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A16 - The Canadian Champion, Friday, January 4, 2008 SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBLANC e-mail sIebIanc@haltoflsearch.com WinterHawks enjoy championship revival GoodL4fe Beavex tourney hosts net trio ofûties !M GRAHAM PANE / ANAD AN CHAMPON WE'RE #1: Above Winterhawk tyke defenceman Mic hael O'Shea and goalie Ky e D oge cefebrate the r champianship wn. Inset rght W nterhawk sniper Peyton Bizier skates past Orangevies Tanner Buck during hs three-goal showng in the fnas. By Steve LeBlanc CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF The drought i', over. Refusîîîg to close out a fourth straight GoodLife Fitness Beaver Tournameni without any gold, the host Winterhawks en]6yed a huge chaîn- pionship revival Sunday afternoon - with the tykes, minor atoms and minor midgets ail prevail- ing at Milton Sports Centre. Adding to the hosts' overal success was a trip to the finals for the minor hantams- who helped deliver perhaps the rnost dra- matîc finish to the four-das holiday showcase in its 32- sear hisiory- and ai least one victors for al six Milton ieamns. Heresý a look ai the I / Winterhawss kthree chamipionship wîns and one title loss.nin the order ihai thes' ssere play'ed. Minor midgets Punctuating an unheaten Decinher with anioiher topnotch defen- sive effort, Mltons oldest representaîis'es îgnîted tIse hardware haul with a ineasure of deja vu - heatîng the Ajax Knights with an identical 3-1 scrthes sccured in round rohin plas. Ajax 55as the omils iceaili Su51.)cr agaîlîsi tic \\itrasks, .vhose rcîn to the finals înîluded 2- 0 and 3-0 whitessashes of Flamhorough and \'ississauga, their filth and sixth shutouts of the inonth. Milton hiad soînu troubhle pcnetrating the Knighis'sizahle bînclinc tut cai Is on in the hîgh- stakes recmatc h. hut es enitualîs, wipcd out a sec- ond-period deficît and got soine sharp goaltend- ing from Mark 1Prusha. He and Dan Plater finishied the tournament with one shutcîut apiece and ]ust one goal againsi each. Matthew Dupont scored the gaine winner with about fis'e minutes left, while Braden Lawther helped set up \ikrai-n Kalia-s second-period equal- tzer and sealed the deal with a last-mînute empty netter. Eric Scarffe offered an exceptioîîal performance on defence. Tykes Destîned to dlaim a title at some point, the tykes - a perfect 20-O in league play - exacted revenge for a recent championship loss at the Brampton Toumnament, hlanking the Orangevîlle Flyers 3-O. Hardly surpnising, Peyton Btzier was the offen- sive standout in the finals, nettfng ail three goals to push is tour- nament total to 13. A late unassisted tallv essentially slammed the door on the Fîvers, whom the Winterhawks had top- pIed 5-O in round- rohin play Overaîl, Milton sur- rendered just one goal -in a 10-1 disman- .....tling of Fergus - thanks to a fundamen- tally-sound defence thats quite rare at the seven s ear-old level. Effort: in that department were hîghlfghted duning Saturday's 3-O semnifinal \s i over Hespeler, that dîdnt manage a single shot against Kyle Droge. The young goalie liad a miuch more hands-on approach in lits champi- onship shutout the next das,naking hall-a-dozen big sas es. Mitchell Hewitson, Joey Szaho and Justin 'Wilson drcw assists in the finals, while a couple of hig penalty kîlîs factored into the tîtle svîn as well. Minor atoms As engîng their lorte round-rohîn loss wfîh the title on thc fine, the\NWinterhawks got three-poînt efforts out of reliahle forwards Jonathan Vaca and JacohbVsîckssare to stone the prevîously' unheaten Rchîmond Hill Stars 3-O. Wickware put Milton ahead hefore the game was a minute old and 'Vaca tallîed twfce in the third to seal the deal and earn payhack for a 4-3 -see MINOR on page A17 4 fjýDrDJ JFfJJkIJJjfj ýrtff m' flJ Art Cardiovascular workout! Muscle fengthening! Tned abdominaf muscfes. The movementssin the dance are designed ta srengihen the muscfes and increase ffexibifity. The best pari af dancing is t warks for yaung and afd afike. ltis faw impact and easy on the joints. Ail levels of classes: Tribal, Classicol, Folkloric & more! Teens e Adults e Mothers & Daughters e Seniors Evening & Darytime (Lunchtime) Classesi i