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wr" 34-- Sougog Citizen ~ Tuesday, July 35, 1995 ewe 1 [CITI EN SPORT'S Port Jr. This sports report for the Junior Merchants Fastball team is sponsored by Mike Tobin Photography, Tri Son Pdving, Port Perry IGA and Millwork Home Centre. After a period of inactivity, the Port Perry Junior Merchants were back on the diamond last week and tried to get themselves Merchants swing back in action back into playing shape by being involved in four ball games. On Monday, Port travelled to Markham and the game turned out to be a real pitching duel between Jeff Card and Cam, the Markham pitcher, Both teams left plenty of base runners, but unfortunately it was Markham who struck in the bottom of the ninth with a long sacrifice ball to score the only run of the game. Card struck out 12, walked 3, allowed only 5 hits and no earned runs. On Tuesday night, the Oshawa Heat were in town with their usual powerful lineup, and Brad Bricknell's grand slam in the first inning put the Junior Merchants in a deep hole. In the second, Cochrane reached base on a single and was moved to third on a Laird single and scored on an Empringham RBI single. In the bottom of the sixth, the home side scored four runs when Card, MacLennan, McBride, and Moase were driven in by timely hitting. Venning struck out 4, walked 4, allowed 8 hits and 4 garned "runs. This 5-4 come-back-win for the Juniors against a strong men's team was a good morale booster in preparation for the heavy schedule over the next three weeks. ! The team appreciated the excellent contributions of Paul Linton and Doug Short as they helped the Junior Merchants on short notice due to injuries and The Port Perry Scugog Angels Senior Women's Fastball club continues to lead Durham Ladies The Port Perry Fiddle Club recently made a $500 donation to . thé Scugog Community Centre. At right Is Fiddle Club president Barry Virtue and accepting this donation Is Kennedy. Self, chairman of the fundraising committee for the Scugog Centre. The Port Perry Fiddle Club will be holding its meetings in the new community centre starting July 26 and on every 4th Wednesday night at 7 p.m. League with an impressive 14 wins and 1 loss record. The team is getting ready for their first try at the Senior Provincials after winning the Intermediate division last year... The team got prepared on this past weekend at Kitchener by winning six games to get to the Nestleton Hardball MIDGET DIVISION . Grumbles vs Caesarea "Firefighters Firefighters took this one 11- 10 This was a back and forth battle with both teams playing equally. For the Firefighters Swain was, 2'for 2 with a home run. Larmer and Klei doubled, McCourt and Anchor with a pair of singles each and Minshall and Chapman with singles, Rob Wallace shut the door and grabbed the win, pitching in the bases loaded final inning, For Grumbles Davidson with 38 singles, Dales doubled and singled, Watson scored 3 runs, Sutherland, Tripp, Baker, Dunn, Hill and Tiessen all had: singles. BANTAM DIVISION CYC Panthers 11, Port Perry IGA 0 Despite a game effort by IGA who played short-handed, the Panther pitching staff of Drew Stephenson, David Young and MacKenzie Bell came just one single short of a no hitter. Panthers struck 4 batters out and strong infield defense stopped IGA cold. Panther runners stole 27 bases. Darryl McClurg, Mac Bell, David Young and John Chrapek punched out singles and Ben Stephenson singled 3 times for 2 RBIs. A special nod to John Berry for a well played game. Note: Hurray for Cool Cans!. The entire Nestleton Hardball League would like to thank Theresa Grieves, Wilma Wotten and the entire Cool Cans team for their very generous donation to our league. League meeting Sunday, July 30th at Nestleton Hall 7:00 p.m. Watch for information hand outs at this week's game. Hope to see you there! final. In game one Claire Reed Cassells tossed a 1-0 one hitter for Port Perry over Chingucosy Srs. Tracy Smith made some great catches in centre field to anchor the defence. In game two Andrea Peters tossed a three hitter against Oshawa Jrs. in a 4-1 win. Mary Jo McCarthy and Joanne Graham had two hits apiece. Pitcher Andrea Peters recorded eight strikeouts. In game three, Angela Davis pitched a 6-4 win against an aggressive London Jr. team. Port pounded out 14 hits. with Graham hitting two triples and McCarthy with three hits. Renee Sheldon had a big night defensively. Game four, Angela Davis pitched a 6-1 win over Waterford tossing a four hitter. Tracy Smith and Jocelyne Kwan had three hits piece. Joyce Parkinson with two hits including a triple. Joanne Graham had a three run double. The playoff round started as Port Perry, 4-0 in division play, faced Toronto VM Srs. The game went eight innings with Andrea Peters pitching a 2- 1 win. Andrea gave up six hits and had two hits in the game." Shortstop Mary Jo McCarthy vacations. ¢ On Saturday night; the Port Juniors played a double header against the top first year Midgets in Ontario. There were 33 midgets from across the province involved in a weekend evaluation camp based in Oshawa. These players were all competing for a spot an a select Midget team which will participate in the Canadian Games in 1996. In the first game, Port Jaimped ahead into a 3-1 lead but unfortunately the Midgets were able to score a run in each of the 4th, 5th, and 6th innings to win this evenly played game by a score of 4-3. Port left eight base runners stranded and in the sixth inning, with bases loaded, were unable to bring home that tying run. Card pitched six innings, striking out 3, walking 2, allowing 7 hit and 2 earned runs. In the second game, the team welcomed back Denis Smith, a former player to help out the depleted pitching staff for this double header. Port struck early scoring 2 runs, and the score made some great defensive plays for outs and contributed three hits and scored the winning run. Port faced a strong Kitchener Jr. team with 'Claire Reed Cassells holding a strong hitting Kitchener team to six hits and a 3-2 win. Andrea Peters' three hits and Tracy Smith and Renee Sheldon's fine defencive play in the outfield securedPort's sixth win. The team was downito only Jen Sharp to catch all the games and she really played a big part as she was outstanding behind the plate. Kim Stewart batted for Jen and had spme key hits throughout the tournament and showed the i team work the girls have. Chrysler remained 2-1 going ints the 7tK. In the top of the seventh, the Junior Merchants scored an additional 2 runs to have a commanding 4-1 lead. In the bottom of the seventh, the Midgets did not give up and the abilities for which they were chosen for these try-outs paid off when they got some timely hitting to score 3 earned runs. This entertaining game, which ended in a 4-4 tie was-@t pleasure to watch for those fans who were present from both teams. Hitters for the weék: Ryan Burkhelder - single, triple, 3 RBI; Rich Burkholder - single; Card - 2 singles, RBI; Cochrane - walk, single, RBI; Empringham - walk, 5 singles, 2 RBI; Laird - 2 walks, 4 singles, RBI; McLennan - 5 singles, 3 RBI; McBride - 4 walks, single; Moase.- single, RBI; Smart - single; Doug Short - single; VanderSlagt - 2 walks, single. Schedule for the coming week: Tuesday, July 25 - Juniors vs. Port Antrim, 8:30pm; Thursday, July 27 - Brampton vs. Juniors, 8:30pm; Monday, July 31 - 'Juniors vs. Richmond my at 8:30pm. Port Senior Angels get ready for Ont. playdowns In the final against Daly's of Michigan, Claire Reed Cassells held this strong team until the fourth inning as Daly's pushed in a run. Andrea Peters came in in relief but was unable to hold them and lost the final 4-0. A great team effort by Port Perry: as people and players were asking who and where was this team from. Port Perry is host to the Senior Women's Provincial on August 4,5,6 at Palmer Park. Port Perry's first game is Friddy, August 4th at 8:30pm vs. Toronto VM's. Come out and support the team, Admission is free and get some great entertainment. 500 at Mosport Aug. 13 Chrysler Canada Ltd. has announced its corporate sponsorship of a major, new event on - the Canadian motorsports calendar. IMSA Exxon World Sports Car(sm) Championship contenders from around the world will compete in the Chrysler Mosport 500 at Mosport Park on August 13. The 500-kilometre race is a new addition to the Exxon World Sports Car(sm) Championship series of races sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). = | "Chrysler Canada is pleased to be associated with such a prestigious international motorsports event", Charles R. Crook, Vice-President - Marketing, said. "The Mosport circuit is a challenge, as is the automotive market Just as dvery team and driver will seek to be the best in the first-ever Chrysler Mosport 500, everyone at Chrysler is determined to make "our company the leading automobile company in the world", Mr. Crook said: "We expect the Chrysler Mosport 500 t6 become an exciting annual motorsports classic", Mr. Grook said. In additign to: Exxon World Sports Cars(sm), Exxon Supreme GTS-1 and GTS-2 cars will compete in the Chrysler Mosport 500. The program, which runs from August 11 to 13, will include a full slate of supporting races.