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Whiby Froo Press, Weclnesy, August.10,1994, Page 23 ~Z~1erlea s UmS. kart seirieS Kart racer Brett Osler of Whitby is currently in first place in the ProKart Challenge Series, whicb is raced et varieus tracks in. the northeastern United States. OsIer bas raced in this series since May, and bas usually placed The Whitby Legion miner peewees rep basebell teain coinplted the first round of the Ontario Baseball Association limination playoffs by sweoping Clarington 2-0 in their best-of-three series. Whitby won the opener et Pool Park on Aug. 3 by a score of 7-2. Joel Prues pitched the first five innings and gave up two runs on three bits wbile issuing five walks and striking out two. David Beckford "pitched the final two innings and struck eut one wbile facing the minimum six batters. Whitby broke on top 3-0 in the second inning. With one eut, Mike Dunford and Judd Stevenson bit back te back singles. A Beckford groundout advanced the runnors and beth scored when Clarington made a double errer on a ground bell bit by Wayne Wickens. Wickens thon stèle second and scored on a double by Prues. Whitby scored an unearned mun in the fourth inning te make the score 4-1 and thon put the gaine away in the sixth when they scored three more tinios. Mike Dunford led off with a single, bis second of the gaine. Ho thon scored on a single by a slumping Chris Lazany. RBI singles by Wickens and Luko Harden completed the scering. Whitby conpleted the series on Aug. 5 et Claingten, romping te a 16-0 victory. Dunford pitched the first three innings for Whitby, giving up Clartington's only bit, an infield single in the second inning. Ho walked one and struck eut four. John Barr pitched two bitless innings, walkcing one and striking eut one. Ryan Mitchell pitched the final inning, striking eut one. in the top three et each race in the Pro Yamaha senior class,ý racing in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Indigna. Most races are on sprint road courses. However, this year oval stock car tracks have been included in this series, which add The Whitby bats were net aIl that impressivo as they collected only six hits. They benefited frein 12 Clarington walks, however, and had six runners score on pessed balla. Will Bright and Stevenson each bad two bits with Adaim Balan and Prues collecting the others. Stevenson and Mitchell led the way with two RBIs apiece. Whitby will roceive a bye frein the noxt round and will thon play the winner of the Oshawa-Ajax series for the right te represent the Eastern Ontario Basebal Association in the OBA playdowns egeinst the winner of the York-Simcoe lbague. The winner of thet series will advance te the OBA finals te be beld in Windsor on Labeur Day weekend. In the EOBA beague finals held in Ajax on the Civie Holiday weekend, Whitby lest 7-5 to, Oshawa in the chainpienship game. Whitby, which flnished first overall with a 17-1-1 record, breezed througb the early stages of the teurnainent defeating Clarington 12-1, Ajax 11-2 and Oshawa 8-2. They thon Iot 4-3 te Oshawa before losing the final gaine. Whitby played the gaine under pretest, bowever, as Oshawa used an ineligible pitcher for the first four innings. Ruies state that a pitcher is ineligible if ho exceeds the number of innings ho is allowed te, pitch in the toumainent. The EOBA protest committee thon convened and deliberated for about 10 minutes before disallowing the protest. They agreed Oshawa violated the pitcbing rule but the committee could net eriforce a penalty bocause neoenalty was stipuflat-d in the rule book. te the excitonient. Oval racing is new te OsIer, but ho has done extremely well, proving bis vorsatility. Recently at Lancaster Sedwayi Batavia, N.Y., Osier, w ho quliid for the polo position for the feature race, was driven off the course by a close competiter. OsIer had te wait for the entire peck of 30 karts te, pass hini before he could ne-enter the race. Ho got back in, and in the 25 laps which were raeed, ho managed te, get tbrough the pack te finish Hawks advance to provincials Wbity HuhesHawks novice girl'sfbltan captured the silver modal in the Provincial Wom«n's Softball Association regional qualifier held in Markhani and advanced te the provincial finals. Whitby opened up on Friday night against Niagara Falls. After a delayed start due te rain, Whitby was leading 6-3 after five innings when the gaine was suspended duo te a light curfew. The gaine was resumed the following morning and Wbhitby held on te a win 6-4. Hawks capitalized by scoring four runs in the flrst inning, three of wbich were unearned. Heather Seamone went the distance on the znound striking eut four and only walking three. Lesley Aitkenhead made three sparkling catches in the outfield, including the final out, te keep the Niagara bats et bey. Whitby hitting was led by Tania Chapeil with two singles and Gail Bradley with a double. Catcher Jil Innes picked off a runner et third base in the sixth,- stepping a late inning rally. Hawks advanced te play East Gwillimbury in the second round. Whitby's batting camne alive, driving eut il hits in total and scoring seven runs in the firat inning, one each in the second, fourtb and sixth, tepping it off with eight in the seventh te go on to win 18-1. Seainone egein went the distance on thoeniourid, striking eut seven and walking only two. Left fielder Callie Osborne displayed a strong arn, tbrowing out a runner et home plate in the fifth. Whitby hitting wes led by Gannon and Kriistin Foster with a double and a single each, two singles by Chappell and Elyse Sorichetti. Foster and Osborne scored three runs each. In the third round, Whitby caine up against Aurora Diggers, losing a very tigbt defensive gaine 4-3 in eight inninga. Down by one run in the bottoin of the seventh, Bradley bit a single and scored on Poster's RBI groundout, tying the gaine et two and forcing the extra freine. Whitby gave up twe runs in the eighth on a back-to-back single and double. Down by two, Hawks rallied in the bottom haif of the inning te, score one but left the go-ahead run stranded on second base. Gale, Chappeli, Leanno Gannen, Innos and Sorichetti had two singles each. Again Seainone went the distance, pitching al eight innings, fa.cing 35 battors, striking out two and waling one. By losing in the third round, Whitby was facod with a rematch against Niagara on Sunday morning. The Fals tean made their way back into the semi-finals; by winning four gaines straight against Pickering, Woodstock, East Gwillimbury and Milton. Again it took extra innings te make a decision and this time Whitby came eut on top winning 10-9 in the top of the eighth. Foster led Hawks at the plate driving out three singles, with a triple and e single by Chappeli, a double and a single by Sorichetti, and two singles each by Osborne and Gannon. Innes bit a one-out double in the top of the last inning then advanced te third on a groundout by Osborne, scoring the go-ahead Under-lOs stili in hunt for 2 tities The Whitby under-lO rep soccer team, sponsorod by Deminos Pizza, Neilson Cadbury and The Golden Griddle, kept up their challenge for the Central Soccer League and Cup double by defeating *a strong East York teain Aug. 2 by 3-1 at home in beague action and North Scarborough 2 by 5.0 away Aug. 4 in the Cup Tue:jYSd alsgee saw Whitby take a 2-0 lead beforo the half on a spectacular John Baker free kick and a iàain Reddox volley as Whitby keeper Brian Crawford held strong behind sweeper Eaznon Sommerville, left beck Mike Denning, central defender Gavin McCrorie and right back Tyler Mattin. Despite constant pressure from the Whitby forwards and a string ef near misses, the score remained the saine until midway through the half when the visitors struck back on a brealcaway but a Baker penalty kick, after gaine most valuable p layer Ciaran Thompson had been taken down in the box, put the gaine out of reach. The cup gaine played in Scarborough was a very one- sidod affair with Whitby goals ftrn Baker, right winger P'aul Kontos (two) and gaine MVP Mike Sheehan. David Morgan in run on a wild pitch. Whitby held on defensively in the bottom of the eightb te clear the way te the final. Seainone again pitched a complote game win. This set the scene fer enother round with Aurora., Whitby led 3-2 afler four inninge but Diggers started a hitting attack that resulted in four runs in the fifth and three runs in the sixth te, down Hawks 9-5. Chappoîl drove eut a triple and a double, Osborne a double and a single. Seamone pitched another complote gaine for a total of five over the tbroe days. fifth for the day. Bad weather made it necessary to finish the race at lap 25, as the features are usually 50 lape. The series runs into October an d OsIer hopes te finish the seeson in the top threo. UPComing events include the Canadien Grand Nationals at Shennonville Motorsport- Park, near Belleville, on Aug. 12, 13 and 14. OsIer will compete in four classes over the three. days. A trip to Barre, Vermont for a two-day Prokart Challenge Race will include a roed course race on Saturday and a quarter-mile high banked oval on Sunday. This "short track" oval stock car track bas a 28-degree banking and te, race fans, is considered the 'Talladaga of the Short Tracks! This will be a new experience for OsIer, both in driving and kart set-up. Osler's sponsors are Dube Hair & 8kmn of Whitby, Trimline Autographics of Courtice, Canadien Performance Producta of Dewnsview and Karts ýand Parts, Markhazn. 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