Whitby Free Press, 30 Jul 1980, p. 14

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Bui*lders take lead in s eries After a surprlslng and dlsappolnting fin-t game lois to the Brampton Ex- celsiors the Whltby Buliders came back Wo take the next two games glving them the lead ln theli best of seven quarter finals. Excelsiors, who lest 17 of their 20 regular season games took the first match [n the series 12-10 la a game played at Iroquois Park Arena on July 20. Coach Ken Webster was se elated that he called the win, 11my best as a coach." The Builders coach Jlm Hinkeon attrlbuted te bis team's loss te generally beng outplayed by the Ex- celsiors and . smllingly, due te the fact that they scored more goals. The second game went te the extreme opposite with the Builders teaching the Excelsiers a 234 lesson on why net tW beat them on their home turf. Cam Devine, recently voted the Most Valuable Player of 1980, suggested that the score could be heard around the world when Brampton surprised thé Whitby Team In the openlng game. The doubts of any Builders fans had were silenced with the tying game win, aIse played at Iroquois Park. Devine himseif played an important role in the Ex- celsiors defeat scoring six goals. The Builders contlnued to excel Iast Wednesday night at Memorl Arena in Brampton when. the series continued by defeating the Exceisiors 10-4. With that win the Whitby team moved ahead two ga mes to one In the series. Graham Harrison, Bram- pton's goaltender, put in an excellent performance for the home town crowd, facing 71 shots but Whltby proved too much for hlm. -Itwas a lackluster game but definsive efforts by players like Andy Perroni, AI MacDonald and Jamie Roach showed why this team is golng te be tough to beat." said Whitby's general manager Jim Brady. "We son't impress many people on last Thursday's performance but, if we give Up' four goals, we won't lose many games." Devine has shone eut as the top scorer for the Builders thus far in the serles getting eight goals in the three games. Ed Derks is second with six goals while Gil Nieuwefldyk sits In third place with four. Redmen win Excellent goaltendlng provlded the wln for the Brooklln Redmen last Thursday nlght at the Brooklln Arena. The Redmen defeated the Peterborough Red Oaks 19-5. Above netminder Wayne Colley blocks a shot by Peterborough's.Guy Legault (14> whlle a Brooklin defence man clears the unwanted Intruder. The Redmen play host to Port Elgin, Thersday Q1 o'l thfN 9rooklln Arena. Soccer standings SQUIRTS Royal Bank Matthew Sunoco Data Processing Services Brooklin Legion Whitby Aluininum County Bowl Peacock Sports Attersley Family Kartway ATOMS (east) Whitby Kiwanis Club White Rose Family Trust Block Parents Whitby Fireplace Plus ATOMS (west) Stokely Gator Aders Whitby Lions Canadian Scottish Wilson Auto Centre Brooklin Concrete Hair Care Centre PEE WEE T and E Osbawa Meat Products Port Perry Devils Whitby Rotary Club Midas Muffler Century 21 - Gold Jacket Totten Sims Hubick.i BANTAM Medal winner Chris Donnelly, 9, of Whitby recently placed third in cern- petition at the International Swizn Meet in London Ontarlo, capturing the bronze medal for the 100 met.re backstroke. Donnelly also placed fifth in the 200 metre individually medely and had two sîsth place finishes in the 100 and 200 metre breaststroke events. In the two years Donneily has been a member of the Iroquois Swim Club he bas won over 30 medals for different swimming events. A West Lynde Public School student, Donnelly's ultimate goal for bis swimming is te com- pete ini the Olympics. Fr-ee Press photo by Stephen Greenaway Van Hoof Construction Wiggers Furniture Whitby Optimists George Cini's Barber Shop Port Perry Lions MOSQUITOS Anca Laboritories Fiank Real Estate Dairy Queen WhitbyMall Tavern Lasco Steel Frank Real Est. G. Dowker Whitby Fire Fighters By S. GREENAWAY Free Press Staff An enchantment of some PT. sort has befallen the Henry PT. Buildail team lu the Cmn- 9 derellae division of the Wht- 8 by Girls Athletic Association 8 basebal league. 6 n the past three seasons 6 the teams record stands te 5 date at38 wins, 2losses and 2 one tie. 2 They are currently in first 1 place this year with a record 0 f 10 wins, one loss, and one PT. tie, "They're really a terrific 10 team effort group of girls," 10 *said coach John Hughes. 4 Hughes, who is in bis first 3 season coaching the girls, 1 feels confident that his team will take the championship p'rS. tifis year as the team has done the past two years in a 10 row. 9 Ris team has built up a 9 reputation as the team te 4 beat in the league. 3 "It bas put a lot of 1 pressure on the girls te beat the other teams but they PTS. have managed te live up te 8 it," said Hughes. 6 4 2 2 Girls iPrS. basebal standings PTS. Henry Buildail B.P. Car Wash 9 Kiwanis 7 Fisher Refridge 6 Lions Club 4 Midway Datsun 2 Rotary Club 2 Optimrs 0 Kinsmen 20 Pt. 18 Pt. 15 Pt. 10 Pt. 8 Pt. 7 Pt. 6 Pt 5 Pt. 3 Pt. He aise gives a lot of praise eut te the parents of the girls on the team saying that they have been giving lots of support with games and practices. The team practices at least twice a week on top of their average of on game a week. "The younger girls have really improved. " "Even the players who aren't experienced get caught Up in the enthusiasm because of the name the team has made for ther-- selves." At present there are two girls who have been on the team ail along. They are Coleen Creighton and Heyly Drew, both 13. Since the league only ac- cepts girls from the age of 10 - 13 Buildaîl will be losing these girls as well as about three others at the st.art of next season. "The team lost about five seniors last year s0 the younger players had te pick Up the slack," said Hughes. The team have a good number of straong hitters who Hughes says usually get about 3 homeruns a week, each on average. This coupled with a good defence give Henry Buildail the makings of the cham- pions they have been in the past. "They have ail sorts of Henry chants that carriest on the enthusiasm on throughout the game," said Hughes. in the past Buildaîl have kept up an average of close te 30 runs for and 12 runs agginst per game played. The regular season ends on August 8 and playoffs start ini a round robin tour- nament on August 23. Don't let the name Cmn- dereBa f001 any oue. Henry's Buifll are one tough unit. Buiktallteam enchanted nom

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