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~ Nanaimo boys \ win provincial Bambino fount

“The B. on championship for
Bambino division of youth’s

Babe Ruth baseball has been go-

ing for two years now, but it has
only « one winner — Nanaimo.
The Vancouver Island ‘team

repeated their 1988 triumph by —
_ winning all three of their games _
‘at B.C. finals held at Terrace’s °

Elks Park on July 15 weekend.
The: ‘10-to-12-year-olds went
up against Comox Valley, Burns
‘Lake and Terrace McDonald’s

ina round-robin playdown that —

offered fans six games overall.

‘In the opening game, Burns
Lake took a 4-0 first-inning lead
against Comox Valley and ap-
peared to be on the way to a will.

But Comox plated three in
their half of the first, then added
five more in the second to grab a
lead they never relinquished. By
the final inning of the six-frame
game, Comox was up 15-8. They
allowed Burns Lake one more
run before walking off the field
with a 15-9-victory. The Lakers’
Ted Lowley and Valley’s Greg
Bono were named game stars for
their teams.

Bono, his twin brother Gary
and Lowley all ‘smashed home
runs, Lowley’s was 4 first-inning
grand slam.

Game two saw Terrace make
its first appearance and it wasn’t
a good one for the locals, even
though they grabbed a 1-0 lead .
in the first on Andrew Brown’s
home run. ,

Nanaimo roared back to plate
seven and the route was on. The:
Islanders added three more in
the second and an additional
three in the third.

After failing to score in the
fourth, Nanaimo notched eight
more runs in. the’ fifth and
wound up on the top end.of a
21-3 score. . os

Brown won his team’s MVP
award due to: the home run.
Steve Nicks was tops for
Nanaimo.

Game three put ‘Nanaimo
back on the field against zone-

winning Burns Lake. Nanaimo
put this one out of reach with an
eight-run fifth inning. The final
outcome was 12-3.
Jimmy Bailey was the
winner’s best player of the
game, Mike Bjarnason took the
same honor for the Lakers.

A five-run fourth inning by
Comox Valley enabled them to
edge Terrace 7-6 in game four.
Terrace had taken a 4-1 lead go-
ing into that inning. They added
two more in the fifth, but it
wasn’t enough.

Jamie Martens won the MVP
for. Terrace, while Joey
Dierickse won for Comox.

The last two games turned out
to be deciders. Burns Lake faced

Terrace to decide the team with’

the worst record, while Comox
went against Nanaimo to decide
the'title, =.

Burns Lake ‘started against
Terrace with five, fi rst-inning
tallies, and added eight more in
the. tain. for. a. commanding

Dustin McEachnie ‘ of Terrace
‘were the outstanding players.

The Comox-Nanaimo clash.

was a barn-burner, featuring a

- near-triple play, an argument on
interference, and a lot- of bunt-.

Nanaimo took the lead [-O in
the bottom of the first. They

held that score til Comox. finally
tied it at 1-1 i in the top of the:

sixth. .

Nanaimo gota player to third
in the bottom half,. then. an in-
field hit that confused the in-
fielders pushed: the winning run

across, It was 2-1 for Nanaimo
- and a trip to Glasgow, Montana

for the Canada-U. S. eight-team. a
championship series starting: cis
weekend. os i

Visitors felt Terrace - did a
great job -in presenting this
series.

Harold Olsoit, had
players 01 out of'-the’ litt

Nanalmo’s Bambino Babe Ruth team took top honors for the second year ina row at the provincial tournament.

held in Terrace recently.

Ravens. pick

up bronze

Coach Vic Buteau’s North-
coast Ravens came home with
bronze medals from the 16-team
B.C. provincial girls’ peewee
softball championships at
Squamish on July. 8 weekend.

A one-run loss in their final

game prevented them from a

silver-medal “performance.

The Ravens came out of the
initial round-robin playoff with
a three-win,’ one-loss record.

“That was the best mark of all the

teams when decided on a best
runs-for-and-against qualifier.
In the round-robin, they
opened with a tight 5-4 loss to
Williams Lake. Then they ran
up three straight wins — 9-3
over Mission, 9-3 over Newton,
and 5-4 over Kamloops.

This moved them into the -

semi-finals, where they beat
Nanaimo 9-3. Their next game
was their worst — a 12-2 loss to
Rutland. In Ravens’ last contest,
Nanaimo gained revenge by edg-:
ing them 5-4.

Rutland wound up as gold
medal winners, with Nanaimo

copping the silver.
Also at Squamish that same
weekend, Alm-Wood Contract-

ing represented our zone in the -

bantam girls’ 16-team finals.
Alm-Wood ran into injury prob-

lems and finished out of top

standings.

North Van beat them 12-6 in ©

their opener, But Alm-Wood
came back to down Rutland
10-6, Their final two games were

one-run losses — 6-5 to Yarrow,
and 5-4 to ‘Guildford. foo an

By the’-last game, coach

The host Terrace team didn’t win the provincial Bambino division championships, but the

local group got pralse for their organizing work.

" Under-8 division

Under: 42 division
Cedarland 6, Bandstra 6

‘Six. injured

AUTHOR? FD

TERRACE YOUTH SOCCER

- McAlpine 5, Tiiden Tigers 2
‘Dalry Queen 2, Ken's Photo 0
: Totem Ford 6, Terrace Chrysier 40

Finning 6, Northwest Sportsmen 2
_ Aqua Plumbing 3, Sight & Sound 1

The scores are....

* TERRACE MEN’S SLO- PITCH |

SOFTBALL LEAGUE

SKB Molson Wreckers 15, Not of the West 9
Thornhili Motora 19, Rudon Rowdies 13

Not of the West 16, Rudon Rowdles 9
Westpoint-Skeena 1, SKB Molson Wreckers 6

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_ EVENINGS 635-2015