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I3eat Longhorns with fate TD By Murray Townsend SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPION The Battle of 1-lton took a surprising turii in Oakviiie Saîurday when the new-look Milton Marauders sbocked for- mer coach Barry Emno and the Longhorns wtth a thniling 24- 23 opening night victory. It was a taie of two games - or maybe two and a baif. For most of the first haif the Marauders were dominant. They came out of the gate pumped and took advantage of a fiat Oakviiie team. on thetr ftrst possession a pont was fumbied by the Oakviiie returner and Roger lomion pounced on the bail on the 10-yard line. Four piays later kicker Mitch Marteli's field goal put Milton ahead. in the second quarter Milton moved down the field meîhodicaliy with a power munning gamne. Sean Faulknor broke off a 28-yard run, and then finished îî off wtth a seven-yard touchdown. Midway through the second, quarterback Brandon Nikoforuk connected with Aaron Fli t for a 30 yard major to, give the Marauders a stunning 17-0 lead just before haif-time. Wîîh 22 seconds reinaining O.akviiie went to work. Up îo that poit tîhey'd only earned one first-down that wasn't the resuit of a penalty and couldn't mun or pass effectiveiy against the Milton defense. Ail-star quarterback Tommy Denîson was unabie 10 play for Oakvilie but ail-star receiver Vaugbn Swart caught a 40- yard bomb from former Marauder pivot Josb Spanik and then wiîb seven secotîds rematntng caughî a one-yard toucb- dlown pass. The Longboms took advantage of that momentum into the second haif. After a 25-yard field goal, and with Mark Demeriing in at quarterback for the Marauders, another for- tner Marauder - Wayne Sliwinskî - tntercepted a pass for a touchdown and just ltke tbat iî was knotted at 17-17. The Longhorns were îemporarily stopped wben Dennis Lyght intercepted a pass in the end-zone, but on tbeir next possession Oakviile took a 23-17 iead, agaîn on a reception 15y Swart. A lime count violation pushed the Longborns back See more local sports at wwwmiltoncanadianchampion.com. MILTION INTERCHURCH SOFTBALL LEAGUE TEAMS G W L T PTS 1 SOUTHSIDE 1 7 7 0 0 14 2 KNOX 8 7 1 O 14 3 ST. GEORGE 7 5 2 0 10 4 MILTON BIBLE 6 3 12 1 7 5 -SOUTHSIDE 2 6 3 3 0 6 6 NEW LIFE"A" 7 2 4 1 5 7 BOSTON 5 2 3 0 4 8 HOLY ROSARY 7 2 5 O 4 9 NEW LIFE "B" 7 2 5 0 4 10 HILLCREST 7 2 5 0 4 il ST. PAULS 7 1 6 O 2 _ TERRY Making Your Home ComfortOur Business SINCE 1988 Î_ cet Central Air for as 1itt5eýas per month!* 1 -, -_ - Ou 1 1 ganu , *OAC. mbales Cali for delails. +4 6WIt CLJAM f,ý PW Instail Smoke Alarms It's The Law, The Ontario Fire Code requires that every home have working smoke alarms. Instali them in your homneor cottage today! &uI, A22 The Canadian Champion, Friday, June 13,2008i 10 yards for the extra poit kick, and in what tumred out 10 be the key play of tbe gaine, tbe extra point was missedi. With just a couple minutes remaining tin the game, Damien Hannaford camne up wiîh a great kick-off return takîng it to mîdlield. Then Miltons third quarterback of tbe game, Kelly Hughes, took over. He broke off a 22-yard mun and tben îook il in for tbe major. Marteil was sure-footed for the extra point 10 gtve Milton the 24-23 edge -whtch stood up throughi tbe dying moments 1 V Fof play. inal eariy years Maratîdiers before they started 10 win, retumed to tbe foici after lefour years awav from the gaine and was tbe first haif offensive star. il had tbat îîch t0 play again," saîd Fauiknor. "After waiching George (Baiden) iasî season, i jusi wanîed 10 play Jaiongside some of these guys." He bad 10 be helped off the field once and was cieariy exhausîed by the end of the gamne. 'That was age (32) and lime off creepîng up on me," he quipped. Head coacb Ken Lashiey couliot bave asked for a betîer start 10 the seastîn. 1i knew we wouid be better," he reînarked. He added that not having iii face Denîson bad a major impact on the gaine. Anoîher factor was that the tram was fired up ai 1er heaning taik that the Longhonîs were goîng 10 beat thein by 50 points. "We plaved ahove tur heads ancd îhey piayed down somte. And îben add in wbatever part eîno- lion piays. We just played the best gamne we could possibx play - aI ibis point. And we're going 10 gel betier." The Marauders' home opener is set for lomorrow (Saturday) at 3 p.m. aI Milton District High Schooi against North Bay