The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - Al13 Banged up juniors suifer early exit Mavericks fali just Little lefi for OBAs after intense GOBA playoffrun ished wth just four hits overal h r f iv ifsô % - - - I 't ý , . 'ýornS mçlit nei ef work h%,a a-au shotofpay f s - ý -îý ý'ý ý' ' , 'lisll1 Ofva l c.ciL\l llîle -L)" j1aiiLî'-ls iil ', CIll ta completcly overshadowcd by the wear payback in opening-round play Friday and tear sustained rom it. , afternoon, with a 4-2 loss to the That made for a short-lived Na, Oakville As, whom they'd run at this past weekend's secured their third straight OBA 'B' championshps for do-or-die win against in the the junior Red Sox, who leagtic playdowns just six wtowamsiatthe mdoiuble An erirradnrvu tr twent down intheminiumledAysnaer. n evu tr knockout tournament in b Max Lane allowed Oakville 10 Chatham. jump out to a 3-0 lcad in the first "Threc days jusi wasn't enoughi to inning. rccover lrom," notcd manager Glenn T hc Rcd Sox quîckly answercd back Turncr, referring to a six-games-in-four- wiîh a pair ol runs- driven in by Mati days stî-etch that left his charges scvere- Sikorski and Nick Mazzoraîo - but ly banged up for provincials. "I count- had nothing lcft offensivcly and iin- close. From there, Milton was sent packing Saturday moming with a 5-4 defeat to the Barrie Red Sox, who broke a score- less stalemate with fbur runs in the fifth en route to iheir narrow victory Sikorski casbed in Nick Vipond for a second straight game and Trevor Hall delivered a îwo-run single in the sixih to keep hopes for advancement alive. Splitting the piîching duties wcre Scott Mclrach and Sean Mathe. ihe Red Sox would double their bit iota! to cight, but just couidn'i capital- ize with runners in sconing position. IceHawks' training camp now underway from BANTAM on page A12 Oran Ferguson tallied twice and fellow workhorse Bryden Curren also dented the twine. Andrew Smith rounded out the scoring. The comeback draw and a second-round squeaker over arch-rival Brantford weren't quite enough for advance- ment, as a goals-for-and-against tiebreaking format denied Milton a playoff spot by the narrowest of margins. Noted Welsh, "Its s0 unfortunate that we didn't move on, because the guys were just starting to corne to life." Thc Mavericks' 5-4 win over the Posse was every bit as suspenseful as their tie, as Warren Mitchell notched his second of the game wi th just over a minute to play to high- light an intense end-to-end showdown. Curren also had two goals in the narrow victory "Brantford was pretty mad for puttmng them out of zone playoffs, and really came at us bard," said Welsb, whose team started the weekend with a rather fiat 8-3 loss to the Brampton Excelsiors. The wait's ncarly over, hockey tns. Now under new ownership, ihcJr. A lceHawks began training camp lasi niigli ait nlcîon aI .rcnandl lavc thir one aiac-onlx bomne exhibition gaine tis Friday ai 7 p.m. agaînsi ihe [oronto Jr. Caiaadans. Thbis \vi'll fll betweccn pre-season iucad trisici Nordia York ancd liitîî. Milton wil I alsu be part olf lac Vaughian VoIIeybaII coaches being sought ihe Burlingican Blaze Volîcybal Club is iooking for qualified, competi- tive level coaches for flic upcoming O)ntario Voleyb,îll Associatiotn (CVA) seasua t. Prospective cocachies wil nccd tu lie available for two practîces a week and rnonthly CIVA tournameiits frîîm the middle of September to Nia>: Pievtous experlc'nce anad cci-tîlîca- liton i pî-clrred, alilîcuglai ie cBlaze sdtpporfs fii' ,Avanicemientiool us coachla îîag staff. Vliose iîtîresied aie askec iocon-ii tact îccbîîîcai direcior Aîîdy Nichaolsont ai (905) 63 ] 6040ý lournarneiat, slated for Sepiember 7 to 9. I lac I elliwks wîi have one lcss oppoieni ii tflac Western C îîiaerecc ibis ,casoîn, wih île Brantalea Blues iaow glane. 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