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Al 8 - The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, March 6, 2007 SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBLANC e-mail alebIanc@hatolsearch.com Drury denied OFSAA titie repeat by one point K tfl. Moffat, Iwasa-Madge fuel E.C. with gold-medal efforts HERB GARBUil' / CANADIAN CHAMPION BATTUNG FOR GOLD: E.C. Drurys Kevin Iwasa-Madge (Ieft) struggles against Nathan Lunn of St. Catharines on the way ta OFSAA gold in Brampton Frday. By Herb Garbutt CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF The provinctal high school wrestling championships îumed into a waiîing game for the E.C. Drury Spari.ans. lit proved to be worth the watt for Alan Moffat and Kevin lwasa-Madge, who briefly had the announcement of gold-medal victories held up by proteats. For the team, some confusion in team scoring resuits delayed the resuits and when ail was said and done, the " Spartans were narrowly denîed a second straight Ontario Federatiori of School Athletic Association (OESAA) boys championship - andi their seventh in eight years - by a single point at the Brampton Poweradc Centre Frîday. StîlI, Drury earned a lOth consecutive tram medal by taking the silver. Moffat won hiis second sîraiglit Alan I OFSAA goid despîte moving up a weîght class tnto the hîghly competîtive hi kg division. He defeated the class' reignîng champ, Guelph Centennial's Cody Airdrie, in a close match. Airdrie and Moffat. both members of the Ontario Under-18 tram that compeird at the Commonwealth Youth Wrestling Championiships in Scotland last July, had squared off threc limes thîs season wîth Aîrdrîe holding a 2-1 edgc. Airdnie had losi just once ail season - t0 Moffat in the final ol the Ontanio junior champîonishîp - and many considered hîm the best svresîler i any class. "Moffat (winning) dîdot surpnise me, but îî dîd inosi people iii the building.' said Drury coach Larry Jaroslaxvski. "A loi of people saîd (Moffai's win) svas a fluke ai junior, especially aftcr Cody beai himn in the Lourdes tournament a couple of weeks ago.- Moffat didn't wrestle Airdrîe the was' he intended to ai OFSAA in their mosi receni match, not wanting to tip bis hand. it worked, as, he con- tinued to deliver in the big matches. Moffat said patience Is the key when wrestling Airdrie. "Ail you can do is try to shut him out until the end and then score at the night moment," he said. That's exactiy what he did. When round one ended without a point, Airdrie won the coin toss, giving him the advantage for overtime, but Moffat held him. off to take the opener. (Airdre' corner but later wiîhdrew the protest after a clanification). ln the second round, Airdrie struck first, forcing Moffa oui of bounds. But wiîh time wîndîng down, the grade 12 Drury student forced Airdrie oui to tic the match and took the round for hav- îng scorcd the lasi point. It clînched hîs third sîraighî OFSAA mtda - havîng claimed bronzc iii 2005 before bis back- îo-back golds. Aoffat t svas the fifîh sîraîghît victory of the tourna- ment for Moffat, although ît was far irom easy. lu the second round, he neecird a lasî-second point to wîn thc openîng round againsi Riverside's Justin Kinisch before taking the second round 3- 0. In the semîlînals hc defeaird anoîher Commonwealth teammate, Ryan Lue of Central Elgin, 1-0 in overtime and then 1-0 on another lasi second point. lwasa-Madge took a dîllerent route to OFSAA gold than Moffat. Wbile Moffat faced bis biggest challenges ibis year, lwasa-Madge's obstacles were in the past. At lasi ylr OFSAA tournament, he was a medal contender but losi i the quariedfi- nais to thecveeninal champin ni a match jaroslawskî descrîbed as a war. "Mentally, hie didn'î recover from. that," J aroslawskî said. 'He knew lic was so close (to thc gold medalîst) but having to go around the long way, he got eliminaîed and didn' make finals." Isee OFSAA on page Al19 Now open in youu neighbourhood!. Open a new Primary Chequing Account with us between February l9th and April 71h, 2007 and we'II deposit $100 into your account with your first pre-authorized debit or direct deposit'.' It's our way of thanking you for your business. With extended hours and a drive-thru ABM banking in Milton just got more convenient. Visit our new Thompson Er Maple Branch: 1001 Maple Avenue, Milton BM 0BnoMnra What's next for you? L1 ' 0 O,, ,5,t e,,lin Dp(tH 7 10 o1pQSlrt lliC)M'4 Jo I l )oiJUy ,d. [k41M I 10 f)U ,j1 [5I1 1 /51, 511 I qIV.L tpJçJ'L , Wlr Acohi . , i î .b tII M1' 1M> îd5II,~1 10.b 1 Ih ., . ~ 'I.I , ob, . .5, /4, __ a