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28 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, August 22, 1989 The Greenbank Gambler Fastball Club played twice during the week and got tremendous pit- ching performances from Russ Korbak and Mark Goreski. On Monday night in Greenbank Park Russ Korbak tossed a four hit shut out at the Oshawa Juniors as the Gamblers remained tied for top spot with the Stouffville Betz Pools. Korbak fanned eight Oshawa Batters during the game and gave up a single walk as he kept the Oshawa bats under control. In the Greenbank half of the first inning, Terry Till led off with a single and was doubled home by Gambler "clean up" batter Don Beaton. In the third inning Terry Till again led off the inning with a base hit and scored on John Jeffs long line drive home run. This made the score 3-0 for Green- bank and that was all Korbak needed to get the Gamblers the victory. Don Beaton had a three for three night for Greenbank, with Terry Till adding a pair of hits and Trevor Till, George Redshaw and Dennis Ewart hitting safely in addition to John Jeffs home run. On Thursday night in Richmond Hill against the Richmond Hill Merchants, Mark Goreski return- ed to his early season form and pitched a masterful one hit game. The lead off batter George Giamou for Richmond Hill singl- ed into centerfield to start the game and was sacrificed to se- cond. Then Goreski let two con- sectuive pitches go wide of the mark and the deep screen at Richmond Hill allowed the base runner to score. 'Then Mark took over and com- pletely shut down the Merchants for the balance of the game. He struck out thirteen batters along the way. Unfortunatety for Greenbank Mark Bendahan on the hill for the Merchants was also having a top game and he also claimed thir- Silver medals for the Bantams This past week-end the Cana- dian Tire Bantams played for the League Championship at Scar- borough Adam's Park and came in 2nd out of 12 teams, winning the silver. The tournament format was a double knock-out, and both of Port Perry's losses were against the exceptionally strong Scarborough Freeway Major Bantam team. On Friday, Port played Scar- borough Minor Bantams, hitting for 3 runs in the 6th inning for a close 3-2 win. Richard Brough picked up the win, allowing only 4 hits, walking 2, and striking out 5 batters. "The first game on Saturday was played against our strong rival, Unionville, and Port won 4-1. Unionville got only 1 run in the se- cond inning, and then Brett Puckrin shut them down, allowing no earned runs, 2 hits, no walks, and 5 strike outs. Port got 1 run in the 2nd, and then broke open in the 6th for 3 runs to win another close game. The second game was played against the League favourites, Scarborough Freeway. Port gave them the best competition of the day, losing by only 3 runs for a 5-2 final score. Brett got the loss, but allowed only 3 earned runs with 2 strike outs and no walks. Port got 2 runs in the 2nd inning, causing Scarborough to make a pitching change. No further runs were scored against their ace pitcher. The third game of the day was again with Unionville who had won a previous match to get back into contention. Port was the vie- tor in a very exciting overtime 4-2 win. The game was tied 1-1 at the end of the 7th, and using the Inter- national Rule, a runner was started and 2nd for each OT inn- ing. The score was tied 2-2 at the end of the 8th, and then Port scored 2 runners in the 9th to ad- vance into the championship final. After a late night, the Port team was back for an early morning game to play for the Gold. They lost 9-6 to the Scarborough Freeway team, but once again knocked out their starting pitcher. The Scarborough team had to bring in their ace to shut Port down in the 6th and 7th innings. Brett started the game, and Richard was brought in for relief, allowing only 1 earned runin7in- nings, besides hitting 2 singles and a double with his fourth hit being a hard drive which was caught by the pitcher in self- defence. Our Port Perry Bantams played extremely well in this tournament, and should be proud to have won the Silver. In the one regular League game of the week, Port beat East Gwillimbury 12-t with Brett pick- ing up the win. The team was pleased to welcome back James Gouldburn this week after a long absence due to the back injury he received this summer. Hitting for Port Perry this week were: Richard Brough with 7 singles, 2 doubles, 1 home run and 5 RBIs; Scott MacLennan with 6 singles, 1 doubles, 1 triple, and 3 RBIs; Jason McBride with 5 singles, 1 double, and 3 RBIs; Brett Puckrin with 4 singles, 2 triples, and 2 RBIs; John Ennis with 3 singles, 1 triple, and 2 RBIs; Darrell Vander Slagt with 4 singles, 1 double, and 3 RBIs; Jason Cochrane with 3 singles, 1 double, and 2 RBIs; Steve Laird and Ken Winslow with 1 single, and 1 RBI each; Brad Moase with 1 double and 2 RBIs; and Jody Logan with 1 single. Next week-end, Port Perry will be in Mitchell, Ontario, to par- ticipate in the 0.A.S.A. finals. his technical know teen Gambler strike out victims. However in the fourth inning Don Beaton singled safely into center and was sacrificed to se- cond on Rodd Reals bunt, then Paul Goreski came through with a clutch two out single to score Beaton with the tying run. 4 chose August 14 because his Forder team. The Gators won the game and H plate. Herb has been a member of the Gators s and though his days as an active player are over, team. Along with the plaque, his team mates also When Herb LeGard (centre right) played hi August 14, his Galley Gator team mates presented a plaque naming him a Gator for Life. Herb wanted to play one final game at the age of 60 before hanging up the glove and he son-in-law Carl Leszkowicz is a member of the opposition erb collected three hits in five trips to the ince the team was formed five years ago, he plans to continue as a coach with the presented him with the game sheet and a seriously after that as Goreski and Bendahan waged a classic pitchers duel. Goreski allowed only the one hit while the Gamblers did collect a total of five hits off Bendahan, with Terry Till, Brian Till, George Redshaw, Paul Goreski and Don eaton each having a safe hit. Neither team threatened B softball autographed by all members of the Gators. George Burnett named as Generals assistant coach Port Perry native George Burnett has been named assist- ant coach to the Oshawa Gener- als of the Ontario Hockey League. The announcement was made Monday by the Generals. He will be working with Rick Cornacchia, who was ap- pointed head coach Monday. Cornacchia worked four season with the Generals as assistant to head coach Paul Therriault who resigned recently to take a position with the New York Rangers. urnett, who now lives in Oshawa, taught high school in Port Perry for a couple of years and coached the Junior C Port Perry MoJacks for two season 8 (86 to 88) He also worked as an assi- tant coach for one year with the Uxbridge Bruins of the Junior C league. He played all his minor hockey in Port Perry, then spent time in the uniform of the London Knights of the OHL and was a strong forward for several seasons with the Redmen at McGill University in Montreal. During his two years be- hind the bench with the Junior C MoJacks in Port Perry, Bur- nett developed a Tepulation for edge of the game and his ability to pass that knowledge on to young hockey players. In his first season here, the MoJacks lost a tough playoff se- ries to rival Uxbridge. He enjoyed his greatest success with the MoJacks in his second season, guiding the team to its first ever Central League championship, and then on to the all:Ontario final in which the MoJacks lost in Eagles vs. After wining their Home Tour- nament on the August holiday weekend, the X L Eagles have been rather inactive due to rain outs and postponements from other team's playoff commitments. This week things heat up con- siderable as Port travels to Oshawa Tuesday night to wrap up their regular schedule with a game against the Juniors. On Saturday the League Champion- ship Tournament starts at 9:00 a.m. in Stouffville with the X L Eagles playing the Oshawa Juniors in the first game to get things going. This is a double knock-out Tournament which will also include Stouffville, Green- s last game of slo pitch on the evening of This week sees the wind up of the League schedule with the League Tournament being held in Stouffville on August 25-26-27. The long week end of Sept. 2-3-4, sees the Gamblers at the 0.A.S.A. Senior "B" Championships also being held in the Stouffvi le ball park. five games to Mooretown. Last season, Burnett was head coach with Seneca College in Toronto. Commenting on his ap- pointment as Generals assist- ant, Burnett said he is " leased and excited" about the up- coming season." He said he is "looking for- ward to working with Rick Cor- nacchia, and I feel I can be an asset to the Generals." Uxbridge bank and Oshawa Merchants. In O.A.S.A. Zone final playoffs, the Port X L Eagles host Ux- bridge, last years Zone winners on Thursday night at 8:30 p.m. with game two in Uxbridge next Monday night, August 28th at 8:30 p.m.. This series is a best of three again with Port looking to avenge last years loss. On the Labour Day weekend Port Perry again travels to Caledonia to participate in their annual Tournament. Last year the team didn't win on or off the field, but are looking for better results this year. Bill Bridge has been added to the squad for the weekend to add some "punch" to the line up.