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Ci 34-Trhe Canadlian Champion. Fniday, Apdll 11,'1998 She tops bigfield Ashtey Rutz is usualty part ut a big boys club on the ice, but Saturday in Oakville she kept company with a field af fellow female hockey loyers. The 10)-year-old defenceman was one of more than 200 competitors at the Womenis World Hockey Skills Challenge at tee Sports Arena- Shqwcasing bier talents in front of Team Canada members - inctuding assistant captain Cassie Campbell - didn' t seeni ta faze Ashley ane bit She was the fastest skater in ber major novice division as well as tbe moat agile. Her abat tested ttest for velocity and second best for accsracy. Àsbley placed first in the overal competition. T7he only girl and assistant captain on tbe AA major novice Winterbawks team, Asbley bas been ptaying hockey for three years. Sbe hopes ta ant, day play for Team Canada. Jump Start Your I.T. Career! Become a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Job Offer Guarantee! SWhy IT îs the hattest career aption! 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Training will be provided. if you're flexible, dedicated, enthusiastic & would like ta volunteer but dont have a lot of free time, please attend ourshort information session on Thursday, May 21 trom 7:00 te 8:00 p.m. at Haton Regional Health D.partflleft. To register or for more information, please contact Uisa Mina at the Halton Regional Health Department A2Q~Q1A4. ~ M1-. M d, MY 98 L 0 W V G 0O1,,F ePrime Tournamnent Dates Availoble - - fore Noon Locted at Guelph LUne & Britannia Rd. Burlngtofl For more detaîls contact Sandy White C.P.G.A. 335-6181 No break forprison guards at tournamelit lasses are getting taugher and tougher to swallaw.a Last year the carrectianal facility's hack- ey team - knawn as the Hurat Haunds - 1 drapped a 4-3 dauble-avertimfe decisian ta Winnipeg in the semnifinals af the Natianal Carrectianal Officers' Taumament. This time araund they were edged in the gald-medal raund - lasing a 2-1 heart- breaker in the faurth extra sessian ta hast Summerside, PEI. "Each avertime periad cansisted af twa minutes af five-on-five, faur-an-faur, etc" said captain and eight-year team veteran Jahn Jacksan, af the April 5 finals. .We gat dawn ta, twa-an-twa and last it an a braken play. It was very, very intense." Scaring Maplehurst's lane tally in the title match was Mark "Munga" Brewer while Jim Pereira was sensatianal between the pipes. The Hounds squeezed their way inta the again with overtime deciding the victor. Their raad ta the finals was samewhat bumpy at firt with arly 3-2 and 2-1 lass- es ta Darchester, New Brunswick and Summerside respectively. Said Jackson, "We out-chanced our appanents in bath af thase games but just cauldn't bury it. "Fram there we beat Atantic Renaus of New Brunswick 5-1 and that seemed ta break things apen tar us." To final four Maplehurst fallawed up with a 4-3 win aver Shelbume, Ontaria ta qualify far a final faur seatinga befare autdistancing Spring Hill and falling ta, Summerside. Making up the rest af the natianal final- ist crew are Rab Aquilina, Scatt Bartlett, lain Dauglas, Mike Dimartile, Tam Dykstra, Marcel Faumnel, Duncan Heggie, Carey Maare, Tadd Smith, Dave Whalen, Stewart Wilsan and caach Derek Brawn. Austin tips the balance for ECD The Trailblazers may daminate an the 'Ridge, but E.C. Drury owned the rest af Haltan Regian last week at Central Arena. T'hey did sa at the Burlingtan Cup juniar hackey taumnament, where they staged a came-from-bchind 3-2 triumph over Iraquois Ridge in the championship finals. Mike Austin became an instant hero midway thruugh the third, after setting up Craig MacDonald for the equalizer with une sec- and left in the middle stanza. Teammate Jardan Jeans caught him in full stride at centre ice and hit him with a breakaway pass. In aIl alune, Austin's shat spilled under netminder Terry Denike' s leg and faund its way aver the line. Alsa scaring far the Spartans was Kaegan Shenriff, wha capital- ized on a first-periud pawerplay and erased the Trailblazers' ini- tial lead. Luke Hendrie and Travis Van Lausen drew the assists. Jon Sweetland came up with a brilliant performance in the cage Iand was named toumnament MVP. E.C. Drury knocked off the Assumption Crusaders 3-2 en route ta the finals while Iraquais Ridge beat the Lard Elgin Lancers by an identical score in the ather semifinal contest. Wes is on fire in conso match Miltan's minor bantam bays rep basketball team Saturday. The Manarchs were an fire in their marning tilt at the Brantfard Invitatiat)al Taurnament - spanking St. Thamas 61-22 - but fell inta, an affensive vaid after lunch and aost 57-17 ta Brantford CYo. The two-game split, plus a heartbreaking 40-36 defeat ta the Brantfard Briers Friday night, put the Hunt Plymauth Chrysler-spansared crew in the cansalatian finals. Here they claimed a decisive 39-25 triumph in a return thanks largely ta a 14-paint effart by sharpshoater Wes Van den Haek. Sharing MVP hanaurs in the cansalatian match were Jon icysman and Chad Leadcy, wha had 10 and six-paint shawings respectively and cambined far Il rebaunds. Van dca Haek sank 14 points against the Brantfard Briers as well while grabbing Il boards and the MVP award far the game. Mitch Edwards and Joey McSweeney were standauts during bath Saturday tilts with fierce twa-way perfoarmances. Summer hockey is on The Golden Horseshoe Hockey League is acceptiflg applica- tions for bath minar league and men's summer play. AUl games will be played at Burlington's Mainway Arena. 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