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Page 16, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, August 11, 1993 Redlmen close to berth i final MATT SHEARER (lefi) watches as hs shot, Fergus 12-8 in the tirst game of the major eludes Fergus goalie Ross Cowie to put lacrosse semi-finals. Brooklin ahead 7-6. Redmen went on to beat1 Photo by Mark Reesor, Whltby Free Pes Midgets advancein OBA The »W-itby Network Architectui-éMindget baseball teain boat Pickering twice hast woek te, advance in the OBA e a hdow -game soxios began with a coavincing 13-1 Whitby victory at Ir:oquois Park on Wednesday evening. Im Imeson, Whitbys starting pitchor, was in full control on the mound, allowing only one infield bit wbile striking eut 12 in the seven-inning gaine. Imeson also led the offence with tbroo doubles, twe, RBIs and three runs scored. Blair Hlardyï,aise ad a big night ut the plate with four bita, throe runs scored and one RBI. Other luttera were David Partlow and Jeff remner with two apiece along with Dwayne Phaure, Brad Newport, Ken Calway and Joeh Miller with ene each. The conteat in Pickcering on Saturday was a different bal gaine as Whitby aquoaked by the Red Sox 2-1 in 10 inniags. Calway pitched seven innings for Whitby, allowing* only one rua wbifle striking out six and waling three. Newport had threbita and scorod the winning run while Cahway had two bits with Chris Mace, Imeson and Bromnor punching eut one apiece. The big bit in this gaine, however, caine frein Jeremy Schott who drove in the winning rua with a two-out triple in the lOth inning. Schott aIse pitched three scorelesa inng in relief of Calway teord the victory and move Whitby into, the next round of the playdowns against Oshawa. The dofence played well i both gaines, particularly shotsop Jerzy Aronowicz, ctchermuler, second baseman Hardy and left-fielder Chris Allison. 1Whitby'a senior basebahi teain began the playeffa with a 10-2 victory over Port Hope on Tues- day hast week. Playing with a full lineup for one of the few times thia season, Whitby won the opener of a best-of-three playoff series. T'he winner of the series will play Ajax for the Eastern Ontario Basebaîl Association B title and a trip te the Ontario Basébal Association B chain- pionahipa over Labour Day week- end With a record of 10 wina and 12 bosses, WVhitby had a niediocre regular seasea, due in part te a depleted liaeup and inconaistent hitting attack that.failed te sup- port mostly gjod atarting pitch- 5Jeff Hardy, one of Whitby's startingpitchera. got the wia over Pfort Ho th a four- bitter, Rob Lyteebtla home run and a double. Brooklin Redmen needed only a win last night (after The Free Press deadline) to advance te the finals, and a likely matchup againat Brampton, in the Ontario major lacrosse playoffs. Redmen, who overtook Feru late in the regular season to dlaim second place, bounoed the Thistles 11-5 Monday in Brooklin to take a 3-0 lead in their best- of-seven series. With leading scorer Greg Van Siekie missing the last two ~mes due to a leg injury, other Renphayers and a new addi- tion have àtepped in to boost the seoring attack Jason Richards and Bill Pas- field are reunited, baving played together in minor lacrosse, and that pairing is paying dividende as Richards scored four goals and had an assist in a 12-8 Rednien win in the first gaine and set up four goals in a .10-7 Redmen win the second gaine. Passfield led Redmen in Mon- day's gaine with three goals and four assiats. "We were just hitting the bal over the place,» said assistant coach Trevor Boggs, the Whitby teaxn's headof and hast bitter during the regular soason. Uft seema when we get a ful teain,,we always bave a good gane,» said Boggs. For the firamt tino this season, shrtto Jhn Heffer played a coplte gaie and atwo bits. Hfehas en bothered by a bad knee. Matt Shearer, calhed up frein the Whitby Warriors junior A teain, has also been outstanding. He scored two goals and added two assista in t he opennggame and had five of the 10 Hedmen goals -in the second gaine. He scored once Monday nigt. Van Sickle played te firat gaine of the series and had two goals and two assista. Paul Mootz was strong in net for Redmen in the third gaine. Should Fergus extend the series with a win hast nCgbt a fifth game wilh ho played Frcay night in Brooklin, gaine turne 8:30 p.rn. A*sixth gaine, if necess- ary, will ha on Saturday night in Brooklin and a seventh gaine in Brooklin on Tuesday night., Bramnpton, which loat onyone regular season gaine, leads in their semi-final series against Peterborough. The winner of the Ontario final will play in the Mann Cup againat the winner of the British C0lumbia league. .......... V M................l......... Whitby mi;jor moequit os, sponsorod by Minequip Ltd., won the Eastern Ontario Basebahl Association playoff championship on the August holiday weekend. .In the double-knockout tournament the Wbitby teain won five gaines in a row to dlaim the championship. On Saturday they defeated Port Hope 18-4 and Pickering 12-2. On Sunday, ini the tournament's key gaine, Whitby came froin bebind to edge Ajax 8-7. After defeating Cobourg 6-4, Whitby again met Ajax i the chanipionséip final. Ajax hoaded the bases in the, first *mng' however, Whitby» pitching and defence held them of the scoreboard. Whitby then rallied for four runs in the bottoin of the frt and cruised te a 10-1 victory and championsbâip. In league play this season, Whitb~y finished in firet place with a 16-2 record, finishing three gaines ahead of second-place Oshawa. On July 24-25, Whitby won ail live gaines te win the Orilia mosquito tournament. During the season, the team's tournament record was 12-2. The teain will now meet Oshawa in th. Ontario playdowns, with the winner advancing te the OBA AAA chainpionsbip on the Labour Day weeloend. Teain members are Luc Harden,,Michael Arbiaster, Chris Lazary, David Beckford, 'Adamn Balan, Judd Stevenson, Wayne Wickens, Joel Prues, Ryan Mendez, Michael Thrton, Wil- Bright and Mark Cimne. Coaches are Bill Arbiaster, Walt Lazary, Brian Beckford and Derrick Balan. Under-13s capture 3rd tournament Whitby's rep premier under-13 boys' socer teain, sponsored by the Bank of Mortreal, captured their third tournarnent championship this sunimer by winning the recent McLaugblin Invitational Cup in Oshawa over the Aug. 8-9 weekend. In round-robin play, Whitby emerged as a contending teani with three aolid victories -- 4-1 over Scarborough A.zzuri Blues, 5-2 over Belleville and 2-0 over North Scarborough. In gaine one against Azzuri Blues, the teains played in rainy conditions and were deadlocked at 1-1 at halftime. In the second half, Whiùtby exploded for three unanswered goals te, capture the win. Mark Engelage, who was nazned MVP, stung the opposition with three goals on accurate setups by Matt Brady, Tope Akinbiyi and Mark Cassidy. Midfielder Zoli Tengelics completed the scoring, converting a direct ick from Brian Rainey. Brandon Codar, supported by a capable fullback core of Rainey, Scott Adainson, Bryant Harte, Stefan Nicota and Brady, lirnited the opposition te one goal. la gaine two against Belleville, Whitby started sluggisbly and again was tied 1-1 at balftiine, before briefly falling bebind 2-1. However, Whitby regained their composure and aggressively surged ahead witb- four second- half markers te, record the 5-2 wmn. Engelage was again on fire and paced Whiitby with tbree goals to earn hîmself a second MVP award. Akinbiyi and Tengelics each added an additional goal; Tengelics aconing on an impressive header frein a corner bIc k by Michael Schleiffer. la gaine three Raiders showed good defensive teaniwork te shut eut North Scarborough 2-0. Coder earned the shuteut for WVhitby. Midfielders ' James West-Bentley and Robbie Adearn showed determined efforts in a defensive role. Engelage scored the winning goal for Whitby and Daniel Demmer provided the insurance marker. Akinbiyi was narned MVP for Whitby. In the chaxnpionship gaine, Whitby played their league and Peterborough tournament competitors, Peterborough, in their fourth head-to-head competition of the year. Whitby niaintaiaed constant pressure throughout the gaine. Peterborough'a tactic wau te play great defence and shut down Whitby's explosive striker Engelage. However, %,ne aswiength of Whitby's consistent pressure emerged as Whitby earned a 4-0 championship victory. Scoing for Whitby were Engelage with two goals, for a tournainent total of nine, and singles to Tengelica and Schleiffer. Coder record anothor shuteut with great defensive bel pfron the solid fuilback core of Raiey Harte, Adainsen, Brady anJ Nicota, te aoli y the chanipionsbip win for W1bitly. Whibywins senio playoff opener