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October 1983 revisited This week’s sports flashbacks are from October 1983. Sherman Station beats Colasanti’s in flag football In the Leamington Flag Football League, Sherman Station beat Colasanti’s 24-18 to pull the two teams into a tie for first place. Sherman quarterback Pat Misener started the scoring, rushing in from five yards for the touchdown. Joe Mullen then pulled in a Mike Mullen pass to tie the game for Colasanti’s before Misener hit Mike MacKinnon with a 65-yard pass and run. He then followed up with a lateral to Brian Roach, who scampered into the end zone. That left Sherman’s leading 18-6 at the half. Mike Mullen then opened the second half with a 40-yard TD throw to Roger White and followed with a 10-yard strike to Joe Mullen to tie the game. The winning touchdown was scored when Misener hit tight end Dave Lightfoot with a pass, who then lateralled to Roach, who ran in for the win. Sherman lineman Bob Gabriele sacked Mullen six times in the contest. Abbey Stingers win Ladies title The Abbey Stingers capped off a successful summer with their Leamington Ladies Lobball League title recently. They also won one tournament, and finished second in two others. Team members are coaches Stu Gibbons and Tim Moore, Pat Vorkapich, Nelly Whittle, Donnie Silliker, Ingrid Pouliot, Barb McKibbon, Ev Impens, Brenda Lambe, Linda Ives, Doris Ausman, MaryJane Whittle, Debbie Fehr and Jodie White. Lionettes drop two games The Leamington Lionettes lost a close game to the Assumption Raiders and then dropped another to Kennedy Clippers in the annual University of Windsor Invitational. Leamington lost game one 48-45 as top scorers Millicent Vorkapich and Jeannie Mikhail produced 18 and 11 points respectively. In game two, the Lionettes fell behind early and lost to Kennedy 52-39. Vorkapich and Evelin Reidl led Leamington with 17 and 10 points respectively. Midgets outlast Wheatley 10-6 The Leamington Quick’s Auto Wreckers Midgets built a 7-0 lead against their neighbours on Friday night, and held on for the 10-6 win. Tim Sherk and Mark Weil each scored a pair for Leamington. Singles went to John Ferguson, Dave Hildebrandt, Chad Kos, Tim Cincurak, Mike Nassif and Frank Palombo. Chuck Rhoads had a hattrick for Wheatley, with singles to Gary Malott, Jeff Vanderbeek and Rob Harris. Major Peewees trounce Ridgetown The Leamington Roma Club Rams crushed Ridgetown in an exhibition game on Saturday night in Leamington, by a 9-4 score. Four players each scored twice for the Rams, Chris Colasanti, Steve Zuidema, Shane Jeffery and Darren McCarty. Jason Wuerch got the other goal.
Stonebridge Sting, with Gene Piroski in the bike, cruises to victory in the second race at Leamington Raceway this past Sunday, October 25. Windsong Leopold put pressure on the winner at the wire but couldn’t quite get there as Piroski guided his horse to victory. With 11 races on the card, that wrapped up the 2020 season for Leamington Raceway. Sun photo
Harness season ends on a high note LEAMINGTON — The Lakeshore Horesman’s Association wrapped up their annual harness racing schedule at the Leamington Fairgrounds on Sunday, October 25 with 11 races on tap. The 2020 racing schedule started on Sunday, August 9 and began with no spectators allowed. When this area reach Stage 2 of the province’s plan to re-open in late August, up to 100 spectators were allowed to attend.
On Sunday, October 25, the grandstand had a few people sitting and many more were down on ground level, braving the cool temperatures and watching the races. The total betting handle for the day was $38,662, which was a huge improvement over the first few weeks of the season. It’s expected that Leamington will vie for up to 15 race dates in 2021, and officials are hoping that spectators will be allowed to freely move about the
track area without restrictions. The raceway sits on the Leamington Fairgounds property. The Leamington District Agricultural Society took a double hit from the COVID-19 pandemic when they were forced to cancel the annual Leamington Fair and then were unable to fully open their canteen on harness racing days, both of which led to large losses in expected revenue.
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