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The Canadian Champion, Tueaday, June 16, 1998 -23 DiPalma gets a national bronze Rbythmic gymnast Amy DiPalma solidified a berth in the Junior Pan-American Cames with a stellar performance lasI weekend in Vancouver. The 14-year-old St. Peter's School student strung together solid efforts in aIl four events- hall, hoop, ribbon and rope - to capture junior bronze aI the Canadian Championships. Compeling against three dozen top ranked gymnasts froro across the country, Amy collected 69 of 80 possible points for ber third- place finish and appointment 10 the national junior squad. i "I'm glad that il's over, I Amy DiPalma couldn't wail to gel out on the competition carpel," said a relieved Amy. "I bave 10 thank my family, who drive me 10 Toronto every day for practice, which allows me te, stay in the sport." In the event finals, she eamned two additional bronze medals in rope and hoop and took fourth and iftb respectively in hall and ribbon. Coach Nadia Mihaylova, who coaches Amy 24 bours a week, said "Di Palmichco (as she atïecîionately calîs ber star pupil) is a dedicated athlete and I'm glad she was able 10 achieve such good resulîs." The Pan-Am Cames - whicb Amy and club mate Roxaliana Pros (who finished second) will attend - are slated for next month in San Antonio, Texas. Çnr de-claw bears Photo by GRAHAM PAINE A pair of Maverick tykes battle an Orillia counterpart for the bail Saturday during the Milton Invitationai Lacrosse Tournament. Despite a valiant effort, the hast team Iost 4-3. for second victoîy Bantams grind down the By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion A steady downpour and spirited performance at Brian Best Park Saturday helped wasb away the HJM Insurance Red Sox' hardships. At least for a litle while. Amidst uncooperative weather conditions Milton got an eight- inning gemn out of pitcher Steve Penner and some quality hitting. The combination equaled an 8-2 victory - just their second this season - over the still winless Glanbrook Grizzlies. Penner scattered five its and a couple of walks while fanning seven visiting batters 10 post is first win as a Red Sox. The only extra-base hit he surrendered, a bome mun by Julio Martinez, came in the eighth with the game out of reacb. Red Sox veteran Malt McCandless went downtown in the opening frame, launching a two-run sbot over the right field fence. He followed up with RBI singles in the third and sixth to score Craig Holloway and Kevin Wilson. who recorded two bits apiece, as did player-coach Doug Dunn. While Milton generated enough offence 10 win by their own design, substandard defense by their guesîs further cushioned their lead. Tbrowing errors by Glanbrook's pitcher and catcher allowed McCandless 10 score is second mun of the day and Dunn is ftrst. -see HUNTING on page 24 By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion If it amin broke, dont fix it. The Mavenicks bantam lacrosse team has subscribed to this notion ail season long. And why flot? Using a simple, spirited wear and tear game plan bas yet to steer them wrong. This past weekend it guided them t0 four more victories and the ehampionship tille at the Milton Invitational Tournament. Gaining more and more steam as the three-day showease progressed, they com- pleted their mun by outdistancing Caledon 11-5 Sunday afternoon. "The boys are seadily improving every game and really playing as a team," said a jubilant coach Randy Novak, whose team remains unbeaten. "There may be a lot of good coaches out there but it takes the interest of players to be successful. These guys are interested in at tournament nalist Gloucester - wbo were no match for the hosts in a 7-I dmubbing. James McIntosh had the highest single- game output with three goals against Nepean. The Milton bantams not only dominated their own division but played a signiticant role in the only success their midget coun- terparts would enjoy ail weekend. Lending their services 10 the older crew - afler a Friday night brawl resuîted in seven midget suspensions - Blanchard, Gocrîz, Hodgson, Lumb, Novak, Mat Decaire and Josh Vanderbreggen lied the gap and helped defeal Nepean 9-5 Saturday. Lumb was between the pipes for the win. High and dry Il was feast or famine for the Milton pee- wees, wbo amassed 31 goals en route 10 @see EXITS on page 26 working bard. Tbey're buying into our program and it's paying off." Eight different Mavericks scored in the finals, wbich served as furîher proof of their deplb and teamwork. Leading the charge wiîb two goals each were Derek Blanchard, Joshua Caswell and Clero D'Orazio while Craig Hodgson, Rick Gallinger, Kyle Goertz, Michael Novak and Jordan Gunter chipped in sin- gles. Nelminder Jordan Lumb came up with some big saves early on - holding Caledon 10 just one goal in the tirst haîf of the game - while Jonathan Ram chased down countless loose bails up front 10 sus- tain Milton's momenturo. Rock-solid defence was turned in by Kevin Corbin and Ian Robertson. At least a handful of Mavericks con- tributed offensively in each of the other three wins over Barrie, Nepean and semiti- Or Get 4*8% no limit financing for up to 60 months Ion00 on selectd':l 1 models. * TOYOTA: heaseori 6 per .onth fo 48 montha freight & P.D.E. included OnIy $888 down il I