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20 Red Deer LIFE, Sunday, July 1 1 2004 SPORTS RED DEER Advocate LIFE Stags saunter into final Photo by JERRY GERLINGAdvocate staff Kayla Robertson and an unidentified Lethbridge player attempt to get position on the ball during Lethbridges 2-0 victory in Alberta Major Womens Soccer League action at Great Chief Park on Saturday. Photo by RANDY FIEDLERAdvocate staff Red Deer Stag shortstop Curtis Kucharuk can't get the tag on St. Albert Tiger Kurtas Millar during Stags tournament action at Great Chief Park on Saturday. Scoring is the goal for Renegades By DANNY RODE Advocate staff Tim Dell doesnt play baseball with the same he once did, but hes still one of the premier pitchers in the province. The 37-year-old made just his second appearance of the season Saturday at Great Chief Park, allowing one unearned run on two hits in six innings as the Red Deer Stags downed the St.

Albert Tigers 10-1 in the first Stags senior baseball tournament. I play for fun, said Dell, who played nine years in the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers minor league system. In fact he got a taste of the major leagues, playing with the Brewers as a scab during the 1995 strike. That doesnt really count and when the strike was settled that was the end they dont like scabs that much, he said with a laugh. After leaving the minor leagues Dell quit playing baseball for six years until moving to Red Deer last season.

He also played with the Canadian national team in the mid-1980s with Red Deer Rigger Dwayne Lalor. However when he moved to Red Deer he joined the Stags as he was a friend of Stags coach and pitcher Davin Gulbransen. My brother was a roommate of Davin in college, so thats how I got to meet him, plus I worked at a couple of camps with him, explained Dell. Saturday Dell and Tigers righthander Mark Randall, who played with Dell in the Phillies organization, hooked up in a pitching duel through five innings. Dell allowed an unearned run in the first inning while Randall gave up a home run to Danny Zinger in the fourth.

However, in the bot- finished at 1-1 in their pool, with the Outlaws advancing on a tie-breaker format. The Outlaws earned the advantage by beating the Tigers 3-0 behind the three-hit pitching of Chad Taylor, after losing 3-2 to the Cardinals. The Cardinals earlier lost 6-4 to the Tigers. Zinger couldnt help but smile about the way the Stags are playing. Were finally playing how I expected us to play early in the year.

We added some good talent this year and maybe my expectations were too high but we struggled a bit early: Of late were starting to jell. Jamie Duncans three-run double with one out in the sixth broke the 1-1 tie Zinger finished with a single, double and home run while Ted Rud added a pair of singles Other action today sees Fort Saskatchewan meeting the junior Tigers at noon while the senior Tigers, who beat Fort Saskatchewan 8-2 Saturday, clash with the Cardinals at 3 p.m. tom of the sixth, things fell apart for the Tigers. Randall began to tire and the Stags got to him and two relievers for nine runs. Aaron Tweet worked the seventh inning for the Stags.

Dell finished with just two strikeouts. I was never a strikeout pitcher, he said. Now at this stage of my career Im happy when they hit the ball early. He also joked about how he felt following a day on the mound. The next day I wish I hadnt pitched, he said with a smile.

Zinger was glad he did. Hes a little older and knows how to pitch, he said. Hes also a great influence on our team. Even when hes not pitching hes great in the dugout and keeps everyone loose. The win propelled the Stags into todays 6 p.m.

final against the Calgary Outlaws. The Outlaws, St. Albert junior Tigers and the Calgary Cardinals all By DANNY RODE Advocate staff Katrina Loiselle finds herself in a tough position with the Red Deer Renegades. On most days the six-foot, one-inch goalkeeper from Red Deer needs to shut out the opposition for the first-year Alberta Major Soccer League squad to earn any points. The Renegades have struggled to score goals this season, as was the case again Saturday when the Renegades dropped a 2-0 decision to the Lethbridge Chargers at Great Chief Park.

It does get a little frustrating at times, but I cant think about shutouts or I would be putting a lot of pressure on myself and end up not playing my game, said Loiselle. We have the players who can score, but were pressing too much and that works against us. We need a game where we score several goals and it will settle us down. The Renegades did make a better showing against the Chargers Saturday than they did in a 7-1 loss in Lethbridge earlier this season. But that didnt make head coach Paul Morigeau any happier.

Thats good, but we were playing against a team with 11 players (actually 10 if you believe the score-sheet) and in this heat we should have wore them down, he said. We had a full roster and at home, yet we still cant win. Its frustrating. The Renegades didnt get any breaks either as they hit the post twice and the crossbar once. Thats fine, but we have to start converting our chances, he stressed.

We have two breakaways in the first five minutes of the game and hit the post once and were stopped the other time. We need to put those in and it changes the whole game around. Loiselle agrees. We play a lot of close games and once we start converting a few of those chances it will make a difference, she said. Loiselle, who played for Red Deer College two years ago and will return to the Queens again this fall, also believes the team is improving.

We are and it is a learning experience for us, she said. Were in our first year and weve done some good things. Now we just have to continue to build on them. One of the things we need to do is talk more as a team. You see that from the other good teams.

Despite playing shorthanded and heading into the wind, the Chargers scored both their goals in the second half. Ashley Parker connected in the 73rd minutes with Jolene Schweitzer putting the game away in the 90th minute. lege. Meanwhile the Renegades U16 tier I girls team sits at 2-0 in their round-robin pool after beating the Sherwood Park Rangers 5-0 and CASA United 2-1. CASA downed the Edmonton West Raiders 1-0 and lost 2-1 to the Lethbridge Cosmos.

The Warriors met CASA at 8 a.m. and Lethbridge took on the Renegades at 9:30 a.m. Both at Great Chief Park. The bronze is at 2 p.m. and the gold at 3:30 p.m.

at Red Deer Col Fivn 'ocal teams in hunt for gold ation United squad remain in the hunt in the U18 boys tier II division. Both teams finished second at 1-1 in their pool, advancing to the semifinals. The Renegades beat the South Peace 7-1 and lost 2-1 to Edmonton Mill Woods while By Advocate Staff Central Alberta teams remain in the running for gold in five divisions in the 21st annual Red Deer Renegades Coca-Cola Soccer Classic Both the Renegades and the Central Alberta Soccer Associ See SOCCER on Page 24.