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Wildy goal breaks tie in midget contest

The Peninsula Warriors lacrosse
club visited Mission last weekend,
winning their first game but then
losing the next two in a round-
robin toumament.

Peninsula met the host team in
Saturday’s first game and had a
goal to spare at the end of a
13-goal thriller. In the second and
third games of the tourney, they
lost 8-4 to Surrey and 6-2 to South
Delta, a team spokesman said.

The MVP awards for Peninsula
went to Matt Rodrique (who
topped their weekend list with four
goals), Kyle McInnis and Robin
Postings. Both Postings and Tyler
Hall, who shared goal-tending
duties, were superb for Peninsula
over the weekend’s play.

In the course of the three games,
Brendan Gummer pitched in with
three goals, Chase Jaeger two
goals, Ryan Bodrug two goals,
Tyler Hall one and Ricky Sam
one.

The team is also in the running

lf the Kids are

by Eamonn Casey
The Review

The Army, Navy and Air Force
Braves first league win in 15 years
last week was another personal
triumph for manager and coach
Terry Merkell.

But, it’s just one of many. Mer-
kell is preparing for his 31st play-
off series in the league this month.

Since June 1961, when he ini-
tially “filled in for one evening”
as coach for the Deep Cove Bomb-
ers, Merkell has lived for the Little
League. His teams have won the
league four times and been

for the tournament sportsmanship
award. :

On Tuesday, June 9, the Penin-
sula Tykes were at home to Juan
de Fuca and coasted to a 13-8 win.
Terry Hall led the way with four
goals, the others coming from

Danny Lapointe (2), Ryan Werk —

(2), Robert Kinnear, Teddy Sam,
Shane Chalker, Wayne Morris and
Richie Daniels, one goal each.

Chris Straud also played a big
game for Peninsula who have lost
only two games this season.
TYKES:

The Tykes close out their season
at Panorama June 20-21 when they
host a 14-team round-robin tour-
nament.

NOVICE

The Peninsula 2 Novice team
found the going tough in the early
Stages against Saanich at the Brae-
foot Box June 8. Saanich led 3-0
before Peninsula launched a come-
back in the third, Sean Ferch
scoring twice as they fell just short

Laurie Meilis and Brendan
Gummer were strong while pick-
ing Up an assist each and Tyler
Hall had an exceptional game in
goal, turing back 28 shots.

MIDGET -

Also on June 8, Peninsula War-
tiors Midget “B” met Saanich Mid-
get “A2,’ coming back from 4-2
behind to record a memorable 9-8
win over the visitors.

The Warriors offensive punch
was provided by Clayton Mitchell
(three goals), Paul Rees (two
goals) and Mark Wildy (two
goals). Leslie Tom and Mike Boyd
also picked up a goal apiece. At
the other end, goaltender Craig
Pelton was in great form.

The winning goal came when
Mark Wildy scored on a break-
away late in the game with the
score tied at 8-8.

The Midget ‘B” Warriors have
now won seven, lost four and tied
two from their 13 games played for
the season.

happy, Merkell’s happy

crowned play-off champs twice.

His first involvement came
when the Bombers coach, North
Saanich schoolteacher, Mr. Rus-
sell, was unable to make a fixture
and Merkell was deputised.

In 1963, he tnoved to the Army,
Navy and Air Force team, helping
out the first manager Gordon
Cherry and the second, Mel Pear-
son, for his first year. In ’64, he
took the mantle himself and has
been chief of the Braves since.

He commends the team’s spon-
sors for their contribution over the
years, saying their involvement has

seven Saanichion scouts receive
prestigious Chief Scout badges

Seven scouts from the 10th
Tsartlip Scouts in Saanichton were
among those given prestigious
Chief Scout’s badges on comple-
tion of their gold level program.
The presentation was made by
Premier Mike Harcourt at the
Parliament buildings last month.

Receiving the Chief Scout’s
Badges were scouts David Baker,
Hayden Cyr, Geoffrey Gotto, Dar-
ten Robinson, Jesse Bannerman,
Kyle Lister and Bill Wilton.

The award is the highest given to
11-14 year old Scouts for achieve-
ment in outdoor skills, leadership,
environmental awareness and
community service.

The second half of the award
came when the Greater Victoria
Region presented the boys with
their Chief Scout’s Certificate.

“This is quite a prestigious
award,” said Rick Laddish, chair-
man of the 10th Tsartlip group
committee. “It takes quite a lot of
work and determination to achieve
that level. We are lucky to have
such an active group and we had
the highest number of Chief
Scouts in Greater Victoria.”

The group committee of the
10th Tsartlip Scouts presented the
boys with engraved compasses.

They reach Chief Scouts level
after a strict and strenuous pro-
gram which sees many scouts drop
out along the way, added Laddish.

“They only get out of the pro-
gram what they put into it and
what the leadership puts in ... the
leadership in this group has been

great.”

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been excellent and they treat the
kids on the team well, with treats
after games and a party at the
season’s end.

This year’s winning team is one
of the top five he has coached, says
Merkell, but it’s too hard to pin it
down any closer than that.

He is delighted with the league
win, especially for the players who
have been with him for three years
but are over-age next season —
“those are the boys you don’t like
to lose” — but also because ‘“‘it
gives the ones back next year an
extra incentive, to keep their image
up. It gives them a good goal.”

Merkell betrays little self-
satisfaction about his own contr-
bution over the years or to this
year’s league win but when asked
if the win gives him personal
pleasure, he concludes, “if the
kids are happy, I’m happy.”

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