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W~TBYFtEE PESS, EDNESAAGU~ff28,, 1B91,PAGE 27 Whity, novice rep Bwiprvincilie Tii. Wiitby, novice rep ',B lacrosse team, , spoored- by ,the Durham ,Regional pouice Association, won ýits, division s provincial championship.over the' weekend. The tournament, ield i various aronas h 'i the, Oshawa-Whitby ares, was -the. culmination to a very succsaful season i whicii the team won two tournaments and reaciiedthe. finalseia third. Wiitby went tirougii the t.urnament, undefeated and, i doing so, kept the, number of gamestiiey plavdtoainnmm nth rfachingtWhitby defeated strong teama from Burlington, Pl ham, Mississauga and Actoni. ,Whitby started the tournament against, Burlington, a team that;iiad .don. welitiieir own tournament three weeks. ago. Tii. first period was- close as Whitby took a 2-0 lead but, aMe that, it was ail Whitby in an 11-1 win. Tii. next game against Pelham prove& -to b. no contest with Wiitby pling up a 12-O win. This set thei.' semi-final game between Mississauga and Wiitby. Tii. game was expctd t. be t.ugh as, Missisaug0jknown for a physical style orplay. The. fre peiodwas- d even as neitiier team was'able t. score. Tii. mijoity of the. play was'in the. Mississaulga end, but thi. tie athis pinwas due totwobig saves byTara Wailes on breakaways. In the. second period, Mississaga got on the. scoreboard firt -witii an early goal. Howevers, Tykes win. another Ot championship It wasn't* easy, but Witb(s tyke ÀA lacrosse team recently d.fended their Ontario ciiam- pionship titI.. With an ýentirely different ros- ter from. last yeax's team tiiat wvon tiie Ontario title, coachi Ian Wailes saw his squad come up big wiien it most counted. Whitby defeated Brampton 9-2 but thon lost 8-7 to. Spartan, on., Whitiy wus able ýto respond with two gols to take a slim, 2-1 lead into the. final perod. After that, it was alWiitby with . ive unanswer.d gals to take a 7-1 win. <The. semi-final vin was a tribute. to the character of the. team. Déipite rough play firom the opposition, thiy tood their ground and gave bek nothing but more cean, fast-break lacrosse.Penaty tie took its tol on Misag i the third pernod. .The final game was againat Acton,* a team that gave Whitby àa close -game -in the. Mssisag tournmeènt a few weeks alir lhe first period was even. Despite the. majority of the. play being i the Acton end, strong goaltending from Ryaxi Young kept Acton in the game. As the game progressed, however, the. Wbitby offence began t. roil, -while, strong goaltending from Sherry Bryksa and Wailes thwarted any chances b the. Acton team. Acton were %le tota% > one late in the third, but Whitb y went on .t. a weil-deserved 6-2 championship Win. The. game MVP award- went, to- Blaine Down, witii. Ian Haywoo:jd coilecting the Whlitby offensive award and goalie Sherry Bryksa picked, up the defensive award. Sc ori»ng for Whibydif*ing the tournament '.was led by Down wVith 12 point, foilowed by Stephen Hoar: with 10.' Sean MacRiiiy and Boby.,MeBride chalked up, e mewhile Mike Konieczny mdd mx. Additional offence was provdedby Vinnie Crawfordq, HaywodJay Harrison, Josh Bribeand Brandoný GibsonP.ý each withi four pints., Waes, David Morase, Andrew, Smale' and John Chesebrougii added two eacii, while Brad SMater netted on.. A strong defensiye effort was also put forth by Jeremy Fisher. Wiiitby was p .ovded with solid goaltending troghout the tournament by Bryksa and Waies. Tihe two goatenders siiared duties in ai four games, getting a shutout, in one and ,=iviga 1.0 goals against aeaefrthe, tournament., Coach Harold Hoar couldn't have been more pleased -With the 114r goalfroin the start was to win the provinciale," heosaid. "Mioving .Down toý a crease * i on was certainly'a factor as ceMPaward atteste, but'- the, big rea soni that ,ýmost, of our plyescaeup with big effolrts. 'W. ln, hlohav ymitaingo a the season. W. feel ta 7go players- will always beat eegt, or, ninesetarsAn the,.-long runm;if everyon.ý plays solid'dofenve "I believe tat fu goals-agis for the tournament says te ret. Not bad, considering almoot our entimr team is made up- a 9-year-olds, eh?" (10 ie the normal mgo for the. mqjority of players). WH]TBY HOSITD< the provincial novice lacrosse champions over'the,' Celties iÏkely to clinch first Witii five games left t.py ifrom cliciing firat place i the Mutahscrd two apiece, whil Motr CtySoccerLeg. second division. Ozzy Osborne bit a single. Durhiam Cecare one win away Celtic notcied tiiir eleventii Celtic's noit fiveopoeta --:& - le 1 -l 4- J I M ..&a.1:M= Whitby softbal T-BAIL LiomonClub as Rotary club 32 Hery% DoI Con. 31 l" Brwn' CWkk. 25 Wbll~~ Otimtu33 RoUma-D. Haylock 81 = LCuýb 81 VnHonmmlThon26 Bg Donuta 8 Big V. Drup 7 W.YaFxukEWty- C. Chwaetin Il UwcaeonVideon 1 BAFAX, ionsclub 8 Klmnmuhb 6 Nationg T" 13 Braokliulm Il NO ornfport@&d NOYKZI