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Whitby Free Press, 26 Aug 1992, p. 23

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r*~i.' ~ WVhlbv Free Pros, We*iesday. August 26, 1992, Page 23 3 morenal tities for Whtby Threo more Whitby teame won provincial lacrosse champion-, ships over thé past weekend hin Whitby. Whîtby's bantamn A ' team showed why thoy'.were heatvy favoiurites to' win by defeating Petertborough ,9-3'. ithe' fial. Marty 0 rien was named most, valuablep layer for VWhitby.,. WhiWtb ?s strong novice.Ateamn als had little trouble" in the ' final with 'a 12-2 victory over Jeif Frazer was named most valuable player for Whitbyi the final. >Whitby's novice,#2 team defea- ted London 7-4 inthe nov'ioeB final Andrew Saeierning MNf>'hbnours. But the moat exciting game of the tournament proved ta ,b. disappointing'for the Whitby peeweo A team. Peterborough won 7-6 in triple overtime, wrecking Whitbys btid for foui' championships in the novice and peewvee divisions. Whitby'e peewee B team had previously won the ýprovincial chaiùpionship. -Windsorwon the novice C titie and Scarborough. novice D 'title as Whitby played hast ta more than 2,000 lacrosse players., Games.g.9ld for Croucher, Benyarku 1 Two Whitby teens each won a gol4 modal at the'Ontario Sum- mer Games i Scarborough Aug. 19-23' YJennifer Croucher won the 2 OOm wak*wth a time of 18 than Ive minutes ahead of -the runner- up. 1Esi B enyarku won the women's 100m with a time of 12.26 seconds -. 0.02 ahead of the runner-up. Whitby's under-14 boys teama won the goictmn soccer. Lesley Grenon and Natasha Vialva, both of Whi*tby,. were members of the Ontario B team that won gold in junior women's field lacrosse. Kimberly Guymer of Whitby was a. member of the. Durham Region team that won silver. Saloy Peel. of Whitby was a momber of the Central East squad that *on bronze in woesunder-l7.volley4,aLl., Witby eded in OBA qaife THE1 WHITI Y IROQUOIS under-14boysl suttered 'a minor,. setback - à 1-0 Ioss toSt. Bemard Rookçets Iast Thursday - on their way to winning. the' provincial soccer champinhP.' Photo by Il.kRow MYFiee Pre The . Whitby Dunedin Construction midget baseball team was eliminated fr-om Ontario Basobali Association play last week as they lost a 4 - 3 docision -ta Oshawa in the third. gae of thir playdown series. The totas had attemptod ta pyte game on Tuesa nih ast week but rain halted the contost in -the fifth inning and with the game tied 2 -2. It had to be roschodulod for Thursday and replayed in its entiretyr. Whitbhy jumped out ta a lead in the third imnng as Steve- Wood and Jamie DMfore reached base on hits -- and Tlm' Puddister walked. Tim Imeson thon drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and an Oshawa' error accountod for another. Oshawa. got one back in the bottom of tho inning on two, bits but'a perfectly exocuted cut-off throw from Difioro ta, Mace ta, Puddiser put thoelid on any further scoring in that frame. Wood. drove i n anothor run in the sixth with a squeeze bunt ta lift Whitby inta a two-run load but Oshawa stormed back in the bottom haif of the inning to notch two and tie theamat 3 -3. Keith Mills, Whitby's starting pitcher, left the. game in the seventh after linuting Oshawa ta, *six bits and strildng out four. Imoson came on in relief ta snuff out. the rally but Whitby couldn't mount any offence in the final two framos, oponing the door for Oshawa to win *the game on an unoarnod run in the bottom on tho eighth., "Fm. very proud of, tbis teaxn," said Dave Imoson, Whitby coach. 'We were down ta 10.players and two of them were playing ierjured yot I foît we played well enough ta win against one of the strongest teams in this age- division." WVhitby will play Oshawa again noxt week in the leaguo finals wbich will bring -the oastern Ontario season ta an end., THREE WHITBY lacrosse teams the ban- More than 2,000 lacrosse players, some of tam A, novice A and novice B uads - won them, shown above dunng' openng cere- provincial tities ait he Ontau. lacrose cham- monies, played li the toumament Dionhps over the weekend e a qoPaiK. h~IkbaUyFuos For tbe firat timo,àa Whitby tearu bas won a provincial soccer cèhampionship. Whitby's under-14 team, although 'highly rate&, wasn't expected to go to the final - - in fact, one broadcast crew dis- missed Whitby as a- likely. laser in the Ontario Cup semi-final against North York Azzurri, Cep favorites, on Saturday. But Whitby upset Azzurri 4-3 and thon dofeatod'Chinguacousy, another favoured team, 2-0 in tho Cup final- ta capture the provincial championship- and a gÉold modal in the Ontario Sum- mer Gamnes. «Nobody- expected us, ta win, said'coach IUn Burns, noting ha team is strong in al 7areas. ut wo had to beat aIl of 'the top teamis in Ontario ta get ,ta the final.» Whitby had previously defea- ted Vaughan, East York and Oakville to qualify as one of the final eight teams in the Cu' Having won a to;ýuhlegue g ame on Wednosday, a 'tired Witby toam lost 1-0,ta St. Ber- nard Rlockots last Thursday ta open the Cup final, but came back ta dofeat ,London, 1-0 on1 Friday. The semi-final win over Azzurri was the sweetst of all'. "That was lke aur final,', said Burns. "It was a very emotional Team captain Jeffreyt MacLean, who had ecored in thé o win over London, scored two1 goals aainst Azzurri. Neil Sharpt and Neil Mair also scored for Whitby. Burns descrlbed MacL»an a 4utstanding in the-L*e and said Ibis goals were, 4orld-« class.» Also oiuttanding- was keeper Mark Burns,. who mic à spar- kling Sav' to >presev les tout win' over Cinguacéusy ini the ,finaL.q Burns got pon f he 1 'from ,the strong dofne anc hrdyFankieBakr Richard Bellew ýheaded in, MacLean'i corner kick with only seconds remaining ithe first haîf to give* Whitb a 1- haïf- time lead againstChgingtUusy.. With Chinguacousy pusbing for the tying goal, Jamal Jupiter scored the insurance marker on a counter-attack'. Whitby will n9w representý Ontario- at the national, cham- pionshin C 1arOct. 10-12. )etetop-seedd teami at the national chamipioàn-ý ships. Other members of the Whitb team are, Ian Braithwaite, Ro Death, Krietian Gljustic, AdamÉ Klukowvski Neil Perryman .Rya StimnminsXkwame Waife-nnh, Mark Williams, assistant coac h Ashlei h Williams and.-manager Jame acLean. Whitbylaisstill playing Inthe finals 'o f'the Scarorough-Dur- hamm Cup (beague finals)., jRegistration.for Registratioei for. new members to~~ ~ th Wbty Figure Satn .Club wil take place Sc Wednesday,- Sept. 9, 6 to'9p. Miat the IroquoliPark Campez MlAdul"te and children (must be age 4 by Dec. 31) are welcoene. Lacrosse tàhciitll)1011sliil)S

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