of the Oshawa Juniors. It was even worse than that of the Pagans. Holding a 6-0 lead at one point, the Pagans allowed Oshawa back in the game, and eventually found themselves themselves trailing 10-9. They needed a six-run outburst outburst in the sixth inning to salvage a 15-11 win, and advance. advance. It certainly wasn't pretty. "We've been playing stuff like that all year," said a visibly visibly upset coach, Dean Joncas. "We're great and unbeatable one game, and then the worst the next. It's just unbelievable. unbelievable. "We didn't execute tonight. tonight. We only won because they (Oshawa) played worse than we did." That is the best way to sum up this game. The Pagans started quickly, quickly, scoring once in the first inning, three times in the second second and once more in the third to build a comfortable 5-0 lead, Three errors by the Pagans r' in the fifth inning allowed Oshawa to strike for three runs to pull to within two. Undaunted, the Pagans rallied rallied in their half of the inning, inning, pushing four runs across to increase their lead to 9-3. The game should have been over, But on this chilly night, there was more to come. Much more. With two out in the sixth, Oshawa rallied for seven runs to take their first lead of the game at 10-9. With elimination from the playoffs staring them in the face, the Pagans again rallied. This time, they scored seven runs. When the dust settled, the Pagans had themselves a 15-10 lead. Oshawa scored once in their final at bat. "We got too complacent out there with the 6-0 lead," said Joncas. "I think it shocked us when Oshawa came back. Keith Adamson, who came into the game in the sixth inning in relief of Jerry Pearson, was the eventual winning pitcher. We didn't receive much information with the above photo, other than;;';' 1 the fact that these girls are the 'A' Champions of the novice H.O.S.T.,',1 league. Unfortunately we can't tell you who they beat and what the score. ;.; of the final game was. All we can tell you is that they are, front row, (1-r) Lee Ann Bray, Carly Hare, Christie Stevens, Lindsay Woodcock. Middle ,, row, (1-r), Trisha Hann, Sarah Sherban, Melanie Cruickshank, Janey ' : Knowlton, Emily Rowsell. Back row, (1-r), Coaches Carla Stevens and Ju- -,i lie Knowlton. Absent were: Kristin Phasey, Andrina Mattie and Tarrah ! Mattie. 7- THE BEST ARCHERY SHOP, Complete.line of Bows, Arrows and Accessories for the Bowhunter and Target Shooter. 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