AUMAN WINS RAINY ENDURO RACE

By Ross Rocket

(ISN) — Cody Auman was winner of the 200 lap or two-hour Hornets Enduro Race event Monday at Western Speedway.

There were 21 cars that began racing in this event.

The track was slippery and it rained for more than 50 per cent of the race meet.

Even with this, quite a few of the racers made it to the end of the race meet which lasted 186 laps before the two-hour time limit finished it.

HORNETS ENDURO RACE MEET, MONDAY, SEPT. 6TH:  TOP 10 FINISHERS

1st    #04  Cody Auman
2nd   #55  Real Fournier
3rd   #24  Glenn Rand
4th   #85  Jake Spring
5th   #23  Ryan White
6th   #59  Phil Lagan
7th   #29  Caleb VanBree
8th   #3B  Candace VanBree
9th   #57  Eric Fournier
10th #52  Kevin Hood

VICTORIA SEALS STALLED SUNDAY

The Edmonton Capitals doubled the Victoria Seals 6-3 Sunday at Royal Athletic Park, making it three out of three for the Alberta team.

Giving Victoria native Charlie Strandlund (0-0) the start on his quest to play all nine positions in nine innings of work, the Seals squared off against Mike Hrynio (5-2) on the mound for Edmonton.

With both teams deadlocked through the first four innings, it would be the Capitals drawing first blood in the top half of the fifth inning. A two-out solo home run for Alex Chavez off of Victoria pitcher Jason Kershner handed Edmonton a 1-0 lead.

Doubling their advantage in the top half of the sixth, the visitors pulled ahead 2-0 with the help of a lead-off double from Enrique Cruz and an RBI double courtesy of Steve Brown. The Seals would respond with a run of their own in the bottom of the frame, however, when Josh Arhart launched his 16th home run of the season deep to left field for a 2-1 game.

Re-establishing a two-run lead in the top of the eighth, Edmonton used  an error to Victoria second basemen Tim Rodriguez along with a run-scoring single from Chavez to move ahead 3-1. The Capitals then cemented their lead in the ninth inning, reeling off four consecutive singles to score one and load the bases before Kevin House put Edmonton up 6-1 with a two-run single into right field.
Looking to spark a comeback in the bottom half of the ninth, Arhart crushed his second home run of the game to pull the Seals back within three. Unable to find any more offense against Edmonton closer Chad Blackwell, Victoria fell short by a 6-3 final score.

Mike Hrynio claimed his sixth win of the season with four innings of work on the mound, while Jason Kershner was tagged with the loss despite allowing just one run. Edmonton’s Alex Chavez finished with two hits and two runs scored while Josh Arhart added three RBI’s along with a 1-for-4 performance from Charlie Strandlund in a losing effort for the Seals.

Both Edmonton and Victoria were to wrap up the 2010 season with a Labour Day matinee affair today. however the game hasd been rained out and will not be rescheduled.

KORBIN THOMAS WINS AT WESTERN SPEEDWAY

By Ken Keating

(ISN) — Korbin Thomas notched the victory Saturday in a shortened Canada 200 event held at Western Speedway.

Ten-year-old Natalie Vardy opened the evening with the singing of Oh Canada much to the delight of the 2,000 plus fans that entered the Speedway for the Katana Boat Sportsman Series and the Stock Car Series.

The Stock Cars ran two Trophy Dashes won by Garrett Smith and Steve Copp. Heat race wins went to Dave Reside and Dan Meyers in the Stock Car Series while Darrell Midgley, Brian Clutchey, and Glen Swedberg won their respective Heat races in the Katana Series.

Giles Cyr and Jeremy Gardener led the field of nineteen Stock Cars to the line for thirty-five laps of racing with Cyr taking the early lead followed by Billy Stidston and Brandon Hutchinson. On lap five, Sam Hunt took over the fourth spot sending Gray Abbot back one spot. On lap thirteen the yellow flag came out setting up a double file restart with Cyr and Stidston sharing the front row.

On lap fourteen, Dan Meyers moved into the fourth position and then moved to third three laps later. On lap nineteen, Steve Copp moved up to run fourth followed by Ryan Wade who had made his way forward from the sixteenth starting spot. On lap twenty-one the caution flag waved again setting up another double file restart with Cyr and Meyers on the front row.

With the drop of the green flag, Meyers got the advantage taking over the lead dropping Cyr back to second.Coming out of turn four, Cyr got turned around and was hit by Daryl Crocker who had nowhere to go. The race was halted to clear the track and clean up water from the damage done to Cyr’s car.

On the restart, Meyers and Copp led the field back to green and as they entered turn one Meyers spun around bringing out the yellow once again. This time on the restart, Copp had Wade on his outside for the green flag but quickly got the edge taking the lead followed by Wade and Aaron Wilkie.

Over the next few laps, Wade tried the outside and then the inside to go by Copp and on lap thirty-two finally made it stick taking the lead with Wilkie following him through. At the finish line it was Wade with the win followed by Wilkie, Copp, Sam Hunt, and Hutchinson rounding out the top five positions.

Brian Clutchey and Tyler Clough led the field of twenty-eight cars to the green flag for two hundred laps of racing for the Canada 200 title. Clutchey got the early lead with several cars jockeying for position behind him for the first few laps. On lap twelve the caution flag came out as a car quit on the backstretch as Clutchey had built a lead of several car lengths.

On the double file restart, Clutchey had Dale Robinson on his outside and just as quickly as the green came out, so did the yellow as Clutchey had a tire going down putting him into the wall on the frontstretch as well as Robinson ending both of their nights all within the next two laps.

Bart Smith and Tom Berrow lined up for the double file restart with Smith getting the edge on lap thirteen followed by Berrow with Darrell Midgley taking the third spot on lap fifteen and then quickly taking over the lead by lap twenty with Berrow chasing and Tim Christy and Dave Hemrich moving up to run third and fourth respectively over the next three laps.

On lap thirty two, Geoff Morris spun in turn one bringing out another yellow setting up another double file restart with Midgley and Berrow sharing the front row. Midgley got a great jump on the flag taking the lead while Berrow, Christy, and Hemrich continued a battle for the next positions until another yellow came out on lap thirty-six as a couple of cars got turned around in turn one.

Christy lined up along side of Midgley for the restart and dropped back to third as Berrow went to the inside following Midgley through. On lap forty-five, Christy reclaimed the second spot with Berrow now running third followed by Hemrich and Brandon Carlson. Over the next several laps the field stayed pretty well intact with Carlson and Korbin Thomas moving up and into contention running third and fourth by lap eighty-seven.

On lap one hundred the field was stopped for refuelling with Midgley, Christy, Carlson, Thomas, and Berrow, the top five cars at the half way mark.

As the field lined up for the resumption of racing, Midgley now had Mike Soppit, a lapped car, on his outside coming to the green flag. Midgley again got a good jump followed by Christy and over the next few laps actually checked out over the rest of the field gaining a half lap lead and running bumper to bumper.

On lap one hundred and five, the yellow came out again and this time, for the restart, Christy lined up along side of Midgley as the field took the green flag. Midgley got away again but this time Thomas moved up to run second dropping Christy back one position setting up a good battle for that second spot until Christy was forced to go wide, going through turn one for lapped cars, losing several positions dropping back as far as sixth.

On lap one thirteen, Thomas passed Midgley for the lead followed by Berrow and Carlson with Christy on the move again one lap later. On lap one twenty-eight, the yellow came out again as several cars got tangled up going through turn one as Otto Bahatti slammed the wall and getting the worst of the damage.

For this restart, Midgley and Thomas shared the front row with Thomas getting the advantage and going back to the lead followed by Midgley, Berrow, and Carlson. One lap later, Christy had moved back up to run third with Hemrich running fourth while Carlson entered the pits but returned in the eighth spot. A lot of hitting and juggling for position behind the leaders saw Bart Smith move to run in third by lap one thirty-seven and Carlson moving back up as well trading places with Smith back and forth over the next few laps.

On lap one eighty-four, Christy took over the third spot with Carlson moving into the fourth spot dropping Smith back to fifth. On lap one eighty-seven, the yellow came out again as Smith and Ken Jorgensen spun out on turn one. Because of time limits and the many yellow flags, the race was brought to an end with Thomas claiming the win followed by Midgley, Christy, Carlson, and Smith rounding out the top five positions.

There were only a few cars left that did not suffer too much damage over the course of this tough race as it featured a lot of crashes and spinouts almost from the outset. Both Thomas and Midgley came away with little or no scratches as they managed to get through lapped traffic on several occassions avoiding any serious problems.

Thomas was presented the first place Trophy and the Debbie Cooper Memorial Cup by Tianna Metzger, Western Speedway Trophy Girl, and members of the Cooper family at Victory Square after a few winning donuts on the frontstretch.

Over the 2010 season, the Katana Series has seen Midgley win the opener at Western Speedway on May 29th with Thomas taking the win at Thunder Mountain, Jorgensen taking the win at Saratoga in July, Berrow took the win in Penticton also in July, Hemrich also won a Penticton race in August, with Berrow winning in Agazziz on August 21st.

Coming into Victoria, the run for the Championship came down to two drivers with Berrow and Thomas the frontrunners separated by sixty-four points. Berrow finished twevelth completing one-hundred eighty-two laps in the final race for this Series. With the win, Thomas should have garnered enough points to claim the Katana Boat Sportsman Series Championship for 2010.

At this point it is unofficial as far as Championship points are concerned.

The next event, at Western Speedway, is the Demo Series with the Demo Cars, Demo Trucks, Mini Vans, Figure 8s, and the Bomber Series on Sept. 11.

WESTERN SPEEDWAY RACE RESULTS — SATURDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 4TH

STOCK CAR CLASS:
FAST TIME:  #11  Paul Tourond  18:653
B TROPHY DASH:
Garrett Smith; Brandon Hutchinson; Dan Mayers; Sam Hunt
A TROPHY DASH:
Steve Copp; Dave Reside; Ryan Wade; Paul Tourond
1ST HEAT RACE:
Dan Mayers; Ryan Wade; Kyle Cottam; Gray Abbott
2ND HEAT RACE:
Dave Reside; Billy Stidson; Paul Tourond; Sam Hunt
MAIN EVENT (40 LAPS):
Ryan Wade; Aaron Wilkie; Steve Copp; Sam Hunt; Brandon Hutchinson

KATANA BOAT SERIES LATE MODEL CLASSES:
FAST TIME:  #5  Korbin Thomas  16:699  (also tied by #07 Wade Bland)
1ST HEAT RACE:
Glenn Swedberg; Otto Bohotti; Dean Thornton; Tom Garnett
2ND HEAT RACE:
Brian Clutchey; Dale Robinson; Bart Smith; Tyler Clough
3RD HEAT RACE:
Darrell Midgley; Tom Berrow; Murray Dyck; Ken Jorgunsen
CANADA 200 MAIN EVENT (200 LAPS):
Korbin Thomas; Darrell Midgley; Tim Christy; Brandon Carlson; Bart Smith

VICTORIA SEALS DOWNED BY THE CAPITALS

The Edmonton Capitals downed the Victoria Seals 7-1 Saturday at Royal Athletic Park.

Turning to Joe Sergent (0-0 for the left-hander’s first start as a Seal, Victoria matched up against Evan White (2-5) on the mound for the Capitals.

Jumping on the board in the top of the first inning, the Seals took a 1-0 lead when Henry Calderon reached on a fielder’s choice before a single from Matt Kavanaugh and a walk to Josh Arhart set up a bases loaded wild pitch for the early 1-0 advantage.

Edmonton responded with offense of their own in the top of the second, however, using a lead-off walk to Cliff Brumbaugh along with an error charged against Seals shortstop Wilver Perez to open the door for a two-run single off the bat of Nick Valdez and a 2-1 lead.

Padding their advantage in the fifth frame, Valdez got the ball rolling for the Capitals with a double before another extra base hit from Kevin House made it 3-1. The next batter, Enrique Cruz, then launched a two-run home run over the left field fence to give Edmonton a commanding four-run lead through seven innings.

Rounding out the scoring in the top of the eighth, the Capitals added another pair of runs on a double from Steve Brown and a bases-loaded strike courtesy of Alex Chavez to stretch the lead to a 7-1 margin. Finding just a lone single from Charlie Strandlund in the final two innings, Victoria dropped the second game of the series by a 7-1 score.

Evan White earned the victory with seven innings of one-run baseball on the mound, while Joe Sergent fell to 0-1 on the year with the loss. Three hits and two RBI’s from Enrique Cruz paced the Capitals offense, while both Matt Edgecombe and Charlie Strandlund had two hits in a losing cause for Victoria.

TEXAN HOLDEM TO HELP JR ROCKS

(ISN) — The Victoria Junior Shamrocks Lacrosse Team is holding a Texas Holdem fund raiser Sept. 18 at the Six Mile Pub.

“This is great opportunity to see how well you can play poker in a real environment and not blow a huge wad of cash,” said General Manager Rod Wood. “At the same time you will helping our lacrosse team for the 2011 season.”

VICTORIA SEALS POST SEASON BID ENDS

The Edmonton Capitals eliminated the Victoria Seals from the playoff with an 8-5 game one win Friday at Royal Athletic Park.

Needing a win to keep their playoff hopes alive, Victoria turned to Anthony Pluta (6-3) on the mound to face Lou

Pote (8-3) for the Capitals.

Edmonton jumped onto the scoreboard in the top of the first inning, using a lead-off walk to Ryan Stevenson to set up a two-run home run courtesy of Larry Bigbie for an early 2-0 lead.

After the Seals answered with an RBI double from Brian Rios in the third frame, the Capitals restored their two-run lead with a solo blast from Cliff Brumbaugh, his league-leading 23rd of the season.

With the visitors adding another run for a 4-1 lead through five innings, Edmonton put the game away in the top half of the seventh.

Loading the bases with single from both Stevenson and Enrique Cruz along with a walk to Bigbie, one run scored on an error to Seals third basemen Rios before Brumbaugh drove in three with a double off of the right field fence to put the Capitals up 8-1.

Responding to post four runs of their own in the bottom half of the seventh, Victoria reeled off five two-out hits to pull back into the game.

After a double from Henry Calderon scored with the help of a base hit from Rios, Josh Arhart singled, Tim Rodriguez doubled, Matt Kavanaugh drew a walk and Colin Moro cashed a pair with a clutch base hit for an 8-5 score.

With Mike Koons, Jason Kershner and Brandon Villafuerte holding the Capitals off the board in the final two frames, the Seals were still unable to cue a late comeback at Royal Athletic Park. Losing by an 8-5 final score, Victoria fell 3.5 games back of the Calgary Vipers with just three games to play this season.

Lou Pote took his sixth career victory over the Seals for Edmonton, while Anthony Pluta was handed his fourth loss on the season through five innings of work. Cliff Brumbaugh captained the Capitals offense with three hits and four batted in, while Colin Moro finished 3-for-5 with three RBI’s in a losing effort for Victoria.

Game two of the set between Edmonton and Victoria is slated for  7:05 p.m. tonight at Royal Athletic Park.

LADIES FIELD HOCKEY WANTS YOU

VICTORIA BROTHER OURDUELS EDMONTON BROTHER

It was brother against brother Thursday  as the Seals wrapped up their final road trip of the season with a 7-3 victory over the Edmonton Capitals in Edmonton.

Making Golden Baseball League history, the Seals sent Andrew Arreola (5-7) to the mound for a start against his younger brother Daryl Arreola (2-2) of the Capitals.

After both Arreolas retired the side in order in the first inning of play, Victoria took an early lead in the top of the second. After Brian Rios led off the frame with a single, Colin Moro cashed in the runner with a base hit of his own. Then, with Matt Edgecombe reaching on a single, Andrew Arreola burned his brother with a triple to straight-away centrefield to put the Seals up 3-0.

Before the inning was out, Wilver Perez drove home Arreola with a fourth straight two-out hit for Victoria en route to a 4-0 advantage. Adding to their total in the top of the third, the Seals stretched the score to 5-0 with the help of a walk to Tim Rodriguez and a clutch two-out double off the bat of Matt Kavanaugh.

Victoria then put the game out of reach in the top half of the fifth, using a hit-by-pitch to Rodriguez and a single from Kavanaugh to set up a two-run single courtesy of Colin Moro. Answering back with two runs of their own, however, the Capitals got on the board when Larry Bigbie drove home both Ryan Stevenson and Enrique Cruz with an RBI double for a 7-2 score.

Giving the home crowd one last reason to cheer in the bottom of the eighth, Capitals slugger Cliff Brumbaugh launched his league-leading 22nd home run of the season over the scoreboard in left to pull the Edmonton within four runs. Victoria turned back to the bullpen in the ninth with P.J. Bevis on to retire the side and complete a 7-3 win for the Seals.

Andrew Arreola out-duelled his brother Daryl on the way to his sixth win of the season, adding a pair of RBI’s for the Seals. Colin Moro also notched three RBI’s for Victoria, while Cliff Brumbaugh had two hits in a losing effort for the Capitals.

Victoria now returns home to Royal Athletic Park tonight to begin the final homestand of the year. Game one is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

ADU BCFC PLAYER OF THE WEEK

(ISN) — The BC Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week is Sam Adu, a member of the Victoria Rebels.

In their third win of the year the Rebels recorded 70 points and 644 yards of total offensive. Their ground attack was led by Adu.

The Victoria native carried 15 times for 239 yards, setting a new club record, and four touchdowns tying a team record. The old record of 237 was held by former Victoria Payless running back Sasha Petrovic, who set the standard in 1988. The four rushing touchdowns tied a Rebels mark with Karim Lowen who scored four for the Rebels in 2000.

Adu made three catches for 47 yards. After his 239 yards he now leads the league with 888 yards through six games.

RICHARDSON WINS 4TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL BUSARY

NANAIMO (ISN) — Nanaimo District Secondary School grad Jade Richardson is the winner of the $500 2010 Don Long Memorial Bursary.

Richardson, who is on her way to Simon Fraser University’s Varsity Track team, has participated in track since she was 10 years old. She also plays soccer, basketball and volleyball. The bursary allowed her to offset the costs of attending the provincial championships this year where she brought home the gold medal.

She had an amazing season in Track in 2010, becoming the BC high school champion in Discus, with a throw of 42.38 metres. This is the farthest throw at the BC championships in 10 years. She went onto claim the BC provincial championship in both Discus and Shot Put.

Her success at the Provincials secured her a spot on the BC Track Team where she competed at the Canadian Jr. Nationals in New Brunswick in July.

“The road to success in my sport would be far more difficult without the support of my family, my community and organizations like PacificSport,” Richardson said.

The bursary fund was created in honour of Don Long, a long time Operation Red Nose volunteer, who passed away in 2005. Operation Red Nose is an annual fundraiser hosted by PacificSport Vancouver Island.

The funds raised by this event are used to assist PacificSport athletes in achieving their goals within their sport. The bursary is presented to an athlete who best exemplifies the same commitment to their community and sport.

“We have heard the measure of a person’s life is in how they are remembered,” the Long family said in a news relwase. “With the bursary in Don Long’s name and memory he is remembered always. As his family we are truly honored.”

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