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The Canadian Champion, Friday, September 20, 2002- 21 * SPORTSl .îRowley rides. high Miltonsa Bob Rowiey rode hie way to a chomplon.hip swaepirn the 19 and up alite cimses et let weeand'a Canadien BMX chem- pionehipo et Trac* 2000. Ho won ait three moto. end thondoliv- ared a dacisive main avent wln. Aboya, Rowleyfiles over a lump to win the fIrut moto and (top rght> ilandstdm peck ovor the fourth set cf lumps on route te victory. FelIow Mîtonlan Alex Bronclor (rdlng third et bottemn right> sufféed a knaa lInjury on day oe whlch ceat hlm a shot et the national 17-yaar-eld amateur tMte. Moanwhlla, brothars CM.l and Tlm DoSilve took thîrd and slxth In the 14 end 17-year-old amataur clases respectivaly. Merchants edge Streetsville in OT Ricci's winner punctuates chaotic clash with Derbys By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion Streetsville did an impressive job showcasing its future at Vic Johnston Memoriai Mrena Tuesday night - but efforts to preserve one element of its recent past feil a littie short. Stan Kalapaca's Derbys had won their Oirst borne game against Milton the last three years running, and is successors no doubt had hopes of continu- ing that trend. However, Rob Ricci's overtime deposit spoiled that bid and pushed the Merchants' season-open- ing win streak to three. Jumping ail over a blueline giveaway by Mati Keating, Miltonian Craig MacDonald set up the extra-session goal to cap his third straight multi- point outing and help the visitors prevail 6-5. Also assisting on the play was veteran blueliner Rick Janco. The Merchants' sudden death heroics overshad- owed what was at times a rather shoddy perform- ance, with about as much attention to detail as is seen in the average game of shinny. But back-up netminder Alex Evans got stronger as the night progressed - tumning back a pair of breakaways with dynamite pad stops to highlight his 26-save Merchant debut- and his teammates got production down the stretch to keep them- selves in a position to win. Meanwhile, Streetsville looked like a teamn ready of exploit defensive miscues on a more frequent basis this season. Among those who're quite capa- ble of that are Scott MacDonald - the centrepiece of Oive players traded from Georgetown to the Derbys this summer. The seasoned forward amnassed Oive points Tuesday, while linemate Joei Petkoff delivered a hat-trick. Milton was equaily unforgiving during much of the defense-less evening. Lee Swallow tallied twice while singles were chipped in by MacDonald, Tyler Schremp and Pat Lee - who also drew a couple of helpers and now sits tied with MacDonald atop the team points race with seven. Sophomore Rich Meloche also had two assista. While visibly irked by a lack of structure in Streetsville Tuesday, head coach Mario Cicchillo had to be somewhat encouraged by the offensive results. For the third time in as many games, the Merchants scored at lcast two goals in both the first and final frames. They've also out-shot the competition in ail fine perioda so far. On Tuesday, Milton out chanced the Derbys 48-3 1. Merchant notes: Chad Kennedy of the Toronto Young Nationals midget team was the latest caîl- up defenceman to see spot duty in place of injured BiJ. Gallant ... A hcaring to decide the fate of Arhur Sawa and Nick Guirleo, whom the Merchants are hoping to acquire from Mississauga, has been pushed back to next Tuesday ... Milton hosts Brampton tnnight at 7:30 p.m. and plays its College Weekend game againsi Cobourg tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. at Erin Milîs Twin Arenas. tClarke"s Gl wwwclarkesgolf.coml Huilg Do la Thompson Bd, Unit 7&B, Milton 905-378-1818 ~LD1NG. 39IW IJMù - Skate Exchange a Protective Gear eGoalie Equipment e Sticks e Skates a Skate Sharpening a Soccer, Basebail & much more 905-878-7422 Hiours: Mon - Fn i: -pm, Sat: 9-6pm, SunA i -4PM 18 Thompson Rd, Unit 90, MiIff 1 THF CANADIAN CHAMPION FRIDAY SEPTEM BER 20, 2002 1