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The Observer! 'F *HL'RSDAY. JUNE 15, 1996
CC wins the battle of pitching philosophies
DtiSmnt coachea. different phi
Aad different r»»ulu
John Salter h*» bm coaching
Redioni Calbo4ic Central* base
ball uun for 15 y wi Dale Rum
fc*rger. a long time imuUW
coach at Plymouth Saiem. is in
Ma ftm year u head coach of the
Rocks-
Salter opted to bnng his pitching
act. Justin Stsnkewiau back
Family
from page 1C
No. 27 Salem junior varmity jersey
worn by bis brother last year
Aaron renewed acquaintancea
with bis former coachee before tbe
{um. but be didn't put bis hand
oo assistant coach Ed Hamacber's
bald head for good hick
TW Shamrocks scored five
runs in the fourth inning and
m t oo to defeat Salem. 8-3. to
advance to the Final Four for the
first time since 1989
"Saturday night, we were sit
ting around at home after we
found out Salem would play CC
aad my brother asked me. 'Wbo
are you going to cheer for?" " Aaron
said. "Aad 1 said. Family
comes first.' I'm glad the Rum
bergerm are oo the same side today.
and I am so proud of my
brother I hated that day (four
years ago) so much. My stomach
waa doing flips all day "
Aaron doesn t have food memo
nee of bis only at bat that after
With a runner oo Mcond base
in the fifth inning. CC coach John
Salter called oo Aaron as a pinch
hitter After fouling off the first
BT SrrvT Kowalmu
8tot Warrsa
Before Redford Catholic Can
trai l freshman left-hander Kevin
Thomas could throw a pitch in
Tuesday's Class A quarterfinal
, the uaapiroe
mff the monad aa
, T-shirt be was
woa't aria aay body
but hia fastball
allowed ao hits ia two
fiiW as the Shamrocks
bald oo to defeat the Rocks. 8-3,
awl advance to
mad af the state l
What made the bard-throwmg
to hit
on two days reel to face Salem in
Tueedav » Claaa A quarterfinal at
Milan
Rumberger refused to do likewiae.
mn though ace Justin
Maros had pitcbad just four inn
mgs in a five-inning merry victory
over Ann Arbor Huron in the
Mate regional* Last Saturday, the
Salem coach decided to gu with
his No. 3 pitcher. Ted Bentley
Tbe final reault favored the ex-
perienced manager. CC 8, Salem
3. "You can tecund guess yourself
all you want." said Rumberger.
"but I don't think it's right to
pitch kids on two days rest. I'm
not going to ruin a kid's arm."
Both staff aces were in similar
•ituatiuns. Stankewicx threw five
no-hit innings of CC's 9-0 victory
over Detroit Southwestern in last
Saturday's regional semifinal.
Mama was nearly as affective.
Ha allowed three hits over four
innings in Salem's 12-0 blanking
of Ann Arbor Huron in last Saturday's
regional semifinal; he did
not walk a batter
Still. Rumberger called on
Bentley. "Tad pitched wall." tbe
Salem coach later instated. "Ha
didn't loaa It for ua."
Perhape not, but Bentley didn't
win it for tbe Rocks, either. In bis
tafe: Bill Styles dives back safely to first base, which is where he stayed after
reaching it on an error.
two pitches, Aaron went down
swinging on tbe third
"I knew where my dad was
going (to tell tbe Salem pitcher*
to throw it — down and in." Aaron
recalled "Tbe third pitch, he
called for a pitch they named the
Beast. 1 swear it broke two differ
en I times. It eraa a tough pitch to
hit."
Although Salem lost Tuesday .
be was following senior right
hander Justin Stankewicx. s side
armer wbo relies more oo control
BASEBALL
With ooe out ia the sixth. Salem
senior shortstop Bill Styles
reached firet base against Thorn
aa oa aa error, but Thomas got
the next two batters to pop out.
Jeff Mackiewicx walked with
one out in the seventh and ad
vaaced to second oo a ground out
by Ryan Rumberger. but Thomas
caught senior Mike Brannan
looking at a called third strike to
end the game.
Tbomae, who alao delivered, a
key three-run triple up the right
field gap in a five-run
fourth inning, seemed more ia
awe at being interviewed after the
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Ryan Rumberger enjoyed a 3 for-
4 day at the plate.
Dale Rumberger probably
knows how to get Ryan out as
well, but he's glad he was giving
signs in the third base coach's box
when his son was up and not calling
pitches from the opposing
dugout.
Dale isn't proud of calling the
pitches that led to his son's
strikeout.
game than tbe pressure he faced
during the game
"This is neat," he said, watching
a reporter scribble his answers
on a note pad
The Shamrocks had another
freshman, catcher Dave Viane, at
the other end of their battery.
Viane. wbo played moat of the
season on tbe Shamrocks' junior
varsity, contributed to two of the
Shamrocks' runs.
He laid down a sacrifice bunt
that led to tbe first CC run by
Mike Hooiant in tbe third inning,
and delivered an RBI single with
no outs in tbe fourth.
"I'm just trying to do my part to
help the team out." Viane *
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"I didn't think it was fair for
Salter to put Aaron in that situation."
said Dale Rumberger. who
moved his family from Westland
to Plymouth in 1992. "I knew bow
to get him out. I was coaching
him since little league. 1 told Aaron
when he started at CC. "These
are two great programs and eventually
well run into each other.
And itH be a situation where 111
have to try to win the game ' "
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first three innings, be surrendered
one run oo two hits and a walk; in
CC's pivotal five run fourth, hs
focad five batters, walking three
and got tagged for a three-run
triple. The fifth batter reached
baM on an error.
Stankewics lasted five innings
for the Shamrocks. He gave up
three runs (two earned) on 10 hits
and two walks, improving his
record to 8-4. -
Salem from page 1C
grounder to bounce through his
legs. Bentley multiplied the prob
lem by walking Jason Couture,
loading the bases with none out.
That brought Kevin Thomas,
CC's freshman center fielder, to
the plate. "I was looking for s
fastball, because he wasn't getting
bis curve over." Thomas recalled
"I missed the pilch on a 3-and-l
count and be gave me the same
thing on 3-and-2. and I hit it
hard"
Hard and to the right spot.
Thomas' line drive rolled all the
way to the fence in right-center
field, and Thomas rolled all the
way to third base
CC bad a 4-1 lead.
Thomas' hit didn't exactly
surprise CC coach John Salter,
simply because be didn't know
what to expect. "He's the kind of
kid you just don't know what he s
going to do," Salter said. Hell
make a bonehead play one inning
and a great play the next "
Thomas' bit wasn't the end of
CC's inning. Bentley pitched to
one more batter, walking Mike
Homant. Marcis relieved, and he
induced another freshman, catch
er Mike Biane. to hit a foul fly to
right that Jeff Mackiewicx eyebelled
— then dropped. The error
gave Biane another chance, and
he delivered a run scoring single.
That brought up the top of the
order and Greg Rogers. With
runners on first and second and
no one out. Rogers pushed a bunt
toward first. Marcis bobbied it
but fielded it, then found he had
no one to throw to at first. First
baseman Dan Quaine charged the
ball and second baseman Kax
Kurisu did not cover tbe bag.
For the second time in the inning.
the bases were loaded —
and still none were out. Marcis
struck out Chris Misiak and got
Mike Daguanno to ground out to
second, but another run scored to
make it 6-1.
The number of hits produced in
the first four innings indicated
the Rocks would not go quietly.
Brad Lear punctuated that, lead
ing off the Salem fifth by driving
a Stankewicx pitch over the left
"Their kid threw bard," Salter
aaid of Bentley. "But then be got
behind (in the count). Hia wild*
ness gave ua an opportunity.
"Stankewicx was able to get ua
thoae five inninga."
Which set it up for freshman
lefthander Kevin Thomas to close
out the game. He did juat that: no
runs, one hit. one welk. one
etrikeout.
And a trip to the semifinals.
field fence for a solo home run.
After Ahmande Grimes died deep
to center. Quaine, Mackiewicx
and Ryan Rumberger all singled
to load the bases.
An ideal opportunity — but
this waa to be a day of misses for
the Rocks. They managed to score
just one run. on Mike Brannan S
ground out.
For the game. Salem totaled 10
biu but stranded 11 baaerunners.
CC left seven runners on base.
"The game's a aeries of oppor
tunities." said a philoeophical
Dale Rumberger "If you don't
take advantage of them, you go
home."
At the start, it seemed tbe
breaks would favor Salem. A twoout
single by Mackiewicx in the
third proved important when
Ryan Rumberger's grounder in
the hole between short and third
was misplayed by Miaiak. His
wild throw to first allowed Mack
iewicx to race all tbe way home
with the game's first run.
CC tied it in tbe third on a walk
to Homant. two sacrifice bunts
and Misiak's two-out single to
left. The Shamrocks iced it with
two runs in the sixth, both scoring
on Couture's two-out double to
left-center field. f
Salter pulled Stankewicx, who
pitched five innings the previous
Saturday, after five innings and
let Thomas, a left-hander, finish
• He did not give up a bit or a run.
walking one and striking out one.
"With the top of their order
coming up, I thought it was a
good time to bring in another
pitcher they hadn't seen before,
said Salter.
CC got two hits apiece from
Rogers and Misiak. with Thome,
driving in three runs and Couture
two. Ryan Rumberger led Salem
with three hita; Mackiewicx and
Lear had two each.
But even though Salem outhit
CC 10-8. Rock pitchers issued
seven walks to three by the Sham
rocks. Which b why in the end
the only number that really
mattered — the score — slso favored
the Shamrocks.
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Decision Consultants and
Hinea Perk Lincoln-Mercury
split e Livonia Collegiate Base
bell League doubleheader Sundey
et Madonna University Perk in
Livonia.
Tim Wakefield threw a three
hitter, helping Hinee Perk win
the first game, 4-L Decision Con
sultanta won tbe second (ame, 9-
8, scoring an unearned run in tbe
bottom of the seventh inning to
break an 8-8 tie.
The split leavea Decision alone
in first place at 5-1. Hines Park
• '81 KICKS VICTORIOUS
T
he "81 Plymouth Kicks, an
under-14 boys soccer team,
won iu diviaion for the
second year in a row, June 11*12,
at the Findlay (Ohio) Inviutional.
Coached by Paul and Dan Kogut,
the Kicks downed the Canton
Force, 3-0, in the championship
came after wins over tbe Beaver
Creek (Ohio) Celtica, 5-0; the Toledo
Pacesetter Cup. 1 -0; and the
Novi Jaguars. 2-1.
Members of the Kicks, man
aged by Barb Kogut, include Patrick
Griffin. Joe Hart, Andrew
Kogut. Chris Longpre. Alan Lyskawa.
Aaron Mac Donald. Matt
Maier, Jason Mayol. Andy
Meyers. Aaron Rypkowski. Michael
Slack. Brett Stinar. Dan
Wielecbowaki and Brian
Wozniak.
• SOCCtRTRYOUTS
T
ryouU for both Canton and
Plymouth area soccer
teams are in abundance in
the coming weeks. Listed below
are the various teams, times,
dates and people to call for information.
he Canton Predators under*
12 boys team will have
T
try outs for this fall's pre-
mier diviaion team from 6-8:30
p.m. Friday (June 23) and from 11
a m- to 3 p m. Saturday (June 24)
on the field in front of the Canton
gym. Tbe team is open to boys
with birth dates falling between
Aug. 1,1983 and July 31,1984.
Call coach Kurt Johnston for
number assignment at (313) 455-
4703.
The Plymouth Lightning, an
under* 17 girls premier
toccer team affiliated with
the Little Caeaars Premier Soccer
Uague. will hoat tryouU for girls
whose birth date is on or before
Aug 1.1978.
Consultants still 1st after twinbill split
COLLEGIATE
fell to 4-3. '
In tbe first game, Dan Pydyn
suffered the loaa. scattering eight
hita with six strikeouts Brian
Besco and Dino Rovinelli led the
Hines Park attack with solo home
runs.
Decision's only run came in the
first inning when Aaron Jones
doubled and came home on a single
by Craig Petersen.
The tryouU will be at 6 p.m.
June 22-23 at Pioneer Middle
School. Players are aaked to bring
water, a light and dark colored
shirt, and a ball each night.
Call coach Gerry Deren at 462-
3608 for further details.
ryouU for the Michigan
United soccer under* 13 Tboys
premier team and the
under-13 boys select team will be
6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday
at Patchin Field in Westland
(on Newburgh between Ford and
Warren). For more information,
call Dan Rios (455-5075) or Dave (
Radcliffe (981-9234).
The United's under-12 boys
premier team will have iu tryout
at 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at
Patchin. Call John Jazwinski
(592-1376) or Dave Radcliffe (981-
9234) for more information.
The United's under-11 boys se
lect team will have tryouU 6:30-
8:30 p.m. both Monday and
Wednesday at Patchin. Call Mark
Lisnov (513-7741) or Dsve Radcliffe
(981-9234) for more information.
In the second game, Derek
Besco gave Hines Park en 8-5
toad with a two-run homer, but
Decision scored four unanswered
runs for the victory.
Eric Butler led off the seventh
with e double. A Hines Perk error
advanced Butler to third base and
he scored on Eric Marcotte's single-
. .
Petersen had s two-run single.
Scott Carden went 3-3 with two
RBI. Jeff McGavin was 2-3, both
doubles, with a run scored.
Joel Hillebrand was the win-
4703);
• Under-13 boys Horneu, 1 p.m.
June 17 and 6:30 p.m. June 19 at
Canton High School Phase III
gym, call Mark Zemanski (459-
0611):
SPORTS ROUNDUP
• Under-14 boys HorneU. 6:30
p.m. June 20 at Heritage Park.
call Al Davis (455-0282);
• Under-15 boys Magic. 6 p.m.
June 19-20 at Express Field, call
Jerry Parent (455-5139);
• Under-16 boys Express, 6 p.m.
June 20. 22 and 27 at Express
Field, call George Demergis (453-
2389);
• Under-16 boys Kickers. 6 p.m.
June 21. 26 and 28 at HeriUge
Park, call Art Page (981-2695);
• Under-17 boys Michigan F.C.. 2
p.m. June 25 at Madonna University,
call Peu Alexander