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18 -T Ca Onadlan Champion, TuSsday, June 22,199m There'ua;s no escaping the rumble of the Thunder BY STEVE LeBLANC The. Chmpion Thunder crashed and the Mavericks' hopes of revenge were dashed. For the second time in flve nights the intermediate lacrosse teai was humbled by dhe Markham TIhunder - falling 8-2 Thursday at John Tonelli Sports Centre. And unlike the initial clash, which came in the finals of the Brampton Toumamient, the locals couldn't use a shortened bench as an excuse for their downfalli Milton had ail their big guns back in the lineup, but stili had major problemns penetrating the vis- itora' attentive defence. As a result, few quality shots were fired in close quarters on opposing netmin- der Steve Potter - who was defi- nitely solid throughout the conteat, but in ail fairneas wasn't seniously tested. At the opposite end of the floor, goalies Jordan Lumb and Josh Arnold performed well and each had te make some key pad saves te hold high-flying Markham under double digits. Lumb started the gaine and was replaced after goal number five, which came at the midway mark of the night. The Thunder staked themacîves to 4-1 and 6-2 peiod leads en route to victory - maintaining an unblemished regular season record while the Mavenicks dropped to 2- 2-1. While unable te match up on the scoreboard, Milton enjoyed the upper hand from an excitement ",professional G X ~you look great ?for any occasion! 550 Ontario St. S. Prices start ai 875-0508 piercing & standipoint. Highlights in this area included Malt Ventras flerce check on the visiting goalie, who paid a heavy price for venturing too far out of his crease. Overall, Ventera showed strong- Iy with a two-way performance. He provided sound penalty killing and deposited a lengthy sidearm shot at the end of the second period for his teain's final tally. The Mavericks' other goal was delivered five minutes into the game by Jeff Hohendorf, who somnehow got away fromn a swarm of defenders and sank a wide-angle shot upstairs. Milton continued an extended home stand last night against Orangeville. Thursday they hoat Caledon at 9 p.m. Fax your sports reports f0 Steve LeBlanc <'K at 878- 4943 seven days a week, 24- hours -a- ïà500 day. 4IoW Do... i«tui t $20O1 includes 1,4k GoId Stud am-y; eo d 'l eineuteie Home of Everyday Low Prices I 5500ntuo Si. at Derry Rd. Mitof File photo by GRAHIAM PAINE Stephon Wilseon continued hie comeback season ln fenclng et the. recont Canadien Champlonshlps ln Edmonton, wh.r. h. mode signifiant ground ~se fnishlng 31let ovemill. Champiùnshjý9fèncingV Willson working way back after long lay offM Milton's swordsman is slicing bis way back te the top. Stephen Willson contin- ued his comieback season in fencing at the recent Canadian Championabipa in Edmonton. There hie made up significant grounid - loat to a lengthy layoff - and flnished 31st overall in die Men's Epee class. Not teo shabby, seeing as this is an Olympic qualify- ing year and aIl of the countly's best fencers were out in funI force. The 32-year-old battled three of the top 20 competi- tors, including 19th ranked Jimmy Ng, wbom bu upset in the first direct elimina- tion round. The victory came in an overtime thriller. Unfortunately, Willson's Cinderella mun would step there as bue was doubled! 15- 7 by fifth seed Julien Richet-Cooper and bounced ftom the tourna- ment. MmTh local fencer finished with an even 3-3 record in the round robin portion of the nationals and placed fourth ont of seven in his pool. One of his losses came againat Canada's second seed, Charles St. Hilaire. "To crack the top 32 in an Olympic: qualitfring year is very difficult, remaked Willson's coach J.M. Zakrzewski. -The experience will def- initely help Stephen. He bas made it to the big leagues, way ahead of schiedule." Willson's next challenge wilI bu on the local front, where ait the Farm Museum JuIy 10 and il be'l both organize and compete in the Halton Outdoors Tournament - a grassroots event designed to boost interest in the age-old ait of fencing. *t FR11 set of PRIMIUM MICHELIN X.ONE CAR MATS, TOWEL AND CHAMOIS! with purchase of four Michelin X-Ones*! tWhile supplies lost Milltown Tire 675 Steeles Ave. .87&6785Vt Firsitfinte registrants must bring Birth Certificates For more information cali 875-4114 Tony & Guy Make-u 0 p w N