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22 - The Canadien Champion, Tuesday, March 30, 1999 Mo narch Basket bal Big East State Farm-Cutaia 12 Wallace Pontiac 6 Wallace Pontiac managed to stay neck- and-neck througb the opening haif, but had a hard time penetrating and getting away baskets once State Farîn-Cutaia finaily got the upper hand down the stretch. John Russell displayed great dribbling and rebounding for Wallace Pontiac while leading the victors' offensive charge with temrfic shooting was Carl Steinhauser. Wallace Pontiac 18 Knucldes Sports Shop 18 This see-saw battie, one of the most offensively exciting this season for the pro- gram's youngster age category, included three separate leads for each side before eventuaily ending in a stalemate. Once again it was spark plug John Russell taking top player honours for Wallace Pontiac. Securing the award for Knuckles Sports Shop was Sean Casselman, whose sensa- tional rebounding helped complete the higb-drasns clash that endcd closely in a fie. WNBA Gallinger Matois 31 Milton Graphics 16 Gallinger Motors' Natalie MacKenzie anchored a flerce offenice with crisp pass- ing and well-placed shots to deliver ber teamn to a convincing victory. Led by Tammy Memitt - the top point- getter on the night - Milton Graphics kept close through the early going but eventually succumbed to their opponents' well-balanced attack. Bargain Tire 34 Milton Graphics 22 Aggressive half-court presses, creative play making and a great overaîl perfor- mance by both sides were aIl featured in this exciting contest - which was much more competitîve than the final score would indicate. Tammy Merritt again led a spirited effort by Milton Graphics while Kasia Wroblewska gave a superb overall show- ing for the victory. ACC Milton Chrysler Dodge 32 Borner 32 Bomar bas apparently developed a teamn chemistry and competitive spirit that was miissing for much of the season. The spirit translated into a hard-fought tie against powerhouse Milton Chrysler Dodge. It was perhaps their best single- showing this year. Leading the way for Bomar was top shooter Kevin St. John while Milton Chrysler Dodge's standout perfonner was Aaron Mark. Boanr 33 Marinaroferitar 32 Bomar's recent improvements saw themn eke out victory in this nail bitter over always coîmipetitive Marinaro/Meritor, who just couldn't couniter topfiight passing and rebounding by their opponients. Ibis was Bomar's flrst win of the sea- son. Luke Kingdon stood out for tise winners, grabbing player of thse game honours, while Chris Arpa took thse honour for Marinaro/Mleritor. NBA Charley Fitzwhiskey's 53 Hunt Plymnouth Chrysier 52 The only thîng this match needed was some water to put out the fire, which bumed brightly from start to finish. Hunt Plymouth Chrysler had the last sisot with two seconds left but just couldn't tind the net. Charley's Joel Jansen and Chris Kubenik of Hunt Plymouth Chrysler were the play- ers cf the gamne with terriflc rebounding and great overali hustie. Donnno's Pizza 62 Hunt Plymnouth Chrysler 58 This 'Battle of the Baskets' was a full workout for both cf these teams, with Domino's Pizza flnally coming out ahead thancs to tireless heads-up play. Honourable mention for tise winners went to Bryan Morgan. Meanwhile, Hunt Plymouth Chrysler's leading man was Rob Chin. Donsio's Pizza 72 Charley Fitzwhiskey's 44 Domino's Pizza scored a decîsive victo- ry thanks to incredibly consistent inside shooting, which was particularly effective in the final quarter. Andrew Goure of Domino's Pizza and Charley' s Paul Leon earned themselves Player of the Game honours. Goodtimes shows, plenty of sparkle Mohawk Raceway ushered in its 1999 spring meet Marcis 22, which featured a sparkling performance in the $36,000 Free For Ail Trot by tise millionaire Goodtimes. Soon to represent Canada in European competition, the eigist- year-old superstar served notice tlsat there's still plenty of spark left as ie gansely chased down 3-5 favourite Arva Crest Ago Go to win by a length in 1:57.2. Appleby Dreambelle closed late to win the photo over Arva Crest Ago Go for second. It was the second win in eight staits this year for the Balanced Image gelding, now with a career bankroll of $1,342,042 for tramner John Raz and owners Parkhill Stud Faim and Liberty North of Peterborougs, Ont. "He's just sucs a great one," said Dave Wall, wiso's been Goodtimes' main driver sînce bis two-year-old season. "If hie can get near thero, he tries a little harder. Like tonight, hie got up alongside Arva Crest Ago Go and just kept ai hiro until hie heat him." Goodtimes will depart Canada in mid-ApriI and make bis first European start on April 24 in the Forus Open, a one-mile event in Stavenger, Norway, with a purse of approximately $225,000 (Canadian). Following that race, ise wilI travel to Helsinki, Finiand, for the Finlandia Ajo, a one-mile dash again worth approximately $225,000. The main event on bis tour is tise Oslo Grand Prix, ai Bjerke Travbane in Norway on May 16. This event, raced ai a distance of 2,i100 metres Ojust over one-and-one-quarter miles), is worth an estimated $370,000. More importantly, a favourable performance should result in an invitation to the prestigious $500,000 Elitiopp at Solvalla in Stockholm, Sweden on May 30. Canada's one and only wmnner of the Elitlopp was Billyjobjimbo in 1992. Raz is looking forward to the European excursion and is hope- fui that hie can encourage Wall to travel to Europe for one of thse major races. APRIL 3RD AND 01-H. FINAL APRIL i 7TH. POST TIMIE 7:20PM. Most points on either Soturdoy wins $500 for 1 st place, $250 for 2nd and $ 100 for 3rd Top 30 handicappers (10 from each night) compete in the Final on April l7th Grand prize: $2000, 2nd prize: $ 1000 and 3rd prize: $500 Ballots available in April 3rd and April 1 Oth Mohawk harness programns or customner service WE'*LL CHAN-GE YOUR VIEW 0F HORSE RACING.- Cati 1-888-675-RACE wuww.ojc.com