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Royals humbled by Notre Dame ~u By STEVE LeBLANC Photo by JAMIE SMITH Bishop Reding's Julian Ricci bets ouf a double during semitinal play against Notre Dame Monday aflernoon in Burlington. The Royals were hammered 19-1. Bishop Reding softball team finishes in top spot Bishop Reding's girls softball team punctuated ils best regular season in recent memnory with a huge exclamation mark last Thursday. Led by home runs from Cassie Crevier and Alex Findlay, BR struck early and often to humble the Loyola Hawks 20-7 lifting its Oirs-place record 10 6-I1. The Royals have enjoyed dynamite defense and an effective one-two pitching punch from Casey Ferguson and Amanda Robichaud en route 10 their best showiog in at least Oive years. They have a first-round bye Monday and will gear up for Wednesday's quarterfinals ai this weekends Iroquois Ridge Toumament. Meanwhile, E.C. Drury - who'd tradi- tionally been the local powerhouse when il came to girls softball- are in the midsi of a rebuilding period, haviog lost a number of veterans 10 graduation last spring. They had a iough end 10 the regular sea- son Tuesday, Oirsi dropping a 17-16 naîl- binter 10 St. Thomas Aquinas and then falling 10 QE. Park 11 -7 10 finish with a -3- 4 record. Milton District ended regular season play with a 2-5 record- afier losing to St. Thomas Aquinas 17-6 Tuesday- and had to beat Loyola yesîerday afiemoon in Oakville 10 eam the sixîhs and final playoff spot in Halton Regions Volpe Division. Results were not available ai press lime. If successful, the Mustangs will face eiher St. Thomas Aquinas of Iroquois Ridge in Monday's opening round. while E.C. will play QE. Park Monday. Intermediates pull out die The Maverick intermedialies got their point across ai John Tonelli Sports Centre Sunday. Only problem is. ihey should have walked away wiih more than one. Up 4-I heading mbinthe third period against Brampton. Milton went mbt a bit of a îailspin and needed îwo las-minute goals 10 eke oui a 6-6 stalemate - the second in as many home gaines. Adam Ruiz salvaged the nîghi wiîh the tying tally - evening the counit wiih under half-a-minute remaining 10 punctuale a two-goal. three-poini performnance. Todd Ashby. Derek Blanchard. Lee Frintenburg. and Jonathan Ram were the oîher marksmen for the Mavericks. Backsiopping the hosis was Jordan Lumb. Milions previous draw- by an identi- cal score - was a lot casier 10 swalloss, since il was the locals who rallied 10 slave off defeat May 12. Trailing by a pair in the third perîod. îhey baîîled back for the ie. James Mclniosb enjoyed the lion's share of the sconing pie with a goal in each frame. while Fnîîtenburg tallied lwice and added an assisi. Making the final deposit and assisting on goal number îhree was Blanchard. Ian Robertson helped set up two goals. Lumb rebounded from a subpar second period 10 eamn is Oirsi of îwo consecuise stale- mates. Oine paint ully long illI Cato001. That's the only way to describe Bishop Reding's, first-ever trip to regional semnifinal basebali play ai Burlington's lreland Park Monday. The Notre Dame Irish provided the opposition and wasted nonime in proving jusi why they're ranked second across the entire Greater Toronto Area. Tbey sruck ai every conceivable turn and got minimal resistance froru the underdog Royals en route to a 19-1 pasting- this just four days aller dismantfing M.M. Robinson 21-5 to reaeh Halton's final four. -Everything that could have gone wrong did,- said BR manager Jme Jurus, "Notre Dames a very strong tearn. but we gave them about 11l mos on three errors." Rediog- who put together a schoot-best 6-2 regular season and trounced Iroquois Ridge 12-3 in the quarterfinals -managed justIiwo bits. boih comiog in the third inniog. Julian Rîcci belied out a double and then scored on a bloop single by Andrew Pepper. Tbis plus relief pitcher i iam Tenant's scoreless fourth frame were the ooly brght spots on a raiher hum- blîng semidinal outing. Noire Dames Jordan Ripko led the bit parade wîth two home ruos- including one of the grand slaru variety shortly aller the visitors spoiled the shutout bîd. This put the score at 12-t and crushed any ingering hopes- meager as they mighi have been --of a competîtive showdown. Starter Chris Dumencu laced the bruni of the punishment frnm the Irish's powerhouse tîoeup, sshile also seing time on the mound for the Royals were Conan O'Brien, Nck Ciougb and Rîcky Nadalin. Noiwithsiaoding Monday's blowout loss. ibis season was definiiely a successful one for BR. And 2003 looks to bc- as weill with only Dumencu and Dan Digîrolamo being lost 10 graduation. 1; The Canadian Champion, Friday, May 31, 2002-27 Pleidase fax your team reports and sports story ideas to 'D [eVe Lebianc ai' d/d-4I4,j. cROSSWIDS G--OLF & COUNTRY CLUB * Open to the public * Senior (60+) rates available on Mondayfluesdays * 20 &40 Game packages available 6621 Guelph LUne (1 km South of Derry Rd) 905-319-5991 Notice to Milton Hydro Customers g; Due Date Altered by Two Weeks Starting May 1, 2002, Milton Hydro will be billing for the electricity portion of the bill based on hourly market prices. These prices are flot available from the IMO (Independent Electricity Market Operator) until 10 business days after the last meter reading date. Please note that this means that the due date on hydro bis for most customers will be perma- nently changed to approximatety 2 weeks later than your current due date. 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