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ACTION WAS HOT AND HEAVY at the North Van Rec Centre Monday aight. Brooklin Redmen beat North
American Native Warrior in the closely-loaght lacrosse battle. Story on page B2. (Terry Peters photo)

By DAVE JENNESON
Under darkened

‘skies and the threat of

rain, the North Shore
News Slow-pitch Soft-
ball team Sunday
battled its way into the
second round elimina-
tion finals of the
Labatt’s Sea _ Festival
Tournament by bat-
tering the Warriors 6-1
at Ceperley Park.

The Warriors, a_ talent
pool of local and national
record labels, had their
hopes raised in the second
inning when NEWS pitcher
Janis “Freckles” Nicholson
loaded the bases and ap-
peared fo be on the verge of
losing control. But her
mental toughness prevailed
— she struck out the next
two batters and forced the

third to an infield fly, saving
the 5 - 1 NEWS lead.

July

And once having collected
her cool, she kept it that way
by allowing The Warriors
just two hits for the rest of
the game, eventually turning
in a four-hitter,

It could well have been a
three-hitter but for an ex-
tremely close call at first:
third baseman Mark Gar-
field made a_é Brooks
Robinson grab along the 3rd
base line and fired the ball
from his knees to first. But
the baserunner barreled into
first baseman Kenny Elliott,
bowling him off the bag and
was Called safe. .

Tibby Francis was voted
the game’s Most Valuable
Player and led the NEWS
defensive pressure from
center field, scooping in a
half-dozen catches of the
shoe-string variety, and
hitting 4 - 4 at the plate.

CONTENUED ON PAGE B3

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