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Whitby Free Press, 10 Apr 1991, p. 23

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WWBy FmEEpESSwENESDAY, APRL 10, 1991, PAGE 28 e ____7_-'__ Peewees. mount -Comeback to win OMHA titie Wbitby Sorbara Grouqp mao peewees lùft wook won te Ontario Mior Hockey Associla- tion ali-Ontarlo A hockey chaxnpionship. A 6-4 win i the flfth and dociding gainei Chatham -on Wodnesday compbeted a big comebaelk _. the Whitýby toam which had bost the flrst two gamea of the boat-of-five sorios. Ian MaNeil and Josh Tlhomp- son scored for Whitby for. a 2- 1 bead after the frst period of the fifth ge.. Brian Sctt scorod the Whitby goal i the scnd poriod whic onded with the teamn tied at 3-3. Butrgalsb cotad Andrew Icla hngaeWhitby the lead at75-4.Scttscored imto the empty net. Barry Crawford was i goal for Whitby.I Whitby will compote i the othr team membors are Rob FodorJm Boyd, Steven Hol- biaki, RoBesley, Marcus Tully, Steven Biais, Doug Duplantis, Matthew Caidwell and -Darryl Whlitlock. Added te the team, for playoffs were Brad Nowport,. Adam Shields and Gavi Prout. MAJOR ATOMS. WhitbCRycan Financial foul te St. Tomas i the OMHlA all-Ontario major. atom AA sories. - . . Whitby opened the best-of-flve sories with a 4-1 victory but St. Thomas, 1989 -90 champions. St. Thomas, with suporb goaltend- ing won the'next tbree games, iiluding a 3-1 win i the fourth game. SThe Whitby offonce of Mike ]Robertson Mark Haynos, Matt Capson, Ï*yan OLeary, -Bryan- Crouch, Jason Hotchkissý,: Stevon Death a nd Darryl Lewis carriod the play but was thwarted-by St. The W-ty'dfOnce of Donnie Campbell, Chris Kerr, Scott Gil- mour, Aaron BrYant and Danny Ricica was soli hroughout, allowing fow shots on goalies Joah Evans and Tommy Lawson. Whitby ondod the rogular sea- son with 73 wis and 14 losses, ie of the losses against AAA To close out , th e se as =n ' Whitby played in. a tournament in Toronto April 5-7. ,The team will enter AAA comnpetition in the 1991-92 season. MINlORATOMS Whitby M&M Meats lost in throe stright games te Waterloo i theiral-naro minor atom final. Waterloo won tho third game in the best-of-five sorios 4-O. Agamn, the Whitby teaxn faced an outstandinggoalie. ____ ByChris Bovie Althougrl defoatod li the National Lacrosse League finale over the weekend, the season isn't qite over for the Whitby Steel Haw: Exocutive members are con- tinuig thoir efforts te ocate a lacroase arona for next season. lI a recent Town parka and recreation report, director Larr Morr'w said that floor tiie is not &vailable at the Iroquois Park recroation complox for the 1991-92 season and recommen- ded that the clu be bo advisod. Operations committee chair- man Jo. Bugolli tabbed the recommendation at the request of Hawks p resident Paul Cotten. Cotton said e wanted bis lawe te roview a copy of the Town's policy on arena distribution timo. «It's obvioua (Mike) Brousseau (Brooklin-Whitby Minor Hockeý,y Association president) doesn t want us here. We are proparing for a difforent approach. It appears we are goig te have te go te battle," Cotton said. Brousseau says there just isn't enough room for everyboïdy. The Town policy priorizes dis- tribution- of arena ice team, giv- ing precedent te public use fol- lowed by public recreation/spe- cial ovents. TIhe third category, which in- éludes major clubs, team sports, children and youth groupa, would appoar te ho the'category under which the Hawks would qualify. lhe fourth category is for adult lub/team sports, wbich receive firat ice avaibable from 10 p.m. onward, weekly. St. g Ha!k, a a .e4 te ohr à ham n.e If~ this yarls Guelph teazn 1990- 91 ch«apions Mr de eating Brantford i the final on Sunday, doesn't end up iPtrbrugh next soason, Steel Hawks couldâ use the PotoI:rboough Memorial Centre as their home. Broussoau said he is expecting Steel Hawks management te con- tinue. te fight for floor time in Wbitby.. «They've told, me they have tried the waiting approach, and plan te do everything they can te get floor timo.» Steel Hawks management will prepare a plan of action which wvilLiclude a petition. Sources stated that a special meeting had been arrangea bet- ween the operations committee and Hawks management, but Bugelli denied any meeting hgd been arrangod. For the 1991-92 season, Steel Hawks are looking for home dates which include one game in December, two i January, two in February and the rest falling i March and April wben ice time apearste be available. Steel'Hawks learned that they could not be accommodatod at Lrqoi A for their first year in the new league because they wero too late in applying for ioe time. «We were told, indirectly, that if we had applied early this year, wo could have been accommoda- ted (for the 1991-92 season),» said Cotten. User groups who also need more ice tino will not give up what thoy have. Staff and committee wil fe4ter review, the Steel Hawks' 1roquatfqiceto. I ___________________________________________________________________________ Guelph powers way to NLL championship Guelph Power won the flrst championship of the now National Lacroso League by dofoatinp Brantford Warriors on Sunday im Brantford. Brantford defoated Whitby Steel Hawks 12-9 i ono semi- final contoat on Saturday while Guelph fetd Buffao i the. other semif1a. Derek Keenan, league-leaig scorer and winner of tho most valuabbe player award for the regular eason scored three eal for Wity while John Fusco and Kovin IBiggs each scorod twice. Jimn Vi oiff and Paul Day also scored. Grog -Van Sickbo, Troy Cor- dingley and Jim Veltman oach soed twice for Brantford with singles by Jim Meredith, Kip Reninick, Mark Cochrane: Bob Hamley, Gord Nooly Jr. and Bob Barry Maruk was solid i goal for Brantford. About 1,000 spectators, far below expectations, watchod the Whitby conteat on Saturday.* JIU GREGORCIC of Henry -Street High Sehool takes to the offensive againet Jamie Lop of Denis O'Cýonnr Citholic .School duning LOSSA action in Ajax Iast friday. Gregorcic finished tbfrd and wMf compete jin>the DuiiaiYork (DSS) h iosip. bn.-epm Novices win AAA tournament .Brooklin-Whitby niinor novices services of Ian Hiaywood who is AA team, sponséored by Clintar out with a fractured thumb and Groundakoeping, captured the David Morasse who is li Florida. grand chamnpionship of the sixth The newly formed lino of Down, annual Markham 'AAA spring Wailes and McBride led the classic hockey teurnament. scoring with 13 point eachi In. round-robin play, Whitby claimig 15 of the 24 gls. Sean defeated St. Catharines AAA 6-0 MacRury, pbaying centre, aiso a and, Hilîcrest 8-0. They tied new psto and lino for hin, Markham AAA 2-2. bad forgol and three assiste-, This placed Whitby firat ini Jeif Frazer had four pointe, their division, and they advanced te the semi-final te play against Richmond ib-Vaughan AAA.w It was a very fast and. hard oponed the scorig at the 2:48 e mark of the firat poriod but Whitby kept up their intensity and did not give up. Blaine Dow scored Whitby's first goal at 5:52 wi of the flrst poriod and Whitby thon wený inte overdrive. Down scored three more goals te coxnlete the scoring. Whitby's le Pix captured gold Wliitby thon advanced te the in their final precision skating final against Etebicoke, who had compotition over the weekend. defeated WbiWtby earlier in the The event held in Misais- season te win tho Orilia sauga, was the top comptition tournament. Bobby MeBride for juvenibe precision akatera. oponed the scoring when Kyle The Ice PIx finiahed ahead of Wailes forced the net and the 18 other teams. puck sqmirted out te McBridle Who Coach of the Ice Pix, Mona backhanded it into the tep corner. Glbney wibl have 10 girls mov e Paul Valaitis made some gret ulp te tÈe junior Canadian cbain- saves okp tcse pion lce Angels next year. Bt Wkehit ysoclse. lxeIn only ber firat year of coach- and Sean i~ng the Angèes, Joy Jnst and eanMacRury scored, her girls te the tep. making it 2-0. McBride scored Jones had teo al up four m'ri two more goals te get the bat from juvenile te filhber 1991 trick. McBrxde roceived player of auad. the game hnBral'utfmding afüul te*m2wasnt - Witb qWû- ,wbuztheteoni, mn o i.ý 4pru.q Luc Archambault and Jay Harrison each bad tbreo points, Robert LaILonde, Brad SMater and Konieczny, two points, Cipparono and Walshoach had a point.. The coaching staff is comprised of coach Ian Walbes, (asistant coach) Marc LaLonde- and (traîer) John Mormion. Wéhad a weakteain te start with, but a lot of hard work paid off," Jones said. Out ofthree invitational com- petitions, the Angela didn't get out of their flight on two occa- sions. Jones managed te keep the girls fron getting down on each other and eventually they star- ted te show signa of improve- ment. Determination was the key in the Candian championahipa, according te Jones. «They didn't have a lot of j,,,rgemie »o#g 4nýbuttheyswere X~dtidW Club seeks, floor time in Whi*tby. for next season m L

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