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"* The team of Kevin Haugen [front] from Port Perry and Darren Desautels from Seagrave will represent Ontario in the Boys 18 and under class this Saturday in Saskatoon. Both the boys and girls team will compete over an 18 mile course. Sixteen teams ready for local fastball tourney The Port Perry Mother Pizza Junior fastball team will be hosting an invita- tional tournament this week- end. There are already 16 teams lined up for play at the two diamonds on the Port Perry waterfront, with the calibre of teams assuring some exciting action. Bill Fewer, manager of the Port Perry Junior squad reports that his team is currently in fourth spot in the ten team league with a record of nine wins, seven losses and one tie. He says the team lately has 'looked sharp" on the field, and the bench strength is coming through in ke spots. The manager believes that if the team stays hot, there is a very good possibility of nailing down third spot in the standings. The Juniors have won two of their last three outings, and play this Thurs- day night at home before the tournament gets underway on the weekend. The Port Perry Star is pleased to announce that Don McBeth will be writing sports for the paper and covering the Port Perry Juniors through the remain- der of the season. Don has recently moved to Port Perry and brings with "him a keen interest: and knowledge of sports. He was a member of the Whitby Dunlops hockey team which won the World Champion- ship in 1958, and earlier this summer was named coach of the Port Perry MoJacks Junior C Hockey club. Vi, pL SLURS 0) pai AE A HEHE Two teams of marathon canoe racers have their sights set on the medals when they compete this Saturday in the Canadian Marathon Racing Associa- tion national event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Heather McDougall and Paula Haugen, both 17 from Port Perry will race in the Junior Girls (18 and under) on the 18 mile course. Kevin Haugen is teamed with Darren Desautels of Seagrave in the Junior Boys 18 and under event over the' same 18 mile course. To prepare for the event, 'both teams have been train- ing hard with runniifg and On Saturday July 18, the Greenbank intermediate men's team competed in the annual Goodwood tourna- ment. In the first game Green- bank played the Bell Angels from Toronto. Elmer Spence allowed only seven hits as Greenbank defeated the Angels 4-2. Hitting for Greenbank in the game were Gary Baker, Don Beaton, Neil Rodd, Don Phinney, Ron Winslow, Ron Southern, Larry Page and John Foster. In the second game Green- bank played the Goodwood seniors. Ken Irvine allowed only three hits and one run as Greenbank won 3-1. Irvine was also the leader at the plate with 2 hits. The other Greenbank hits were by Trevor Till, John Foster, Brian Lee, Bill Thomson, 'and Don Beaton. The semi-final game saw Greenbank pitted against the Claremont . legion team. Claremont had lost only one league game all year, and were the pre-tournament favourites. The game featured a fine pitcher's duel between Greenbank's Irvine and Claremont's . Norton. The game was scoreless in the fifth when Denny Tulloch led off the inning with a double to right field. Greg Rodd was inserted as a pinch runner, and scored when John Foster doubled to right. Norton then got out of the inning by retiring the next 3 batters. In the bottom of the sixth, Claremont tied the score at 1-1 as Pilkey scored on a double by Carruthers. This was all of the scoring in the regulation seven innings, so the game went into extra innings. The leadoff batter swimming for conditioning and spending up to two hours each evening paddling the 18' 6" long racing canoes on the Nonquon River at Seagrave. Ray Desautels of Seagrave who is well known in this area as a marathon race competitor, is coaching the two teams. Although both teams would clearly love to bring home a medal from the national event this Saturday, qualifying was a bit of a feat in itself. : Only the top three teams in each division from each province will compete in Saskatoon, and the placings were@etermined by compe- for Claremont in the eighth inning was safe at first on a close play. He then stole second and advanced to third on an infield out. A sharply hit ball to second base then brought in the winning run for Claremont. Irvine pitched a fine game for Greenbank as he allowed only five hits and struck out thirteen. Norton for Claremont allowed only five hits by Greenbank while fanning fourteen batters. John Foster had 2 hits for Greenbank with Denny Tulloch, Ken Irvine, and Don Beaton getting the others. The final game between Claremont and Richmond Hill was rained out, so the two teams were declared co- champions. Greenbank's next tourna- ment will be in Port Perry on the weekend of August 1st. The first game is Friday night at 7:00 p.m. against Oshawa Millwork. In league play, Greenbank titions this year in Ontario. Kevin and Darren have entered nine races so far this year, and their record is five wins, three seconds and one third. Paula and Heather have competed in six races and have three firsts and three seconds. In two events this year, Canoe the Nonquon in Port Perry and Nottawasaga near Angus, Paula and Heather set new course records. The four young competi-. tors, along with Mr. Desautels and Norm Haugen, left on Sunday by car for Saskatoon. Arriving there a few days ahead of Saturday's races, will give the teams a chance to practise on the course. Greenbank Claremont battle in semi-final moved into a fourth place tie with the Sunderland Harvesters by virtue of a 6-1 win over Claremont Juniors. Elmer Spence pitched a fine game as he had a no-hitter going into the sixth inning before allowing 3 hits. One * week earlier Spence tossed a two-hitter against Goodwood Seniors in another 6-1 win. Ken Irvine also won his last two starts, an 11-1 thumping of the Mount Albert Mounties, and a 5-0 shutout of the Goodwood Juniors.. The key hit for Greenbank in the Goodwood win was a three-run home 'run by Don Beaton over the left field fence. oo These four wins improved Greenbank's season record to 9-7-1 with three tough games remaining. After a shakey start to the season the team has now won six of its last eight games, but needs a strong finish to the season in order to obtain home-field advantage for the first playoff round. Midgets on a streak by Kevin Harris The Port Perry Malmont Farms Midgets continued their league unbeaten string by winning both of their games last week. Monday, the club out- slugged West Shore for a 10-8 victory. Tuesday they held off a stubborn Oak Ridges team to take a tight 8-7 count. Coaches Ken Goreski and Hugh Johnston are pleased with the team's 10 and 0 pecry. As well they should The club needs support from players and fans. It must have more than 10 or 11 players coming out to games if it is to develop the bench - Strength necessary to be a top ranked club. The Midgets'will seek their 11th and 12th wins in a home and away series with Clare- mont this week. Tuesday they play at Port Perry and Wednesday travel to Claremont. The league playoffs will begin once 0.A.S.A. play- downs are complete. Mine- singe will provide the first opposition. Co |