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Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, July 201994. Page 25 Whitbyimprovesrfirst-pace EBArecord' The Whitbhy major bantain baseball teain, sponsored by the Whitby Optimiste, won ail four gaines they played in the past week. Lare Clay went the distance for the win in the first game against Port Hope. Whitby pounded ouit 18 hits to roll to a 15-2 win. Sean Donnelly, David Milne, Dérek Grieve, Ryan Crotin and David Yarwood each had a multiple-bit gaine. The Optimiste second game was a tough battle with Ajax. Kyle. McFarlane picked up the win in relief with Ryan BaIan getting the save. Ajax jumped out te a quick léad in this gaine béfore Whitby fought back te tie the gaine in the top of the sixthinning, Optimists pulled away in the seventh scoring fivé runs. Colin Cockburn salted the gaine away with a three-run home run. Donnelly continuod bis bot hitting going four for six while Crotin and Balan pickéd up three bits éach as Whitby won 13-6. Yarwood was oe oweiringfo Whitby as they beat Knda11 15-2 in the Optimiastbtird gaine in four nights. Yarwood struck eut il inbisecmpetsie ewin. ln, Mie, 'e MFrane, and Yarwood led the 19-it gamne with three bits each. The final gaine of the week saw visiting Kingston bow to Whitby 12-O. Balan was in comploe comnmand as ho went the distance, striking out 12 batters. Doug Clarke bit two home runs, bis firat a leadof borner te kickstart the Optimist offence. Clay, Balan and Cockburn aise chipped in with two bits éach. Chris D'Albret and Ryan Grundie each drove in two runs. gaine. on sharp singles early in the Whitby is in first place in the west division of the EOBA with 16 wins and two lossés. Tykes impress big boys Thé Whitby tyke A rep lacrosse teain came away from thé Ray Broadworth Mémorial Tournament in 9zloucester, Ont. recontly without a champion- ship but with a wéalth of expérience. Conch Kevin O'I3rien's tykc, teain (ight-year-olds) stepped up an age group tocompets in thé novice division (nine and 10 years old) of thé Ottawa area teurney and posted an impressive 2-2-0 record, losing thé sfilver Bantams endure handicap Thé Whitby Peacock Sports minor bantam. baseball teamn managed te, win- one of thre gainés at thé Barrie major bantam teumainént tbis past weekend. Despite thé handicap of playing teains with players a year older than theinsélves, Whitby demonstrated a great deal of character and détermination. 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At-ter succéssful steals of second and third, thé stage was set for thé héroics of gaine moat valuable player Matt Smith Who laid down a perfect suicide bunt te secure thé 2-1 victory. Earning MVI> honours in the Barrie gaine was Rutherford, and in thé Braxnpten gaine, Mike Foret. Leading thé attack during thé tournainent for Whitby were Rutherford with four bits including a double, Thompson (three bite), Smith (three bits), Sean Trémaine (two 'its), Foret (two bits), Beéthain (a double), John Partlow, Peter Triantafilou, and Grog Zedic with singles.* Paul Graharn, Ryan Vopni and Steve MacIsaac provided strong pitcbing. throughout thé tournamnent. Josh Huether, Zedic and Smith limiàted thé opposition te but a few stolen bases. Hawks take 2 Whitby Hughes Hawks bantain girls' softball teain had twe wins recently te stretch their record te five wins, twe ties and two losses in league play. Bebind thé solid pitcbing of Lindsay Knocker and good défensive play by Amy McAdam and Leslie West, thé teain amassed 13 bits te defeat Barrie 13-4. In a 16-4 win over scarborough, Shannon Harrod, Courtney Mitchell and Knocker shared thé pitcbing duties while McAdam had tbrebite, Stacie Béethain two, and Mitchell, West and Knocker one each. Key dé-fensive plays in this gaine came frin Jillian Finley, Chelsea Stroud and Rhian Moore. championship gaine 6-4 (on an émpty-net goal) against Oriondaga. Thé Whitby squad, 12-O in teurnainent play agmns other tyke teains, o penéd th e évent with an impressive 5-3 victory ovér a big, strong club froi Akwesasne. Kyle O'Brién led thé way with two goals. Zac Gréer, Adamn Berti and Stevén Seedhouse added singles. Whitby thén hanimered Tyrendinaga 11-1. O'Brien once again led thé way with three goals. Matt Savoie added two with singles te Berti, Craig McDonald, Michael Haley, Seedhouse, Gréer and teain captain Matthew Carroll. Colo Lang, thé only novice age runner who was- pickéd up for thé tournament, added four assiste. Wihitby bst its third gaine, a 2-1 heartbreaker te Gloucester. A tie would have put coach O'Brién's tsam into thé grand championship. Berti scored thé lone Whitby goal. In the silver final against Onondaga, Whitby was physically overmatchéd and felI bebind 4-0. But Berti scored a goal with four seconds left in the second period te, ignits a comeback. Greer narrowed thé gap te 4-2 and thon Berti took over thé gaine with- an incredible individual effort, scoing two more goals te tie it. Onondagarégained a one-goal léad lats and nailed down- the victory with an empty-net goal after treinendous Whitby pressuré. Whitby recéived outstanding netrninding througIhout the tournainent from Curtis Doherty, who faced more shots in thé tournament than hé had all season, and Kelly Gréer, a novice age pickup for thé tourney. Othér Whitby players included Keénan Lang, Michael. 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