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The Canadien Champion, Tueday. Novamber 14197-1 SPORS Nichols hobbled by asthma attack Camre-Ann Nichols hit the walI recently, in her bid for a third straight OFSAA (Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association) cross-country appearance. Succumbing to ath- letes' asthma radier than superior competition, the 16-year-old Bishop Reding junior placed a somewhat disappointing sixth at the GHAC (Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference) finals in Hamilton. She had been battling with ashm for a couple of w;eeka and competed at GHAC just a few days aftier a short hospitaliza- tion for the affliction.. A lack of conditioning Carrie-Ann Nichols could be partially to blame for the asthma, as Carrie-Ann took some time off after a strenuous summer schedule. GHAC marked ber second sub-par performance in two weeks. She persevered through exhaustion at the Halton championships at Kelso, but only had enough to take seventh-place honours. Carrie-Ann's lacklustre flu showing follows a sensational sum- mer. She finisbed out ber Kids of Steel triathlon career with a first place on the 15 to 1 8-year-old series. Her efforts included four first-place finishes and two seconds during 500m swim, 20k bike, 5k mn races. She also placed among the top eight in both the Midland- Walwyn and President's Choice adult triathlon series. These resuits, plus consistent efforts over the past few years, have resulted in recent sponsorship fromn The Fitness Technique, who have offered Carrie-Ann tbe use of a $2,000 Porter bicycle for next season. Minor peewees auqre% hot and cold The minor peewee A Winterhawks were both victors and vic- tims of back-to-back shutouts recently. The Lafarge-sponsored crew were unable to light the lamp against Arthur - fallîng 4-0 - but did manage to score twice in Fergus and blank the Devils. Goals came fromn Tîm Anderson and Wayne Benson while Aaron Clarke eamned the shutout. Chad Boisvenue, David Brown, Lee Frittenburg and Greg Sheppard drew the assista. Milton ran bot and coîri in their next two outings as welI. Tbey began witb a tough 7-3 defeat to Elora, witb Benson tally- ing twice and Frittenburg potting tbe other. Benson then had help in the scoring departmnent - from the likes of Brown (2), Anderson, Sheppard and Daniel Wetselaar - which resulted in a 6-3 victory over Acton. Clarke once again eamned the win between the pipes. Milton District High halfback Jim'Mara (31) piows downs and paced his senior Mustangs to a 2546 vlctory In through anow and talion players Friday, In a snowbal the opening round of the playoffes. clash with Buriington Central. Mora scored thrae touch- Photo by GRAHAM PAINE As of now, Mo knows the snow By STEVE LeBLANC Special to The Champion Jim Mora may want to think about joining the polar bear club, because he's certainly proven he can handie the deep freeze. Braving winter' s first punch - flot to mention counticas gridiron defenders - rte third-year senior haltback ras for rougbly 150 yards and three touchdowns Friday at Milton District High School. His Tier 2 quarterfinal heroics gave the Mustangs an authoritative 25-6 victory over Burlington Central. 've had better gamnes, but I had lots of key blocks today (Friday) and everything just seemed to come together," said Mora, who dominated the running gaime as fullback Jared Robinson watched fromn the sideIines, with a broken anide. "I've neyer played in anything like tbis before, notbing even close." Mora's efforts were just the tip of the iceberg, no pun intended. in MD's first-round playoff dominance. Led by co-captain Matt Rafuse, the defensive csew completely blanket- ed the Trojans' attack for over three quarters - not allowing them within 20 yards of the end zone. Scoring the visitors' lone major in the final two minutes of play was receiver Steve Bnsnt. Haltback Josh Pavolich set up thý score witb a 25- yard rush during one of very few miscues by MD. Remarked 'Stangs defensive coordinator Dave Kui, "We knew they (Burlington Central) had good speed, and we defenced *keIl against it. "Linebackers Matt Rafuse, Will Sinnott and Doug Taylor were great up front as were defensive tackles Jim Mors and Marc Polls in the backfleld." Ali thoee of Mora's majors came in the second quairter, two of which were scored in the final three minutes. This early cushion and accompanying rush of adrenaline kept the 'Stangs warmi through the balance of the contest. Fellow halfback Paul Loader padded the lead with a seven-yard touch- ea.a COLD on page 22 Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Chiliy, anowy conditions dIdn't dater hometown cheerleadere from putting on a brava face and rootIng thelr Mustangs on to victory. 0