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The Canadian Champion, Fnday August 8, 1997 - Il Maverick peewees lacrosse champions afier four sfraight Wifls The Milton, Mavenick pee\ssee lacros\ýe tearn traded ni their ors host arn) in the tinalsý Burlingion. Milton blankcd their hosis 2- (in the touoth pcniod o! the champi- AfBer coming home with second-place honours twice this sea- onship match. son, the Traders Customs Brokerage-sponsored crew put together Decaire also scored in regulation time, while Adam Rutz tallied tour straigbt wins including a 6-4 overtime triumph against the twice as well. Jonathan Ram contributed a single. Standout per- ftinaces, CIrIs lrn Ki Ki- M, r \1K an 1h ký The Mavcricks claimed a 6-4 osertime victory ni the seini finals as well - this time agaînst Brampton. Blanchard played the biggest rote in putting tbem into the finals witb a hat-trick. Decaire tagged a pair ol goals and Ian Robertson sank the other. SPORTSa TH AAIA HMIN RDYAGUT819 Rammo wins national titie By STEVE LeBLANC Special ta The Champion Having had her fuil of sec- ond-place finishes, Katherine Rammo was determined to taste sweet victory last Friday at Credit Valley Tennis Club. And that's exactly what the 13-year-old Milton native did, with a championship perfor- mance at the BDC Under- 14 Outdoor Junior Nationals. Coronation ceremonies began just before noon, when top ranked Katherine disposed of third seed Melanie Marois in a 65-minute finals showdown. 'Me win - in sizzling momn- ing temperatures - came in front of 200 spectators at the Mississauga-area tennis club. As with every other chal- lenge thrown her way over the six-day competition, she won the championship match in convincing fashion - hum- bling her Ste. Foy, Quebec opponient 6-1, 6-4. Composure and a superior torehand shot were the deter- mining factors in the girls sin- gles' finale. Katherine kept her poise and won the majority of the long rallies in both sets. She also fought her way back in the last three games of the match, to tum a 4-3 deficit into a 6-4 triumph - and match vîctory. "It feels really good to, finally win," said Katherine, who had come home with silver from last year's outdoor nationals and ibis spring's indoor nation- ais. "Coacb Marc Assaraff and I have been focusing on consis- tency this year and 1 tbink that's really what made the dif- férence. "In the past I'd be the one to miss because t was smashing at everything. Now, I'm more patient and wait for my oppo- nient to make the mistakes." Katherine's only anxious moment of the tournament came in the second set Friday, when Melanie won four of six games and looked to force a third set. Not wanting to tempt fate. Katherine laid down a couple of choice backhands to even things up at four. From that point on, it was just a matter of working the court and forcing Melanie to go long with ber forehand. Despite an ineffective first serve, Katherine was aIl but unstoppable in the opening set. Initial jitters by ber French- speaking counterpart also served in the 6-I victory. "Katherine was very calm and composed today (Friday). She did a great job sticking to, the game plan. Her tirst serve could use some work, but we're really talking about a minor adjustment," said coach Assaraff, who instructs -see RAMMO on page 16 Milton's Katherine Rammo placed number one in the 1997 BDC Under-14 Junior National Championships last week in Mississauga. Caylanne sets track records Surpassing bier personat bcst javelot throw by almosi four metres Saîurday. Milton's Caytanne Lyatl tauncbed ber way into the provincial track and field record book at the Ontario Cbamipionsbips in Sudbury. A favourite to win the event in the ban- tam girls ctass aller a 20.32m effort last month in Bramalea, Caytanne, 12, tefi ber competitors in the dust with a 24.22m burt in the sixtb round. This foltowed 22. 12m and 23.30m showings in ber first two attempts and placed ber second on the sîl-time javelin throw list for ber age. Earlier in the day, Caylanne cleared 16.90m with the discus for ber tirst gold medal. Older brother Garrett, 13, turned in some remarkahle throwing efforts himself Saturday. Usually more ai home in the water, the bantam-age competitor took part in the midget boys hamrmer toss. Despite bis age disadvantage, he nar- rowly missed medaling with a 24.10m throw for fourth-place honors. This effort should go down in the books as a provin- cial record for 14-year-olds - since nobody under 15 bas ever attempted the event in organized competition. Dawn and Michael Brunschwitcr formed a powerful brother-and-sister team of their own tant Friday in Milton - where they dominated the Summertime Track and Field Camp's weekly mini- meet. Eleven-year-old Dawn went five-for- five in the atom girls class, winning the 100m, 60m hurdles, long jump, shot put and javelin throw. She set personal records in each event. Michael had a perfect day as wett and was victorious in the same events. The nine year old also set five new individua standards.