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26-The Canadian Champion, Fnday, March 22, 2002 Be sure to read about ail vour favourite sports teams here every Tuesday and Frîday. fupples hack on top of podium with golden showing at COSIC Usis year's COSIC - wiUs eïght Milton Skating Club once again bas a golden girl in its midst. Ashley Cupples climbed ber way back to Use top of Use podium - after juat a one- year hiatus - earlier Ibis monUs at Use Central Ontarin Sectional lnserclub Championship (COSIC) in North York. This tue around, Use tO-year-old tumed back ail nine challengers in tbe Pre- Juvenile 'A' Ladies Freeskate. Ashley - who two years ago became Use local club's first ever gold medalist at this level - delivered a near-flawless per- formance to finish first. Her retuni to prominence extended Use local cluh's COSIC gold-medal streak to Usree years. hi 2001, Tiffany Richmond won the Senior Silver Ladies Freeskate. Nailing a double axle early in ber two- and-a-half minute routine, Aslsley sald, tel Use stage for overail prosperity. OUser ele- ments Usat she negotiated in impressive fashion included a double lutz, double loop combination. "I'm happy (wiUs my effort). I Usink I skated reaily good," sald Use young skater, who laser Ibis spring will anend a Skate Canada seminar in Montreal. Ashley's COSIC campaigo alto featsired a silver-medal performance in Senior Bronze Ladies Dance - which represent- ed ber strongest showing, by far, in Usis discipline. "l'd neyer even qualified for Ibis before (as COSIC)," she sald. Added coach Nancy MeDoneil-Lemaire, "Ashley's doing extremely well." lia addition to taking two medals, the local club enjoyed ils largeat contingent competitors qualifying for North York. Skating 10 fourth-place honoura in Use Pre-Preliminary Ladies Freeskate and Gold Ladies Freeskate respectively were Danielle Clarke and Tiffany Richmond. Hugh Ritchie took fifth in Pre- Preliminary Men's Dance while matching Usat in Use Junior Silver Ladies Freeskate was Angela Schrempf. Laura Stratton also cracked Use top-eight - placing seventh in Senior Bronze Ladies Dance. Her efforts in Use Junior Bronze Ladies Freeskate were good enough for 12Us. Kalîlyn Tsuruda finished lOUs among Junior Bronze Ladies Dance competitors and placing 1 I Us in Use Senior Silver Ladies Freeskate was Suzanne Koso. ~Ladies hockey team tops iii division - who faked a pass before putting it in Use The Milton women's hockey team sure knows how 10 make a good first impres- 5100. Joining Brampton's house-league loop Ibis season, Use local ladies made an mine- diate impact by capturing Use 'AA' division title last Thursday. Milton capped Useir tisle drive by knock- ing off Use defending champion Crushed Ice 5-3 in a winner-takes-all shootout Usat foilowed stalemate regulation play and a five minutes of sudden death. Melanie Beaumont and Rebecca Walters finally sealed she deal wilh shootout despits, while local netminder Debbie Burke - who stepped up ber game to bal- ance out a shortstaffed squad - tumed back boUs opposing snipers for Use victory. 'Brampton had won two or three years before and Use convenors were shocked Usat we won," said forward Kiro Mitchell. Milton erased two separate deficits to force overtime. Mitchell provided the first tying tally on an solo effort breakaway and Usen helped even things up again by assist- ing on an odd-man msh with Beaumount top right comer. Alto setting up the Usird-period marker was Angela Riebot, who scored goal nuin- ber one with help from Mitchell and Walters. Milton had juat two mes for Use chanspi- onship game, making Use win ail the more impressive. Alto part of Use title victory lats week were Jen Brooks, Karen Brown, Tonyt Crippen, Paula Haringa and Anita Mastracci. This year's squad was spon- sored once agato by Roberi Lee Insurance. 'AA' minor novices earn berth to Tri County finals Mutons AA minor novices stamped their ticket 10 Tri County championship play in commanding fashion last Thursday. The Optimist Club Winterhawks struck early and oflen lu trounce the Orangevitle Flyers ~-2 in front of a spirit crowd at Memorial Mena. Daniel Plater was steady between the pipes while the hometown teains embar- rassment of riches was highlighted with three-point efforts by Matthew Dupont and Sean McGovem - each of whom had two goals and an assist. Nicholas Cragg, Brayden Curren and James Hart chipped in a goal and an assist apiece while Oran Ferguson also lit the lamp. Milton broke a 2-2 tie with four sec- ond-period goals. Two nighss earlier at Memorial Mena. Milton battled the Caledon Hawks to a 2-2 stalemate - thanks to deposits by Ferguson and Luke Kimmerer. Assists went to Cragg, Dupont and Nicholas Creamer. Dupont was solid in Ibis one as weil. The Winterhawks began Use Tri County finals in Orangeville Wednesday night. Results were not available at press time yesterday. The best-of-five showdown continued tomorrow at 3 pin. at Memorial Mena. Atoms reach finals Milton's AA major atoms took Usree of four possible points late last week to finish first in Tri County round-robin play and advance to the best-of-five finals. They capped Use preliminary round by tying Ancaster I - I Sunday aftemoon at Memorial Mena. Wade McGinnis provided Use equalizer six minutes into Use third period - off a Rep Hockey nifty feed froin reliable forward Scott Stover to thwart the visitors' hopes of playtng the spoiler. Taylor Prestidge and his Ancaster coun- terpari were perfect until the final 10 min- utes of play and deivered an unpressive duel for those iii attendance. Three nights earlier in Guelph, the Wallace Pontiac Buick Winterhawks pre- vailed 4-I - due iii large part to three- point efforts by Stover and Brayden Abrahain. Jeremy Price also stood out with a cou- pie of assists. Milton has home-ice advantage agamst Caledon in the Tri County finals, which begin sonight aI 7:15 pin. at Memorial Mena. Hurricanes in tough Haltons AAA major bantama ran into a brick wall of opposition at laat weekend's OMHA Toumament in Oakville. As a retuit, the Humcanes won jutt one of four round-robin gaines and failed to make the semifinals. Campbeilviile's Robbie Sgarbossa dent- ed the twme in their lone victory - a 3-2 decision over York-Simcoe. Their other three tilts ail resulted in four- goal lottes - to Oakviile (4-), Quinte (6- 2) and Niagara Falîs (6-2). Oakville went on to nip Quinte 2-I in Use championship finals. Other local players on Ibis year's squad mcluded Breil Croft, MatI Lenardon and Tim Warmels. 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