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A22 - The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, February 7, 2006 HBeart-breaking loss leaves Armstrong By STEVE LeBLANC The Champion It \vas a roiler-coaster wveek for Leigbi Armstrong and hier Cbrissy Codorîn-skipped rink iii Thunder Bay. Unfortunately, the ride ended a little carlier than the 23-year sud Miltonian svould have preferred at the Scotts Toumnament of Hearts Ontario Cbampionships at the Fort Francis Curling Club. Unable to sustain any momentumn outil the final day of round- robiii competilion, Armstrong and company finisbcd their rather erratic campaign aI 5-4 -just one svit shy of advancing to the weekend playdowns. -It's disappointing. You gel to tbis level and your goal is obvi- ously t0 XVîO. However, we didn't play horrible or anything. We'd just like to have had a few shots hack," said the local cuarler, now a three-time competitor at the Seotts' Ontario championship. For the mosi part, the results were far from dramnatie for Armstrong's Guelph squad -whîch lost rounds one, three and fîve 8-0, 9-0 and 8-0 respectively and seored three lopsided vie- tories of their osvn. The lasi of these came in the formi of a 10-4 toppling of Nancy Wickhami to cap a two-round sweep Thursday. [bat would have been enough 10 crack the top fouir bid Wednesday's 9-i loss to Marilyn Bodogh goite the other ssvay. Wbiic Ihai round-seven defeat essentialiy took bier team out of contentioni Armstrong said a tournament-opening shutout at the hands of eveit- Leugh Armstrong tuai champion Kcisla Sebari svas especiaily tougb to swaliow -since it marked a rematcb from iast year's semnifinals. "That definitely hurt, she said. From, a personal standpoint, Artnsîrong felt fairly satisfied with bier perfortmance up north - particuiarly since she had to move up a spot to vice only a few short weeks ago to replace an otherwise commnited Denna SchelI. "It takes a while to gel use 10 this kind of change and start gelling again, but 1 think 1 did okay. Christy and 1 were eommnunieating weli in the bouse.' Armstrong will gel artother shot ait a provincial championship in April, when bier John Epping-led mixed nink -which captured national gold in Whitehorse, Yukon in November -vies for an Ontario repeal in Orangeville. Minor aîoms poised ito send Battalion packing * Gri*pping lesson Grade 12 student Thuy Ly explaina how to hold a badminton racket to Amandeep Johal in a com- bined effort wlth E.C. Drurys annuli 5-hour field hockey-a-thon laut Fril. Photo by SABQINA BYRNES ulations! JO!'EDGE of Mvilton Winner of $5O 1i Wm Gift Certificate FOR THE "'lWiII He or Won't He See his Shadow on Ground Hog Day Contest e8PU Multon*s AA inor aloms svere supposed Centre Sunda evening. to be- clear eut uîiderdogs for second round Matîhess Gooding sel up the gamne lwî OMHA play agaînsl the Bramptont sinîier svîtb a huge burst up the right side Battaioi. and svell-placed feed over bo Carter, vhîile The onI> îbiîg is. silmeone torgot lu Adini Wilson and Jacob Quinn con- tell îbemn ibat. .2 rîbuted second-period goals. A, o iast nigbl. flic Wiiit'i- bats ks -rs i b thrbies ss ere ss ere iii Ille improbabie Iotui oui ut idait Atkitsmn. Ruîurke abeIbseitIletp Vrwo, e rise n ,iitku.d BIc alio sus cp b tît lereuoit esngPre e n back-lto-bask sscekeitd s ic - Netintinder Nichutias lories. 1luiinan serantbied 11 iake a 'l'lte latter of Ibese caîtie iii draîttatic ttuîtbei of' naii-biîing saves dots n tbe fasbioît. a.s Dillotn Carter scored Iront iii stretcb, as did bis Battalion counlerpant. close tbree miuîte,, into suddeîî deaîb lto In Branmptont Frîday nigbl. Quinn puncluate a 3-2 victory ai Milton Sports exploded for three third-oeriod 2oals 10 power a 4-2 comeback win over the stunned husts -wbo nu doubt figured vic- tory suas in the bag afier jumpitg ouI lto an early 2-0 lead. Fergusut aîtd Preisner also slood out usvilb ilree and two-assisl effotrts respec- lis ely. Ruudiîtg un tbe scoring svîîb a sec- oîîd-periutd deposil lu kick starl tbe tum- arîîund su as Atkiitson, ss ile Wessinger. Ausîtin Dezeeuw and Sam Rîtbson dress otîe assisl cacdt. Cîtntur Hailyburton usas sharp beîsveen flie pipes îbrîtugh the final luvo periods lto gîve Milton a chance 10 raily. If necessary. game four uvill be played at MSC Thursday aI 6:30 p.m. il'j