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Page 20, Wiby Free Press, Wednesday, October 13, 1993 Steelers capture central titie Wihitby's under-15 rep soccer teain won the Central Ontario Soccer Loague A division title recently. Whitby Steelers, champi ons of the ieague's eastern division, camne froin behind to defeat wes- tern division champions Olympie Flames 3-1 in North York. Flames led 1-0 at halftime. But a Flames' goaltending mis- taice allowod Neil Gladstone te tie the score on a 30-metre free kick. Dan Homes got the gaine- winner for Steelers 10 minutes later and Tito Marimpietri added an insurance maricer. Steelers were runners-upi tournaments in Niagyara -F ails, N.Y. and Erie, Pa. uring th season. Teain members are Noil Bry son, Lauris Balins, Bebby Ath- wal, Ryan Stimxniings, Andre Byno, Matthew Beliew, Oliver Moh, Gladstone, Roberto Pal- meo, Stevan James Alan That- cher, Anson Henry, eaon Soren- son, Marimpietri, Joseph Longe, Homes and Peter Paradis. Coach was Ian Gladstone, assistant coach was Jef Homes, trainer Keith James and mana- ger Bert Bryson. Soccer league 40 years old The Mter (City Soccar League is celebrating its 4th annivers- ary season with a dinner and dance at General Sikorski Polish Hall in Oshawa on Saturday night, Oct. 23. About 600 people, including members of teams from the beague in the fifties, wili attend. The league sold a special 60- page mýagazine this season. The magazmre had photos, records and stories about the league. Oshawa Turul won the lege titie this year and Oshawa Por- tuguese won the Terry Kelly Cup. ADAM GUNN, with sons Adam (second from right) and Ryan, serves a hot dog ta Dynes & Lloyd Jewellers owner Paul Dynes outslde his store ln a fundralser that collected about $320 for the Whitby Minor Basebaîl Association. Photo by Maurice Plfher, Whltby FePrPess '93 was Royal season Real Hotol capped an eut- standing season in the Whitby Recreational Slo-pitch League by winning the playoff champion- Mhyal Hotel, ninth overaîl in the men's roc division in the aii-Ontario finals in London, Ont. recently, met last year's champions Dodd & Souter mn the Whitby beague best-of-threo piayoff finals. Royal Hotel won the first game 5-3. In the final inning, an over- throw by a Royal player aliowed a Dodd & Souter player te reach third, with two mon eut. But Royal appealed, and the umpire ruled that a Dodd & Souter runner had missed second base, ending the ganid. Royal won the second game 9-5 te dlaim the pia-yoff champion- ship in addition the regular sea- son championship. Royal aise won two beague teurnaments. Dodd & Soutcr received the Peacock Sports playoff consola- tion trophy, PJ's Restaurant COUNTRY LINE dance instructor Dar I Linnington and volunteer Sarah Qidman 'strut their stuff at a dance heki recently ta maise funds for Whitby's senior, novice and juvenile competition precision skating teams. The Ice Fyre senior team plans ta compete in Finland and Sweden in January. Phl y eMDesse. WNIeby Free Pieu The Whitby Mixed Sle-pitch league maY expand in 1994. Loeague executive members are now taIcing naines for a waiting Eist. Soverai couples wiIl be added to the league. The league incluçies Whitby couples aged 30 and over. Tis seas>n the league had eight teains with a 28-gaine whdl starting in May and onding in September with piayoffs. There are no weokond gaines. For more information cail Glenda at 579-3952. recoivoci tho Roy's Enterprise Steve Sandtord won the Comn- regular season consolation tro- missioner's Award as the phy. league's most valuable player. W0iniing performance by Looneyw- team There was nothing looney about the performance of a Whitby Recreationai Slo-pitch Longue teani in the playoffs. Looney Toons, putting behind thein an indifferent fifth-piace finish during the regular season in the Sunday night longue, won ail their playoff contests te cap- ture the Classy Q's playoff cham- pionship trophy. Looney Toons's first surprise was an upset of Winfield Con- struction, flirst-place team in the regular season with il wins, a tie and only two losses. Looney 'roons, wîth only six wins during the regular season, thon defeated Vicker Eloctric, second-place team Zduring the regular soason, 17-14. Looney Toons led 17-4 before Vickery scored 10 runs in the final inning. The two teams met again in the championship final, Loonoy Teons winning 14-7. Vickery won the Charles Burns Memoriai consolation tre- phy, Winfield won the Brothers Pza regular season champion- ship trop hy. Bantam,.s let biLg lead slip away The Whitby major bantarn AAA hockey team, fell asleop in third period against Richmond Hill-Vaughan te lot a 6-2 lead turn into a 6-6 tie on Oct. 6. Richmond i-ll opened the scoring with a power play goal at 3:2«1 of the.first perod. WhitIby quiclcly retaliatè with an unassisted goal by Cory Hass and another by Gavin frout, assisted by Zacharie Aitken, te give Whitby a 2-1 lead at the end of the first period. Whitby took charge of the second period with a goal from Dan Cioffi a"ssted byAitken. But Richmond M11 reduced the gap te 3-2. Whitby added a goal, scored by Prout assisted by-Ron- Death, te end the second peried with a 4-2 lead. The third period started with twe power p1a goals, Cioffi assisted b Dan Homes, and Helmes assisted by Jeremny McElhanney. Richmond 11111 came back with a power play goal at 7:35 and 15 seconds later added another one te reduce the deficiitot 6-4. With 3:17 left in the third, Richmond 11111Scored another power play goal and thon scored with 1:39 remaining. 1