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PAGE 18THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, AUGUST 20,2003 wmvw.durhamrcgion.com Chiefs win silver medal, Legionaires finish eighth at nationals BY BRAD KELLY Staff Writer WINDSOR - The Oshawa Le- gionaires juniors and Whitby Chiefs pcewees got off to promising starts at the Canadian Baseball Championships Championships in Windsor, but only the pee- wees were able to sustain the momentum. momentum. Both teams won their opening games, but that was the only taste of victory the Legionaires would enjoy in live outings. The Chiefs, meantime, meantime, reeled off another four in a row before finally falling in the gold medal game, settling for the silver medal with a 4-2 setback to Quebec. "The thing is the team from Quebec Quebec is an all-star team, whereas we're a club team," said proud Whitby coach Dave Anderson, who was able to add five players from other Ontario teams for the tournament. "We're the best club team in Canada." A stingy defence and strong pitching pitching enabled the Chiefs to cruise through the round robin in first place in their division with a 4-0 mark, allowing allowing the opposition just three total runs. After beginning the four-day tournament by dismantling Saskatchewan to the tune of l l-l, the Chiefs defeated Manitoba 5-1, British Columbia 1-0 and Prince Edward Island Island 11-1 to earn a berth in the semifinals. semifinals. The Chiefs squeaked through to the cold medal came, edging Windsor 2-1. In the championship game setback, setback, the Chiefs were limited to just two hits by Quebec pitcher Alexandre Villeneuve. Blair Vossen had a strong tournament tournament at the plate and was named top baiter for the peewee division. "Everybody had a play at some point in the tournament where you said, 'Wow'," said Anderson. "It was something the kids had never experienced experienced before. It was pretty incredible to compete at that level." The Legionaires didn't fare so well in the junior tournament. Making their second straight trip to the nationals representing Ontario, the Legionaires opened with a convincing convincing 10-2 romp oyer Neyyfôiïtlil- land, but- after that, just like most the province, suffered a power outage ' of their own at the plate. Losses of 3-2 to Alberta, 12-5 to Saskatchewan and 4-0 to Quebec left the Legionaires on the outside of the medal round, finishing fourth in their pool. In a game to determine seventh and eighth place in the 10-team tournament, tournament, the Legionaires took the latter, latter, falling 4-0 to New Brunswick. "I've said before that base-running mistakes in close games would cost us and that's what came back to haunt us," said general manager Jim Lutton, who has been associated with the Legionaires Legionaires for 43 years. "I'm convinced that our results at nationals is where I figure we should have been." The host team from Windsor went a perfect 6-0 in the tournament, converting converting a 4-0 round robin record into a 12-2 win over Alberta in the semifinal, semifinal, and a 6-0 blanking of Quebec in the gold medal game. British Columbia Columbia edged Alberta 11-9 for the bronze. -with files from Brian McNair * Myers not iivvessurily in nil pnpvrs Rvim-mhi-i. nil inserts. Invludlnn tlinse nil gloss) |iii|)i i. rim lie rvvyrlvd «till the rest nl \niii ne«s|ni|HT Ihimigh mum lllue tins Revvvlina prnenini. Carrier Force! Durham's #1 delivered In Sportmart* Globo Shoes* McGregors IDA* Leon's* Home Depot* Sudbury Tourism Board* Dell Computers* Wednesday Smooth delivery OSHAWA - The Raptors Jam Van visited the Loblaws location at Gibb Street and Stevenson Road in Oshawa, offering some basketball basketball fun and skills development. 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Still, despite consecutive losses of 2-0 to the Jordan (Ont.) Junebugs and 4-3 to the White Rock (B.C.) Renegades, Renegades, which eliminated the Stingers from medal contention, çoach Rick Beer was proud of the effort of his troops. After all, they entered the 10- team tournament ranked last but finished finished sixth. "All l wanted to see was our girls to compete at that level because I knew they could," says Beer, who directed the team to a 4-l round-robin record prior to the two playoff defeats. "The girls played amazing. Every one of them did any job, big or small. They all came through." The Brampton Blazers won the gold medal with a 5-0 win over Jordan in an all-Ontario national championship championship game while White Rock tocjk the bronze after falling l-0 to Brampton Brampton in the semifinal. • In pool play, Oshawa compiled !a 26-9 run differential, beating Brandon (Man.) Magic, Quebec Rebelles, Richmond (B.C.) 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