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Whitby Free Press, Wednosday, JuIy 21, 1993, Page 19 Warri ors lose opener WHITBY LACROSSE players held a reunion Thursday night at Iroquois Park. Glen Lotton (Ieft), Herb Tran (middle) and reunion co-organizer Greg McConnelIook over newspaper clippings about the Whitby Millrs, W hitby's first junior A lacrosse team. Lotton and Tran both played on the first Millers team; Lotton played three years with Whitby, eight with Brooklin and then turned pro, playing for Detroit and Philadeiphia. Tran played for Whitby and Brooklin, and MoConneli was a member of the 1970 Canadian champion B&R Trans- portertearn.Photo by Mark Reesor, Whltby Free Pess UNDER-16 SOCCER Cup b id ends Whitby Rangers' run for an Ontario Unico Cup soccer cham- pionship in the undor-16. division came to a screeching hait on I uy 0 Scarborough Malvern Magic, a team that 'hitby had previously games,") said Whitby head coach Ian Burns. has shown steady im rovement, reboundingfrom that 9-0 debacle to defeat Witby 3-2, and thon Burns says his teami may have a lest some focus, as team mem- bers are preoccupied with fun- draising and preparation for the upcoming Keele tournament in En gland. Nevertheless, Whitby has 18 wins, three tries and only three losses this season. And Whitby remains in the hunt for the Central Soccer League Cup, havinq defeated Toronto Croatia 11-1 in recent play. And at the Robbie tournament, Whitby had two wins and two ties in four games -- but it wasn't good enough te advanoe. Whitby beat a team from Scot- land 1-0, defeated Nia gara Falls 4-0 and tied East Yr 11and Middletown, N.J. 1-1. Whitby Warriors came up with one of their best performances of the season but it wasn't enougyh as. they lost 18-14 te St. Cath- armes in the opening game of their best-of-seven junior A lacrosse piayofT series. «We piayed very weli,» said Warriors coach Wayne Colley about is team's performance against the Ontario Ioague's top team that lost oniy one game during the regular season. Colley says his team, playing without leading scorer Jonas Dorks, made "smaii mistakes» that led te St. Catharines goals and the difference in the contest. Before the next _game on Wod- nesdy nigtatIroquois Park, he plnned te have his players wronmovng the bal eut of their zone more effectively. Otherwise, given te fie per- iformance Monday night, "W're poing te do exactly the saine Redmen aim for second place ~ Brooklin Redmen had two wins in three games, inciuding a vic- tory over Ferus last Wednesday, te edge dloser te b3econd place in Ontario major lacresse. Redmen defeated second-place Fergus 8-6, lest 15-12 te Bramp- ton on Thursday and thon defea- ted Six Nations 9-6 on Sunday night te even their record at seven wins and seven losses fer the season, with two games remaining in the regular sche- dule. John Fusco figured pro- minently in Redmen scering in the three games, scering four goals against Fergus three against Brampton anâ three against Six Nations. Grog Van Sickle scered three goals against Fergus while Steve Dyment had the other. Against Six Nations, John Scanga had two goals with sin- gles from Van Sickle, Mike Hard- ing Tom Wreggitt and Jason Richards. Van Sickle had three goals against Brampton, who wrapped up first place oariier this season and remnain undefeated. Harding had two goals while Wreggitt, Richards, Jim Roberts and Fred Upshaw each had one. The league's tep two scorers, John Tavares (fir.-t) and Troy Cordingley (seconîd) oach had three goals for Prampton. Redmen hoA, Six Nations on Wodnesday night, July 28, game time 8:30 p.m. Redmen finis h the regular season in Six Nations on Friday night, Jiily 30. The Whitby Miner Basebal I Association wili work with Innushaire te provide basebal equipment te Inuit children in Davis Inlet, Labrador. The association is. asking players, coaches, umpires and parents te donate equipment te the more than 250 children in the cemmunity. "We hope our effort and contri- bution will offset the tragedy of substance abuse and suicide among young boys and girls in our native communities such as Davis Inlet," says Whitf, miner basebaîl house beague directer Jim Grieve. Items ruied, in ail sizes, are g =vsbts alls, basebali shecatcher's equipment, umpire's equipment, scresheets, teamn shirts or even entire uniforms. Items should be plaed.in a thing" on Wednosday. Jason Crosbie led Warriors with four goals and three assists while Matt Shearer and Jason Pitters each had three. Jamie Williams scored two, Scott Mac- Doneil and Rick Badowich one each. Steve Toli led St. Catharines, which has an explosive offence, with two goais and five assists. T'ravis Kilgour had three goals and two assists, Dave Ferguson throe goais and Bob Fisher and Jason Luke two goals each. Thge third game will be Friday night in St. Catharines, the fourth game in Whitby on Sun- day at 7 p.m. If a flfth _game is noeed,ý it will be on Tuesday night i St. Catharines. Warriorshad been one of five teame battling for fourth place. But two losses last week drop- ped Warriors ail the way to eighth place plastic bag and dropped eoff at a game. Drop-offs can aise be made until Aug. 9 at Grieve's home, 169 Michael Blvd. 8 a.m. te 10 p.m. daiiy (at siâe gate if ne answer) or at the home of George Clay, 65 Glen Hill Dr., noon te 10 p.m. daily (at side gate if ne answer), or at the Peel Park equipment room, Mondays fromn 830O te 9:30 p.m. The Catholic Women's League of Holy Fiamily Parish recently collected more than 150 tewels, soaps and shampoos for the Davis Inlet residents. A Whitby family the Bes- wicks, also recently skipped edu- cational teys te, c hildren in the Labrador community threugh In- nushare, a newly-formed Dur- ham Region group. Innushare was formed when news of the Davis Inlet children's mass suicide attempt made hoad- linos internationally iast winter. Whitby's Mary Wood, chair of Innushare, says there's 90 per cent alcoholism in Davis Iniet and that children «have got nothing te do but sniff gasoline.» Syracuse defeats Whitby On the- July 16-17 weokend, the Whitby peewee B lacrosse team reached the grand finals in the annual Mississauga tournainent before being defeated by a strong Syracuse club. The WVhitby squad, sponsored by the Oshawa Blue Knights field lacrosse association, started off slowly, roping a 52 decision te Acten onmTursday evening. The VWhitby squad continued te keop their playoff hopes alive. Whitby thon had te net only win their remaning gaine against Windsor, but they had te win by at least six goals te, gain a berth in the finals based on goal differential. Paced by a superlative five-point effort frocm Bobby McBride, Whitby trouncod Windsor 7-1 in one of the best Whitby efforts this season. McBride's effort seemed te pick up the entiro Whitby sud which had net played well ntil this gaine. The finals brought Whitby up againzt their longtime rivais from Syracse. In two previous meetings, Syracuse emerged victoious with close wins and this contest was simidlar. A]though Whitby put forth a reasonabie effort, it was net one of their botter outingsj, and in the end, Syracuse managed a 9-5 win. "Vie had our chances te win, but as in the first two gaInes we just didn't put the bail in the net" said assistant coach Murray Down of Broolclin. "Vie were in it at 6-4 but despite neyerai good scorng opportunities, we just kept nussing the net. You can't win if you don't p ut the bail in the net when you h ave the chance. "You only get so many opportunities in a gaine and you have toesjutalize on them to be succeosfil.f in peeim "It was good te reach the finals, but truthfully,* we did a lot of,,thingspory," said coach Iaod Hear.r "Our man short andpwr play are not functioning wel and a numbor of playors need considerable work on basic skills. During the next three weeks3 leading up te the provincials, we have a lot of work te do. $am confident, however, that we can do it and we stili have te ho considered one of the favourites in the upcoming provincials," said Hoar. Leading Whitby's offence in the tournament was Blaine Down with nine points followed cloeely 7ee fnal by McBride with eight. Additional Whitby point-getters were Stephen Hoar with four points, Bobby Marshall three points, Sean MacRury, Andrew Smale, and Max Wilkins two points each, and Lee Silverthorn, Vinmie Crawford, Matt McMullon, Jeremy Fisher, Farren Whittaker, and Matt McKay one point. A strong goaltending offert was put forth by the two Whitby notminders, John Chesebrough and Blar Dinsdale. Whitby's noxt outing will ho the annual Sarnia tournainent July 24-25.