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The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, January 13, 2004-19 ,Local squash star enjoys active SAEHG and prosperous hioliday stretchN4 T OUR By STEVE LeBLANC once again made a t~. er titness routine now and Usat's reaily The Champion big impact among Ibeen belping wiUs Use longer rallies. And Alisha Tumer's bolidays were noUsing if the older girls nby when you're in better shape and nos as nos bectic. going 4-2 to fish tired near Use end of matches, you tend nos T C ,~ Over a six-week peniod beginning a5 Use fourUs as Use under- ' to make as ntany mistaket." end of November, Milton's resident squash 19 Canadian Open. Thas wtt evîdent during Use U.S. Open at ace partîcipated in tive tountantents - Her gold-ntedal Princeton University, wbere she went 5-1 ho s~ were hrocffiet an broht home the un lr-17 hronze - 'Mis concentrated competitive stretcb no doubt tested bier stamina. But more impor- tantly, it served as a strong tune-up for next season -wbicb will bring a fuli-time jump to the under-19 ranks. Recently the E.C. Drury 11tis grader gos a taste of tbis higber division witb back-to- back events on Canadian soil, starting with the Junior Jettera in Edmonton. A mandatory meet for the local 16-year- old, who cracked Canada's under-19 girls squad back in the fali, Aliaba won three of four matches to secure silver. She continued bier long-tinte dorninance over Winnipeg's Asbley Malenchuck to reacb the finals, wbere she was vanquished in three straight sets by world champi- onsbip competitor Lauren Polonich of Calgary. Two weeks later in St. Catharines, Alisha And Use wins just keep on coming. Continuing a tborougbly successful second balf, Use IceHawks tunted back a couple of offensively-chal- lenged foes titis past weekend to extend their current streak to ive ttraigbt vactonies. Now 13-3 since the msùdayy mark of Use season, Use local jun- iors gave up just one nteasly goal I UE over Use weekend - Usanks in large part to, Use sharp play ofmi newly-acquired nelmîinder TMontas Lee. by Bramalea Friday might, Use 19 year- old 01W veteran bas amassed a 106:48 shutout spant Usat eamned hlm Use goose egg- Milton's first this year - against Burlington Sunday aftentoon as Mentonal Arena. The Cougars aesually had more abots on net, but were denied on nearly tbree dozen occasions in Use 4- to a close by Victoria's Asbley Clackson, who was severely tested by Allaha Turner the local teen in the sentitinals before prevailing 3-0 (9-4, 9-7, 9-5). 1I think 1 did quite well, considering I was playing up an age level," said Alisha, wbo's looking down the road to obtaining a university squash scbolartbip - prefer- ably to an Ivy League school. "'Me coin- petition is so mucb better (aI the under-19 level). 'Me girls are stronger and bave a lot more endurance." But an intensified training regiment of bier own has allowed the multi-tinte nation- al champ to, keep thinga respectable - and in somte cases downright exciting- against hier more seasoned opposition. Noted Alisha, "I've detinitely got a bet- 0 whitewasb. JonaUsan Ontelas. Mike DeMas easily disposing of New York's Katie Brewster 9-3, 9-2, 9-1 so take third-place bonours. From there Alisha took bier squash skills to the global stage, wbere she delivered identical 17th-place sbowings at the Scottisb Open and high-profile British Open. She won four matches at the latter event, wbicb wrapped up last Tuesday, wbile bier only defeat camne at the banda of an inter- nationally-ranked foe from Egypt. In Scotland, Alisha beld bier own againat stme stiff competition after drawing and falling to tbe eventual champ in the first round. "At thse British Open in particular 1 did awesome. It's a tountament that everybody gotta to and that kind of experience should really belp me next year," she said. 'ames vhi, Andrew Bonello 878-4ff3. and Matthew French all scored in Use second period, wbile Dean Strong and newconter Bretn Robinson eacb drew usree assista. Strong and Robinson would alto provide standout perfonrn- ances two nights earlier at Bramalea's Victoria Park Arena, IIIEIJeacb tallying twice and adding an aiTe iceaks othe use botta ashes sineaks Usped lues 4-1 an early lead before wiping il out a scant 22 seconds latter and cruising to, a fairly imrssive and decisive win. WtU Robinson and Adarn Pileggi deleted front ita lineup, Bramalea was- n't able to mounit much in Use way of offensive punch. Lee ssopped 33 sbots for bis first win as an IceHawk. Jeif Caister and Nick Dzieduszycki drew single belpers over Use weekend. NEW &USED 1/2 P..ic;E,* WANTED Any Tîme * DahiRate * SieNs amant PINewa *ang Table »M Dk Ctwiel UflargCarSeain * Dlaets Der &nau & aFOD", e. (car & Table) Specialty F'aghioms Plu;i Conçignaieht Clothing folr NewbSh~ ta Treehn MMMU-u "- a UIT 1 - 8MIW CLObo us3 Bc 305 Main 81. E. 805-870-3311 CARRIERS NEEDED FOR DOOR TO DOOR DELIVERY TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS ON THE FOLLOWING RESIDENTUAL STREETSU Barclay CircleAAlallbrook Cres. Cedarbrao Cme. '/ owAve./Wilson ParkCmnnnial Forest Cmli Sandy todmyl 905-878-5947 Zb~e Canabian CI>ampion i i Jr. Mustangs win consolation crown with comeback victory By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion Milton District's junior cagera weren't quise able to, win Use big one as Useir tountamtent Usis past weekend. But Usen Usey didn't conte away entpty-banded eiUser. Regrouping after a sough tirs-round defeat as Use banda of Oakville's Q.E. Park Friday aftemoon - wbicb knocked Usent out of Use cbampionsbip picture - Use boss Mustangs seored ttraigbt victories to take Use contolation crown. The secondary title was clincbed wiUs a 44-41 squeaker over Georgetown's Christ Use King Satssrday aftentoon. Overconting tome spotty play Usrough Use tirs balf, big gun Aaron Altton poured it on as Use end so dispose of the Jaguars. Bis 18-point total was complemensed by eigbs-point efforts by Dan Vois Cube and Mike King. A perfect 6- for-6 performance front Use foul ine and tome tiere defense by sparkplug Nick Ferguson factored beavily int Use win as welI. The Mustangs trailed for ntuch of Use second half before going ahead 10, stay with just over two minutes remaining. They delivered an equally exciting finish against Q.E. Park. Down 16 early in the fourUs quarter, MD fortified ita efforts and Usrew a legitintate seare into Use Eagles - drawng; witbin four pointa twice - before fmnally being vanquisbed 56-50 in round one's most competi- tive clash. Alston led wiUs 19 pointa, wbile Von Cube alto stood out witb a dozen. Fron thUere, Use Mustangs trounced E.C. Druy 67- 32 Friday evening in Use consolation semis. Drury - still winless in league play as of yesterday aftemoon - were pounded 63-33 by Oakville't T.A. Blakelock in Use opening round and fînished up wiUs a 40-38 decision over Acton in one of two friendtbip gamnes. Oakville's White Oaks outdittanced Q.E. Park 47-44 for the championship Saturday evening. Surging IceHawks exte winning streak tofiveg