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26-The Canadian Champion, Frtday July 30, 200 Marauders edged by Oakville in spirited rematch By MURRAY TOWNSEND Special ta the Champion i rs'a.s a ssar on the field a rorh - Longbonrs edged the Milton Marauders 24-21 Saturday evening in what bas quickly developed into a great rivait-y. Milton, of course, ended Oakville's 32-game regular season winning strea.k a couple weeks ago at Mdton District High School. It started out as a defensive battle, with a Longhom field goal representing the only score until late in the ftrst haîf wheri Oakville picked off a Matt MacPhail pass deep in Milton tetrito- t-y snd tan it in for tire touchdowri. Ail-sam- quarterback Dotnenic Camasîro wus out of the lineup because of a shoulder ijury. giving MacPhail the start'in a place that cats quarterbacks for lunch. "Putting Matty i that game. now 1 know how the Christians felu ss heri they were fed to the lions" said bead coach B1an-v Emo. "He's still a couple years away, and he didr't do a bad job." Longhomn quarterback Steve Nott hooked up with Theori James for the fit-st of taso toitcb- downs for the gifted wide receiver. -We decîded to open the game up a little more and put more pressure on their backs, said Oaki, lesý coach of' 20) years. Bruce Gilroy, explaîning the chbange froni their initial meeting. Onrce again, the Miltori delense proved that running against them was futile ss uth the Longhoms picking up just four yards on 1l car- ries - and any passirig attempts were met by ferocious pressure. The Marauders had six sacks on the gamne. încluding two from Kojo Millington. The one downside was a lurry of' penalties, mostly offside, that allowed the Lorighoms to keep drives alive when it appeared they had been shut dowri. Milton was penalized 16 times for 135 yards. The Maraudera got on the board when Jef North Halton h)j your source to ail North Halton has. to offer. Cali Colleen at 905-878-234 1, ext 228 Bertrand blocked an Oakville punt and retumed it to the severi-yard fine. Two plays laier, fine- brick wall may have stopped him, but even thaî's riot a certairity. On Oakville's riext purssessioni, James hauled iri bis league-leadirig nirith iouchdown receptiori on a 5.3-yard bomb to make it 24-6 and effec- tively end the grime. Or so it appeared. Milton lullback Mike Mallot werit inri a quar- terback an(d immediaîely sparked the orffense. Mallot, who played with tîre Ottawa Roughrîders, badr'itplayecl the porsitiornisince high schoorl, but had wîrrked (rut ai practîce (fur- tng the week i case he was needed, with Camnasîro nîrt due back uttil the playîrlfs. Malliri said ilt trrk a couple plaîys to fled coin lot-table, anidlire ceriainly lîrîked like a veteran, but it's nrî a porsitiorn heasants Ir play orn a reg- ular basis. -Were cornfidentîin Malt <MacPhail>, but ase son rtîr trew hibî ttîrthe ire.Ilhrpelîîlly, he will back i there nexi week.'* Starig rirm thetr own (tre-yard firie, the Maraudera itra e the lerigtb trf the field. Mallrt f outitlArtdy Taylor lor a 3t-yard pick-up, and ihen aller btg grrd gains by Jorr Nedel.jkivic and Steve Lubîi. Crispitn Barres hauled in a pass lor bts; ltlîh nia rr. A nir-pint conversioni made the scorre 24-14. On Oakville*s next porssession, Milîtigîrtr picked irîf a pass at the 51-yard fie and had clear sailing tir the end zrie. On the way. hirwever, he appeared tirputll a hamstring muscle and almîrat came tr a storp. Sirmehrrw he fiund the resilien- cy to figbt tilrîl anI made tt juaitiside the goral fine to make the score 24-21 and give the Marauders a shirt ai an icredible cîrmeback. 'Me Marauders camne up a couple yards short of making a fit-st down in the final minutes and Oakville took a couple knees to0 mn out thc dlock. StilI, it waa a moral victory of sonts for Country Heritage Park & 'American Civil War Historical Reenactment Society presents Ank Sat. Aug. 2l1st 6-l1Opm Period dress optional- No shorts or T-shirts No dance expertence necessary Advance Tickets On Sale Now $30/person TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE FARMERSý'MARKET STHIS SATURDAY JULY 31 Photo by ASHLEY CAMARA Marauder wide receiver Andy Taylor looks f0 out-gun a pair of Longhorn defenders Mtltonr. "I can't say enîrugh aborut the heant and character orf tits footiball team," enthused Emo. -Tbey neyer let up. li's a character builder for ibis team, and a btg win for Oakville.' Afier years of wîining games by 40) or 50 points, Gilroy welcomes the rivait-y and close contests with Miltoni. "If we tep up to the chal- lenge it makes us better because you have to do it at Uic national level.' The Longhoms will face several challenges befîrre geîîing to the' national chamnpionship gante. Tbey're tied for fit-st place with Oshawa and play them nexi week on the road, with the winner gerîîng a fitst-round bye. Milton's record is now 4-3 arid they've clinched a playoff berth for Uic frrst time in team biatory. Their opponient will be determined afler tomorrow's regular seasori finale againat Aquapure Water Systems 1 l~ "BOTTLED WATER QUALITY" 0 Sales & Service 0 Installation Free Testing * Satisfaction Guaranteed aquapurewatersystems@bellnet.ca L.softene hmpAw;e-m Distillers R-0. Uni 1