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] | ] : | | | | "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Seagrave Industrial Machine Movers defeated McTagg onship of the Port Perry Minor Softball: Youth Lob-Bal (front, left) Brad Limchuk, Mandee Porter, Frazier Pute The L'il Gators defeated the Marshhill Jerseys to capture the consolation round of the Port FFF 4 fd 3 r - WIPER, STAR. art Electric 18-8 to capture the champi- I tournament on Sunday. Pictured are rbough and Jeff Postma. (Rear) Rob Ash- ton, coach, Lloyd Short, Aaron Wilson, Tara Brown and Jason Edinger, assistant coach. Perry Minor Softball Youth Lob-Ball tournament on Sunday. Pictured are (front, left) Jasen Dawson, Jason Parson, Kevin Martin, Jon Dawson, Beacock, Brendon Agnew, Melissa Dawson, Crystal coach and Andrew Pereman. (Rear) Craig King and Rob Romano. - Under 17 girls soccer team finishes second Dana Forder Goldsmthing Under 17 Girls soccer team played their semi-final game at the Soccer Fields on Thursday, Sept. 23 against Pickering Vil- lage. This was an exciting game with Port dominating play but unable to score. The gals hit several posts, cross-bars, but couldn't score. Pickering Village managed to score and at game's end it was 1-0 for Pickering Village. Prior to the game, Port had reported to the referee and Pickering's coach that their player cards didn't have the Durham Girls League verifica- tion stamp on them and two cards didn't have birthdates. League officials acted quickly on the protest and awarded the game to Port Perry and the right to play Sunday in the Championship. : Final was against Pickering Pro Motion in Pickering. This was an exciting game with Dana Forder gals control- ling play but Pickering getting super goaltending. Pickering managed the only goal in the first half and it looked like the 1-0 score would stand up. Late in the second half, there were several goals scored but the Forder's gals lost 3-2. For- der's goals by Emily Cosway and Shawna Cornish. Pickering Pro Motion are to be congratulated for their championship win. Forder's girls Heather Bre- din, Tara Sutch, Liz Wordley and Amy McArthur played strong on defence. Half backs Mari Farquharson, Shawna Cornish, Mel Hunter, Lacey MacArthur and Paula Reed worked hard for the entire game. Forwards Shaun Gault, Emily Cosway, Kim Sproule, Sara Cosway and Kelly Phipps turned in an excellent game. Emily and Melanie played goal and are to be commended for their excellent effort. 96-team "Field of Dreams" slo-pitch tournament July 1 By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star A lar planned for next summer could inject hundreds of thousands of dollars into the township, its or- ganizerssay. Representatives from the "Fields of Dreams" Tournament Committee, which is planning a 96-team slo-pitch tournament for the Canada Day weekend, believe as much as $500,000 to $1 million could be injected into the community. It is estimated that as many as 6,000 would visit the area during the tournament. Minor softball would also ben- efit from the tournament as well. Doug Dempsey, a member of the tournament committee, told Scugog councillors on Mon- day that the money raised from the competition would go to- wards the purchase of lights for the ball facilities. Riyadh settles for second at Little Brown Jug slo-pitch tournament Dempsey estimated that be- tween $25,000 to $40,000 could be raised for this purpose. ~ According to Dempsey, 12 di- amonds will ' be utilized throughout the tournament, with the championship games being played on the lakefront di- amonds. ih Scugog councillors * threw their support behind the project citing the economic benefits it would provide to the communi-. ty. Council also approved a loan of $2,600 and the use of Scugog Arena. "It sounds like an exciting idea," said Mayor Howard Hall. "It's big and it's exciting and could be something to put us on the map." Mayor Hall added that it will bring the community together as all areas of the township will be involved in the tournament. -"I think it's just going to be a wonderful thing," he said. Locally owned colt narrowly misses bid for Triple Crown By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Riyadh, a locally owned colt, just missed winning the Triple Crown of harness racing after lacing second at the Little rown Jug in Delaware, Ohio on Sept. 23. Riyadh, owned by Peter Hef- fering of Port Perry, had al- ready captured the first two jewels of the crown after win- ning the Cane Pace and the Messenger Stakes. After controlling the Little Brown Jug race most of the way, and still in front only 20 yards from the finish, it looked like the Triple Crown was in hand. But, about five strides away from the finish line and five strides from harness racing's greatest honor, a brilliant run by Life Sign, and driver John Campbell, let them sneak by the favorite to win the Little Brown Jug, leaving Ri- yadh and Heffering settling for second. Prior to the race Heffering was quotéd as saying "this horse (Riyadh)had a lot of trouble get- ting respéct, but what he's done this year has shown he's much stronger than a second- stringer." : In the first elimination purse of $83,790, Riyadh entered at 1- 9 odds. After not reaching the gate he picked up the slack and went on.to a decisive victory winningin a timeof 1:53.1. Driver James Morrill Junior told the media "Riyadh is a fun- ny little horse. but if you get him into position too quick and he gets up on that gate he tries to run over top of it. He's tough, you can't shut him down if you do that." Prior to the final race, Bill Robinson, who trains Riyadh, Presidential Ball and Ready to Rumble, said he had a "soft spot" for Presidential Ball. "I think he is the best colt in the country right now and he'll prove it. I have nothing against Riyadh. He's fine. The only thing I have against him is we had him in our stables and we sold him. We sold the wrong one of course," he said. "There's a story to Riyahd. He was off a little bit, with high muscle count, and we could nev- er get him 1,000 per cent. He was always gusty and we liked him," he said. "Mr. Heffering saw him train and Heffering couldn't make a mistake. After I told him the price was $200,000 and hel probably make $500,000 just following the other two horses, He turned out to be a heck of a horse, but still a step behind Presidential Ball," binson told the press. It turned out Presidential Ball was again a step behind Ri- yadh this day, finishing third. At both the Carie Pace and Mes- senger Stakes Presidential Ball had finished second to Riyedh. But, it was Life Sign who would go home with the Little Brown Jug title, winning his first heat in 1:52, and equalling it in the fi- nal, shaving more than a second off the previous record set in the 1986 Jug. Riyadh, who was the favorite with 4-6 odds going into the fi- nal heat, and who drew post po- sition, led most of the race, be- fore being edged out at the wire. If Riyadh had won, jt would have been the second Jug win for Heffering, whose horse Pre- cious Bunny won itin 1991, and the eighth ever to win the Triple Crown and the first since another Canadian Ralph Hano- ver en in 1988. "Everything worked perfect] until the end. "driver Jin Mo 1 Jr. said after the race. "Off that trip, he should have won today, but he wasn't himself." Riyadh has earned more than $1 million this year with 15 wins in 34 starts with a lifetime mark of 1:49 4. (a