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The Canadian Champion, Friday, August 3, 2007 - A19 SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBLANC e-mail slebIanc@haltonsearch.com GRAHAM PAINE CANADIAN CHAMPION ~ON THE SURFACE: Ten-year-old Dakota Rommelaere, a pre-competitive swmmer with the Mini-Marins program, surfaces for air while practising in Rotary Park Pool Monday evenîng. It was the clubs final practice of the second of two sommer sessions. Despite win, Marauders denied final playoff spot By Murray Townsend SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPION The Marauders did what tbey bad to do, but in the end it didn't malter .as tbey still missed the playofî's. Milton outlasted Quinte-Limestone 21- 16 in Kingston Saturday afternoon, but the tcam they were tied with for the final playoff position, the Toronto Maddogs, pulled off a 12-10 upset over the Toronto Raiders earlier in the day - and won the fewest points aganst tiebreaker. The Marauders didn't need long to take the lead against the wnless Panthers. On their very first play, with the bail on thc Quinte 52-yard line, Craig Hawkins - start- ing bis first game at quarterback - fired a bomb to Damian Hannaford for the toucb- down. Quinte-Limestone fumbled the kickoff and three plays later H-awkitns put anoîber autempt. Ih started to ramn about the same rocket into the bands of Krsbawn tmc, making the baIl slippery and the snap Tbompson to put Milton ahead 14-O before was fumbled. tbe game was two minutes old. H-awkins booked up wth lamie Radway The Panthers decided they'd make a game in the second quarter on a 62-yard toucb- of it after aIl, and on tbeir nexl t- down ssînke to give Milton a possession used the long bal ' 21-7 lcad. Hawkins was 7- to score a touchdown and gel A J for-]1I on tbe game for 229 back in tbe game. lIn the second L i. AI yards. Hiannaford caugbt four quarter tbey moved the bal( passes for 127 yards. dowin thougthe Mito eigîyadbeoe Tbehîfe ottg teldowns again tougth eirto cgel rdbfoe te bosîs tngthreae nedjs fine. e to tbe 20-yard fine before Billy Wright Quinte-L-imestone then tried to ended the thrcaî with an interception. run the bail, wbîch is usually a ristakce Quinte-Limestone fougbt back in the sec- against Milton. On first down, (raig ond baîf wben Milton wasn't able to move Davoren tackled the runner in the backfield tbe bail as well in the raîn, first witb a field for a loss, then Davoren and Dave Simpson goal and then witb a touchdown witb just a teamed up for another big îoss. few minutes remaining. They atîempted tbe Jason Burke drove them back on third two-poinî conversion to make it a tbrec- down, leaving the Panthers wtb a field goal point game, but tbe snap was boîched. The Pantbers tried the on-side kick, but it Ianded in Hannafords hands. Milton then ate up as mucb dlock as it could before being forced to punt in the final minute. AI McAllister just managed to gel off tbe punt, and tben John D'Ovidio stopped tbe return- er in bis tracks. Two long pass attempts were unsuccessful and the Marauders had their second win of the season. Milton was without head coach Ken Lasbley and premier running back George Baiden, both of wbom were in San Diego on busîness. Co-owner Andrew Todd, an assis- tant coach at Milton District Higb Sebool, took the reigns in Lasbîey's absence. Todd found out before the gamne that tbe Maddogs bad won and knocked the Marauders out of tbe playoffs, but chose flot to tell tbe players until afterwards. That turned out to be a wise move, as tbey stayed motivated against the tenacious Panthers. UlmII*]Ë 65 ONTARIO STREET M IMDIUM 867 ~PIZZA -MILTO +L WITM PEPPERONI 12 i vI AIL liY, EVEIY BRvI ONTARIO STREET SOUTHI ii1 STET:sui IMmALMUN Is CRIii aui SIT KISIlMES 1 1 1