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A22 - The Canadian Champion, Friday, July 15, 2005 Sports. selnc@haltonsearch.com Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Marlins (trom Ieft> Alex Davis, Paul Zlelnskl, David Dimltrov and Brent Burkce proudly display their provincial moedal haul. 'ýýMarlins excel at jr. provincials Milton maintains top spot among smaller team ranks MW'h M"lc Marlins delivered 4mitter succesaful defease of &w kHigh point TtMhy at lms wekessd's Onstario Junio Long Powered by a talented foSaim in thse 12 and 13-year-old boys rank, the local club W~abe top spot in the smnailer team field (50 swnmmr or lms) for a third straigbt summer with a thorouglsly in pressive performance. Milton secured a total of 1l medals at provincials, including thrce in relay competition. Lcaéding the way ivas weekend standout David Dimîitrov - wbo was golden in both the 13-year-old bo)ys 100mnbutterfly and 200m individual medey. Hîs freetyle efforts fcatured a rich silver lining - with sec- ond-place sbowiugs in 200m, 400m and 800m action - while a bronze medai lu thse 400m LM rounded out bis ludividual cain- paagn- He also took third lu the 1 3-year-old boys 4x50m frmetyle relay ami 4xlOOin freestyle ani medley relaya with teammates Breit Burke, Alex Davis and Paul Zielluak. Burke prevLuled mu individual competition as well, winlg the, 12-year-old boys 200ni breastatroke. He was third in the 100m. breaststroke ani was fourth lu thse 100m 20m and 400m freestyle- Davis and Zieinski, bath 13, also delivered top-eight finish- es, as did fellow point earners loana-Maria Negru, Colin Whitford and Wsll Wright. Making up thse trest of the Marins' Ontario cbampionship con- tingent were Catherine Boyd, James Bramley Jacqueline Clarke, Rachel Robinson and Larissa Ruiz. Sr. Sox nipped in tournament championship Heartbreaking titie defeat caps sweltering weekend run By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion For the Senior Red Sox, there was absolutely no disappointment with last weekend's tour- nament run - except that is, in the way it ended. Thriving amid sweltering conditions in London, George Moore's charges reached the finals where they were upstaged by the narruwest ut margins -losing 3-2 t0 the host Lakeside Li,'Lards. Addmng tu the sting of' charnpionship defeat svas the fact that Milton held an early 1-(t lead and had the tying and winning oins on base in the ses- enth betère being vanquished. -We had tour crors that resulted in i),% oins againsi . su that really hurt us, recalled Moore. "But olhersvise our defense and pitching 55.Las great. They gut us thrugh.- That was parlicularly toie in the case (if Ian Zeile. \ishu jiîst recenily returned frrni an ankile inýjury but has sho\),s no ilI eflecis froin a near month-long layutff. The veteran hurler %vent the distance in a 4-I %vin over Lrindale Sunday mrnoing anîd stili had enuugh left tu ssurk foui îîtnii.s in the title gaine jusi six urs later. Malt Dicksun and Nate Tami pruvided une scoreless inning of relief each in the finals. o% hile Steve MacDonald led a modest four- hit aiiack with a pair ut stngles and an RBI. Thec Red Sox strung together tour s icluries en route t0 the cham- pionsbip. beginning with last Friday's 8-7-decision over Exeter - which lasted jusi fise innings afîer a whupping 21 walks pusbed the game beyond the three-bour limit. Kevin Comisky cashed in îhree oins without registering a single bit, wbîle Kuni Mitchell had two RBI on as many bits. From there Milton doubled up South Woodsley 6-3 Saturday - thanks largely lu tlawless fielding and a solid complete-gamne effort by Adam Abeam. Offensively, Kevin Cooper had tbree RBI and Matt McCandless dclivered a two-run double. Then came a dreaded three-gamc Sunday marathon, which began with Zettle's sparkling performance against Erindale and continucd with a 7-2 pounding of last year's AW elimination final- ist East York. Adam Finkbeiner stood taîl on the mound in the latter contesi, wbile multi-bît efforts were tumned in by Taylor Lawton, Pat Mastrogiocomno, Mark Sgrignoli and Breni Teboekhorst. The Red Sox resume league play tomorrosv with a doublc-head- er at Brian Bcst Park against Glanbrook that hegins at noon. They finish out the sveekend Sunday with a 4 p.m. start versus Dundas, also ai Brian Best. _ -~ Summer Tennis CampiAF A For beginner, intermediate, and advanced kids (9m- 2p Q Ages 6tol18 Week-Iong summer tennis camps feature on and off court training, tactica training, FUL A u i J1 competitive situations, free play, soccer, technical feedback and corrections, drillhng (9m4 m JYL L..iI~JJ~ and weekly tournaments, ail in a fun-filled atmosphere. Petr Svoboda, Club Pro -* * TE NI C UBOffice: (905) 875-9911J