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PAGE 16, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 12.1987 cercise in boredom from a spec- tator's point of view, as the game was stopped every other minute while players were escorted into the penalty box. Both the officials and timekeepers were kept busy throughout the entire game as Lakers were assessed 102 minutes in penalties, compared with 52 han- ded out to Redmen. Brooklin took advantage of SEE PAGE 23 Foote leads Whitby in midget lacrosse finals Whitby's midget lacrosse team had two wins and two losses in the provincial finals held over the weekend in Etobicoke. Adam Foote, a standout all year for Whitby, scored 12 goals in the four games. ADAM FOOTE Foote had four goals and added two assists in a 9-8 decision over Mississauga. Jay Lee, another Whitby sniper, scored three while Chris Tucker had two. Foote scored four in the 9-8 decision over St. Catharines. Derek Jones scorea two goals while Tucker and Lee had the others. Brian Munroe had four assists. Foote scored three goals in a 9-5 loss to Burlington. Tucker and Lee had the other Whitby goals. Whitby was knocked out of fur- ther competition when Six Nations *broke a 7-7 tie with seven seconds left in a hard-fought game. Tucker, Munroe and Lee each scored twice while Foote had the other. Foote also had three assists. "We should've went on," said Foote of his team's fortunes. "Their (Six Nations) goalie really stung us. He was their team." Whitby trailed 7-2 in the game but came back to tie it before giving up the winner. - Foote, top scorer on the team, and Tucker, second leading scorer, are best friends. Both have played lacrosse for about 10 years in the Brooklin-Whitby system. The two will try out for the junior B lacrosse Warriors next year. Both were members of a Whitby bantam A team which won the provincial title a few years ago. Whitby needs win to move on The peewee~lacrosse team from Whitby needed a win Monday night to advance in the national playdowns being held in Burnaby, B.C. Whitby had a 2-2 record in games against western Canada teams. That win-loss record was second best among the four Ontario teams in the tournament. Whitby was to play Spartan, Ont. in a semi-final Monday night while Orangeville, first among the On- tario teams, was to play Burlington. Winners of the two match-ups were scheduled for fur- ther play Wednesday. Wayne Primeau scored three goals in an 8-5 win over Port Coquitlam, B.C. Other Whitby scorers were Scott Macdonnell with two goals, Kelly Wayling, Shaydon Santos and Steve Taylor.with one each. Jay Stewart, and Santos each had three assists. Primeau scored five goals and Santos had three Cia 13-5 decision over Richmnond, B.C. Mike Massey scored two goals while Wayling, Paul Flintoff and Jason Cosbie each had a goal. MacDonnell racked up seven assists while Masseyhad three. Whtb> ýitb«n-droçpped -a -,94 decision to Burnaby. Santos scored two, Stewart and Jimmy Brown, one each. Surrey gave Whitby their second defeat, 12-6. BARRIE COX returns a serve during the County Town tournament hosted by the Whitby Tennis Club. Terry Elliott won the men's singles division. Free Press photo WHITBY VS. PETERBOROUGH Seniors drop opener in baseball playoffs Whitby senior baseball team was hoping to tie its playoff series with Peterborough Tuesday night after dropping the opener 8-6 despite a determined comeback bid. Last Thursday, Whitby fell behind 8-0 early on but gradually fought back only to leave the tying run on base in the ninth inning. Mike Welling settled after a SEAN HAYNES, 6, prepares to let go while Jason Evelyn, 5, looks to intercept in recent soccer action between the youngsters at Iroquois Park. Free Pres photo snaky start and went six innings before John Turner took over. Whitby had 12 hits to 11 for Peter- borough in the start of the best-of- five series leading to the provincial finals. Doug Shearer had a double for Whitby. Tuesday's match-up was to feature two of the league's best hurlers, Turner for Whitby and hard-throwing Brad Clark for Peterborough. The other senior B series has Port Hope, recent winners of the league playoffs, against Oshawa. The winners of each series will do battle to earn a berth in the Ontario Baseball Association finals in Cambridge over the Labor Day weekend. "We've had a good year," says player-manager Harold Moore of Whitby. He says the team, which had a 17-11 win-loss record during the regular season, went far in the league playoff because good defen- ce and solid pitching. He says that formula, if applied consistently, can also propel the team to Cambridge. Redmen, Lakers to battle for title Tyke tournament on weekend The Ontario championships for Brooklin beginning Friday and en- tyke lacrosse will be held in Whitby ding Sunday. thisweekend. The Whitby tykes will be among Games wili be played at Iroquwis teams competing for the Ontario Park and. Luther V4pod.aren. crown.. Brooklin Redmen and Peter- borough will meet in the final series beginning next week to determine who earns a berth in the Mann Cup. The two teams met last Thursday as part of a round-robin series. Lakers almost eked out a victory in their last matchup with Brooklin, the final contest of the regular season, and appeared to be psyched up for a win at any cost. But the un- beaten Redmen prevailed 13-5. The opening period was an ex- Loss ends season for Warriors Whitby Warriors junior A lacrosse season ended with 40 seconds left in the third period of the seventh and deciding game against St. Catharines last Thur- sday night. At that point St. Catharines scored their ninth and final goal of the game to win 9-8 and the seven game series 4-3. St. Catharines now goes on' to face Peterborough for the league championship, -while Warriors' players and management can now reflect on what Warriors' general manager AI Garrard deemed a "hectic season. "I was disappointed about the loss at the time but I'm glad we turned the attitude around in the last few weeks," says Garrard. "Hiring Cam (Devine) and making the playoffs brought out the serious attitude of the players." Devine was hired with one game remaining in the regular schedule after the Warriors released coach Bryce Jordan. "That was probably the highlight of the year. The overall attitude changed towards the end of the season,"says Garrard. Warriors looked as if they would face Peterborough early in the game as they led 3-1 after the first period and 6-4 after the second. However, St. Catharines came back strong in the final frame and tied the score at 8-8 with a minute remaining. St. Catharines then scored their finth goal with 40 seconds remaining. Bill Callan had two goals for the Warriors. Greg Lepin, Doug Mumford, Bill Passfield, Greg Van Sickle, Kevin Hayes and Craig Lepine each added singles. Garrard says the Warriors-were missing five players, three of. thern veterans. Gary Mark was in a cast, Scott Boyd was injured and Jason. Richards, who is a member of the Canadian ski-jumping team, was at a meet in Lake Placid. But Garrard did not use the players absence as an excuse, noting the team put in a strong per- formance. Of the 23 players the Warriors had signed this year, Garrârd says 18 are eligible to return next year. One of the ineligible players is goaltender Dave Sachko. "But our number 2 gode, Chris O'Reilly, can do' the job," says Garrard. Garrard would not say if he will be returning as general manager next year. "The answer is either yes, no, or maybe, it is too early to say," he says. He also says coach Cam Devine has not yet been hired for next year. Those decisions will be made during the off-season. Garrard says he has not talked to any of the 18 players who are eligible to return but he expects "the majority of them will want to return."