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Whitby Free Press, 11 Sep 1991, p. 28

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PAGE 28, W~TBYFREE PRE &% WEDNESDAY, SEFJ!EMBER 11,1991 _____________ 'Belies bump off Redmen -Brooklin, Rednxen were' no match for New Westminster Bal- monhellies in tuis year's Mann Bellies easily wonth ifrt two gaines and then played just welb enough te defeat Redmen In the. next two- gaines te sweep the series .and -earn, the.Canadien championsiiip lan amateur box lacros.' Redmen were cruhed i7-3 in the. firt gaine, a demoraling 'bas that mirrored to, one-mude- ,dness of this y.ar'sé match-up between the. best from the. west and froi the east. After a 13-SNew West win the second gaie, the. lack of chal- lenge resuted in ,diminished crowdo. Redaien made it dloser in the third gaine, winni 8-6 at one point meore a third-erodc- lapse resulted in a 12-9 boss And tii. fourth gaine saw Red- menWgmely try to avoid a sweep, but New West prevailed 8-. Veteran Geordie Dean of New West was named moat valuable player of the. series,'although it was a series in w«il*hneither team nor any player really excel- led. Dean had agmal and seven assista In the firat gaine while Ben Hiebijes hadl a goal and six assiste. Randy Jones a western import for Redmen, ibad a goal and two assisbt t figure mil 1 the. Redmn UMMan added our assiste in eti i.od game. Gord Neely Jr,,picked U Redmen froin Owen =oufor, telMana Ou p seies, had three go ais while Rich Dyment had, three assiste. Colin Sinclair scored five goals for New West in the third gain. while Hiel1ljes liad two goals and ive assiste and Dean h.d one goal and five assi. John Fusco, Peter Park., aient in 'the -firit,twogansad Glenn, Clark. each so enwc for Redmen. Sinclair had two goals and tbree assista M- thé. fourth game te lead New Woet. Erie Perroni and Fusco suifer- n ju did not pa o Redmn lath.fourth gaine. SERGE DIROWN, who signed a professional basebail contract with the Chicago Cuàba, pbayed A level bail in Geneva this season.. de1Boi photo By Chria Bovie It's only 700 miles away 'but for Whitby'a Serge Doiron: the, trip te thé 'show'may tae.two or more yeara. Doironi, a left batting catcher under contract with the Chicago Cuba, juat inished his firet pro season with the A league Geneva Cube, la New York. H1opingto ipesl is ierookie season, he pulled a lower abdo:. minai 'muscle only three days into the. s6ason. Out seven weeks, Doiron neyer really got on track, finisiiing tii. season witii a batting average of .ust over .200,after oDnly 73 at- bats. Having played every day at iàmestone College, the. transition to A league wasn't easy. «WMen I step in, I have to think that I amn better than the. pitcher on the. mound," h. says of tii. frame of mind necessary te, b. a successflul hitter. His batting average in that first season also wasn t typical of bis past. la bis sophomore year of col- lege h. bit .378, in uno.350, and as a senior .325.jDoirn was ai-so -tbird in the.nation la tri- ples. His college coach Hail of Faine hurler Gaylord 1~r, he1pe hlm set up tryouts.Both the Sn Francisco Giants and tii. Cuba were interested in the, talented prospect. Another coach Eastdale Col- leglates Sai n mpater also played a big part in boiron atnng a US. colbeg While consistent pTaymg turne. will improve bis offensi»ve nuin- bers, Doiron pm e an out- standing arn that may carry hlm far. «A 2.0 second tiirow to -second base is considered good7"h. said. uI tbrow about 1.85. My best turne la 1.6 seconds." A converted outfiebder, Doiron wants te, work on his catching alilis. "I told tiem I Was just handed the. catchers mitt and told te go do the. job. Here they give you the gbove, but, they show you si out of 100 make it totthe what to do." show. ln Geneva, Doiron las very la- The cloost h. has corne te tthe volved with the, community and m'ors 1 icat for'pitchers- childroe'sprograma. Deapite 11k- RMe1 Sutcliife 'an' Tom PFile r ing the area hne hopes next sea- p layera who come te, Geneva ol son he wilb be playing double A for r-ehabilitation, or high A in Winiston-Salem. aI want te b, with Winsten- For now, all he can.do ia keep Salemn next year, and AA the year working and bearning, while hiop- after. -You've got to go out and ing totradein his bus teken for impeasthen nd show you are a one-way ticket te tth. windy wi-igtteworkhard. Only about city and Wrigley Field. Whietby edges host team to captu re tournament Why Prngle, Creek IGA undr-li rep soccer'teain finished ita seaaon over the Labour' Day weekend by winning ts -tbird consecutive soccer tournament, of Te 14th annual Newmarket invitational soccer tournament took place over tiie tbr.e-day period of Aug. 31 to Sept. 2. Competing la an age division coinprised 0f 12 teama from acrose Ontario, VWhÎtb flnished firat la it. diviijn witZ a record of two wins sud a tie. North York Olympic. Plame lied Whit1by la:points after the. ;zUrai awa rUd. owde . th wa a*r&dfiret place based ontheir goals ogainst averagea.lanthe division. Whitby defeated Anrora 11-0 and St. Andrews 4-1. and lied North York 1- 1 -in the. preliininary round. qub~ithten avanced tote quartr-W .gameagainat Sault- Ste. Marie. Whitbhy 'clamed victory la this match b~y a final score of 6-0 after conttofling the. firat half 0f the 'me effecÙwvly and poting a 4-0 half-timue lead. TiDi. bg e e 0f the tournament or *Mtby then took place es they. again met the Olympie Plame in a semi-final match. Every Whitby player contributed te tthe beat teain effort of the year, resubting in a convincing 5-1 victory.7e Whitby advanced te tii h amens final while the RPame were forced te, settle for a berth la the, consolation final.. The champion final, between Wtby and the. host teain fin Newmarket, was a tightly-played conteut. WMhy came back fr-oina one-goal deficit in the. fret haf te defeat the. home teain by a final score 0f 2-1. Throuhout the. sx-gaine toàrnarnent Whtbiy Scod -a total 0f 29 goals wbile, oaly albowing four. la each 0f the. four- gaines la wbich Whltby surr.ndered the. agegoal, the oppoingteawn' goal was tii. first o m ae- mn four of the. six games plaed WMhiby was forced te corne bebind for tii. victory. The Whitby team'a final tournament, record for the. year was three firat-place finisiies, two second-place finisiies sand one third-pfaoe finish. Osier just gra nd in kart nationals Brett Oler 0f Wib wntiie off-pole spot in the two-cycle, chassud eighth in tiie junior rad national chi=ponbi luteh-drive lasa. heavé bas honursil kart racm-.g over the On Augf. 31, Brett, won the Bthu tiih four-cycle classe Labour Day weekend. junior reed cas and took grand had over 25 entrants. Brett and bis sister Tracie national champion honours, On Sunday, Traciequlfd ccomPeted la a total 0f five clases iniahing almost a half-track l in ift position for ti.sno at the. Ontario Kart Rcn length ahead 0f bis clogst reed direct-drive clans. She had a Aswataoe (IRA Smetior.third-place finish overail. !t was Grand Nalionala held Aug. .30 J-ce eodtm îïgi through Sept. 1. During the. rac, Brett beat thiS Clas0& -bis own qualifying lime by 8/10 of History bas - a o~y f 110e event drew over 200 a second, witiia lap time of 39.88 repfatng itsell s 9 Ya ýPg entries from Ontario sud Quebec. seconds. on Labour Day w.ekend, Tracie At lime trials on- Aug. 30, fue lhp limes mean that sud Bretes father, Tom, won tii. Brett won the. pole position la the'. speedai exces0f 70 mph are Canadian grand nationals ia kart two-cycle,, junior reed, direct- reaciied. racing. Be er drive case. la two-cycle clutch drive, BoiTrcesd re*we mas lap lime of 40.61 seconds, Bret flnished- second overafl, sposurd for tii.ev«ent e~ Dube mser the. 7/8 mile road course. set whinlathe. four-cycle clamees heii. ndSkia la Whltby sud Ken ànew rc HeaIm u> aied la finished dithe'1tii.of iO!f Mille I*a -1s i n eoramn of eao Whutby Pringle Creek IGA under-lOwsocer tearn captured the. London Ue1Mderson tourn- ment held over the. Labour Day weekend. A superb display of defence and offeace allowed the teain to wln ts flfth teurnamient la i*x tries tbis year. Whah ti, rlinnayround play, Whity bet Bramp n-1 Ancir4-1adMssa 8-3. tb e mm-final% Me played, iehost London t.mud wCSn7 Whitb1 met Agincourt for the. leon ime in the teurnament and won 7-2. The Wbitby teain consisted 0f David Blichark, R Calbaghan, Colin Circelli, Jason Evelyn, John GiUllngai, Michael Kiukowslc, Andrew Marahali, Glen Mayer, Dustin Nzeakor, Paul Patricca, Anthony Plastina, Brian Rainey and Roberte ]Rivas. ii. teain coaching staff was made up 0f Zoltan Baranyi (head coach)l Peter Plastina (assistant coach), Luigi Circefli (defensive coach) sud Stan Adamcewicz S(manager).- NFMAY, RET TIR' PAGE 28, WMrBY FREE PM'

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