1Ugly wins stili count By STEVE LeBLANO The Champion The Merchants' pre-season supremacy continues. The Jr. A hockey club was short on style and structure this weekend, but stili had enough to squeeze out a pair of wîns. This extended their undefeated streak in exhibition play - which goes back nearly three years - to 16 games. But ninning roughshod over the compe- tition, which Marty Willianison's crew has repeatedly donc through late August and early September, just wasn't in tbe cards during their latest hattles. Milton was devoid of any offensive chemistry at their own barn Friday - in front of roughly 150 fans - and needed above average goaltending and a couple of lucky breaks to trim the still struggling Hasmilton Kilty Bees 4-3. The Merchants were outshot 40-23, while their first and second goals were amnong the ugliest in recent memory. Ryan Eby's shorthanded tally late in the middle framne was by far the more ridicu- bous of the two. Dumping the puck in to kill a penalty, his shot ricocheted off a brain-cramped defenceman' s skate just inside the blueline where it took a sharp tum and managed to bypass the netminder, who was way out of position. Milton's powerplay efforts weren't much stronger and their overaîl intensîty Ime Tho Canadian Champion, Tueaday, Au"ua 31, 1999l-19 Bronze medal for skier to close out great season Marty WlIlamson was well below par. "Eveey year you Uiink you're at a certain level and Uien find out you're right back at Uic hottom," said Williamson, referring to Nis tcam's lacklustrc season kickoff. "But in ail fairnesa, this was Hamilton' s fifth game and only our first. I'd hope afler tive more games. the separation between us would be greater than one goal." Splitting the netminding duties were Campbellville's Mark Rosselle and AnUiony Marshall of Oakville, who helped Uic team's band of hopefuls to victory dur- ing Uic OHA Referee School Toumanient in June. Sophomore defencemen Ryan Carrigan and Adam Sturgeon each delivered a goal while the local team's other marksman was newcomer Dan DeLong. In Collingwood Saturday, Milton eked -e PLAYMAKER on pae 20 BACK TO INSPECTION YN M Te' e*rift m.:o~ A~VI * e I - N By STEVE LeBLANO The Champion Paul Macdonald caught one ast wave of succesa Isefore closing the books on a remarkable scason. The Milton barefoot water-skier, who's enjoycd a handsome hardware haul tis year, wrapped things up reccntly with a bronze medal performance in the men's open class of thc Canadian Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia. He went into Uic national showcase wiUi a top five ranking, and lived up to expectations with strong showings in each of Uic Uirce evcnts. "I was pretty excited to finally get an overall medal," said Uic 23-year-old, who finished fifth in Uic ail-round scoring last year. "It was a great way to end Uic season." Highlighting Macdonald's efforts was a thi rd-place in the jump-off. He cleared 47 feet on a second attempt - shattering Nis mark at Uic Eastern Canadian Championshipi last monUi in Cambridge. Thompson River were a stumbling block to any more top three placings. lIn the slalom event - which represents thc racing portion of the competition - Uic local water walker made just over a dozen crossings, which was certainly respectable but only good enough to take sixth spot. He fared slightly better during the trick event, in which his high-risk routine regularly meets with equaily high marks. This time around was no exception, as he scorcd a whopping 1,890 points to finished fifth on a day whcn ncarly ail the top watcr-skicrs had their best stuif. Macdonald wasn't far back of overall silver medal- ist Gordie Croteau of Quebec. Manitoba's Don Baker gamnered gold. 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