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Citizen sports beat Wednesday, October 19, 1977 House league soccer may be organized ing up house league soccer for the Midland- ee been asked to look into the possibilities of netanguishene area. I would appreciate anyone who may have views on this type of program to please give me a call at the Municipal Office. The idea behind this project is to involve many municipalities on the House League basis as one by itself does not have the num- bers to set up its own. Recreation scene by Ron Marchildon Penetanguishene Recreation Coordinator I have received a letter from the Ministry of Culture and Recreation concerning a program which will be aired on Channel 10 (ETV) each Wednesday at7 p.m. It deals with all kinds of sports and deals with the coaching, training, emotional stress and the finer points of judging. They also make use of slow motion and other special effects to show the best per- formances from the 1976 Montreal Olympics. I would suggest that you look in on the program if you have the opportunity. In the past few weeks we have installed playground equipment in the John Street Park. The money for this project was made available from O.H.C. because of all their houses in the area. We are hoping that this will be a success and give us the insight to do this type of project in other parts of town. If anyone has comments please direct them to myself at the Municipal Office. We are always open to suggestions. We still do not have a definite date for completion of the arena floor, but you can be sure we will get it completed as soon as is possible. Your patience and understanding would be greatly appreciated at this time. The Penetanguishene Chemical Valley Junior "C"' Kings are asking for your support in buying Grey Cup football tickets. They sell for one dollar and will be going to a very worthwhile cause. The team will have to play its home games in Elmvale until ice is available in our own rink. I'm sure they would appreciate all your support at those games. Stealing the ball Bev Fitzgerald still has one hand on the ball and was able to steal it away from Collegiate player at this Park St. w 2 Hotel Brule pitcher Tim Sylvester hits a foul ball past third base in last Thursday's game in the Georgian Bay Fastball League final playoff series. On the very next pitch, he got a hit though shortstop to score Ed Trudeau ee go e Thursday's Junior basketball game at Midland Oldtimers ready The Midland Oldtimers Hockey Club offered bargains galore at their garage sale Saturday, and are one step closer to Copenhagen, Denmark where they plan to compete in the World Oldtimers Tournament in March. j)Drawing members fr, idland as well as s unding areas, the mjimers club was for- four years ago and have since gone on to play against some of the finest teams in the world. At the World Finals in 1975 the team travelled all the way to Holland to meet Sudbury in the Cham- pionship game which they lost 5-1. When they last played in Midland's arena they took on the Swedish Oldtimers and earned a 2- 2 tie "Vee just got together and formed a team," said Doug Wright in between sales at the Midland Civic Arena. The Midland Oldtimers are members of the Canadian Oldtimers Hockey Association which is affiliated with the International organization that includes teams from Finland, Holland, Belgium, Russia, and the United States. Despite the in- ternational competition, however, it is quite common for the world title to be a 'showdown' between two teams from Canada. "Each team represents their municipality," said Wright, "and the other countries don't have as Penetanguishene Secondary School. PSS lead for most of the game but had to win in overtime 45-43. Staff photo many teams as we do in Canada so it often hap- pens that two Canadian teams wind up in the finals."" Last year the Georgian Bay Oldtimers visited Switzerland for a tour- nament but, when they arrived in the town of Grindaval to meet their opponents, they found themselves up against a Swiss Junior A team. Non-contact rules "We thought we were going to play an oldtimers team, said Harvey Benoit who plays for both the Midland and Georgian Bay teams. "'Wheh we got there we said sure we'll play anyway but, nobody told them the rules. There's no body-contact allowed in an oldtimers league, but they came out using the body, so we Foul ball from third. The Brule squad won the game to take a 3-1 lead in the series, but lost the next two to set up the dramatic seventh game Tuesday night. Staff photo Midgets, Juniors down Park Street P.S.S. girls take two of Penetanguishene teams took two out of three girls' basketball games played last. Thursday against Orillia District Collegiate and Vocational Institute at Penetanguishene Secondary. School. The midget girls were the biggest winners, as they overpowered their Orillia counterparts by a score of 23-7. The P.S.S. girls led the whole way; they were ahead 10-2 at the half. Lise Leroux was the high scorer for P.S.S., P.S.S. girls play in annual tourney The Penetanguishene Junior Girls' basketball team was knocked out early in the second annual Junior Girls' Basketball Tournament . sponsored by Collingwood Collegiate last Saturday. They defeated Collingwood in the first game by a score of 26-23, but were eliminated from competition when they went down to defeat 31-30 to Markham District High School in the champinship round. In the first game, P.S.S. came from behind to take the win, At the end of the first half, Collingwood led 18-14. But by the end of the third quarter, the Penetanguishene girls had come back to tie the score at 20, and they went on to pass Collingwood to win 26-23. Bey Fitzgerald was the high scorer for Penetanguishene, scoring nine points. The victory moved P.S.S. into the cham- pionship round, in which they met Markham, last year's GEBESeS vA champions. This time, P.S.S. took an early lead, outscoring Markham 20-15 in the first half. In the third quarter, P.S.S. maintained its five- point lead, making it 28-23 going into the final quarter. Markham won _ the game in the final minute, when Kathy Wilcox sunk a six foot shot after her team stole the ball, to make it 31-30. That score held up, and Markham won the game, knocking P.S.S. out of the tour- nament. The high scorer for Penetanguishene was Jean Roi, with 11 points. for annual trip played regular rules too."' The outcome of the meeting was a 9-6 victory for the oldtimers, a story that team members recount with sly grins-- because their average age is around 42. Team members must be over 35 years old to play in the league and some are as old as 52. "We've got one line we call the century line," said Midland goaltender Terry Moore, 'Morley Spiker, Chic Chadwick and Earl McComb: between them the line is 150 years old." When asked if this might be the team's novelty line, Moore quickly jumped to his teammates' defense. "They're effective, they can hold their own and they goals."' The youngest player on the team is a tender 36- year-old rookie. can score Additional Fund raising For the coming season the team plans to hold several fund raising events such as Saturday's garage sale, including their annual manure sale which should take place the first Saturday in November. For two dollars a bushel the team will deliver manure to the garden of your choice. Interested horticultur- alists can phone Harvey Benoit at 526-8090 for information. The team needs ap- proximately $12,000 to send themselves to Copenhagen for the world tournament. counting for six points. Coach Gail Kingsley said the team seemed to be -getting more organized, and was playing a more controlled style of game. She said the midgets were using a full court press ef- fectively. Kingsley had _ special praise for Sharon Asselin, who stood out defen- sively, stealing the ball several times causing turnovers. Lena Belcourt also played a_ strong game, coming through on the rebounds. The junior girls won a Nancy Bell and an opponent from Park St. Collegiate do a two step in their Junior girls basketball Lercar wins fastball championship Lercar Construction last night staged a seventh inning rally to defeat Hotel Brule 7-6. Lercar wins the championship four games to three. Watch for full details in the Friday Citizen. Lerear Construction came up tough behind the solid pitching of Alvin Robillard Monday night to tie up the Georgian Bay Fastball League final series against Hotel Brule at three games apiece. Robillard stood out as the star of the 10 -4 vic- tory, pitching the whole seven innings, allowing five hits, and striking out eight. Bob Lapham took the loss, pitching 4 2/3 in- nings, while Tim Sylvester pitched the final 2 1/3 innings for Hotel Brule. Lercar started slowly, with one run in the first. Mike Dubeau reached base on an error, and Alvin Robillard then reached base on a fielder's choice. He scored on Ace? Anderson's single. In the second, Andy Forget led off with a single, and Kevin Tim- mons followed _ with another. Ken Edgar walked, loading the close one, taking a 45-43 victory in overtime. The game was close throughout, with the score tied at 27 at the half time mark. Kingsley said the game could have gone either way. She said there was a lot of good defensive play, and commented the Penetanguishene had done well in outside shooting. ODCVI penetrated well, and did well on the rebounds. Judy Payne was the high scorer in that game for P.S.S., with 11 points. The senior girls were 6 Pas de deux game at bases, and Robillard hit a two run single to put Lercar out in front 3-0. In the Lerear fourth, Mike Dubeau walked, went to second on a sacrifice, and scored on Anderson's triple to in- crease the Lercar lead to four. The fifth inning was the © one which told the story of the game, as Lercar struck for five runs. Andy Forget led off with a double, and scored when Timmons reached base on an error. Fred Desrochers singled scoring Timmons, and Mike Dubeau singled, scoring one. Robillard was hit with a pitch, and Bowker's_ sacrifice brought in a run. Another run scored when Anderson reached base on an error. The final Lerear run came in the sixth inning, when Timmons doubled, and Terry Dubeau singled driving in the run. Hotel Brule finally got on the scoreboard in the three games the only ones who failed to come. out on top Thur- sday. They were. easily overpowered by O.D.C.V.I. by a score of 49-19. Debbie Tinney stood out for P.S.S., counting for nine points. Kingsley said P.S.S. had trouble controlling the ball in its own end, and wasn't too accurate in the shooting depart- ment, O.D.C.V.I. had better ball handling skills, and seemed to score at will from almost anywhere on the floor. » L Penetanguishene Secondary School, Thursday. PSS won by two points after the game went into overtime. sixth inning. Bob Lapham walked, Dave Stainton singled, and Roger Ladouceur walked to load the bases. Peter DuBeau then hit a two run double. In the seventh, Ed Trudeau led off with a walk and Tim Sylvester followed with a single. Lapham's _ sacrifice scored one, and Stainton's Lercar wins Monday night single scored the other, to make it 10-4. Anderson was the top batter for Lercar, going two for five at the plate, and bringing in three runs. For Hotel Brule, it was Peter DuBeau, who hit a double in three trips to the plate, scoring two runs. Brule, Lercar split double header in local fastball action last week Hotel Brule and Lercar Construction split a double-header in Georgian Bay Fastball League playoff action last Thursday night, with Brule taking the first game 2-1, and Lercar taking the second 8-4. In the first game, Tim Sylvester picked up the win, allowing six hits, while Alvin Robillard took the loss, although he allowed only four hits. Both teams played error free ball throughout. the game. In the first inning, Brule catcher Ed Trudeau walked, ad- vanced on a single by Peter DuBeau, and scored on a single by Sylvester, to put Brule out in front 1-0. Lercar came back in the second, when, with one out, "'Ace" Anderson tripled to deep left centre, and with two out Andy Forget doubled to score Anderson. After four complete innings of tight, scoreless fastball, the winning run came in the bottom of the seventh. Bob Lapham led off with a long drive to deep left centre field, which was dropped by Boucher allowing Lapham to go all the way to third. Dave Stainton then hit a game winning single, scoring Lapham. Tim Sylvester was the star of the game for Hotel Brule. He pitched seven innings, and went one for two at the plate, knocking in one run. The win gave Hotel Brule a 3-1 lead in the best of seven final series, and put the team into the position of being able to wrap up the series with a second win, but the Lerecar team demon- strated the form which kept it in first place throughout the season, and came through with a "back to the wall' 8-4 victory. The win went to Alvin Robillard, while Tim Sylvester, who pitched the first inning and a third for Hotel Brule, took the loss. Bob Lapham pitched the rest of the game for the Brule team. Hotel Brule got on the scoreboard first, scoring two runs in the top of the second inning. Bob Lapham led off with a single, and Dave Stainton reached base on an error. With runners on second and third, Gary Hamelin hit a two run single. In the bottom of the second, Lercar went out in front 3-2. Ace: Anderson led off with a single and then walks to John Dubeau and_ Kevin Timmons loaded the bases. Fred Desrochers walked to score a run, leading Hotel Brule to put in Lapham to relieve Sylvester. Two more runs were then scored on two wild pitches, with RBI's going to Bill McQuaig and Ken Edgar. In the Brule third, Tim Sylvester and John Dion each singled, and one run scored on Bob Lapham's sacrifice. Lercar won the game in the bottom of the third with four runs, scored mostly on walks, wil pitches and errors. Alvin Robillard and _ Bill Bowker both walked, and Robillard was trapped in between second and third while trying to steal third. But Ed Trudeau's throw went out into centre field, and Robillard scored, with the RBI going to John Dubeau. Dubeau then walked, and Kevin Timmons walked, scoring one. A wild pitch scored another, and a single by Fred Desrochers scored another. Brule added one in the top of the sixth, when John Dion singled, Bob Lapham doubled, and Dion scored on a sacrifice by Dave Stainton. Lercar's final run came in the bottom of the sixth, when Fred Desrochers singled, went to second on a sacrifice by Bill McQuaig, and scored ona single by Mike Dubeau. St. Joseph's bombs Corpus Christi 39-21 Thursday St. Joseph's came up with a big win last Thursday, as_ they downed Corpus Christi 39- 21 on the St. Joseph's field, in Penetanguishene- Lafontaine Elementary School Touch Football League action. Ray Forget led the St. Joseph's scorers with 20 points, while James Grozelle and Frank Buttineau struck for six each, and Robert Dumais counted for seven. All scoring came on passes from quar- terback David Robillard. For Corpus Christi, Peter Roi scored all three touchdowns, and Tom Rankin added a convert. 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