Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 11, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba August 1996 Westman players set sights on Canada games by James Shawaga the Brandon Sun d Ana Cameron knows it wont be an easy but after Savouring her first taste of a National championship the 16 year old Melita product is hoping to be right Back Here next summer at bran dons Curran Park for the 1997 Canada summer an outfielder with the Brandon magic was one of a num Ber of Westman athletes competing at this weeks Canadian midget girls soft Ball championship who will try to earn spots on Manitoba 19andunder squad for next Summers slated for its a dream i have and hopefully it will come said who donned Manitoba colors at the 1995 Western Canada summer games in its going to be a very big event and very so in hoping i can make but there Are a lot of Good players and you can Only pick so so in just going to work really give it what Ive got and see what last seven West Anarea athletes made head coach Carey Lasiuk Manitoba team for the West Ern Canada summer and while Competition for the 15 roster spots on the Canada games squad will be with members of the two time defending National Champion Smitts terminators Likely making up the heart of the Lasiuk said a half dozen local players could make the it Surprise me at All if that the Way it turned said who is in Brandon this week scouting in preparation for putting together Manitoba Canada games Keith Sun Manitoba team 2s Kisha Loewen puts the Ball past Manitoba team 1s april Cameron Manitoba gunning for Gold by James Shawaga the Brandon Sun t heres Little doubt what David Teixeira favorite color is this Teixeira and Manitoba team 1 will be going for Gold this afternoon in the boys final of the Western Canadian midget elite volleyball championships at Crocus Plains High we knew we had a Good shot at said after leading his team to a thrilling five set Victory 1512 Over Alberta team 1 in the boys semifinals saturday it feels after the round Robin we were feel ing really Strong and we knew we had a Good we just pulled it All Manitoba will face Saskatchewan team 1 in the boys final today at Saskatchewan swept team 1 three straight 1512 to earn a berth in the a 6foot4 Middle Blocker from led Manitoba with 16 kills and eight stuff blocks in the Marathon match played in sweltering conditions at the Crocus i just knew it was going to be a but the Guys really came said Manitoba coach John we have a few leaders that really take control and i think it was their goal to finish with the and right now they Are one step away from achieving that Brandon Charisse Cyr was also hoping to be going for Gold today with Manitoba team 1 girls but the hosts fell Short in saturdays losing three straight 15 to Saskatchewan team Manitoba will now Battle for Bronze with Alberta team which fell 31 1614 to team 1 in the other girls Semi final it was a Tough loss for said a 5foot7 right Side hitter from Vincent Massey High school who had five kills and two aces we were really hop ing to do but were still going for the and were going to really push for Saskatchewan team 2 and team 1 will clash in the girls Gold medal match today at Crocus Plains at Manitoba team 2 faces Saskatchewan team 1 in the girls fifth place game today at Brandon University at 11 Manitoba team 2 meets Saskatchewan team 2 in the boys fifth place also slated for by at 11 there is the potential for a very Strong Westman continent on the while some of West mans top girls softball players like Kendra Tara Dale and Lindsay will be too old for the Canada a Strong Talent base remains from the magic i and magic ii in addition to players like Brandon infielder Jill Franklin and Pitcher Cara Virden Pitcher Erin Maitland and outfielder Rebecca along with Killarney outfielder Charissa could Battle for roster spots on team Lasiuk will hold four identification Camps this with a tryout slated for 8 in Brandon for Westman ath were going to select Between 25 and 30 athletes to practise Over the Winter and then Well Cut Down in May to a final roster of 15 for the said a native of Swan River who works with the Manitoba High schools athletic we have a very Good Talent Pool in Manitoba and its going to be very Tough to decide even a Winter squad of 25 or Lasiuk said provinces like Winnipeg hurler opts for playing time Over certain Success by Paul Spasoff the Brandon Sun for Nicole there is More to the game of fastball than win How else do you explain her defection from the Smitts terminators to the Bon vital Thunder at the Start of the season i just want Happy last said who was picked up by the Brandon magic ii for the Canadian midget girls fastball championship at Curran i want really getting the recognition and it want that much prior to her move this the Termina tors had just won their second consecutive National with numerous other titles to its the Winnipeg squad has cemented its place in National fastball it want enough for the 18yearold whose skates with the whys bran Don wheat it was Tough leaving such a successful but i had to do some noted who played for the terminators for six this year has been a lot More i really like playing after losing out at the provincial fastball championship in Brandon ear Lier this Annecy was sure her Best shot at another National championship had passed her it want Long before the magic came Shes a Good but she also has a Good stick so we wanted to utilize her magic ii coach Keith Moriso Brandon Sun Nicole Annecy Happy now Larry Martina said of who was named the Allstar Pitcher at nationals last she joined us after provincials and has commuted Back and Forth to win we like having her with she gives us experience and Shes a Good and she almost got a Little the magic ii had an Opportunity to Knock off the terminators in round Robin but fell Short in a 43 i could hear them laughing at me during the who will head to Junior College in Arizona later this and that really fired me i wanted to beat them More than any other we played but unfortunately we didst defending champs terminate oppositional midget nationals the Brandon Sun Smitts terminators lived up to their names saturday and inched closer to a third consecutive National midget girls fastball Champi the Winnipeg squad won the aside of the medal round saturday night with an 81 Victory Over the previously unbeaten Erin Mills the terminators now await the win Ner of the which will be decided today at 11 at Curran the Richmond islanders and Surrey storm were playing in the b semifinal at press time last the Winner will face Erin Mills in the b final the a final gets underway at 1 with a second game if Neces sary slated for 3 in other games it was sur Rey storm Saskatoon selects 0 Rich mond islanders Oshawa double b 4 selects Regina royals 2 and Dou ble b Calgary 76ers terminators 8 elites 1 Heather Newsham tossed a com Plet game six hitter and struck out four to Lead defending Champi Danica Payette was 2for2 with four rib for the Erin Crow who gave up five hits and four earned runs in innings of was the losing Christine Tucker drove in the Only run for Erin storm 7 selects 0 Audrey Hendricks knocked in three runs and Cheryl Chan drove in two for the Kelly Zeilstra and Jennifer Tachiyama combined on a islanders 7 double b 4 the islanders opened up a 70 Lead through four led by Erin who drove in a Kathy Iggulden earned the despite giving up eight Sommer West drove in three runs in a losing selects 4 royals 2 the selects scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to take the Krista Doell had three hits for the while Lani Schroh drove in two Regan Douglas tossed a Complete game seven hitter for the double b 5 76ers 3 Oshawa capitalized on five errors by the 76ers to score All of their Melissa who tossed a seven was the winning while Hayley Wickenheiser threw a five hitter in a losing Laurie Peters drove in a pair of runs for the Mabl final series features familiar foes Blair Murray can do Little but Admire and respect the Neepawa Farmers powerful batting the Brandon Cloverleaf manager looks at the Farmers formidable lineup and sees five of the top 10 hitters in the Mani Toba senior baseball that not a particularly pleasant considering that the Cloverleaf and Farmers Are about to Square off in the league championship series for the third straight but Murray is because he believes the two time defending Champion Cloverleaf have the pitch ing to shut the Farmers we Are even or a bit ahead of them with our but their hitting might be a bit says whose team travels to Neepawa tonight for game 1 of the Besto seven championship series 6 i think they Are a lot stronger than they were last year both in pitching and hitting and we have probably lost a but we still have Guys like Shane Moffatt and Jamie Shane is still the key Guy in the Moffatt 32 wad Del Hodgson 25 is and Brent fines 38 is Are expected to handle the majority of the pitching duties in the they have a very tall they must slow Down a Neepawa lineup that produced an incredible 169 runs during the regular the Farmers Are led offensively by out fielders Cory Hilhorst 18 rib and Mike Levandosky 2 13 rib and first baseman Dean Mcbride 23 base banter Ted by mass that alone should make life miser Able for the but the farm ers have also improved in the pitching department with the additions of Vince Eastman from the Brandon Grey owls of the Prairie league of professional baseball and Andy Boehm from the defunct Portage athletics of the red Boine senior Eastman went 42 with a Era and 51 strikeouts with the Farmers this sea while Boehm was with a Era and 16 both players picked up wins in a 40 sweep of the Riverside canucks in the Mabl the Cloverleaf will counter Offen sively with Waddel Hodgson 5 19 rib and Moffatt 9 rib and Kary Kirkup 11 All of those players missed Sev eral games during the regular but were key ingredients in the Leafs 42 semifinal Victory Over the bran Don Ora dental it will be a great says whose team came Back from a 31 deficit to win the championship series a year More than 600 people mostly from Neepawa crammed into West bran stadium to watch game 7 of that the Cloverleaf won 51 As Moffatt tossed a i think our championship experience will says whose team beat the Farmers 41 in the 1994 but we finished first in the regular season the last two years and this year they finished i think Home Field meant a lot last Moose jaw Diamond dogs owner Murray Brace says he is coming through on his Promise to put a Tattoo of a Grey owl on his Brace said at the beginning of the Prairie league baseball season that he would add some body Art to his backside if the Grey owls could take two out of three games from his team during the last the Grey owls dumped the Diamond dogs twice in three con tests at West bran Brace phoned the Brandon Sun to assure that he intends to keep his you got he in getting my this being a family visual proof is ;