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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Sports flashbacks 1953 Midget Pontiacs Swept come from 1995 Simcoe For Ontario Championship This weeks flashbacks go back to 1995. Peewee Minors win exhibition The Leamington Peewee Minor baseball team took a 4-0 victory at Kingsville this past weekend in early exhibition play. Michael Bell, Stephen Hillman, Ryan Schauer, Adam Rutgers, Rob Peters and Adam Verheyen each pitched scoreless innings in the shutout. Peters and Hillman had the only hits in the chilly drizzle. Erie Shores Ladies start season Last Tuesday, at least 20 nine-hole players took to the links at Erie Shores, playing a Tijuana Scramble and wearing an unusual hat. The prize for the most unusual hat went to Carolyn Reid. Games captain Anne Spaunburg welcomed five new members to the league in Kathy Charlton, Stephanie Dick, Lorraine Hodgson, Edith Langille and Joyce Paterson. Lions defeat Chatham in rematch It was a rematch between last year’s SWOSSA junior boys finalists in the Chatham-Kent Secondary School’s annual soccer invitational on Saturday and the result was exactly the same. The LDSS Lions defeated the Chatham-Kent Hawks 1-0 in the championship match on a goal by Brian Andre. The Lions advanced to the title game by defeating Chatham’s Ursaline College 3-0 Friday and followed up with a 1-0 shutout of Wallaceburg on Saturday. Mike Alton had all three goals against Ursaline, while Keith Diemer got the goal against Wallaceburg. Jason Adamson and Tim Weil shared goaltending duties. Cougars win baseball opener The Cardinal Carter Cougars won their opening baseball game over the Essex Red Raiders on Friday with a 12-5 win. Tony Farias led the way with four hits, while Mike Impens added two hits and a pair of RBIs. Derek Kehoe got the win on the mound, with Farias and Impens both seeing action late in the game. The defensive play of the game was made by Cougars’ left fielder, Roger Toupin, who flipped into a mud puddle on a running catch and held onto the ball for the out. Errors hamper Lions in loss The Leamington District Secondary School baseball Lions dropped a 12-7 decision to St. Anne’s in Essex County play last week. Only four of St. Anne’s 12 runs were earned, due to the poor play of the normally solid Leamington defence. His usually stellar defence puzzled Coach Jim McKeen. Shadd Dales worked the first three-and-two-thirds on the mound for Leamington. George Suarez took over and allowed four more runs, before Kevin Cook mopped up at the end. Suarez drove in two of the Lions’ runs, while Randy Crerar drove in three with a two-forthree plate performance. Heads up play carries Lady Cavs The Kingsville High School Lady Cavs have jumped out to a great start in the young soccer season with four wins, one loss and two ties. One of those ties came in Essex on Wednesday afternoon as they came to a 1-1 draw on Lindsay Simpson’s late second half goal. Jack Miner badminton players win medals The Jack Miner Public School’s badminton team competed in the county tournament this past weekend. Heidi Fiss and Randi Shura took bronze in ladies doubles, while Kyle Girardin and Rene LaPlante took the bronze in the men’s doubles. Rob Buchanan won silver in boy’s singles.
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By C. Scott Holland When it comes to baseball championships, sweeps aren’t often seen, especially when it is for a provincial title. But the 1953 Leamington Young Pontiacs swept Simcoe-Norfolk 3-0 to claim the Ontario laurels. The team won the third game of their best of five series here at the Leamington fairgrounds diamond in front of a large fan base.
They defeated Simcoe 11-7 in the final contest, after nipping their opposition 11-10 in the opener and then taking a 5-3 decision in game two. The pitching mastery of starter Don Simpson was effective and Simpson went the full nine inning distance, allowing just six hits. The championship was the second consecutive for an Essex County team at the Midget level, as
The 1953 Leamington Young Pontiacs Midgets won the Ontario championship. Kneeling in front are bat boys, Leonard Knight and Robert Derbyshire. Standing in the middle row are business manager Clair Gunn, Kennedy Simpson, Clair Wiper, Jerry Brooks, Don Simpson, Art Watt, Bill Derbyshire, manager Bill Simpson. In the back row are Duane Cook, Ralph Trombley, Garnet Hillier, Ed Gillanders, Gerry Cole, Harold Wigle, Bob Rankin, Bill
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Riverside won the OBA crown in 1952. The hometown Young Pontiacs racked up six runs in the bottom of the second and did not surrender that lead. The lone time Simpson got into any difficulty was in the top of the ninth, when two Leamington errors, two fielder’s choices, a walk and a long fly ball allowed Simcoe to score three unearned runs. However Simpson and
his teammates regained their composure and got the final out to claim the championship. Despite the late inning rally, Simpson had a fabulous outing, striking out 14 batters and walking five. A key play in the contest was during their six-run splurge when Bill Derbyshire smashed a double to score a couple of runs. That one hit ignited the Leamington offense.
Jones and Ken Phibbs. Photo from the C. Scott Holland Collection
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