REWS photo Brod Ledwidge A HIGHLANDS batier faces a Forest Hill pitcher in opening round action of the 1994 District Five little league tourna- ment at Ambleside Park In Weet Vancouver last Saturday. Hightands won the game 9-3. Dempster pitches-in RYAN DEMPSTER and his 91 mile-per-hour fastball are in Moncton, New Brunswick, this week pitching for the B.C. Selects. Dempster, the 17-year-old ace of the Nerth Shore Twins, is mak- ing an encore appearance for the . Selects in the national 18-and- under baseball tournament. Last year he not only threw for B.C. but also pitched twice for the Canadian team in the World youth champi- onships. The 6’2” righthander probably won’t see action again this season for the Twins, since he's an odds- on favorite to repeat with the national team when they play in the worid tournament from July 21 to 31 in Brandon, Manitoba. The Canadian Selects also make an appearance July 19 in the Skydome. Despite a bout with mononucle- osis that kept him out of the Twins’ lineup for three weeks, Dempster returned with his fastball intact. At the Selects camp in Penticton last weekend, Dempster was clocked at 91 m.p.h. by Toronto Blue Jays’ scout Don Cowan. According to Tom Vaicke, of the Major League Scouting Bureau in Toronio, Dempster is the highest rated pitching prospect in Canada. Meanwhile, Twins shortstop Simona Pond began his pro career last week in West Palm Beach, Florida. Pond, who was drafted in the eighth round by the Montreal Expos, signed three weeks ago and left for Florida after finishing his high schoo! exams at Argyle Secondary. Pond is playing for the rookie Gulf Coast League Expos. His teammates include middle infielder Hiram Bocachica, the Expos first round draft pick from Puerto Rico, who signed for a reported $635,000, Pond is expected to play second, short and third for the Expos. No down payment. 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