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22 -ý The Canadian Champion, Tuesday September i 1 997 Opts end it Women take a silver medal in softball tourney with a win Plan B îeamn cornes up with plan A for _solid showing in Nova Scotia The Milton Optimist-Snickers' season came to a close last Thursday, but not before one final moment of glory. On the strength of a second-balf shutout by Raymond DelBianco, tbe under-lO boys soccer teamn îrimmed the Waterloo Mustangs 2-I1. Milton pulled ahead late in the game when Daniel Smereka placed a penalty kick on the top shelf. Chris Wheelihan, Brandon Fragomeni, Ryan Mitchell and Danny Casa stymied Waterloo attackers throughout the evening wbile Sean Ward and Mattbew Price were solid at mid-field. Max Robertson set up Spencer Morrison for Milton's first goal. Teammate Jacob Demarsh made an amazing cross over shot in the opening hall but was robbed by a diving Mustang goalkeeper, wbo got just enough of the bail lé tip it over the net. In other recent action, the Optimist- Snickers dropped back-to-back games. Four straighî goals in the second hall of a recent home game did in the under-lO boys soccer squad. Early goals by Casa and Morrison wenxt to waste in the 4-2 bass. Working the net was Delbianco, who came up with some big saves lbrough the opening haîf. Providing sound defensive belp were Fragomeni and Mitchell. Earlier in Streetsville, the teami took a 5- I beating 10 North Mississauga. Eamning purple beart consideration for bis goal- tending efforts -during a series of assaulta by opposing strikers - was Andrew Potter. Jesse Swain notched tbe lone tally for Milton. Laing cleans up in States Shannon Laing may well have earned ber last invitation to the North American Baltie Track and Field Cbampionsbips recently. Not because of anything negalive she did - quite the opposite. After winning ail six events in ber mite girls class, the compelîlion bas little left 10 offer in the way of a challenge. The eiglst-year-old mcmber of Atbletiques International stole 1h'_, sbow in Cleveland wilb victories in tbe 60-mcltre sprint (1 0.7 seconds), 1OOtin (persottal best of 17 seconds), 200m (38.7s), long jump (personal best of 3. 14m, slhot put (5. 1tOm) and tbe bail tbrow. Sbe establislied a new Ontario standard in tbis finaI event wilb a 28ns burt. These collective efforts made ber tbe unanimous cboice for outstanding athîcte in bier age group. Coming up witb bis own abare of liraI- place finishes was fellow Milton aîblete Aaron Reese. Dominating the 10 and I t-year boys loop, he won the 200m in 32.8s, 400m in 1:24.7, 800m in 3:05.2, 1,500 in 6:58 and the shot put with a tbrow of 6.15Sm. He took second in the long jump and placed third in the bail lhrow. Ten-year-old Gary Laing put the shot 5.86 for second-place honora and took third in the 100m, in 17.3s. Reese and Laing joined forces witb îwo Oakville club mates 10, ouldistance the top 12-year-olds in the 4xl00m relay. The quarlet completed the race in 1:01.4 - îwo strides ahead of an aIl-star ieam from CteýVeland in à hesfl-pounding- comeback victory. A recent trip out cast resulted in a silver medal finish for a local women's softbaîl team. Milton's Plan B took second-place honors at a national toumnamrent in .Amherst, Nova Scotia. In the end it took the DOA's of Darthmouth to upstage them 12-9 in the finals. Led by heavy hitters Crystal McKay and Catby Dilîs, Plan B fought back from a 5-0 deficit after two inninga to make the final count a little more respectable. They îoppled Newfoundland 13-4 and the host team 11-5 in mound-robin play, after suffering a 9- 7 bass to Chattem in the tournament opener. Plan B qualified for the national showcase last season with a strong showing at a Niagara Falls tournament. Making up the rest of the silver medal wînners were Shelley Feeney, Carol Ross, Juan White, Brenda Malboeuf, Brenda Cosulich, Paîti Thompson, Darlene Carey, Sharon Dam, Trisbi Rumig and Sharon Azzopardi., The head coach was Keith Ryan, the assistant Rick Malboeuf and the team cook was Dos Cosulich. -à,- LES~ When your lite Is larger than a minivan Prhs 190 HP Vortec 4300 V6 engine, 4-speed automatic transmission, $ 4 8 4-wheel ABS, dual air bags, side-guard door beamrs, 5,500 lb.*plsfeht84 pesunts/6rwxshukuua~<n towing capacity, deep tinted glass, air conditioning,PO TA paymmst of $3,500 orectvtent t",esuty deposit$300zs am -8passenger seatingBU C freight $845. 3 i Get what you want from your GMC Dealers. 1