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‘ . l wumwouwm-wxwizamzozs , Ghosts scare up national success . Schill, Black help Strut/bid capture Her 2 Canadian Under-18 Women’s Fast Pitch Championsth . By loan.“ Baa-r '- ' ' 3 i V” fiv'v'vv ‘7 final year of high school and her 1 (Jim'lidt’sulf ‘ fl ' ' I final season of minor softball. the l t . ' a . _ national gold medal also gives her mum â€" it‘s a funny thing. “ ‘ motivation to help Waterloo's P it turns Ashley Black into a ‘ . ‘ ._.- " under-18 team qualify for nation- ! jittery bundle of nervous " ‘ " alsnextseason. I energy. but it also helps the i7- She is also hoping her effort at i year~old Waterloo Ghosts hurler ”we.” ‘ 5” m ~ . nationals helps attract some atten. ; perform some impressive feats of ‘ m What“ ‘ "if? Eifiwlflir «vifii‘i ‘ “i M = were; ‘ (ion from the universit ranks. " softball strength, “W m, “if. ,.,..,..,§,‘,?g_3.t _ . Eel .. fl ' {$3va " ‘i “ ' Black wants to keep playing the So when the Sir lohn A. Mac- ‘ ’ game foraslongasshecart donald Secondary School student. 1! n _ “i love it, even though it‘s pretty along with teammate Kim Schill, : . ' ,. much a game that you fail at," she was called up to join the Stratford - . g. will" said. “i like that you have the Optimist Flames at the Tier 2 ‘ in; a chance to succeed when the odds Canadian Under-la Women's Fast f ' 3" “h. . i _ 5 ‘ “A are stacked against you. it just Pitch Championships in Montreal. ,. re , " ' ‘ ” a 4," e r~;_ ; ‘ 1 proves that you are capable of any- nerves came flooding forward like A ' i . . ' ‘f‘r ’ thing ifyou putyourmind to it and a high-and-tiyit fastball. P‘ fr . . , work hard." ‘ Even more so when she toed f, a w ' . . UlfiswinEastemCanadiantitle the rubber for the Flames in the a u ‘ ' . Meanwhile, the under-16 rep gold-medal final against the bon- 3 ~ "w- , Ghosts were also gold medal win- don Lightning. 'f g hers at the Tier 2 Eastern Canadian -n was kind of awkward.“ said . V “a {fish championshipsinNova Scotia. Black. who was making her third L . - * ' M .“iii Waterloo was 7-0 to secure its appearance at nationals. "it's ?‘ ‘ » " w? h," fifthundefeated record ofthetour- intimidating, because you don't . ft ,. i, ‘s' " nament season. including the want to screw up in front of these / l 1 "" Sl “Ch . " provincial qualifiers (5-0) and the girisanditwmn'treallyourteam. ’ , 4 t .‘ , 9.1 g- : provincial championships (4-0.) “I tried to keep calm and the a a» ”-".i_.3,;',,j;“*f’ , . At the Eastern Canadians. girls were really behind me, so that t “' ~ f _,, Waterloo wrapped up the touma- helped. But l find l pitch better ‘ I!“ . » ' ff? ment with a6â€"3 gold-medal victory when the pressure is on, which is ' _“jv;.§e over the Nova Scotia 96s and a weird, l'm really hard on myself i" “a: ' "' ' 58-9 runs-scored differential as thatwayandlknowihavetoget r L M “ " wellthroughoutthetoumament the iobdone.‘ ‘ , ' was “' Brooke Thrkal], Katrina Gam- Black didn't lust get the job ' mie, Bobbi-Sue Hentges, Celeste done. though; she dominated the _ Witneii and Undsay Geffros com- Lightnlng, winning the champi» ” bined for a .426 batting average, onshlp MVP award in her third Longtime Wm Ghosts Kim Schill, left. and Ashley BM pose with their Canadian Under-18 Wornafs Fast nine doubles, two triples, seven Mammoftheloum- MOMpionshipgoldmedaismmirioinedthesvatfordomimistflamesformetmrmamm.withBladr homemnsandlswalks merit. "filing (00mm ”Ml MW Turkalj, Gammle and Ashley Schill. 16. was also a solid oon- mum Huber -â€" who had six wins. 29 tributor, starting one game and under-18 team just missed making thought we would have a chance senior national team at the 2004 strikeouts and allowed just two playing pans ofrwo others at third the Canadian championships by to play at nationals this year." SurnmerGamesinAthens. Greece. earned runs in 31.) innings - base for a Stratiord team that went one spot. finishing fifth at all- Schill said. "But after that, we Mth all that success at her fin- pitched â€" were named all-stars 6-2 during the toumament against Ontarlos in Peterborough last weren't expecting to play any gertips. Kim Schill was attracted to and won individuals awards as the . Ontarioâ€" and Quebec-based teams month. more.” the lure of medals, but soon top batter. tournament MVP and ’ from London. Whitby. Port Perry. in fact. the Ghosts were leading Then Stratford came calling, learned there was more to softball lop pitcherlupect'lvely. lacSt. louis. Montrealandlzval. Pon Perry in theirfinalgameofthe and the rest is history. it also thanwinsandiosses Butthebiggeststrengthwasthe ' it was Schill's fourth national double-knockout tournament helped Schili come full circle as a “Once I started playing, i fell in team‘s glove work, head coach l championship appearance and before a rain delay interrupted softball player. love with the sport,” said Schill. "lt DaveGeffmssaid. l her first medal after finishing a play with Waterloo runners on sec- The 16-year-old SIAM student doesn‘t really feel like work when i "Wehadgreat defence," he said. l previous-best fourth with the and and third. Port Perry rallied grew up idolizinghersoltball-playâ€" go to practice. because I get to be "We a talented infield. They knew . (mount the20|0toumament once the game resumed to send ing cousins. especially former outside and hang out with my what theyweredoingandvery sel- , It was also an unexpected theGhostspacking Canadian Olympian Rachel Schill, friends' dom did they let a grounder get i opportunity after their Ghosts "At the start of the season. we who suited up for the fifth-place For Black. who is entering her throughwtheguss.’ l , ' GOLDEN HAWK FOOTBALL ' t . , . . l o -.-,- . t Laurrer vs York i f . ’ a) (1 I” . ..l . . l . ”I . . Saturday, September I5 , I w, m I . 00 ‘ ' l ' I "m t .- ,. . pm at llniversru Stadium , it aka 3 ‘ ‘ . > ‘- . o a a \ ‘" 1“ . . . ‘ ~ tickets.laurrerathletrcs.com ,. ,-