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20 -Tse Canadran Champion, Fnday, February 23, 2001 Photo by GRAHAM PAINE -Easy rider. Hornby's Erynn Ballard (seen here aboard Leacack) and Tuacany have been named Canadien Comblned Worklng Hunier Champion by the Canadian Equsin Federation. The honour waa announced Mnday. VIAnother titie for Dawgs The Madd Dawgs' cisampionsip beat ion icysman's 2 t-point sisowcase and gocs on. îopnotcis defensive ptay by Ryau Hotigins Mitton's bantam boys basketbatt team also contributet 1 tise btowout. captureti ils tisird toumramemît titte ot tise En route to tisc cisampionsisip round, seasoîs tisis past weekend in Cambridge. Mitton isammered Brantford 85-32 and And mucis tike tise two tisat precede i t, isumbieti Petissm 70-49. isis lateat victory was engineereti in Ryan Duntop anti Jeysman stood tait autisoritative fasision - witis tise locat witis 27 and t19 points eacis in latter contesi cagers winning iisree straigist anti upstag- wisile Oive different ptayers bit double dig- ing tiseir opposition by an average of 43 ils in opening round ptay. Points. Heading up tisaI tist witis 17 points was Tise Madd Dawgs' most explosive Ctayton Holman. efforts were reserveti for tise finats, wisen Meanwiie, MitIon's minor bantani tisey pulvernLet Norfolk 89-32. David squad iook consotation cisampionsisip hou- Roberge netieti two tiozen points to tead a ours in Cambridge. Team results were not isigis-powered offensive campaign. availabte. Merchants deliver game seven blowout over Blues By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion Firepower, fundamentals and a great fan following. Clenn Watsis's Mercisants enjoyeti ailt îiree ai Memoriat Arena Tuesday nigisi - sud used tise triple tisreat 10 punctuate opening round play witis a isuge exclamation mark. Milton burieti tise biscuit îisree limes before tise firsi perioti was lhaif over. For tise balance of game seven, tise isosis detivered a nilty mix of gril sud goal scoring en route 10 îoppting tise Blues 7-2 anti advancing to round two. fil came down 10 locus. We stayeti disciptineti, took il t0 iisem rigis off tise bat sud jusit kept goîng,' said assistant captaits Cisris Rook. Addeti Blues coacis Mike Yacyynuk, 'lisat was tise Milton eveiyone expecteti. Tisey linatty llexed tiseir nsuscles." Breaking Bramatea's backs took not onty offensive prowess but anotiser impressive outing by Joel Cameron. Tise veiersn siopper's series ctosing per- formance mirroreti tisai of game five - wiscn ise was flswiess for tise tasi two-snd-a-issu periotis afier gîv- ing up back-to-back goals. Tuesday's 27,save effort cspped a dramatic turo- around for tise graduating neinder, wiso atlowed jusi seven goals in tise final four games allersa sisaky series stani. Cameron crediteti coacises sud teammates witis isetping isim rediscover isis confidence aud form, adding, "Il feut gresi tisai everone wanted me back in tise net (aller game iisree)." Powerplay produces again Maicising a poteni powerptay output in game Oive Sunday, Milton cspiitized îisree limes wiiis tise mari- stivantage - twice in tise opening trame on goals by Kevin Armuda sud Sisane Remenda. Tise pair aise, scoreti ai even-strenglis in tise Oirsi, as titi defenceman Rick Janco - wisose last-minute deposit off a bluetine buttet marked tise beginning of tise endi for Bramatea. From tisere, tise regular season cisampions stayeti on tise aîtack anti stayeti oui of tise sin bin 10 keep tise vis- itors down for tise count. Milton took jusi a couple of' mînor penalties over tise final two periotis anti just s isantfi overai. Vince Cuiducci sud Dan Bognar paideti tise teat wiiis second anti tisird-perioti singles wisile standing oui olfensiveiy witis four assisis - bringing isis play- off point total to 1fs - was Andy Rozak. Malt Craîg anti Audrew Martin replieti for tise Blues. Oue nigisi eartier ai Victoria Park Arena. Milton isat ait kinds of chances but enjoyeti no breaks on goal- moutis scrambtes anti screen sisots. Tisis misfortune - combiniet wiiis strong skating anti goaliending by tise opposition - caused îisem 10 lose 3-t1. Tise Mercisants' toue taliy, wisici suappeti an 80-plus minute sconing drougst, came witis under four minutes remaining on ctose-range stais by James Coleman - wiso atong wiîis cisecking tinemnates Bognar anti Dan DeLong reaily steppeti things up as tise series wore on. Cameron tumred.aside nearly tisree dozen sisots tisai nigisi 10 keep his ctub witisin siriking distance. A cost- ly giveaway ted 10 tise go-ahead goal while a inat-sec- ond empty netter seateti tise deat. Overatt, Mitton outscored Bramalea 29-23. Tise Mercisants - consing off wisat was arguabiy thse most competitive first round senies - witl now do baille wiîis tise Mîssissauga Cisargers is tise Western Conference semnifinais. Besi-of-seven series play begins tonigist ai Memoriat Arena. Came lime is 8 pu.i Mercisant notes: Rookie Mittonian Frank Fazio was inserted bsck on tise fîsurtisfine Tuestiay aller beiug a iseaitiy scratch for îisree games ... Andy Roisk isad Oive multi-point games against Bramatea ... Milton won neariy tisree quariers ol tieir lace-ofis in roundt one. Garn Garn "Ga " Ga * Ca .e 2 Sun. Fes. 25 ai lceland (7:30 p.m.) e 3 Tues. Feis. 27 ai Milton (8 p.m.) ie 4 Tisurs. Feis. 28 ai Iceland (7:30 p.m.) me 5 Fn. Marris 2 ai Milton (i8 p.m.) me 6 Sun. Marcis 4 ait lceland (7:30 p.m.) me 7 'Tues. Marcis 6 ai Milton (8 pi.m.) -if necessary Cisampinn's prediciion: Mercisants in 6 SportsZONE holds auiicti*on COGECO 14's Monday night phone-in show SportsZONE Live is once again auctioning off a trip for two to Montreal to see tise Canadiens at tise Molson Centre. 'lie trip - with proceetis from tise winning bid going te Rose Ciseny's Home - includes rail transportation for two fromn Toronto to, Montreal, two tickets to see tise Canadiens play tise Boston Bruins on Sattarday, Match 17 and one nigist's accommodation at tise Siseraton Hotel. Tisere's stili two Monday nigis left - February 26, andi Marcis 12 - to, malte a bld. l'heme wilI be no SportaZONE Uve on Matis 5 due to tise Georgetown Hockey Heritage Dinner. Bids wiII be taken during tise show between 8 and 9p.m. For more information on tise auction. cail Mîke Hancock at 853-4700.