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2 pod x RSS i SA SOAR Tr Ee ee oT - mit Nr PRN on EAT a ASE RE LIN NT, _ J Saturday, July 14 Parade and exhibitiongames during Soccer Park opening by Danny Millar The new Scugog Park will be officially opened on Satur- day, July 14 at a ceremony which begins with a parade at 9:00a.m. Councillor Rich- ard Drew will perform the ceremonial opening. After the parade, which will include all the young- sters involved in the Scugog Soccer Club, there will be a series of exhibition games. In the opener, the Township Council will take on the youngest members of the soccer fraternity. In another bout the Scugog Coaches go against Beatrice Dairies. All of the 17 teams in Port Perry will take part in a contest which makes the itenerary a rather lengthy four hours. The park has been in use for about two weeks and many of the 240 soccer play- ers registered have taken advantage of the facilities. "We are very proud of that," says Club President Brian Yeo of Prince Albert. Although most of the oper- ations of the teams and leagues are running smooth- ly there have been some drawbacks says Mr. Yeo. Perhaps the biggest problem facing the club is a lack of officials. "We just don't have enough referees. We have seven," Mr. Yeo says. "I see it as a problem easily resolved--resolved by time." Many of the referees are teenagers who are too old for the Port Perry program and wish to remain in the frame- work of the sport. Each man in the black and white uni- form of the Soccer ref must pass a course in order to work at the craft. The changing of the fields from the high school to the new grounds has caused slight confusion in the sched- uling. This problem was quickly rectified. One problem that was not quickly solved was a dispute between the Scugog Soccer Club and the Oshawa Soccer Club. Port had too weak PeeWee teams entered in the Oshawa League. But instead of remaining in the older, more competitive loop, they were dropped down into the Major Mosquito League. "They let us down in fact," he says. They're (the Scu- gog teams) winning every- thing," he says. Ostensibly the lack of competition is not good for the young, 12-14, players. Mr. Yeo expects the pro- blem to dissipate next year with an increase in the regis- tration of more children in that age bracket. The num- ber of youths in the youngest categories is presently suff- icient. Besides these few relative- ly calamitous situations Mr. Yeo states that everything "seems to be great." Later this season the Scu- gog Club will be sending a representative to two separ- ate Stouffville tournaments and probably another to a meet in Newmarket. Last year the Squirts in Stouff- ville, the Selects, won that event. Mr. Yeo remarked on this team's chances; I think we'll stand a good chance. We have a good bunch of boys there. Bantams fie Udora, top League by Danny Millar The Port Perry Lions Club softball team gained a 5-5 tie with Udora when they came back from a four run deficit to knot the score in the top of the seventh inning on Tues- day, June 3. The contest was a fine pitching duel between Long of the host Udorans and Phil Robinson of the Lions. Robinson allowed four base hits, twice as many as his counterpart. The key play in the Port Perry rally came when Donnie Young led off the seventh with what Lions Manager Bill Fewer termed a "perfect bunt". He advan- ced two bases and then scored on subsequent plays. Several of the following runs, and many of the Udora counters, came on errors. 'The victories have follow- ed a familiar path for the Lions this year. They have relied on a smooth fielding infield, consistent hitting, / see WILLIAMSON For the Best Deals on New G.M. CARS or TRUCKS RICHARD HUNT MOTOR SALES Uxbridge 852-3331 and quality pitching. It came as no surprise when Fewer attributed the tie to these factors. "Same story" he observed, "infield was sharp. Pitching was sharp." Fewer felt his squad was playing "a little sleepy at the start", but a fifth inning pep talk snapped them out of their lethargy. He named Robinson as a standout in the win, stating, "he got stron- ger as the game went on." He also creditted first base coach Peter Christie with using fine strategy. The manager had one final observation on the match. "Both teams had a good time. That's what I like to see." The Lions stand in first place among York-Durham League opposition with a seven wins, two losses record to go along with the tie. They have two league games remaining against Stouffville and Claremont. These two units trail Port in the standings. Big win for Jaguars by Danny Millar The Scugog B Jaguars con- tinue to steamroller opposi- tion in the Major Mosquito League of the Oshawa Socc- er Club. The team is unde- feated since moving down from the Minor PeeWee classification. Their most recent victory came over the Oshawa Bobcats by an 11-1 margin on Thursday, July 5. The Jaguars got off to a slow start, according to coach, Barry Page. Goal- tender Tony Kersten was guilty of a early sloppy play as he "let in an easy one," observed Page. Ian Porter paced the Jaguars attack with four goals. His first came off a high chip shot. Other goals were scored by: Tom Fowl- er with two, Jerry Fowler with two, and singles by Paul Bateman, Mike, Connally Port Perry Minor Softball -- 4th Annual Midget Tournament Saturday, July 14th Sunday, July 15th and Rob Page. The Scugog coach noticed that most of the goals were high shots, which are hard for athletes of this age, 11-12, to stop as they play in regulation size nets. Connolly scored what Page called "the best team goal"', when he capped off the three- way passing play from Port- er and Page. The Jags record is now four wins, all in the younger category, and one loss. The loss was sustained in the first game of the season when they were dusted off by the Oshawa Rangers in the Min- or PeeWee League. It was decided at that time to move down to a lower level be- cause they were not competi- tive. Now no one in the younger league can stay on the same field with them. BY 7 11 1, 10:30 A.M. 8 yl | 12 NOON AR LA SAI 5 : NTA NSH AINE 4 RET PR IGP 7A EER RAY fF 3 hf ANS TI LARA BAR Sp ER 1} > Midget tourney this Sat. and Sun. by Danny Millar PLans for the Fourth Ann- ual PPMSA Midget Tourna- ment to be held this Saturday and Sunday, are nearing completion. Five new teams are re- questing admission into the prestigious event after Wayne Venning, the Tourn- ament Chairman, had orig- inally agreed to accept elev- en. The teams wishing to compete are; Coburg, Carry- ing Place, Manvers Town- ship, Keswick, Delhi, and Bay Ridges, the eleven con- firmed entries include; Nap- anee, Don Victoria, Bin- brook, Willowdale, Oshawa, St. Catherines, Toronto, Kirkland Lake, Claremont, Barrie, and Galt. Mr. Venning has decided that the number of teams will be upped to 14 and that the first three teams to send in the entrants fee will be admitted. Apparently one team has already been add- ed. That squad is believed to be from Coburg. When the meet was first arranged the Association had projected the arrival of 16 teams, but that number has been decreased. When the new applications arriv- ed, it was decided that rather than extend to the 16 team limit, they would stop at 14. The reasoning behind this is that the events will not have to be re-scheduled and will start at 9:00a.m. Saturday as was first agreed upon. If the extra two teams had come the games would have start- ed Friday evening. Second loss for Ladies The Port Perry Ladies Softball team suffered their second loss of the season Tuesday night dropping a 12-7 decision to the league champs from Bradford. Ina game where errors decided the difference the lead changed hands twice before Bradford took command to end the game. Bradford jumped into the lead in the second inning, taking a three run advan- tage. An inning and a hall later Port Perry got on the scoreboard with Karen Young scoring on a Carol Wilton single and Carol rounded the bases thanks to a double pounded out by Chris Donnelly. In the Port half of the fourth inning, the Blues took the lead as the first three batters, Joan Wilton, Lynn Cook and Karen Young, all hit safely and scored. Carol Wilton then singled and scored when Kelly Owen JEENEmEENED SAVE rd D XX SS FOR ALL YOUR FUEL OIL NEEDS 1517 DUNDAS ST. EAST WHITBY Telephone Today! Call Collect 668-3381 Prompt, Courteous Service Yemsmnm jl SAVE EY 1 Prices WHY PAY MORE FOR HEATING SAVE ON PREMIUM QUALITY nailed a home run into deep right field. This rounded out the inning with the score seven to three. However in the top of the fifth, Bradford staged an overpowering comeback, capitalizing on Port Perry errors and managed to send in seven runners. This seemed to take away all Port's enthusiasm and the Blues were shut out of the remainder of the game with Bradford adding two more runs in the top of the seventh to round out the scoring. Port Perry desperately wanted to beat this team. Unfortunately, it was this over anxiousness that beat them. Karen Young worked the mound the entire game and struck out six Bradford batters, and Carol Wilton, who hit safely three times and scored twice, was picked Star of the Game. The next game is on Tues- day night, July 10 in Stouff- ville. 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