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i | i £ : i-- TN ER 22- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, August 19, 1997 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Proceeds from Storm-Gens tilt go towards ModJacks and PP Minor Hockey From Page 21 Organizers of this special exhi- bition game said last week that young hockey fans will have ample opportunity to get autographs and take pictures of their favourite players before and after the game. And the game will have just a little more added significance for George Burnett. As it was in the Scugog Arena where he first start- ed his career as a head coach with' the Junior C MoJacks back in the fall of 1985. The following season, ('86-'87) Burnett guided the ModJacks to their first and only berth in the all-Ontario Jr. C championship series which unfortunately ended in a five game loss to a gifted squad from Mooretown. But just getting to the finals that season was quite an accom- plishment as the MoJacks won their own League final in a thrilling seven game series against Wellington (after losing the first two games). And Port Perry hockey fans still shake their heads in amazement at the memo- ry of the series against the' Hanover Barons, with the ModJacks winning game seven in front of one of the largest crowds ever to witness a hockey game in this community. The life of a hockey coach is uncertain at best these days, and Burnett moved on from Port Perry to coach at all levels of the game from the OHL in Niagara Falls, the AHL with both Cape Breton and Binghampton (N.Y. Ranger's farm club), and an all-too brief stint with the NHL Oilers where he was released by Edmonton GM Glen Sather during a west coast road trip about 30 games into his first season. Certainly one of the high points of his coaching career to date has to be the Calder Cup victory of the Cape Breton Oilers a few seasons ago. Back in Port Perry this past weekend as he and his wife Laurie and their two young children pre- pared for yet another move from Binghampton to Guelph (he's starting a two year contract with the Storm) Burnett said he's look- ing forward to the start of training camp and the upcoming campaign. He's philosophical about the uncertainties of a career coaching hockey, stating he "has no regrets. You learn from it all and you just have to move on." Born and raised in Port Perry, Burnett played his minor hockey here and was a member of an all- Ontario championship Bantam squad before moving on for a four- year Junior A career with London. SPORTS _ BREE RICHARD DREW / PORT. PERRY STAR The Ontario Hockey League's Guelph Storm and Oshawa Generals will be in Port Sept. 13 to play a pre-season match. Announcing the tilt at a recent press conference was, from left, MoJacks GM Murray Parliament, Port's Minor Hockey Association President Linda Ashton, and former MoJack and current Storm coach, George Burnett. He then opted to continue his education at McGill University where he cap- tained the Redmen and set some individual scoring records in the process while getting his degree in physical education. "We're really hoping to see a big crowd (for the September 13 game at the Scugog Arena) We'll have some fun things for the young fans and I think the teams will put on a good show," he told the Star. The Generals are-defend- ing OHL champs and the - Storm last year came up with a very strong finish pushing highly touted Ottawa to seven games in the semi-final series. Burnett said the Storm this season should be Just as competitive as they were last year. So, hockey fans from Scugog and area, pencil in Saturday, September 13 on your calendar, and make plans to be at the Scugog Arena for the 2:00 p.m. game. i IVE AE farm RL BPR Week 13 brings a close to 1997 Cartwright Minor Ball Softball season Week 13 in CMB brought the end of the season for softball with the Tykes, Squirts and Seniors playing their tourna- ments followed by awards pre- sentations. Yet another hot, humid day greeted the players on Saturday after the rain Friday night forced two of the Senior games to be cancelled. Tyke The Nestleton Country Store Bakers prevailed as regular season and tournament win- ners. : In the tournament the Bakers beat the Blackstock Lion Cubs in game one (no game report) and continued their winning ways in game two by taking the Wotten Hammerheads by a score of 9- 5. The Hanmerheon, loaded the bases in the third to no avail. Ryan Dillon led the Bakers with a single and a home run. Meanwhile in the other games the last place Overridge lames were starting their tournament run with a 12-4 win over the Wotten Hammerheads in game one. Luke Michel and Kale Wardlaw led the winners at the plate and on the mound. : In their second game, the Flames went to two and zero | by virtue of a 12-6 win over the Lion Cubs. The Flames and the Bakers squared off at 9 a.m. on Saturday for game three which saw the Flames go Tyke, Squirt, Senior CM to three and zero for the tour- nament by a 7-2 count. The same two teams played later for the championship. The Bakers ran up an early 7- 1 lead, however, the Flames came back once more to 7-6 but could not hold the league champs who scored four more to win 11-6. Christopher Brown and Nicole Hood had a single each and two RBIs for the Flames. The big star for the Bakers was Cody James with seven RBIs including a grand slam home run. Leslie Sweetman had three more RBIs and a triple while Brandon Kearnon did a stellar job at pitching. Squirt The Cummings Backhoe Diggers went in with three wins and no losses while the other teams all had one win and two losses. The Dr. Workman Hawkeyes squeezed into the championship by two points. In game one the Diggers got five walks, two singles and six runs scored by their two call- Rps Greg Banks and Corey lellingman while Kevin Damant scored four times. In the fourth inning, the Pineridge Blues made it close by scoring four while leaving the bases loaded for a 16-14 bi rs win, Meanwhile, the Hawkeyes were beating the season cham- pion Swain Seed Sluggers b an 11-8 count on the strengt of a five run fifth inning. In game two the Diggers also took out the Sluggers, this time by a 13-9 count. Meanwhile, the last place Blues were making some noise beating the Hawkeyes 12-9 on a three run fifth inning off their ace pitcher Ashley Lucas who had just flied out into a double play the previous half inning. In game three the Diggers squeaked by the Hawkeyes by a 10-9 count. Meanwhile the Sluggers finally came to life in the fifth inning of their game "against the Blues by blowing them out in the open inning. For the Diggers, who Fike many teams, ran out of energy, Kevin Damant continued his fine play with a double in the fifth, and Rachel Van Oostveen singled in the sixth as the Diggers fought hard to the los- ing end of a 7-3 final score. | Senior Due to the Friday night rain, the Seniors all played three games-on Saturday, with the inalists playing a fourth late in the day. The tournament tie-breaking rules came in very handy in this tightly contested division. In game one Mann's Corn Huskers slipped past Asselstine's Yamaha by a 10-8 count.In the other game, Marlin Travel Globetrotters lost to Don Frew and Sons Aggies (no game report). game two, the Globetrotters were held to a tie by Asselstines who scored six quick runs in the first and were then held at bay by Marlin's John Vanstrein for the next two innings. Meanwhile the Globetrotters kept scoring, building a 12-7 lead going into the last inning where Cindy Robinson pitched a shutout inning, allowing Asselstines the chance to score five runs for the 12-12 tie. In the other second game, Manns was dropping Don Frew by a 12-8 score on the strength of a six run fourth inning. In game three, Asselstines and Don Frew were in a must win situation. The Aggies could only manage a oi and two singles by Darryl Keeler to go with three singles by Troy Mappin. or Asselstines, Justen Gerrow tripled and homered, while Jamie Budge also tripled and Josh Ferguson chipped in with two singles for the 15-6 win by Asselstines. Meanwhile, at the fair- ounds, Mann's Corn was los- ing by a 16-10 score to Marlin Travel who scored six in each of the third and fourth innings. These results left the Mann's Corn Huskers in the final with two teams tied at one win, one loss and one tie each and the same point score. Head-to-head results were still tied as were total runs. The better +/- runs differential gave Asselstine's B champs crowned the berth over Marlin Travel in the final game. For the Huskers, Danny Bucking, April Bonsma and Jason Price had two singles each. Congratulations to yet another double winner as| Asselstines won both the tour- nament and the league cham- pionships. Peewee Hardball July 9 - Blackstock Carpet Warehouse 13 - Courtice 12. July 16 - Blackstock 8 - Bowmanville 13 (first loss for Blackstock) July 22 - Blackstock 22 - Bowmanville 14. July 23 - Blackstock 8 - Orono 6. Aug. 6 - Blackstock 19 - Bowmanville 8. : Final Reminders 1. Coaches who have not yet completed team assessment forms - please do so to either John McNamara's home mail- box on Church Street or to Garry Beechey at 92 Greensboro Drive. "2. Equipment bags to be returned to Sharon Winter or either of the above. 3. Year-end coaches meeting Town Hall, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. 4. Annual meeting in October - details later. 5. A big thank you to all who have made this another suc- cessful year in Cartwright Minor Ball.