- i The Canadian Champion, Friday, November 10, 2006 - A19 SPORTS SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBLANC e-mail sIeblanc@haltonsearch.com MAKING A BIG SPLASH: John Steadman, 15, of the Miton Marlins churns through the water in the mixed 800m short course freestyle event during the clubs four- team meet last week- end at the Leisure Centre. Steadman won this heat of the eight-heat event, while his Marin teammates fared weIl against their 4counterparts from Halton Hills, Orangeville and Rchmond Hi. Eleven- year-old loana-Maria Negru led the way with first-place finishes in ail six of her events, while WiIl Wright, 16, enjoyed a dlean sweep as well - going 5-for- 5. Other standpoint the hosts were deliv- ered by Scott Davis, Colm Whitford and Emma Leeder. GRAHAM PAINEI CANADIAN CHAMPION Jr. Royals advance to Division I semifinals ph uî aft wi Formidable overali efort too much for Blakelock with boîh procedural penalties and lapses in game. Our defence did a great job shutting attention to detail kept to a bare minimum. them down." By Steve LeBlanc made the final score a lttie more flattening "Yeah, that (Holy Trnity win) definitely In particular, the Royals got a standout CANDIA CHMPON TAF fr te vsiingTigrs wb grbbd a ealy- gave us momentum for today,' said showing from defensive end Tyler seconbu d-yearciquarterbackyedEtrhaneMoir, who continually stymied the lea bu wee dcisvel ouplaed or he OConnor, who set up Reding's sec- Tigers' rusbing efforts and fin- ishop Reding's football juniors bad bulk of the sun-drencbed sbowdown. onocdw iba2-adý se b a ibaon w B already proven tbey belong in the A potent ground game, stifling defence completion to Tomas Santibanez dozen tackles - several before So the next logical step was making a Reding into, final four play in just its first two majors bimself in the tbird out of first gear. Lace for tbemselves among Division Is year at Division 1. quarter to tigbten the noose on Reding enjoyed credible per- pper crust. Fresb off a tougb regular season-ending Blakelock. "Our running game was formances from a number of otbers The Royals not only accomplisbed tbat, victory over Holy Trinity - which secured big and our defence really stepped it up." witbin its defensive ranks, including ut did so in ratber convincing fasbion - them top spot in the Richardson Division - Added head coach Mark Freeman, O'Connor, wbo wben he wasn't engineering nocking off TA. Blakelock 26-13 Monday the Royals seemed well prepared for battle "Finishing the regular season witb a bard- scoring drives bimself was neutralizing ternoon in quarteffinal play A toucbdown Monday fougbt win essentially provided us with a big Blakelock's passing game. ith four-and-a-half minutes remaining And that certainly reflected in their play, boost mentally and set us up well for tbis see REDING on page A20 mWINE TIRES i i AND jWHI [L1[II'TEmVI I :j I PACKAGES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL MAKS AND MODELS STARTING @ $580 AND UP 'D3 WAUZA L M WN hY U 7OMW oPL wTauIaIa# 'O 8IPA<hdo RDI Ot. TDLk 7L~fa i~Jkt~~-]Jf1Mw a