Penticton Western News Friday, May 4, 2012
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Tigers confident about rebound Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff
The South Okanagan Minor Baseball Association Tigers are hoping for a bounce back weekend. The Tigers are coming off a weekend where they won just one of four games and are now 1-110 in the B.C. midget AAA standings. The Tigers lost 14-0 to the Richmond Chuckers, then won 8-7. They also lost to the Chilliwack Cougars 5-1 and 11-3. This weekend features a rematch with the Chuckers and will be seeing Vancouver for the first time. “I don’t know what to expect from them,” said Deleon. Deleon said different guys stepped up last weekend. Among them Brett Fleming, who knocked in the winning run on a bases loaded situation, with two outs and staring at a full count. “Brett Fleming had the chance of a lifetime to be a hero and he came clutch,” said Deleon. “Had he not hit the ball, we would have lost on a technicality. We had subbed all our players in and Samuel Barker had been tossed from the
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SOMBA TIGERS and Raphael Jackson will be looking to strike out batters this weekend in Richmond and Vancouver.
game for interfering with the catcher.” What Deleon knows about his team is that they are the best conditioned in the league in his opinion. “I keep telling these guys that there’s no team in this league that is better than us,” he said. Yet, there is a problem with his group. He said there is no team continuity.
“There’s no hey I will pick you up, don’t worry about it,” said Deleon. “It’s me, me, me and it shows. We boot the ball and we get down on ourselves. For as young as we are, we’re quite talented. I have a feeling once we figure it out, we will be a force to be reckoned with. I just hope its not too late to make it to provincials.” The attitudes of his
players resulted in Deleon suspending practice this week. Fleming said he saw Deleon’s decision as sending a message. “He’s letting us know what has to be done first before our own stuff,” he said. “I respect his judgement and I agree with it.” Fleming said the decision will help the team. He realizes the players looked after their equipment before the team. Fleming added that the players showing up to practice on the field next to their home park is a good sign. “We feel like we need the practice no matter if there is a practice with the coaches or not,” said Fleming, admitting they don’t like how their season is going. Their actions were noticed by Deleon, who was impressed. In other Tiger news, Deleon said former Tiger Dustin Houle contacted him to say he hit his first professional home run with the Arizona Brewers, farm team of the Milwaukee Brewer. It came against the Los Angeles Dodgers farm team. Deleon is a Dodgers fan.
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PEN HIGH LAKERS girls soccer team, starting from front row, left to right: Veronika Deleff, Lulu Cepeda. Middle row: Christy Grandbois, Melanie Girard, Bryanne Francisco, Allana Spooner, Carolyn Johnson and Glen Beierle (driver). Back row: Kathy Levesque (coach), Megan Sociedade, Genevieve Bonin, Crystal Schuder, Brianne Hrynyk, Adra Greig, Gabby Levesque, Andrea Gillespie and Pierre Levesque (coach). Missing from photo: Chantel Beierle, Anne Theilmann and Nikita Afonso.
Lakers soccer team enjoying strong season Western News Staff
The goal for the Pen High Lakers girls soccer team is qualifying for the AAA provincial championship. A no-show by Rutland on Wednesday improved the Lakers to 4-1. The season started well with a 5-1 win over Salmon Arm on April 11. They then defeated South Kamloops 1-0 on April 16. The first setback for the Lakers happened in Kelowna while taking on the Kelowna Secondary School Owls. The Owls scored twice in the second half to shutout the Lakers. A bounce back win came against North Kamloops 7-1 on April 30. The Lakers also competed in the KSS tournament April 27 to 28. By winning the tournament, the Lakers snapped a 10-year skid. The Lakers were determined to
win despite struggling with numerous injuries along with a short bench at times. Playing three games Friday and two on Saturday during the round robin tourney resulted in the following; a 1-0 win versus Kelowna’s Okanagan Mission Secondary, 0-0 tie with Kelowna Secondary (3-2 loss in shootout), a 2-1 win against LV Rogers from Nelson, a 3-0 win against Rutland Secondary and a 1-0 win over West Kelowna’s Mount Boucherie. Scoring goals during the five games were Adra Greig, Crystal Schuder and Gabby Levesque with two each, Allana Spooner, Brianne Hrynyk and Carolyn Johnson with singles. Bryanne Francisco, Chantel Beierle and Melanie Girard added strong support in midfield and defence.
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