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As the leaves change colors, the sun goes down much earlier
and the early morning frost appears on our car windows so does the
sports scene change.
Following a very successful fastball season in both ladies
and men, the Rick McDonald Memorial Fastball League’s 2006 edition
came to a close on Tuesday, September the 19th in Garson
at the
Lorn
Brady
Memorial Park
. The championship series best of
five affair tied at 2-2 came down to this deciding game. It was a
classic where most of the fans were huddled in blankets, toques and
mitts to watch this final deciding game. Both starting pitchers
Eric”E-train” Abitong of the Pickerel River Cardinals and Aaron
Sixer” Owl of the Dog House North Stars matched strike out for
strike out combining to just give up
nine hits(three by the Dog House and six by the Cardinals).
In the end the Cardinals prevailed 3-2 to capture the 2006 league
championship for they very first time (below you can see the picture
of the happy winning team and the league trophy which is 39 years
old this year).
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PICKEREL
RIVER CARDINALS
:
Frank”Bonkers”Ashawasaga
, Alex”Broback”Ashawasagai, Edward Jr “Shaq”Panamick,
Jonathon Contin, Johnny Paiponsai, Eric “E-train”
Abitong(game MVP and winning pitcher), Earl Contin, Bucky
Abitong
Front
row left to right
:
Edward Sr
Panamick(coach) ,
Pat Brennan , Kevin
Flood and Jamie Contin
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Both Owl and
Abitong were named game MVP’s.Owl finish the playoff round with 73
strike outs and 173 for the season (an average of 9, 78 per
game.Joel Belanger of Dog House was the playoff top hitter finishing
at 522. The league golf tournament (at Clearview Golf Course in Val
Caron) and the year end banquet/awards celebration (at Cranky
Joe’s Roadhouse Sports Bar) will be held on Saturday October the
14th.
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Dog House North Stars -
2006 Runners Up |
In College ladies fastball action ,
after starting the season with an 0-4 record , the Cambrian ladies
under the direction of coach Mickey Chartrand came up with a
convincing 9-1 victory over their northern rivals from Canadore
College of North Bay and now stand at 1-4 before heading out to St
Clair in Windsor this coming weekend.
In other news, the Secondary Schools autumn season are well
underway. Two time champions. The Lockerby Composite Vikings seem to
be the favorites to three peat as city champions in 2006. They will
be hard pressed by the Lo-Ellen Park Knights and the St Benedict
Secondary Bears. The Confederation Secondary Chargers should also do
well. Following are the standings after one week of action:
Wins
Losses For Against Points
1. Confederation
Chargers
1
0 34
0
2
2.Lo-Ellen P.
Knights
1
0 24
2
2
3.Lockerby C.
Vikings
1
0 31
7
2
4.St Benedicts
S. Bears
1
0 28
10
2
5.St Charles C.
Cardinals
0
1 10
28
0
6.Notre Dame C.
Alouettes
0
1
2
24
0
7.Lasalle S.
Lancers
0
1
7
31
0
8.
Sudbury
S. North Stars
0
1 0
34
0
The first basketball tournament of the year in secondary
schools was held on the weekend of September the 15th and
16th at
Lo-Ellen
Park
Secondary School
. The “Tip Off” tournament saw
some eight junior girl’s teams take part from
Timmins
,
North Bay
the Sault,
North
Shore
and Greater Sudbury Region. One of
this years top junior teams in Sudbury region les Aigles from Ecole
Secondaire l’Horizon went undefeated and took the championship
game 36-29 over Theriault Secondary from Timmins.Jasmine Roy from
l’Horizon with 14 points in the final was named tournament
MVP.Other members of the winning squad were : Jasmine Guerin,Tessa
Bertrand,Melanie Rivesr,Kaithlyn MacIntyre,Melanie Demers,Pamela
Charron,Emilie Mayer,Veronique Beaudrey,Britny Haert and Emilie
Labelle.They were coached by Lyne Guerin.
For those interested in playing Ladies Competitive Basketball
you can join the league which will be in its second year of
operation with a much longer season for 2006-07 starting in November
to end in May 2007.For more information just email the Commissioner
Roger Legendre at er_legendre@sympatico.ca
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In the season opener the Sudbury Junior “A” Wolves, this being
their 35 year of existence, put on a disappointing game in front of
an almost full house. Following opening game special ceremony to
honor a few members, the game got underway against their divisional
rivals the Ice Dogs of Mississauga.
It followed the same pattern as the 2005 season with two
players going to the penalty box within the first two minutes of
play. They held on mostly due to some excellent goaltending by
Beech. Soon after they scored on a power play and seemed well on
their way but then the roof caved in. Following several physical and
mental defensive lapses the Ice Dogs scored three quick goals an
before the game was seventeen minutes old they were down 5-1.The
opposition increased it to7-1 and then 8-2 before winning going away
10-4.It certainly wasn’t the opening the fans, Mike Fooling
(coach) and myself were expecting. Let us hope this is not what we
are in for this season.
For those Secondary Schools interested, the first major
basketball tournament of the 2006-07 season goes the weekend of
October 26th and 27th .It will be the third
annual “Junior/Senior Girls Air Time “tournament. Charlie Katter
and I are the co-conveners. The tournament will be played out of
five sites:
Confederation
Secondary School
,
Bishop
Alexander
Secondary School
, Ecole secondaire l’Horizon,
Notre Dame
College
and
St Charles
College
. The entry fee is $225, 00 per team.
Already several teams from out of town and in the Greater Sudbury
Region have committed. The deadline for entry is October the 13th.For
further information please contact the following people:
Roger Legendre
969-7268 or 691-7268 or
er@sympstico.ca
Charlie Ketter
897-6579 or 561-6579 or
cketter@persona.ca
Have a nice week! Take a walk on
these beautiful autumn evenings and bread in that wonderful fresh
air.
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Michelle
Blais, Senior Clinic Coordinator, Donor Services for Canadian Blood Services
reminds all local residents that monthly clinics are held at the Knights of
Columbus Hall on Emily Street every month.
Bernie
& Ron Pedneault will be approaching the first anniversary of the opening
of their new store in Val Caron on October 1. It has been a great year for
Fantastic Floors as they continue to establish their reputation for quality
products and good, sound advice. Whether the job is big or small, you can
always trust Ron to come up with excellent ideas to help you accomplish your
goals within your budget constraints. One piece of advice he gives people
during this time of year is that if you are thinking of doing some home
renovations before Christmas, now is the time to begin looking through
samples and preparing your plans. Don't wait until the last minute or you
will be scrambling around and you won't be happy with the end result. Ron
invites you to stop by his site in the Valley Bingo Plaza at any time to go
over your plans and establish your options. He always encourages people to
shop around and look for the best value because he knows that his prices
cannot be beat, and he is confident in his ability to provide you with that
bit of extra added value that means so much when you are renovating.
Esther
Gudrie of the Valley Pentecostal Church, shown to the left, invites all
ladies in Valley East and surrounding communities are invited to an
evening just for you!
