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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Southpoint Sun - 17
Sports flashbacks from summer of ‘95
MINOR MOSQUITOS WIN SILVER The Leamington Bromar Transport Minor Mosquitos reached the championship game of a tournament in Byron on the weekend. In the championship game, Owen Sound won a see-saw game by a 10-8 score. Leamington led 3-2 after three innings, but Owen Sound added seven unanswered runs to take a 9-3 lead into the sixth. Leamington managed five runs in the sixth, but Owen Sound added one in the seventh to seal the deal. Leamington manged 14 hits against Owen Sound pitching, led by Michael Ferreira with four hits. Peter Peraino, Stephen Feltz and Jamie Gillett had two hits each, with singles to Michael Sleiman, Shawn Williams, Dan Eichel, Bradley McKeen and Chris Tawil. Owen Sound collected only eight hits off Peraino and Ferreira, who both pitched well. PEEWEES ADVANCE TO OBA The Leamington Legion Peewees advanced to the OBA tournament by winning the Sun Parlour Peewee title over Essex last weekend. Holding a 1-0 series lead, Leamington finished off the series with a 4-0 win in Essex. Michael Bell and Adam Verheyen combined on the four-hit shutout, while their teammates combined for 14 hits. Sal Peralta led the attack with three hits. Rob Peters, Adam Rutgers and Ryan Winter each collected two while Ryan Schauer launched a long triple. Paul Omstead doubled, while singles went to Verheyen, Ryan Willan and Stephen Hillman. SAFFRAN WINS ERIES SHORES SENIOR Mike Saffran’s 72 was good enough to beat the field in the annual Senior Men’s Invitational at Erie Shores last week. Mike Kennedy was one shot back at 73, while last year’s winner, Ed Niziolek shot a 74. 150 COMPETE IN KIDS OF STEEL It was a hot morning but about 150 youngsters turned out for the first annual Kids of Steel Triathlon held in Leamington. Local runner Blaire Kniaziew took first place in the girls 15-18 age group, while Noelle Kniaziew was fourth, followed by Tricia Tranter fifth and Kristy Rutgers ninth. Keith Rumble won the boys 9-10 age group, while Phillip Campbell was seventh. In the boys 15-18 group. Jamie Morracci finished first. Other locals with great finishes were Kara Gabriele, Kristy Rumble, Nicholas Preyde, Jessica Scratch, Kim Rumble, Laura Allen, Jared Scratch, Kris Gabriele, Jordan Kniaziew and Tony Coppola. WHEATLEY GIRLS SPLIT WITH MCGREGOR The McGregor girls slo-pitch team came to Wheatley on the weekend and split a pair of games — both by a 2-1 score. In game one, Lori Doudiet took the loss in a close contest, with McGregor out-hitting Wheatley eight hits to five. In game two, the locals were backed by excellent pitching from Sherry Wright to win the game. Vanessa Jones had a pair of hits to lead the locals at the plate. Wheatley’s record is now 19-12.
The LaSala Construction Slo-Pitch team lost a heartbreaker to Michigan Tavern in an all-Essex County Canadian final back in 1990. Team members were, back row: Rick Baldwin, Tom Tetzlaff, Rick Sudds, John Sebele, Todd Beacom, Steve Branch. Front row: Bill Taylor, Rob Tremblay, Mark Wuerch, Rob Bigley, Ed Surowaniec, Dave Manning, Gary Wuerch and Gary Schultz. Photo from the Scott Holland Collection
1990 Slo-Pitch Nationals
Local slo-pitch team was one win away from Canadian title by C. Scott Holland With a stunning 7-1 record overall, Leamington’s LaSala Construction slo-pitch squad finished second at the Canadian National Slo-Pitch tournament held in London, Ontario back in August 1990. The tournament featured 30 teams from across Canada and the LaSala squad played in the ‘C’ division. The LaSala team opened the tournament by facing Brasserie Piloup of Quebec and blanking them 3-0. Next up, they faced East London Sports and won 7-4. The following day, they won both contests to sweep their division. Their bats and pitching combined to give them a 6-1 victory over North East Arm Hotel of Dunville,
Newfoundland. Then they shutout Stampede Pontiac of Calgary 7-0 for a 4-0 record which put them in the elimination round. The LaSala bats came to life in the elimination opener as they hammered the A’s of Tyndall, Manitoba by a score of 10-3. The offensive show continued in the next contest, as they beat Lamp Cabin of Springhill, Nova Scotia 149. Facing the highly favoured Harlman’s Auto Repair of London, LaSala’s defence and hitting sent the strong London squad to the sidelines by a 13-6 margin of victory. Gary Schultz, Dave Manning, Todd Beacom and Rick Baldwin all slugged homers. That victory also gave LaSala a
berth in the finals, which was an all-Essex County affair, featuring Michigan Tavern of Windsor as their opponent. In the finals, LaSala played well and actually had a lead at one point, but by the end of the game, they were beaten 9-6. One of LaSala’s heroes was Todd Beacom, who hit four home runs and drove in 12 runs with a .630 batting average on the weekend. Rob Bigley was a star on the mound until being injured in the final game. Bigley also had a .609 batting average and as a team, LaSala hit .448. The ultimate compliment and thumbs up came courtesy of the umpiring crews who said that the LaSala team was a ‘class act.’
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