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Page 14, Wntby Frse Press, Wednesday, JuIy 31, 1M9 IAIM FOR WORLD JUNIOR TITLEI Bl for home ad.vantage fails, Redmen start p layoffs Thurda NINE MEMBERÎS of the Canadian junior 'Voituk, Paul Salle, Derek SudcIons; from. lacrosse team, which Ieft for Tokyo yester- Ieft, middle, are Gavin'PrIout, 'Gee" Nash, day to play in the worlcl championships, Zac Aitken; from teft,- front, are Sean are Whitby Warriors junior A players. From Steinwald and Pat Jones. loft of4 ko'N Low42rs - lem ai ia e, anv ri>uen, steve BiWi Bgariioi on Canad Teain Canada, that includes znine members of Whitby'e potent junior A box lacrosse teami begins play Sundayinthe, world junior fleld lacrose champions ips i Tokyo, Japan. lhe Canadien team, that has played welbi tuneup games. and Ptournaments, will face Nationial iroquois on Sunday and then do battle Monday against one of the top contenders -for the championship, the U.S. team. Canada resumes play on Aug. 7 ainet Japan and Aug. 8 againet Australia, with the, semi- finale on Aug. 9 and the final on Aug. 11. 'The Ontario junior A box lacrosse playoff Photo by Ark Reesor, Whitby Free preas r'presec [ian team echedule has been put on hold ta permit Warrior'and other league players ta take part i the championehipes. Warriors, Who recently swept Peterboro h li their semi-final series, wibl play Orrvilei the Ontario final once the world event is over. Warriors' players on Team Canada are Zac Aitken, Pat Jones, Steve Voituk and .Mart O'Brien Who wibl aIl play midfleld, Gee. Nos h who wifl pbay goal, Derek Suddons and Gavin Prout on defence, and attackers Paul Sallie and Sean Steiwald. Jones is co-captain of the team. Midgets goto Gmes The Whitby idget À lacrosse team has qualified for the. Ontario Summer Games i London, with eight wins i as many games. After a succeseul Peterborough qualifier, Whitby again outgunned the. opposition and went undefeated iOrangeville. Whitby thumùped Sfix Nations 12- 6,.Kltchener-Waterloo "-, and finished the. qualifing round with a 10-1 victory over St. Catharines. WbitbY'sý goaltending duties were share"d hy Scott ýWylie and Justin Yelle who combined for a 3.30 goals-against-average. Scori.ng for Whitby were A.J. Shannon with'six goals and four assiste, Casey Dupont three goals alnd four assiste, Evan'Cardwell and Travis Millar each with four goals and three assst, Biily Greer two goals and seven assiste, Brett Paksta three goals and one assist, CorY Reed one goal and three amfista, Mike Galbas two goals and two assista, Scott Beegan three assiste, Garett Winder and Mike HamiJton each one goal and two assiste, Jus"inYelle twoaaste Scott Wylie, and Robert DaSiv with.one à.ssist eaelÏ. Jamie Giles wasi back ithe. lineup fr-om a broken hand as a result of a Six Nations slash. Whitby'e3 coaching'staff is mAde up of head coachi Marty Galbas, assistante Serge Dupont,* Rick Phillipe and Jerry Cardwell, and freiner Neil Shannon. ýWhitby rolled over Brampton 10-2 ' in a recent midget, A lacrosse game., Evan Cardwell, Scott, Beegan and Mike Hamilton each scéred t'wiSe. wit'h singles b Mike Gal- bas A., Skinner Mll Greenen. anâ Bret Palcastae With two losses in. their last three games, Brooklin Redmen failed to finish second i Ontario major lacrosse league play and failed to pin home floor advan- tage against Brampton Excel- mèorein, layoffs beguuunng tomor- Redm-en had a chance to take ove second place after a. win over Peterborough last Wednes- dayniajht at roquois Park. But 1'terborough, led by star rookie John Grant's- four goals, won the return- engagement 9-7 on Thuredaiy night to spoil the Redmen bid for second place. On Sunday, in a game that meant little more than a tuneup for the playoffs, first-place Six Nations edged visiting Redinen- 12-11.. 11 > 1 Rtedmeni finishied the reglar season with 13 wins and * il lasses. Although not spectacular, the record je impressive after Redmen began t he season in dismal fashion. 1And Redmen will -go into the playoffes healthy, for, the most part. BiblI Caîban, bothered by a bad backis l expected back in the lineup Tliursda, while Rodýey Tapp, hie knee hurt against Six Nations Sunday, is alsé expected Paxlnen and Brampton aplit thefr six games in league pbýay this season. Brampton, with, a record of 14 wins,' mne bosses and a tie, ia expected to have thefr, regular starting goaltender back lfo the series. 1Brampton is led offensively by Chris Driscoil and Ted Dowling, two of the league's top shooters. Bramnpton will -have to stop Gary Gait who was explosive whene- ver he suited up for PReden, but the depth of the Redmenoffence may prove the differenoe in the series. Ini the final league game againet Sx atons, Redmen played without seven reglars -- Qait, John Fusco Ta , aul St. John Matt MrcLjean, Willie Arnofd and Do~ Nogonosh. Mat Stinwld, a consistent performer aIl season, led Redmen with three goals and three ase- lets whfieeSawn Williams and With a recent winning streak, Whitby has taken over sole pos- sesion- of first place i Eastern Ontario Baseball, Associîation Whit yblanked Pickering 10-0 and then swept Kineton 10-9 and 8-5, i a doubbeheader. Whýitýby had, a few. icames Sean Moran each had two goals and three assiste. Larry. Downer had a goal and three assiste, Jason Jankowski, Kevin Biggs and Steve McCreith one goal each, and Eric Perroni' four assiste. John Tava res had. four goals and two assiste for.Six Nations, Rich Kilgour three goasTo borouh Steinweld had 'two goals for Redmen. Six Nations finished with 17 wins, six lasses and a tie for theé season and, will play Peter- borouh (1wins, 13 losses) in the other semi-final seies. After Thursday's game in Bampton the second game in the best-o-ee series will be at Iroquois Park on Friday, game timhe 8:30 p.m. The third ~eis on. Tuesday, Auig. 6 in Bra:pton and thes fourth game on Tliuràday' at'Iro- quois Park. hiIf needed,a.flfth game will be iBranyton on Saturday* Aug. 10, sixtgame i Wxtyon- Mfonday, Aug. 12, and eseventh .a me on Wednesday, Aug. -14 i Bampton. lacros se JuIy 28- BooJi 11. Six Nailoo 12 W L T OF A Six atio,. 17 8 1 MO 239 Brapton 14 0 1 281 244 Boldin 13 0 252 244 Peoruh 11 13 0 259 268 Furgue 4 20 0 158 275 m o0f .kay 14 Joh Tme. 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