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SPORTS SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBLANC e-mail sleblanc@mlltoncanadianchampion.com ! More Canadian gold for Moffat Accomplished wrestler pins down 60-kg. national jr championship By Herb Garbutt METROLAND WEST MEDIA GROUP uncan Moffat never sought to be a wrestler. The sport found him - or more specifical- ly, his older brother found him. "My brother (Alan) would come home from wrestling prac- tice and want to try all these moves on me," Moffat said. "Ilt got very competitive. I hated losing to him." Because he enjoyed the broth- erly battles and wanted to hold his own against his three-year-older sibling, Moffat joined the Milton Dynamos when he was in Grade 6 and began fine-tuning his own skills. While most of the Moffat vs. Duncan Moffat Moffat bouts took place in the basement of their house, - Ï it never took much to spark an impromptu match. One minute they would be raking leaves in the yard,' the next they would be wrestling on the lawn trying to pin one another. With little more than a few pounds separating them, the brothers were ideal sparring partners. Long after practices ended, they would still be putting what they learned into action as they squared off at home. "I liked the physical aspect of it," said Duncan. "It had more appeal to me than the team sports." All those extra hours on the mat would pay off for - the Moffats. In 2008, Alan won the Canadian junior championship. Late last month, Duncan followed in member his footsteps by winning the 60-kilogram division at the national junior meet in Edmonton. That will earn him a trip to the world junior championships in Wednesd Bucharest, Romania at the end of July members Moffat won all four of his matches, capping it with reach the a 1-0, 1-0 victory over Richard Balfour of London in the y àd" $4000 final. The two had tangled many times before, and usu- see MOFFATaon page A13 1T" FRSign -up today at wwii. wagjag.com' No playoffs for Haydar For a second straight year thereIl be no playoffs for one of the American Hockey Leagues (AHL) top scorers. Named AHL Player of the Decade for the 2000s by The Hockey News, Darren Haydar closed out the regular season fourth in overal scoring with 27 gopls and 47 assists. This marks the fourth time in the past six seasons that the 31- year-old Milton native was top-10 in scoring - this time finishing just a point behind good friend and on-again, off-again teammate Jason Krog. But Haydar's Chicago Wolves will be hitting the golf course ear- lier than they hoped, having fallen just two points shy of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Sgarbossa's Wolves on ropes Michael Sgarbossa's point streak continues, but his Sudbury Wolves' playoff run may soon be over. Now facing the top-ranked Mississauga St. Michael's Majors, Sgarbossa picked up a point in each of the first two games of sec- ond-round play. But that wasn't enough, as Sudbury fell 8-5 Friday - having trailed 8-0 until a late surge made THE DISTANCE: the final outcome respectable - silton Marlins Swim Club and 3-2 Sunday. Mania Ilic swims her laps Sgarbossa had a dozen points in ie clubs annual fundraisng a first-round upset of the Ottawa hon at the leisure centre 67s and as of last night.sat tied for ay afternoon. At left, club second in playoff scoring with five do their required 200m to goals and nine assists. 5,000m total. More than The third-year OHL centre and ias raised this year his Wolves will look to turn the GRAHAM PAINE / tide in game three tonight. cANADIAN CHAMPION b A L L £ G RJA - organic spa & boutique naturolly natural To advertise with wagjag, cal! The Canadian Champ $34 for an ilike Organic ress Facial Plus $20 Towards Future Services at Allegra Organic Spa & Boutique .4, __j -:ý-'.