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Kickboxer shines down south vPetroff poweirs way to another tIi victory By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion Disney World bis itself as the 'happiest place on earth'. In recent years it's also had the potential to be one of the most competitive, painful and rewarding - somnetimes in that exact order. At lest it was for Milton's Nick Petroif recently. The 27-year-old kickboxer - battling within the confines of Disney's state-of-the-art sports pavilion - captured top honours in the men's super mid- dleweight, fuli contact class Octoher 2. Initially, Petroff found the popular tourist attraction a rather strange place to hoat such a volatile actîvity. "Yeah, at first it seemed a littie odd," said the cham- pion competitor, "But they've aiso got basketball, football and hockey there which are ail aggressive as well." His U.S. titie victory came over Oriando's Robert Taylor. Petroîf admits the hometown favourite was signifi- cantiy strongest and taller than him. But when it came time to attack, the bigger man's edge fell by the way. "He tried to trade power with me, but I used a lot of head movement and was able to counter a lot of bis strikes," recalled Petroif, who's sponaored by Milton's Goodife Fitness Club, Cross Pen's and Oakville's Ontario Centre for Martial Arts. "It was definitely a tough match. 1 was either punching, kicking or count- tering the whole time. He got in some good punches early in the third (and final) round, but I came back hard and ended il stmongly." His American opponent was downed by a unani- mous decision. Petroif was mildly disappointedl over flot capitalizing on laie opportunities to gain the knockout - but otherwise, he was quite pleased with bis showing. He added, "I feit like I really rose to the occasion." Petroff's recent triumph marks the second title he's won in six months. In May, he took the world light kickboxing titie in bis weight cîsass and then spent the summer defending the belt in such places as South Africa. Up next for the accomplished athlete is next spring's Canadian Championabips. Mustangs are red hot in icy 'Cold quarterfinal showdown Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Nlck Petroif dispimys thse cisamplonshlp boit h. won In recent klckboxlng competition. By STEVE LeBLANO The Champion The Mustangs stampeded their way into the final four Wednesday. Milton District High Schooi's junior football teami - amid bone chiiling winds offered by winter's initial biast - scored eariy and often in division two quarterfinal action en route to annihilating Burlington Central 27-O. Winners of their last three games, two by lopsided shutouts, the local lads exploded early and were in complete control from start to finish in advancing 10 tihe semis. "We moved thse bail weli on thse ground," said head coach Vern O'Neil. "Thse offensive uine did a great job and helped us get some big first downs. Overaîl, t was quite pleased with our perfor- mance." As good as the hosta were with the bail, they were even better without it. Thse defense did an exceptionai job reading the play and delivered a lot of pressure on thse outside and during passes in thse tbird quarter on tise way 10 record- ing their second straight shutout. Simon Brennan, Adam Dow and Justin Preece - who doubled as the kicker and converted tisree of the four touchdowns - gave standout defensive efforts. Again, Greg Van Es was the top carrier and rais for two majors, bots of which were scored on lengthy rushes. It was the third consecutive game in which *he came througs witis a pair of touchdowns. Also reaching the end-zone were Aaron McCrimmon-Jones and Blair Pocock. Louis Deipratt made some nice gains as well 10 iselp round out the offensive onsiaugst. Quarterback Ryan Page exhibit- ed a great deai of poise in unfavor- able weatiser conditions and impie- mented an effective mix of sweeps -s.. MD on page 26 We Turn Bogeys into BirdiesIL Your ing Club Fitting Specialists WOme inBl d Snring hea for ou WirGolnis 18 Rd. Cunts7S(0)7-88 HUSMIWDl4TfSt14ST5StI- * Home and Smeal Bsiness Computers IInternet AccessWeb Site Hosting and Design On-Site Service wwgesylsoncS 875-3428