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PAGE 20, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESRAY, APRIL 29,1987 SPORTS AP Shut ont in shootout MORE THAN 6.6 million applications have been made at Petro Canada gas stations for the contest to carry the Olympic torch across Canada. From 1l5 in Tigers By JANET BROWNE Although the annual 10 km road race sponsored by the Whitby Tigers running team was won by Ajax team member Ed Short in 31:46 minutes, Cathy McDonald- Smith of the Whitby team managed to beat out all the female runners with a time of 40:06 minutes. Tigers' coach Gary Rannali placed second in the masters' division (40 and over), completing the race in 32:56 minutes. The Tigers placed second out of the five teams that participated in the race, finishing only two points behind the first-place Ajax team. Approximately 115 runners took part in the fourth annual race, an improvement over the 75 par- ticipants last year. Team president Ian Barron says the Durham Regional Police and St. John Am- bulance provided "excellent sup- port" at the race. The Whitby Tigers Racing Club has been operating for four years, and is approximately 40 members strong. Barron describes the club as "a low-key social club with a highly elite side to it." . ..... .............. May 5 to 11, names will be drawn of winners. Above, Rita Loyst, handles applications for day 37 of the 88-day run. ' road race Open to anyone from age 10 on- ward, the team competes in races throughout Ontario, and travels to the U.S.A. annually to participat,' in American races. Barron, whose goal is to compete in the 100-mile road race in Washington, took up running when he was 30. "I started off because I had health problems and I was over- weight. I decided I had to do something about it. Then I got competitive, and started to really enjoy running." The team consists of serious, highly competitive runners, and those who just enjoy running for its health benefits. Barron says both types of runners are welcome to join the club. "We start them off as fun run- ners, and bring them right up from there." Games begin m May After an enthusiastic response to last year's Ontario Senior Games, local organizers expect even better numbers for the 1987 event. Events begin in May. Bridge play will be on May 5, 12 and 26 and car- pet bowling May 7 at the Ajax Friendship Centre. Whitby Seniors Centre will be the scene of cribbage competition May 22. Whist play will be on May 21 at the Oshawa Senior Citizens Centre. Progressive euchre will be at Uxbridge Music Hall June 3 and horseshoe pitching at the Port Perry fairgrounds June 4. The region final for shuffleboard will be June 9 at the Oshawa Senior Citizens Centre. Snooker play will be June 15, 17 and 19 at Calabria Billiards, Oshawa. Lawn bowling will be held at the Oshawa Lawn Bowl green June 17. Golf will be June 24 at Ayren Links Golf Course. Fishing and SEE PAGE21... Whitby bantam B's ended their hockey season over the weekend with a flourish, coming up just short in a dramatic overtime shootout in the final of a New York State tournament. Whitby tied and then won twice to reach the final against West Seneca. After a scoreless overtime and no goals in a shootout, West Seneca finally got one by Whitby goalie Mike Mitchell in a sudden- death shootout to win the tour- 7nament. Final score 4-3. The Buffalo, N.Y. tournament was for bantam teams but the West Seneca entry included both 16 and 17-year-olds, or a bantam-midget combo. Meanwhile, the Whitby team had four 13-year-olds (major peewees) to make up for players lost due to injury. "They were definitely not out of place," said coach Charlie Washet of the younger players - Rob Mar- tin, Martin David, John Catto and Shawn Dawson. In fact, Dawson, a goaltender, was named a star in the first game played by Whitby, a 4-4 tie with the host team, the Bisons, on Friday. Brian Duff scored three goals for Whitby in the first period but it took a goal by Peter Defina with 1:07 left to tie the game. Another of the peewee delegation, David, along with Chris Vanclief, earned assists on the Defina marker. Duff was also named a star of the game. Whitby downed Depew, N.Y. in their second game by a score of 4-1 on goals as Duff scored two more goals while Defina and Brent Knowles had the others. Knowles and Rob Dawson, who had two assists, were the Whitby stars. Duff again came up big in the third game, scoring the winner with 57 seconds left to give Whitby a 2-1 win over Hamilton, Ont. and a ber- th in the final. David had opened the scoring for Whitby. Duff and Jamie Brousseau were named stars. Whitby was looking forward to an encounter with Bradford in the final, the team that knocked Whitby out of the all-Ontario playdowns. But West Seneca defeated Bradford 6-0, their third straight shutout, to gain the other final berth. Defina quickly put an end to the West Seneca scoreless streak as he Melien has four firsts Lori Melien of Whitby had four first place finishes at a swim meet in St. Catharines last weekend. Melien, 14, an Ajax Aquatic Club member, placed first in the 50- metre freestyle, 100-metre freestyle, 100-metre fly and 100- metre backstroke. She also placed second in the 200-metre freestyle. Another Whitby resident, 16- year-old Derek Phillips, also placed well at the meet held at Brock University on April 24, 25 and 26. Phillips placed first in the 200- metre backstroke, second in the 100-metre backstroke and third in the 100-metre fregstyle. - scored early. West Seneca tied it but Mike Thom made it 2-1 before the first period was six minutes old. The scored remained the same un- til thé third period. when with 2:20 to go, West Seneca tied it. With 1:30 left, West Seneca took the lead. But with three seconds left, John Vanderheyden's shot from the point found net to tie the game. A five-minute overtime went scoreless and then three players from each team failed to beat the goaltenders in a shootout. But the first West Seneca shooter in a sud- den-death shootout which followed then scored. "It was a tough way to end it," said Washer. "But we've had a great, great year. "It was a typical ending for a team that had a lot of excitenie for most of the year." Mitchell was a well-deserved star in the final game. Washer said Mit- chell and Dawson were standouts in the four games. Other team members were Chad Harvey, Kevin Mead, Kevin Washer, Steve Vanderheyden, Jeremy Stella, Jason Gurd, Mike Garton, Jamie Collins and Drew Kawa. Bantams win 2 of 5 in Kamloops The Whitby AA major bantams finished the season in second place behind Barrie, a somewhat disap- pointment to coach Mike Primeau. "It was a successful year for in- dividuals ut as a team we could have done tter," says Primeau iwho has de*ilded not to come back as coach next season. Having coached the major ban- tams for five years, he says "it is time to move on." He has applied to .coach another Whitby rep team. -'The bantams ended the season at àtournament in Kamloops, British Columbia last weekend. The team won two and lost three. games against top triple A teams. After the tournament, Keith Primeau was picked centre on the first all-star team. Primeau, along with six other members of the Whitby team were also chosen,to attend an Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) hockey camp held in Belleville recently. The other six players chosen were Dave Mitchell (goalie), Adam Foote, Greg Kerr, Brian Shalfoon, Brian Mueggler, David Grant. Sixty-eight players attended the camp, with six moving- on to a second camp. Keith Primeau, for- ward and Brian Mueggler, defence were among the six chosen. Two more camps will be held between now and Christmas, at which time a team will be chosen to represent Ontario against a Russian team. Primeau says that ail members of the team are eligible to play with the bantams next year, and if the players dedicate themselves to playing hockey "they will be suc- cessful."