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The Canadian Chamolon. Tuesdav. Octaber 5, 19099-20 7Two time tide holder' MIiton's Jay MacPhal dispisys the trophy ho recently captured for his seçond consecutive victory In the Saturday nlght main event of the 1999 Fai Fair Demolition Derby. No challenge too big 9Ylerchants skate offr with seventh victory By STEVE LSBLANO The Champion Bramalea has distinguished itself as the first teamn to genuine- iy challenge the Merchants. Last year's provincial, champions, who're now in the midst of rebuilding, didn't let youth and'inexperience stand in the way of a strong showing at home against Milton Friday. But along the way the bard working and gritty underdogs were tripped up in their quest to upset the current conference front- runners. Blues' Darryl Baker - one of only four returnees - took consecutive tripping penalties around the midway mark of the evening clash, which spelled disaster for the hosts. Subsequent powerplay goals by Chad Blundy and Elliot Alterg catapulted the undefeated visitors to a 3-1 triumph, their seventh straight: this season. Despite- a lack of scoring, the victory was Milton's moat encouraging to date - proving they're much more than just an offensive powerhouse. 'This waa a nice tidy win for us, espe- cially against a good goalie like Nathan Maraters," said head coach Marty Williamson. "We haLl quite a few chances early on but then settled into a nice defen- Royals shù t out Rebels By STEVE LeBLANO The Champion Absolutely amnazing. Dan McBride's gridiron performance was nothing lesa than that Friday. The Bishop Reding Royals' total package - who bnings as much ability and intensity to the football field as hie doca size - powered the senior squad to a 35-O annihi- lation of the young Georgetown Rebels. The towering fullback/middle linebacker dominated from start to finish witb two touchdown drives and over a dozen pun- i-shing tackles - not to mention a great deal of inspiration for his teammnates and an equal amount of intimidation for bis unfortunate opponients. e ee REDING on page 23 sive game." Veteran John Nadalin did a particularly fine job clearing traflic from in front of his net, wbile overaîl the local boys were impressive in preserving a slim lead - a task they hadn't been saddled with until Friday. Milton gave up just 17 shots on the night. On their only blatant blueline blun- der, wbich resulted in a Bramalea break- away, Joel Cameron bailed tbem out with a sensational blocker-save on a top shelf wrister by Jesse Ryecroft. The Merchants' goaltender was rock solid wben cballenged downstairs as well and added another notch in his win col- umn. Marsters was equally sharp at the opposite end, turning back two dozen shots. Phil earski - Milton's powerplay point man - figured in goals two and three, whicb came juat a couple of minutes apart. He now leada team scoring with 20 points while linemates Altberg and Mike Wbeelihan, wbo helped set up Blundy's game winner, are close behind with 19 and 17 respectively. Ryan Eby gave the visitors their initial lead 2:09 into Uhc contest with a low back- hand from Ian Malcolm and Ryan Carrigan - who also had two assista on the night. Bramalea's lone tally was delivered early in the second period by 15-year-old John-Scott Dickson. The Mercbants didn't comne away comn- pletely unscathed bowever, as Mark Beisel hurt bis shoulder after giving and then receîving neutral zone checks early in thc middle stanza. He is questionable for this coming week, which will be Uic club's busiest this season with four games on tap including last nigbt's trip to Hamilton's Mountain Arena. Tomorrow Milton hosts the Burlington Cougars. Game time is 8 p.m.