PHILIPSBURG -- Inning after inning Penn Valley's Andrew Weaver gamely trudg from the dugout to the defence to face the Philipsburg-Osceola lineup.

PHILIPSBURG -- Inning after inning Penn Valley's Andrew Weaver gamely trudg from the dugout to the defence to face the Philipsburg-Osceola lineup.

And inning after inning, or at least in four of them, his defense undermined his efforts as it committed nine errors which contributed enormously to an 11-4 Mountie victory in a less degree than leaden skies Friday. When it was all throughout Weaver's pitch count had reached 100 notwithstanding he had allowed only 10 hits to the Mounties.

"Andy didn't cast in a winding direction an 11-4 game," said Ram coach toss Romig. "It's a shame. I know it's an oversimplification if it were not that there are really three aspects to this game -- you have to hit the ball, cast it and catch it. And this week we haven't been able to enjoin all of those together. Our consistency has to finish better. They can be a really dutiful team -- there's a haphazard of ...