Page 22, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, February 9, 1994 Atoms take 2-O leaqd inplaoffýs The Whitby major atoîn AAA hockey tam, sponsored by Dundas Centre Guardian Drugs, holds a commanding 2-0 lead in the. second round of the Ontario Mixior Hockey Association playoffs againat Quinte, after eliminating Central Ontarbo Wolves in the firet round. Whitby, who ended the. season second overali, faced Wolves in a best-of-three playoff. Gaine one saw r,Whitby jump out te an early lead on the strength of a goal from Blaine Down, assiste te, David Morasse and Bobby McBride. Central bounced back wth a goal in the. first totie the gaine after one period. Périods two and three belonged te, Whitby as they woni 5-1. Kyle Brandi, Sean MacRury, Bobby MeBride and Down rounded out the scoring. Assiste wient te Judd Stevenson (thre.), Jay Harrison and Steven Farquharson. Gaine two, played in Newcastle, was a much closer contest, but once again Whithbr came out con top by a score of 8-2 to elininate Central fr-om further pa_mharsoýn, Down and McBri& were the. goal-ecorers, with helpers going to Jeremy Fisher, Jeif Frazer, Mike Morrison, Harrison and Branch. Justin Unimait played weIl in the nets and kept the. teazn alive, especially the firet round. Second-round pop et Quinte, arrived in Brookliu Friday night for the firet gaine of a best-of-five meres. Tii. two team okated to a0-0de at the end of the firet prod in an even]y played period It was not until the mid-point of the. second period that Farquharson élapped home a rebound on a shot from Harrison from the. point, to give Whitby a ofle seed goal came early in the third on a shot from Down, asted by Morasse. Quinte scr.d late m the game to ruin a ehutout bid by goalie Ian Watson. Gaine two in the serie moved to Welington. However, Whitby came out of the blocks flying and ekated to an early 3-0 freit p.riod lead and neyer looked back, defeating the home tearn 8-1. Gloals for Whitby were scored by Frazer (two), MacRury, Branch, Stevenson, Down Harrison and Robert LaLà onde. Assise went to Morasse (three), MacRury (two), Stevenson (two), Parquharsn (two), Frazer, Stephane Linkiater and Reece Robertson. MEMBERS 0F the Woodstock Whirlwinds Whitby ýSkating CIub's annual invitational precision skating team apply Iast minute compétition Saturday. makeup touches prior to performing at the Phoi by MSk Reosor, Whilby Fme Press Gold 10 Elusion for Whitby skaters Three Whtby tearne won medals bncluding on. goldM the lý%itby Figure 51d, i Clubs anualinvitational pre- cision skating club cometition over the weekend. WhitbyIc Elusions won their third gold modal in as many compeitons in the adult divi- sion. Elusions, coach.d 4y Cathy Dalton, plaoed fret in their MKIglt and fret ithe~ gold final intMe event at Iroquois Park on Satur- ElaZusons liad won previous competitions in Newmarket and Bracebrid.cahdb WhiýYc Angels, cahdb KellyJenninge, were third i their fliglt and third ithe~ gold final in tei novice (aged 12 to 15) division. Anegels were second at a com- petition i Bston Jan. 23. Whitby Ice Pix, coached by Mona Gibney, were third in fligit and fret in the, silvor fimai in the. juvenile (aged 7 te 11) division. Pix also won gold ini the silver final at Newmarket and were third at the. compotition in Bos- ton. Thore wes no senior event at the Whib conp.titioni but Jons, .rormd n ehiition skate -of their short prograin. Whitby midgets advance The. Wluby ïnudget AAA hockey teani won their firet ETA playoff serbes by beating Richmond-Hill Vaughan Stars 4-2 this past Sunday in the. deciding gae of the series. John LÀiano opened the. scorin for Whitby midway tfio=g Z tifret period on a rebound ho poppod into the. open net. The. score was oven after the. firet p.riod e.d tiien Stars took tho load 2-1. Whitby camne out flrbng in tiie third period and scored tire. unanswered goals, the. firet coigfromn Mark Vanderlip on a dfetd shot by Dale Edwards. Whitby went up 3-2 as Brad Newpoet blew the. puck past the. Stars goale into the bottomn left corner. The insurenco goal camne late in the. third period wlien Jeif Breniner tipped a Geof Park élapsiiot between the. loes of tue Stars goale. fOtiier playere picking up points for Whtby were Andrew MeLauglilin, Adani Sielda, Ian MacNeil and Matt St. Amaend., Jambe Hogol, in net for Whitby, wont on te, capture bis second win of the. series by once again provi ding excellent goltending, especa]ly early in the. game whon Srswero pressing. The. next serbes begins Feb. 10 againet Ajax-Pickering Raiders in Pîckering. Silver, bronze for Crower 1 AshAiLrh1 <%rnw w yn iqiv r rhlav won the 5Om free- zwa ull U . w. TV Wuxi ri046Vu* and bronze medals at the Ontario senior swim champion- ships Fob. 4 te 6 at Etobicoko. Crowder, from the Whitby Iro- ~ osSwirn Club, was second i otm backstroke and third i 200m backstroke at the meet a tuneup for the Commonwealth Gaines. Jennifer Crowder just missed a bronze medal i2qOOm breast- stroke, and qualified for the finals in moet of hor evente. Aaron Lo qualified for the Youth National Chamnpionships in the 50mn freestyle. At the. NYAC (North York Aquatic Club) Invitational held over the sanie weekend, Whitby's Marie-Ev. TIremblay, 14, quali- fied for the. Eastern ôanada Cup with a third-place fi*s and a time of two minutes, 34.28 seconds i the 200 individual medley. The. Wiitby mojor novice AAA hockey teain, sponsored by the Laie uxbiay, last week had tire. strabhtpayoff wbns. Aft.r finisiiing the season in firet place, Whitby was competing in a round-robin (home and away) playofl, with only the top two teams out of six advancing te the noxt round. With this mission athad Whitby defeated Poterborougi at home 6-5, travelled te Markham and won 3-2, and then won 10-6 over Richmond ill. T'he Peterborough gae saw the. visting teani out for revonge after an 8-O home ice lone in the firet gaine. Whitlyy twioe lied two-Eqal leada. However, penamesallowed Peterborough te corne back wthin on. goal each tâme. Witli the goalie out and Whitby down a mani, Poterborough did everything possible te beat goalie Marc Gleeson, but he stood teIl in the. end. Brandon McBride and Tyler Harrison led the way with two goal s each with singles going te Jamnes Liske and Adai Thibodeau. Adcling assiste on the style and was second in 200mn breastatroke at the nieet, held as pareparation for the Ontario age group chaznpionships ini March.' Kesley Benning, (), had a pro- vincial quahfying turne in the 400m freestyle, in which she flnished seventhinm the age 9 and 10 division. Sarah ILo won the 100mn breastetroke for girls aged il and 12, was second in 200mn medley, third ini 50m freestyle and 200rn breastotroke. Lio is third-ranked i Canada in lOOxn- breastatroke, eighth- ranked in 200mn redley, sev.nth- ranked inn0mree and ninth- ranked in 200m breaststroke. Erie Chan was snd in lOOmn breastetroke for boysaed 8 and nder, and third hiin freestyle. Ldsay Crowder was second in 100m buttorfly and third i 100mn backstroke for girls aged 13 and 14. night were Ryan Tutak and Billy Deir with two each, and singles g to Michael Koeiw, Andrew MgramRonie Robertson, Lieke and Tbibodeau. Tiie Markham game wmas hard-nosed battle. -Eech teain tradod gos in thi. fret haif of the gaine. Scoring for Whitby was Kosbw, asbse by MeBride. Whitby built a two-goal load on goals by Kosiw and Pigrein. Markham made it 3-2 but couldn't get tii. equalizer as Chris Nemiez closed the door for the. win. Tii. Richimond HFEU garne saw 'Wht dominate when tiiey nee= te, especally the. McBride-Koeiw-Pbgrain lin. which accounted for oeven ga and 14 points. McBzde liad tliree goals and two assist, Koeiw two goals and four assista and Pigram two goals an an assist. Harrison chbpped in two goals, with Thibodoau providing the. other. Marc Gleeson faced. 25 shots in goal and recorded the. win. Whitby lias a w.ek layoff before playing six gaines in eight day, MartiSaturday at home 2:15 p.m. at Iroquos îark. to