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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17,1986 PAGE 15 SPORTS WEE.K Bswin hockey- ti'[tie« Whitby's bantam B hockey team members participated i their f ir- st tournament of the season over the ~-.weekend and came home champions after upsettiag Pickering in Ithe final. Whitby defeated Ux- bridge 5-1 and then Ajax 5-4 iii an overtime <thriller to reach the final of the tournament in Oakwood. Pickering defeated Whitby 9-3 and 10-2 i regular season action during the past two weeks. But Whitby jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the tournament final and then held off their league rivals for a 5-3 win. "We just came out flying," said Whitby coach Charley Washer of the final. "lWe çould have had eight goalsi."I Whitby goaltender .Drew Kawa came up big ,,"in the late stages of the -game to hold off the comeback attempt by Pickering., 1 Kawa and Mike Mit- chell, who shared goaltending duties in all 'three games, were ~steady throughout the *bantam A tournament, said Washer. -Whltby managed to claim the championship "despite the absence of several top players due to iajury. Forwards Mike Thom and Jeremy Stella and defenceman Jason Gurd were out whlle John Van- derheyden played with the flu. Brent Knowles and Jamie CoUlas didn't play ail of the final game after receiving minor injuries earlier in the tournament. Brian Duff scored twice while Peter Defina, Mike Garton and Collins had singles in- the win over Ux- bridge. Defina put Whitby in- to the final when he scored after 52 seconds of overtfime against Ajax. Ajax, an AA team, led 2-0 before Whitby climbed back to take the lead. Ajax tied it to force the overtime. Garton and Jamie Brousseau each scored twice for Whitby. Duff scored two goals while Defina, Knowles and Garton had the other goals in the 5-3 win over Pickering.* "It was real team ef- fort," said Washer, crediting Chad Harvey, Kevin Washer, Rob Dawson and Steve Van- derheyden with ex- cellent defensive play. Washer said Brousseau was probably the best player overali for Whitby in the tournament. The, rivalry against Pickering will continue ln a big way when the two teams meet for an exhibition game in Maple Leaf Gardens Jan. 4.- Meanwhile, Washer ls hoping for tournaments in Gananoque, Cornwall, Belleville and Ottawa, ail in the same month. I'January is going to be an exciting month," said Washer. ,Whitby defeats Ajax inringette Ern Neilly scored four goals as Whitby tween C team defeated iAjax 7-2 in ringette Dec. 13. Nicole LeClaire had -two goals while Jennifer Hatzelhoffer had a single. Michelle Murray, Rhonda Van- deriade and LeClaire had the goals in a 6-3 exhibition game loss to Oshawa Dec. 14., Lori Kingston and Tobi Wood each scored ý.twice as Whitby tween B ýteam downed Markham 4-2 Dec. 13. Julie - Rowlands scored four goals while Andrea Babony, Jen- aidfer ..Drunimond and Jenaifer Henry each had two goals for Whit- by novice C team in a 13- 4 deelsion over Markham. Andrea Murray, Stephanie Nichols and Kathy Stackhouse had the other Whitby goals. Whitby Belles edged Markham 4-3 on the strength of good defence and superb goaltending by Julie Dayes. Leanne Ells had two goals while Mary Lou Spencer and Paula Barrack had the single goals for the winaers. Kelly Caldwell and Rita Bourke were standouts defensively.' It'sin! RISING ABOVE THE CROWD is Rob Oliver as he goes above five Eastdale players to net two points for the Henry Senior basketball team. Henry lost to Eastdale'41-39. Fe rs ht Les.wick takes gold iin meet Julie Leswick of the Whitby Iroquois Swim Club won a gold medal in the Youth Cup swim meet in Etobicoke Dec. 4-7. Leswick wio first in the 50-metre freestyle event for girls 13 and 14 in the meet, which at- tracted Canada's top young swimmers. Leswick wasalso nin- th in the 100-metre fly and l6th in the 100 breaststroke. Her Whitby club teammate, Wendy Primeau, was fourth in the 800 freestyle and seventh i the 400 freestyle, also in the girls 13 and 14 category. Scott Currie was sixtn in the 200 backstroke and ninth in the 100 backstroke, for boys il and 12. Jlll Morrice was l3th in the 100 fly for girls il and 12 while Mark Kelly placeil lSth in the 100 breaststroke for boys 13 and 14. Leswick Primeau, Heather Armitage and Janice Currile all com- peted in the Esso Inter- national meet in Etobicoke Nov. 28-30. Ail four Whitby swimmers turned in best performances against -world.-,clas competition fromn East Germany, Britain, the Soviet Union, Swit- zerland and the U.S. Armitage had the top finish by Whitby swim- mers as she placed l7th in the 100 backstroke. Several members of the Whitby club took part in the Burlington invitational Nov. 28-30. Charissa Morrice and Aaron Bradley each had fourth-place finishes.* Morrice was fourth in the 200 fly for 13 and 14- year-old girls and sixth in the 100 fly. Bradley was fourth in the 200 fly for boys 13 and 14. Danielle Johnson was fifth in the 50 backstroke for girls 10 and under. Rick Marsh was sixth in the 100 individual medley. for boys 10 and under., Team winas two in Quebec Whitby's junior B ringette teamn won two out of four games in a tournament Dec. 12-14 in Dollard des Or- meaux, Quebec. Jodi Sinden and Christine Smith each had two goals and Stacy Guymer had a single -goal in a 5-4 win over Clarence Creek. Good defensive efforts were turned in by Natasha Peddle, Lindy McIvor, Melissa Cowan and Leslie Pawlowski. Nancy Teasdale scored twice while Leanne Muir and Smith had the. other goals for, Whitby in an 8-4 loss to Blackburn. Smith, Muir and Jennifer Cooper had the Whitby goals in anS8- 3 loss to Cumberland. Cooper exploded for five goals in a 9-5 win for Whitby over Beacon- sfield. Teasdale scored three goals *while *Jodi Sinden had the other goal. Angie Beer and Michelle Reader played net for Whitby in the tournamient. Whitby petite B team also took part in the tournament. Close gaines in tournament Whitby's Atom BB team travelled to Little Britain last weekend to participate in the loth annual Oddfellows tour- nament. Whitby played Ajax- Pickering Village in their first game and lost an excitlag contest 3-2 in sudden-death overtim e. Vance Stevenson and Brodie Richards were the goal. scorers. Stevenson, David Mit- cheç4 and Josh Ford had assists. In their second game, Whitby defeated Pickering 6-5. B.J. Prout was the scoring leader %Âdth three goals and two assists; Richards had one goal- and three assists, and the third meruber of the forward line, Mike Lefranier, added a goal. Cameron Poland had the other Whitby goal and Troy Wastle, Roy Kennedy, Pa lLeClair and Darryl Wright had assists. Whitby were elimnated from further play losing 1-0 to Pelham in another hard- fought and exciting con- test. L ocalitournament Sixteen teams, in- cluding ahl of Whitby's atom house league teams, will participate in a tournament at Iroquois Park arena Dec. 26-28. Teams from Port Hope and Oshawa will take part in the atom tournament held by the Whitby Optimlsts and Brooklla-Whitby Minor Hockey. ww 'j 'E 1 ý