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Giant iacaiits oe Tykes edged in tourney Midland Minor Baseball hosted their se- cond of three tournaments last weekend. The second annual tyke tournament was held on the heels of the Bantam tourney which was held the week previous. The 16 team, 30 game, two day tournament was convened by Brent Cudmore, MMBA All Star director. Newmarket won the championship with a 7-0 win over Guelph, while North Bay went away with consolation honors by dropping Orillia 7-3. Newmarket defeated Barrie 8-4 in their opening contest and stopped Brampton 12-1 in their next outing. To qualify for semi-final play, Newmarket downed North Bay 8-2 and then held Forest Glenn to a single counter in a 9-1 semi-final decision. Guelph started the tourney with a 3-1 loss to Bowmanville but rebounded to defeat Bolton 9-1 and then stopped Burlington 14-9 Soccer scores another to gain entry to the semi-finals. In reaching the finals Guelph nipped Milton 8-6. North Bay started out with a 6-1 win over Brampton and then dumped Barrie 13-5. Their next opponent was eventual cham- pions Newmarket who won 8-2. North Bay squeezed by Midland in the semis 7-6. Orillia bombed Thornhill 27-7 in their opener and defeated Collingwood 11-2, but lost to Milton 7-5 then nearly doubled Bowmanville 13-7. Midland barely missed the semi-finals when edged by North Bay 7-6. The local lads started well with a 26-6 win over Flesherton coupled with an exciting 4-3 victory over Isl- ington. Then the roof fell in as Midland was soundly defeated 17-7 at the hands of Forest Glenn. This is the first time that Midland Minor Baseball has ever undertaken to host three 16 team tournaments in the same season. The team | Muskoka win by Ed Pearson Last Sunday saw the Mid-Pen Soccer Club on the road again to oppose Bracebridge Juniors in Muskoka Soccer League play win- ning 2-1. As league leaders, Mid-Pen ex- pected things to be tough at the top and they were not disappointed, Bracebridge are a hard-running team. Ted Chisholm put Mid-Pen on the scoreboard first about twenty minutes into the first half. Collecting a loose ball on the Bracebridge 18 yard line, he crashed the ball hard and high into the home team's net. Peter Acliate's goal put Mid-Pen further ahead. He made a fine solo run down the centre to find two defenders between himself and the goal, he dribbled past the first and rounded the se- cond to sidekick the ball past the keeper. Bracebridge fought back and eventually scored their lone tally just before the half-time whistle. Mid-Pen are still deficent of a regular goalkeeper. It is tempting fate to expect them to maintain their top of the league status without a career goalkeeper. Allistair Hair was persuaded to stand under the crossbar for this game and he managed to get in the wa Chisholm of most of the shots fired at him but he was clearly unhappy in the situation. The second half went scoreless due to the outstanding play of the Mid-Pen defence. Randy Hargrave, who missed the entire season last year, has found his form and was very effective on defence. Steve Jupp played his usual robust game. Dave Campbell was kept off the scoreboard this game, partly due to his late arrival at the game. His veterinarian duties are tend to restrict his goal rate. Luckily, the team is finding sharp- shooters to fill the breech. Mid-Pen practice at the Penetang Secondary School on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. Goaltenders wishing to try out will be welcomed, former goalkeepers will have all their previous sins forgiven. : The next game for Mid-Pen will be at home on Sunday July 10 against Orillia City. Ex- Mid-Pen player and last year's league's top scorer, Shane Spurr, will be appearing in the Orillia line up. At the Wye Marsh Peewee tourney will be held July 23-24. Tourney organizers were once again quick to praise the umpiring crew, terming their work "'exceptional"'. i Ground Ball Thornhill third baseman, number nine, drills the ball on the ground at Little Lake Park Sun- day afternoon. Thornhill lost the contest to Collingwood 13-5 in Midland Minor MMBA executoive wish to thank Emily Cote, Peggy Mannapso and Shirley Brown for their assistance to running the garage and bake sales at Little Lake Park on the weekend. Baseball's second annual/Tyke Tournament. The two day tourney featured 16 teams and 30 games played on four ball diamonds. Swimmers win awards The Midland Y Keegos held their awards banquet Wednesday night at the Wye Marsh. Several swimmers were recognised for their efforts in the 1987-88 season. In the Most Improved Novice category, Nathalie Garthside and Bradley Chapelle won in the eight and under division, while Vanessa Moriarty and Dave Thomson were the nine and over winners. The Most Improved Developmental were Ayesha Rollinson (61.7 /improvement) and Spencer Chapelle (54.3 per cent) in the 10 and under division. In the 11-12 year old division, Kyla Rollinson plus (73.9 per cent) and Patrick Brooks (81.3 per cent) were the win- ners, while Muriel Henry (68.9 per cent) and Sean Brooks (72.1 per cent) were tops in the 13-14 age group. Bryan Shouldice (36.7 per cent) was the Most Improved in the 15 and over boys. The members of the Keegos voted on the Most Sortsmanlike swimmers. Melissa Cave was the choice of her peers. Jason Pursell was the winner of the Swim-a- Thon trophy. Jenni Gibson was the recipient of the girls' High Point Trophy with 49 points while Patrick Brooks was the boys' winner with 65 points. Points were awarded on the basis of five for a first place finish, three for a second and one for a third. The Most Outstanding Swimmer Trophy was awarded on the basis of attendance, team points, records broken and percent improve- ment. Sean Brooks was named the winner of the prestigious award with Jenni Gibson and Patrick Brooks being named as runners-up. Also at the awards ceremony, it was an- nounced that Mr. Blackwell from Mac- Donald's Restaurant has made a corporate donation to be given yearly to the Keegos for the Capital contingency Fund set up to raise money for equipment Wednesday, June 29, 1988, Page 23