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Southpoint Sun - 19
Sports flashbacks from 1992 This week’s flashbacks come from July 1992. Soccer champs crowned Community Muffler won the novice soccer crown in the Leamington Minor Soccer League during their recent playoffs. Team members were coaches Vic Winter and Marvin Dueck, Matt Rimschneider, Kirk Hillman, Frankie Causarano, Mark Ricci, Ryan Schauer, Steve Owens, Bill Parkinson, Darryl DiMilo, Kristina Dueck and Adrienne Dueck. Double Diamond wins two The Double Diamond ladies lobball team has been riding a long series of losses, but this week they emerged with 14-10 and 16-8 victories over Leamington Collision. Strong pitching by Laurie Horne led the way in game one. Shelly Amlin took the mound for game two for the win. Kelly Heal hit three homeruns for Double Diamond, while Liz Stone and Jean Ingratta each unloaded one dinger. Sue Huffman, Denise Imrie, Peg Carson and Linda Lafeber also contributed with base hits. Bondy girls on hot streak The Leamington Bondy Brokers girls’ travel team have now won six of their last seven games in minor baseball action, including a split at home with Kingsville. In game one, Kingsville rushed out to an 8-0 lead, but the Brokers stormed back to win 12-10. Michelle Martin had three singles, while Heather Dunford and Susan Baker each hit two. Kerri Gow got the win on the mound. There was no such comeback in game two as Kingsville won 12-4. Erica Comartin had a double and single for Leamington while Pam Crear, Amy Simpson and Heather Dunford each had two hits. Dunford and Dawn Derbyshire shared the pitching duties in this one. Minor Mosquitos split The Leamington Athlete’s Choice Minor
Mosquitos split a pair of games last week, losing 11-10 to Essex and then beating Stoney Point 6-4. In the loss to Essex, Leamington roared back from an eight-run deficit in the last inning to make the game close, but couldn’t tie it. Derek Cobby, Jason Baclig, Jason Wiper and Jordon Froese each had two hits in a losing cause. Nick Warkentin, Chris Baker, Matt Featherstone and Michael Buschman each had one. Featherstone, Wiper, Baclig and Cobby all pitched for Leamington, combining to strike out 10. In the Stoney Point game, the locals scored twice in the eighth to break a 4-4 tie. The winning run came when Cobby’s ground ball to the infield scored Featherstone from third. Cobby came around to score on a Jeremy Collins single. Wheatley Peewees go to finals The Wheatley Legion Peewees made it to the finals of a 16-team tournament in Sarnia on the weekend, losing 11-1 to London. The Legion crew lost their first game, 7-5 to Petrolia, but went on a run after that, beating London Eager Beavers B 22-9, Sarnia 11-1, and London Eager Beavers A 8-4 in the semi-final. In that game, Doug Vandecaveye had four hits, while Jeremy Tiborcz and Trevor Taylor had two each. Tiborcz and Vandecaveye combined on the mound for the win. In the final, Wheatley couldn’t get anything going after opening the scoring in the third inning. Jamie Hatt and Vandecaveye combined to allow the 11 London runs.
Game one in the Erie Shores Lobball League 1991 championship had lots of action on the basepaths, as this runner from O’Toole’s safely reaches third base in the opening game of their title series against Wilkinson Electric. O’Toole’s went on to win the series in five games. Photo courtesy of the Scott Holland Collection
O’Toole’s won lobball title in 1991 By C. Scott Holland In the fall of 1991, the Thursday Night Men’s Erie Shores Lobball League had their two finalists for the best of five championship series. O’Toole’s Restaurants would play Wilkinson Electric for the title. The opening contest featured plenty of hitting and O’Toole’s managed to hold on for a 15-11 victory. Wilkinson Electric did well to keep pace with O’Toole’s, but a six-run seventh provided the difference.
For Wilkinson, Steve Wuerch, Andy Dick and Mike Tales singled before Mark Wuerch and Gary Schultz launched home runs. Mark Wladarski and Dave Manning doubled. Others who contributed to the Wilkinson offense were Al Salvati and Doug Wales. O’Toole’s compiled a total of nine runs in the opening two innings. Eric Gow began the fireworks by crushing a solo home run. Rick Gillett reached base on an error, then Paul Prout singled and Mike Graff sacrificed. DEL AVAILIVERY ABLE
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In the second frame, the heavy hitting started as Brian Taylor tripled and Prout clouted a three-run homer. The six-run outburst in the seventh inning, which decided the game, was initiated by a series of singles from the bats of Mike McCallum, Wayne
McKeen, Scott Gee, Brian Taylor, Steve Brown and Mike Graff. Rick Gillett walked and Eric Gow clubbed a double. O’Toole’s went on to win the championship in five games, defeating Wilkinson 4-0 in the final after tightly played first four games.
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