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The Canadian champion, Tuesday, June 24, 1997 -23 Magic boys sweep Friendship tourney Earning a four-game sweep on the weekend, the Magic under- 15 boys soccer team took top honours at the 1997 Milton Friendship Toumrament. Led by head coach Steve Griffin, the hometown boys outscored their opposition 14-3 and defeated Chinguacousy 3-1 n the championship finals. Onel Martino provided bis team with a one-goal cushion early on while Kyle Grant and tan Robinson sealed the deal with second-half scores. Backstopping the pack was Craig Oliveira, who was rock solid through the toumrament. "The win this weekend was incredible," said Griffin, whose Knuckles-sponsored crew has won lhree tournamenîs so far Ibis season. "This was our fourth toumnament in a month and the guys were very tired. Il's amazing what lhey pullcd off." Martino tallied twice to give Milton a 2-I victory over Guelph in their opening bout. From there, they knocked off Orillia 4-I and Chinguacousy 5-0. Stefan Linder led againat Chinguacousy with a pair of goals while Martino, Robinson and Rufus Williams added sin- gles. Scoring in the Orillia tilt were Grant, Peter Cannataro, Andrew Gluck and Joel Petkoff. Guelph edged Orillia 2-I in the under-15 consolation game. Il was feast or famine for the under-14 boys crew, who scored four limes against Welland, but were blanked in their other three games includ- ing a 2-0 bass to Niagara in the championsbip match. Andrew Casa, Scott Murray, Connor Sweeney snd Quinn Young found the mark in Milton's only win. Their other round-robin matches included another 2-0 bass to Niagara and a no-score stalemate with Burlinglon. Welland pounded Burlington 4-I for the consolation title. Mattbew Casa was the under- 10 boys' lone scorer this past wcekend, as bis team bast four straigbt matches. Tbey dropped a 2-0 decision to Flamboro in the consolation final. Milton also suffered defeat at the banda of Brampton (6-0) and Chinguacousy (4-1) as well as to Flamboro (3-0) in their initial confrontation. It was Brampton 4-0 over Cbinguacousy in the champi- onship game. Winning over the crowd Tiger Ali's roar growing By STEVE LeBLANC Special to The Champion Lickey Hans feit the fever the first time he stepped into a World Wrestling Fdrto L (WWF) ring. He also feit fea. In fact, it was the second of these two emotions that the 26-year-old Milton native remembers most from his debut - which came two months ago at the annu- ai Kuwait Cup Tournamient. Despite facing the highly unpopular Leif Cassidy in his opening-round match, Hans was the one jeered and booed by fans as he made his way to the squared Icircle. "Nobody knew me, s0 they cheered for Leif« Although he's a ndle breaker and very unpopular, the fans knew who he was, recalled Hans, who wrestles as Tiger Ali Singh. He's currently on hiatus for broth- er Gary's upcoming wedding aud enjoying lime with wife Harmeet and son Gurjiven who tumed one year old yesterday (Monday). Even after beating Cassîdy, Hans enjoyed litIle sup- port as he retumned to the dressing room to await bis next challenge. The experience immediately filled him with self-doubt. And no wonder. Hans knows as well as anybody that success in the WWF depends as much on winning over the fans as il does in winning one's matches. "I remember thinking 'What arn I doing here?'," Hans said. "I was afraid I was going 10 let everybody down. Hearing the boos like that can really play with a young guy's mind." Persevering tbrough bis anxiety, he pressed on sud - se ALI on page 25 i-noto Dy b 1 tV LeULANU Within three months of joining the Worid WrestIing Federation, Mickey Hans <aka Tiger Ali Singh) won an International tournament and sa showing pienty of promise. - ~ - EMPLOYEE 0F THE MONTH JO-ANN EMMERSON is jack of ail trades, everything from driving parts truck to the detailing of new & used vebicles. S She bas been with Toyota for just 8 months but bas Il years experience in parts & service. A true people person Jo-Ann loves ber job as it is new and a different cballenge everyday. Sbe says tbat at Toyota tbe teamnwork is amnazing and doesn't mînd getting ber bands dirty! Jo-Ann is a 34 year residence of Georgetown and is on tbe powderpuff basebaîl league. ~~~~~~~~~~~1 Mf .I*i VYi ~ . ' OIUNTAIU V IE RD. N.,I~A' U -- -- ---- - - - - - ----- - - - - - - - - .......--- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -