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Nice gift for retiring coach Black efrom SILVER on page 24 furtber hindered their chances for victory. Milton enjoyed 4-0 sand 5-3 leads over Stratford in their initial clash before losing in extra inninga. Nathan Perrott clobbered a bomer and drove in a pair of runs wbile Volpe had two hits and three RBI. With the exception of these two bisses, the Red Sox were dominant îhroughout the weekend showcase and established theriselves as a provincial powerbouse. Their most impressive win came against host Sault Ste. Marie - who they bombed 10-3. Jeff MacLeod highlighted the blowout with superb pitching and three RBI. Also swinging a bot stick was Davies. He went 3-5 and scored twice. Other victories came over Dundas (8-4), Owen Sound (8-0) and Barrie (10-8). Contributing solid fielding in ail of these gamnes were Mark Black, Ryan Harper, Evan Jeans and Jordan Jeans. Capturing Ontario silver was a listing sendoff for coach Black, who is now offi- cially retired from basebaîl. 'This bas been a very rewarding season and eacb one of the 13 players bas put bis part into making it a big succesa," said the local skipper, wbo led the teain alongside assistants Gary Cooper, Jeff Harper and Devin Richardson. Girls await other resuis e from FLOURISIl on page 24 Ingrid Oliveira and Yvette Robinson. At press time, thse girls were still await- ing results from the final gaine of the year between Saltfleet and Waterloo - the only team that could still tie thein for top spot in tbeleague. If that bappens, the two will meet one last time to determine the undisputed regu- lar season champion. Pieuse fax your spo-rts reports to -Steve LeBlanc ut 878-4943. The Canadian ChampIon, Tuesday, Septembe 10. 199-245 Raiders look sharp against Milton from SEED on page 23 One night earlier ai Hamilton's Mountain Arena, Milton Datelne Halton. jumnped out to an carly lead and held on for a 4-3 decison over items ta "Milton and Georgetown both have strong teams this year. 1 the Kilty Becs. anticipate a lot of tight battles," he added. "We've got a lot more Martin potted a pair, with veteran Ryan Eby and Richard 878-4943. speed this season and are going to try to work that two line pasa to Peverley - a speedy rigbt winger acquired fromn thse Kitchener Jr. our advantage." B's - notching one goal each. Splitting the netmninding duties 5~ They did so on a handful of occasions Fniday. were Cameron and rookie hopefui Anthony Marshall. j1ç n«4 Twice, Georgetown tumned these opportunities into goals and Merchant inotes: At press time, the team was still working on a for the most part they had better goaltending and positional play couple of trades, including the one for veteran goalie Jeremy - despite missing three veterans, including blueline'anchor Ryan Wenzel ..Milton hosts Collingwood tonight and wrp Up exhi- ert Fairbaro. bition play tomorrow night in Georgetown. Gaine time is 7:30 , - The Merchants, wbo were also without the services of key per- p.m. J»5U10 sonnel like Mark Beisel and David Csumrik, looked very much as they had in the three previous games. Namnely, like a team wîth numerous offensive weapons that's stili searching for its chemistry. They severcly outshot their guests but had major trouble con- necting on the powerplay anmd in close quarters. Veteran Mike Wheelihan scored goals one and three while newcomers Jeff Petherick and Rob Martin - both from Port Hope - added singles. Also skating for the Raiders, Miltonian Adam Bertoli saw a lot of playing time sand drew a pair of assista. WB womun1k to thik Canadlan Tire for UN*i ouinusd Mappo.t du asmo. Atetin Paets Ho *o e T i To kiss your old ca8"- gooclbye... clicki Ié