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Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, December 7,1994, Page 23 VOLLEYBALL Anderson aims high Anderson CVI's senior girls' voileyball team is aiming for the top this year -- in Ontario. "We should definitely be in the top four or five in the province," sayscoach Gord Wiliamson. "This is the best balanced team I've ever had here.» Anderson has been strong in recent years, but always came up short against Mayfield of Bramp- ton, last year's Ontario Fede- ration of Schools Athletic Asso- ciation (OFSAA) champions. Mayfield has lost their star player who provided the winning edge, with the result that Ander- son wil be among about five teams contending for the Ontario crown. Williamson believes Waterloo Collegiate will be the team to beat. Anderson and Waterloo will compete in a tournament Jan. 6 in Ottawa. In the meantime, Anderson will stage its own annual tourna- ment this coming weekend, and begin league play Dec. 21. Williamson says the Durham league will also provide formid- able opposition, as Henry Street High School and a few other teams should be strong. Anderson will be led by Cheryl MacKay, in her fourth year on the team, and Shannon Jones, who was invited to try out for the provincial team. Top teams tie Whitby McDonald's minor novice AAA hockey team continued their battle for top spot in the Eastern AAA league. Whitby is currently tied in points with Ajax-Pickering Raiders and the two teams tied on Friday in Brooklin. The first period was all Raiders as they outshot Whitby by a wide margin and took a one-goal lead into the second. Goalie Kyle Clancy kept Whitby in the game with several key saves. Ajax-Pickering scored again early in the second to take a 2-0 lead but a power-play goal by Whitby captain Liam Reddox on a crisp feed by Nicolas Cotter brought Whitby within one and the momentum of the game shifted to Wildcats. In the last minute of play, Wildcats pulled their goalie for an extra attacker and hemmed Raiders in their own zone. With 28 seconds remaining, Michael McKenzie evened the score at 2-2 on a wraparound. At home to Markham Thunder on Sunday, Brandon Davis sparked the Wildcats' offence to a 9-3 win. Davis with three goals, two assists and linemates Andre Lar-amy (a goal, three assists) and Hobby Scott (a goal) accounted for five of the Whitby goals. Reddox with two goals and an assist, McKenzie and Seedhouse completed the scoring. Netminder Michael Leahy made 20 saves and came up big in the third period, foiling Markchamn's comeback attempt. Redmen 'home' now iOis Fun and Games VOLUNTEER Virginia Bauer congratulates Jeff Coulas of Kitchener who bowled up a storm at the Durham Regional Police Disabled Games in Pickering. Athletes from all over the province competed at the recent event. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whitby Free Press Brooklin Redmen of the Ontario Lacrosse Association's major series will play all their 1995 regular season and playoff games at Iroquois Park in Whitby. The Redmen organization and the Town of Whitby had been discussing the possibility of moving to Iroquois Park since the end of the 1994 season. However, a number of obstacles had to be overcome before the agreement was finalized on Dec. 1. Included in the discussions were floor time considerations for established Iroquois Park "tenants," including the Whitby Warriors junior A club and a host of Whitby minor lacrosse teams at both the house league and rep levels. "This move by the Redmen could not have been accomplished were it not for the co-operation and support of the Town of Whitby and all levels of the Whitby Minor Lacrosse Association," states Redmen president Paul Cotton. "I believe that this will benefit all parties involved and generally add to the rapidly increasing interest for all levels of lacrosse in Durham Region. "The decision to move our home base from the Luther Vipond arena in Brooklin was difficult because of the outstanding tradition associated with it. "However, the club had little choice fron an economic viewpoint. The attendance success that the club has experienced when playing selected regular season and playoff games in recent years at Iroquois, made tremendous economic sense to move there on a full-time basis." The larger seating capacity at Iroquois will allow Redmen to increase efforts in the area of promotions, in an attempt to reach their average attendance goal of 1,000 people per game. Vice-president Barry Johnson says "Work is currently underway to provide Redmen fans with some type of 'special event night' at every 1995 regular season home games." Work is already underway to prepare for the start of the season in May, with a special holiday season fundraising project now being held. Redmen, with the support of the Brooklin and Pringle Creek IGA food stores, are raffling off 10 turkeys for Christmas. ickets are $2 each, or three for $5, and are available from members of the executive. Redmen are donating a portion of the ticket sales to the Whitby Arena Fundraising Association (WAFA), the group of arena users raising money for construction of a new arena in Whitby. Twee steak oesJuniors lose final, ..........~ The Whitby Lioness tween A ringette team had a win and a tie in recent play to continue their unbeaten streak. Whitby and Ajax played to a 3-3 tie, as Ajax came back from a 3-0 deficit. Jennifer Leighton scored two goals and Jen Cassidy the other. Whitby then defeated Pickering 11-4. Leighton led the scoring with five goals and an assist. Callie Osborne, Cassidy, Haley Millard and Cynthia Whaley each had four points. Lyndsay Smith had two goals and an assist. Whitby defeated the Whitby tween Bs in an exhibition game on the weekend. Heidi Schlitt continues to play well in goal. Raiders tie league- leading Terriers Whitby Tormina Terriers and Whitby Raiders played to a hard-fought 3-3 tie in indoor soccer at Soccer City this past Sunday. Both teams will represent Whitby in the Central Soccer League next season. The game on Sunday featured spectacular goaltending by Terriers' Ryan O'Hearn and Raiders' Brandon Cedar. The scoring was opened by Raiders' Danny Mattin. Terriers equalized and took the lead on two bistering shots by Mike Klukowski. David Fillion scored on a rebound to tie the game. Terriers' and league-leading scorer Graham MacLean headed his team into a 3-2 lead. John Gillingham brought Raiders level again with a well-placed left-footer. From there the defences and goaltenders took over. Terriers lead the league with nine points froi five games followed by Raiders with eight points in as many games. edged ini overtime The Whitby McCullough Jewellers Ltd. junior A ringette team competed in the St. Catharines tournament Dec. 2-4 and came away with the silver medal after entering the championship game as the only unbeaten team and losing the final in overtime. The first contest was against league rivals Port Perry and was a typical fast-paced game with Whitby coming out on top by a 2-1 margin. Niagara Falls was the next opponent who fell prey to the Whitby attack by a 6-1 score. Stratford then lost 6-1 to Whitby. This set up the championship game against second-place Port Perry. In a classic duel, the score was tied at 3-3 at the end of regulation time, with play going back and forth throughout the game. Port Perry managed to score the winning goal in overtime to caim the gold medal in a game that could have gone either way. Goal-scoring was led by Melanie Davis with five; Stephanie Marlowe four; Jennifer Penney three; Tania Chappell two; single markers going to Angela Dunn, Jessica Williams and Ainsley Hunt. Assists were led by Chappell with seven; Davis, Williams and Ellen Johnson with three each; Marlow, Penney, Dunn and Patti Brooks with two each and single helpers going to Hunt, Brea Blight and Lindsay Millard. Goaltender Heather Hurst was outstanding throughout the tournament, allowing Whitby to advance to the finals. The teain is coached by Wayne Johnson, assisted by Bill Williams and trainer Kersten Johnson. WAFA holds annual meeting The Whitby Arena Fundrais- ing Association will hold its first annual meeting tonight (Wednes- day), 7:30 p.m., at Whitney Hall, Iroquois Park. President Cheryl Thompson welcomes anyone with fundrais- ing and other ideas to attend. For more information, call 905- 666-2210.