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iso w -p- v fc a w1- kleconomist suntribune rspjorts4ia2izunev2qp k- iifbionspronzedin brampton vl vt- u- x the markham lions squirt girls spftball team captured l the bronze medal r from the recent j brampton tour nament after siif- feringa 140 loss to the brampton blazers in a game to determine which club would advance to the championship final to face the adrian michigan lookouts x after losing its opening garneto the eventual silvermedalist blazers 81 the lions pounded out 20 hits to earn its first win with a 160 pasting of the amherst new york lasers stephamevspobher wenf four for four at the plate and scored three rims while jenna gaira had three hits and a fun jaclaetjesouza two hits and two runs melissa cunningham a triple and two runs arid erin carroll two hits andtworuris t catcher lori myers played a strong game defensively as she threw out three base fuhnersjv cairatpickedup the win pitching five innings giving up two hits one walk and strikingout eight hitters losing its third outing to the sl catharines wildcats 42 the lions rebounded behind the ninestrikeout pitching performance from spooner to defeat the oakville angels 53 spooner helped her own cause at the plate by collecting two hits includ ing a triple v cassandra warne contributed a double and two runs backed by a ninestrikeout perfor mance from caira through six innings the lions then edged the western new york sting 53 r spooner had two hits and a run warne one hit and run and cassandra mcnichol scored two runs with no worse than a bronze medal at stake the lions battled the st catharines wildcats and emerged with a 109 win in extra innings trailing 98 the lions received a timely homer from taylor macdonald her first of the season to force extra innings v in the third extra inning down by one again sandra rabow singled in mcnichol to tie the game x then with the bases loaded kaitlyn storton singled to score rabow and give markham the victory and rematch with the blazers sports digest merinos edged by durham byron baranieski mennos outfielder collects three hits the stouffville mennos suffered its third straight oshawa city and district fastball league loss on wednesday when they were edged 87 by the durham bulls at memorial park byron baranieski pow ered the mennos- offence which generated 13 hits with three while chris burkholder rob reesor brad clubine and scott eyre each had two hits among their hits reesor and clubine each belted tworun homers jeff boadway and rino dambrosio contributed- one hit apiece 7 terry reesor worked the first four innings and took the loss- now 27 on the season the merinos hada thursday game at mount albert rained out their next scheduled outing is on june 27 when they host markham and then go to bradford the following night rugby cliib beaten the markham jrugby club firsts provedto be gracious hosts last saturday as they dropped a 2925 deci sion to visiting academy in ontario rugby union action sonny pirotta v gavin robinson mike francis and dave mccartney each scored tries for markhamkevin pullen added a con vert and penalty kick the markham firsts seconds and third will be on the road today to face tfie irish canadians t sat july 7 sun july 8 9am to 3 pm w6odsirons shdrtgame- 9fiqle round of t golf per clay with- pr6vv lunch included 28oooincitax iishwoqd golf club 10905 reesor rd markham cmtactgregsalazar days 005622658 i si i y eve 9054342651 3c first nfcwink neil maloneys sixyard touchdown run with 50 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter enabled the markham raiders x to post its first victory of the northern football confererice season with a 2317 decision over- the sudbury spartans at centennial park last saturday trailing 1716 with just over two minutes remaining in the contest the raiders got pos session of the ball and highlighted by a 52yard run from maloney drove in for the winning score in addition to his winning touchdown the 19yearold firstyear running back established a club single game record in all purpose yardage by gaining 250 yards which included 207 on the ground and 43 in kickoff returns it was a great game for us because were a young team said raiders assistant coach bill ptolemy it was a huge morale booster and to come back from behind it showed that we can compete wide receiver andy taylor hauled in two touchdown pass- es from quarterback jamie foxx and ryan henderson added a firstquarter 30yard field goal and two converts to round put the scoring for the raiders who trailed 103 at the halfk now 12 on the season and occupants of sixth place in the nfc the raiders have a bye this weekend but resume play at centennial park on june 30 when they host the sault ste marie storm at 730pm local hockey players await draft notice r stephen wqss expected to go in first round of nhl draft today three players who played their minor hockey in markham and one from stouffvilleare expected to find out today which national hockey league club willhave their signing rights for the next two years when the league conducts its annual amateur draft in sunrise florida unionville resident stephen weiss is expected to beoneof thejtppgicks in the firer round the lyeaisold cenrrernart ied the ontario hockey leagues plymouth whalers in scoring this past season with 40 goals and 47 assists michael zig6riianisi 20yearold markham resident is one of three players who were drafted in 1999 but was ruled eligible to reenter this years draft after failing to reach a contract agreement by the nhls june 1 2001 5 pm- eastern time deadline a centreman who tallied a teamhigh 40 goals and 37 assists this past season with the ohos kingston frontenacs zigomanis was originally drafted in the second round by the buffalo sabres iri 1999 forfner markharii resident daniel blackburn a goalkeeper withthe kootenaylce of the western hockey league is expected to be one of thetop players taken in his position j v blackburn 18 spent three seasons with die markham waxers minor organization from 1992- 1995 before irioving to cranmorealta former stouffville spirit forward sean scully a member of s jthe ohlchampion ottawa 67s is expected to go in the late f rounds fothe latest central scouting bureau rankings the yearold vvas 146th of north american forwards and defence- c nieri iri 67 regular season games scully afriassed 30 points xv the draft will betelevised today starting at 12 noon on ct sportsnet l nt fay that traffic ticket s a v4 1 n f 4 1 m f m us- ii i 1 m yuiwa8wwhimffiabwiai