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22 -- Ta Citizen -- Tuesday, September 19, 1995 Lo Be The Nestleton Hardball League handed out its first ever team awards in a ceremony in Nestleton over the weekend. In the Pee Wee Division, the Causeway Cougars took the p. Team In the front row from left are: Jesse Vitek, Joey Schembri, Brian Wonnacott, Jeremy Johns, Joey Derynck, Jessica Boccaccio. Back from left: Kyle McClurg, Rob Wolters, Warren Boudreau, Garrett Brown, Dan Deeth, Justin J Matthew Cock II. C at back are Dale MeClurg and Ryk In the Bantam Division, the Cartwright Youth Council squad won the championship. Members of the team front from left: John Berry, Darryl McClurg, Andrew Stephenson, Wyatt Morrison. Inthe back from left: coach Dale McClurg,James Gray, John Chrapek, Dave Young, Mackenzie Bell, Brian Detombe and coach Ryk Davie. in the Midget division, the C: s took the Players front left are Cory Mifishall, A.G. Kiel, Matt Knlester, coach John Ellis. in the back from left Jeff Mitchell, Cam Cook, Ryan Larmer, and John McCourt. Players received autographed Blue Jay World Series books. g MVP, spor p and most imp d awards ! | , I Rob Wolters, a pitcher with the Pee Wee Cougars was voted most outstanding player in the league, and won the Andy Avis memorial trophy. John Avis, Andy's brother, made the presentation, with Mary Boccacio repersenting the league. Rob pitched this season at the Pée Wee, Bantom and Midget levels, hit for power and average, and played very well oh defence. Close but not quite for Gamblers The Oshawa City and District Fastball Championship Tournament took place at Durham Fields on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and the Oshawa Heat retained the Campbell Division crown for the second year in a row. The Heat defeated the Oshawa Jrs. in the final after the Double "B" club squeezed past the Greenbank Gamblers in the Semi-Final. The Greenbank Club played two bad innings in the tournament which each time resulted in three run homers for their opponents and defeat for the Gamblers. Friday night saw Greenbank win a forfeited game when the Oshawa Juveniles (Ontario's 1995 Junior Champs) had only seven players in the park. The Juveniles' fielded a team on Saturddy-Sunday, but were eliminated. Saturday saw the Gamblers play the Oshawa Heat and Mark Goreski was holding & 1:0 Greenbank lead, Then in the fifth inning Trevor Till drove in Mark Goreski with what proved to be the winning run as Baranieski shut the Scarborough team down and the Royals were eliminated, . Sunday saw the Gamblers meet the Port Perry Antrims who without question were the surprise team of the tournament. The Port squad played their best ball of the season behind Randy Underwood and Lawrie Williams and had wins over Richmond Hill, Scarborough and the Port Perry Juniors. But the Gambler bats started early and back to back home runs in the first inning by the Newell Brothers put the Antrims ifi'a hole they never got out of and Mark Goreski tossed a four hit shutout, This left only three teams in the running and Greenbank played the Oshawa Jrs. to see who would play the Oshawa Heat for the ~ y hi courtesy of a Greg Newell homer, but in the sixth inning Barry McKenna belted a three run shot over the right field fence. This proved to be enough even'though Greg Newell clouted his second home run of the game. Brad Bricknell, pitched. for Oshawa but/Pete Landers came on to strike out Greg Newell for the final out of the game. Greenbank stayed on the field to play the Scarborough Royals (the first place finishers in the league with Greenbank in second position) and the Gamblers Byron' Baranieski and Scarborough's Blair McBratney hooked up in a classic pitchers' duel. Greenbank scored first when Steve Durham singled home Ray, Kurhan but the Royals tied it when they put Again Byron Baranieski was in a pitchers duel with Oshawa's Jamie Simpson and while Greenbank out- hit the Double "B" Jrs. By a 6-4 count, the Gamblers had a bad inning that ended with a three run homer by Darren Crawford. Greenbank had their chances to score with the bases loaded in the fourth inning, and runners on second and third with nobody out in the fifth but failed to score. Don Beaton plated a run in the fourth inning and Trevor Till drove in a run in the seventh but the four run Oshawa rally in the third held up as the Double "B" had a 4-2 victory and the Gambler season was over.' Congratulations to the Oshawa Heat on their City League Ch PR together three ive singles. i '