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26 - PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, May 20, 1992 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" The Cartwright Junior Girls Basketball team were area runer of the team. Front row from left are: Shauna Hassall, Pam Goble, - x, a iis : 5 i] Nos Gifts AED . AREA SLANYRE 0 RE, 2 KELLY LOWN/ PORT PERRY STAR s-up. Pictured are the members Jenny Lane and Jada MacLe- od. Back row from left are: Linsey Ingram, Janny Westall, Allison Crowder, Melissa Renes, Tara Hobbs, Krisa Wickiam and Ed Maring, coach. Merchant Midgets split This week's sports report for the Merchant Midget Fastball team is sponsored by The Gal- ley Fish and Seafood and by Mike Tobin Photography. Last Tuesday, our rivals from down Simcoe Street were in town and Port won the match 7- 1. The Merchants had gone ahead 1-0 in the first and re- mained that way till the fifth in- ning in a tight ball game. Oshawa tied the game in the bottom of the inning, but Port scored one in the fifth, and five more in the sixth to break open the game. Chad Venning struck out three, walked 0, and al lowed only one hit with no earned runs. Jeff Card picked up the win by striking out sev- en, allowing one walk and no earned runs. On Thursday night, the Mer- chants visited Adams Park and played the Scarborough Dia- monds. Denis Smith, back from an injury, pitched his first game of the season striking out four, walking 0, and allowing only four hits and one earned run in a losing cause. Port was ahead again by one run in the first in- ning, and both pitchers were in excellent form. Port carried the one run lead into the seventh and hoped to gain an insurance run with only a marginal lead. Chad Venning supplied that by hitting a home run as the first batter to the plate. But that was all the Mer- chants could get, leaving one runner stranded in the seventh, and a total of eight stranded runners in the game. Even with a two run lead. Port still felt confident going into the bottom of the seventh, but the win was not to be. After Scarborough scored a run on a double, two more unearned runs were scored to give Port their first loss of the year with the final tally being 3-2 for Scarborough. The Merchants Softball schedule for the next two weeks are as follows: May 19 - Port vs Stroud - 8:30 p.m.; May 21 - Au- rora vs Port - 8:30 p.m. - South; May 24 - St. Catharines Tour- nament - 10:30 a.m. - first game; May 28 - Port vs Bramal- ea - 8:30 p.m. Ching Park. Legion Squirt fastball team still undefeated Port Perry's rep team in the squirt division of the York- Durham League has gotten off to a good season start. Our opening game was in East Gwillimbury on May 11 and we secured an 18-2 victory. Chris Jones pitched a "no- hitter" and struck out 13 for the victory while chipping in with a double at the plate. Scott Jeffrey had a big three for four batting effort and catch- er Jeff Ashton also had a big game with a two run home run in the first inning plus two oth- er hits. Casey VanSchagen went two for four and singles were added by third baseman Michael Versage, second- sacker Darryl Dalton and first baseman Ryan Moynes. Legion's first home game was May 14 and this turned out to be a much more competitive con- test. The visiting Vaughan squad jumped out to an early 2- 0 first inning lead as they capi- talized on two hits and an error. In the second inning Port Perry got one run back when Chris Jones scored on a passed ball af- ter getting a free-pass to first. It looked as if Vaughan might hold on for the win as they were playing extremely well defen- sively. Our squirts battled back in the fifth inning, however, when Scott Jeffrey, Jeff Ashton and Ryan Moynes got on base with singles. Scott raced home from third for the tying run on a passed ball and then Chris Jones delivered the winning run on a hit 'up the middle.' Jeff continued his hot hitting again going three for four and Ryan Moynes was two for two. Jon Froats had his first hit of the young season as well. Reid McTaggart, Ryan McQuade, Ja- son Lown and Ryan Fraser han- dled their defensive chances well to wrap up the final 6-2 vic- tory for Port Perry. Chnis Jones fastball action at home will be May 28 against Aurora at the Water St. South Diamond at 6:30 p.m. George Burnett signs two-year deal with Cape Breton Oilers Port Perry native George Burnett has been handed what all coaches dream of, a chance to handle a professional hock- ey club. Y Burnett, 30, signed a two-year deal with the Cape Breton Oilers last week. The club is the American Hockey League affiliate of the National League Edmonton Oilers. For the past three seasons Burnett was behind the bench of the Niagara Falls Thunder of the Ontario Hockey League and also doubled as general manager for the club. In his three years at the helm of the Thunder, Burnett was twice named Ontario Hockey League's coach of the year. Upon signing the deal last week Burnett was quoted as saying "The only apprehension I have is that I'm leaving such a good job." He was singled out when he received coach of the year but Burnett said his selection of OHL coach of the year was due to the performances of others, such as his assistant coaches, the scouting staffand the players. The Canadian Hockey League awards banquet was held May 11 in Seattle and Burnett was nudged out by Bryan Maxwell, coach of the Spokane Chiefs for the top coach hon- ors. Burnett, who played his minor hockey days in the Port Perry Minor Hockey Association, spent two years playing with the Newmarket Saints and three with the London Knights of the OHL before taking his university degree at McGill University. There he became a mainstay behind the bench of the Redmen. He also spent a couple years as a physical education teach- er at Port Perry High School. Burnett also coached in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League, first behind the bench of the Uxbridge Bruins before returning to Port Perry to take over at the helm of the Port Perry ModJacks for two seasons. In 1987-88 he led the team to its first berth in an all- Ontario Junior C championship. In 1988 after leaving the MoJacks, Burnett found himself coaching the Seneca College Braves of the Ontario College League. In August of 1988 he returned to the Ontario Hockey League as the assistant coach of the Oshawa Generals. He remained there until November 1989 when the offer from the Niagara Falls Thunder came about. Kim Coates, 11, from Prince Albert Public School, has been doing exceptionally well at gymnastics this year. At a Durham- wide competition at R. H. Cornish Public School last week she took first place honors on the vault and beam, and fifth place in the floor exercises. HEAD COACH POSITION The Port Perry MoJacks Jr. C Hockey Club requires an individual to assume FULL HEAD COACH responsibilities. Applicant must be committed to a complete hockey program working with 16-20 year old hockey players. Interested Applicants please submit resume no later than June 5, 1992 to: M. Parliament, Port Perry MoJacks 355 Queen St. Port Perry, Ontario L9L 1L5