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Page 16, Whltby Free Press, Wednesday, Fobruary 16, 1994 Novices caught .gaz-ing at Star Aftor defeating Ajax-Pickering 10-3 on Saturday, the Whitby major novice AAA hockey teain got Cauft nappinf and lost 4-3 tothetomtow .chmond HMU Stars in rocent playoff action in the flrst round of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association east division playoffs. The win was the first of the playoffs for Richmond aganst six bosses Hifl Whitby, sponsored by the. Ladies Aw-dliary, bwIt a 3-0 lead early in the Secnd period but found out the hard way that it takes throo periods to win a hockey gaine as Stars came ýIroaring back with four unansworod goal. miScing for Whitby was chaë -loMwwith two goals and an assist, Andrew Pigram with a singie and Brandon McBride with a pair of assista. Cing the distance in goal was Marc Glooson. On Saturday, Whithy skatodto a convincing 10-3 win over Ajax-Pickern. MeBride led the charge with four goal and throe assista, ICouw had two goals and an assstandPifram a godland the trio.13pitfo Adding singles wero 1Tyer Harrison, Bily Doir and Paul Ranger un a spoctacular end-to-ond rush. James Liake, Adamn Thibodeau and Ronnie Robortston addod assista. The win and loa put Whitby GOALIE STEVE GREENING watches the puck roll across the the United Way. Greening's valiant efforts (he was named line after a shot by Maria Lessard, Durham Regional Police most valuable player for the teachers) weren't enough to stop officer, as the police hockey team faced Henry Street High the police onslaught. Sohool teachers in an exhibition game that raised $1 ,000 for Photo by Joremny Orowa, Whltby Free Press at five wins and mne bos in the lO-game round-rébin format. The top two teamWin ilMent in a boat-of-five format for the OMHA oast title. The next home ane of the flrst round is slated for lhusaday, Feb. 17 at Luther Vipond Arena i Broolin againat archrival Markham Thunder. Awards for Whitby skaters Five skaters from the. Whitby Figure Skating Club were recipionts of awards at the annual Whitby Optimist Club sports dinner held rocently. The combined awards wer for contribution to the sport of figure skating, attitude, personal Proficiency, and -assistance to others. Recipients were Joif 1Koosbag (Canfiguro), Jacqueline' Welsh (junior), Andrea Accardo (intermediate), Paul Varuer (senior B) and Meredith Gilbert (seniorA). 3 straight for bunnies The Wliitby Prngle Cr-eek IGA bunnios ringtte teain won their third straight tournamient last woekend, defeatang PIckering 10-0 i the final. Amazida ULly made several excellent saves early and Whitby thon ran awy with thige . Whitby had defeated 1 rkeig earlier in the. tournanient by a score of 11-4. Whitby abso won gaines . ~nt Richmond MiIl 14-5 andM awwta f2. Chantei Smith had 12 goals; Mykala Abel, throe goals, six assista; Lily, six gals, two assista; Caitlin Kelly, four goals, three assista; HoU Langlois, selven goals; Katie Parish, four goals, an "ssit; Alison William%, two goala,ý two assita Laura Gray-ElIis, two goals an assist;, Amy Parish, a goal, an amst; and Amy Moulten, an assiat. -La,-dies win B titie Whitby Ladies won tue B divi-. sion of the. recent Woolwich ringette tournament in St. Jacobe, Ont. Whitby defeated Kitchener 7-2, tied Woolwich 4-4,- defeated Cam'- bridge 9-0 and thon edged Wool- wich 8.7 in the. B final. Camre Brown had 16 pointa for WjhitbyTink MfKa-1 13 and Anya Roati seven. Dnna Pal- fre played weIb in goal. Juniors show heart in Kingston tournament The Whitby AMidas Muffler junor irWringette teain went undofeatedto capture the gold modal at the 14th annual Kingston Valentine tournament over the weekend. Whitby opened tournament play on Friday evening againat their toughest opponent, Almonte and won 3-2 in a very fs-ae adcle-checkung gane. In heï seondgaine Saturday ovening, Whitby used the large ice surface te suporior advantago and coasted by their Ajax rivais 11-1. Whffitlby scored eight goals in the firet period. On Sunday morning, Whitby deniod Elora any real.opportunity and won 7-0. The finals placed undefeatod Whitby against Almonte. Both teains came out flying and cranked the gaine pace up a few notches over that of their firet meeting on Friday. Almonte opened the scorixig and Whitby answered with two goals before Almonte tied it up against at the end of the first period. Whitby thon went up by two goals port way througlh the second poriod, but Amnnte thon scored throe goals in just over a minute to, talc. a 5-4 lead with just over eight minutes of play. However, Whitby nover gave in and , ame back with a short-handed goa and a power play goal to pull aea.Veiy solid goaltending fi= SainSheppard helped preservo the win. Captain Catie Challoner led the teain with soven goals and six assiosa. Close behixid was Tamara Wiesiolek with sevon goals and throe assista, Angeba Dunn with fivo goals and threo assista, Caie Corneal with three goals and one assist, Brea Blight with two goals and three assista, Ainsley Hunt witii two goas and one assiat LindsayMiBlard with on.e oa and four assista and Shannon Perry rounded out the. goal scorers with one goal and on. assist. Also contributing with teazn assista te the 28 goals séored wore Linsa Feld with four, Amy Sagan with two and Luanne MacKenzie with a single asest. Sheppard surrendered only throe goals in the three gaines of the. round-robin portion. lier steller performance frustrated ,Amont. in the final gaine. Bs win Valentine prize The Wlutby Hanet Plastics novice B ringtte teain won Kingston's 5th annual Valentine tournament over the weekond., Came one saw Whitby overpower the host team 8-0. Karen McWilliame nettod three goals and added anas t Emily Sand and 'Micholle L had a goal and two aitaach, Jade Blight a goal and an asit, Heather Pool and Katluyn Perry each had a goal, two assista for Krystal Chartrand, Kailoy Miller, Rachel Stewart and Meaghan Cloutier each an assiat. Tara Henry got the shutout. Saturday mormng Whitby defeated Pierrefonds 7-2. The gaine was tied at the end of the firet period 1-1 and remained very close until Whitby scored five goals in the last eight minutes. Leading the attack was Stewart with three gSals iller two goals and two assista, PROM PAGE 18 Tweens triumph lin finaLlg TheWitby McCullough Jewellors Ltd. tween A ringette teain compoted in the Pickering tournament Feb. 10-13 and came aw schampions. hostoý of the tournmont was an 8-4 win for Whîtby. In a lopoided encounter, Whitby ovorpwered beague competitors Ajax by a 10-0 shutout. Whihy thon faced a teain fiom WestFerris. Althougih dominating the m4ority of the. gaine and with thoescoe tied at 3-3 in the final period with 21 seconds beft, West Ferris managed te scor.d a goal te hand W ty their oly tous of the tournamont. Stratford waa the next opostion and i a close contoat, Why came away, with a 4-3 victory. The. win placed Whitby li second place and unbeaten Wst Ferris in .fat plaue for the. championship gaine. Wiîth West Ferris doèiding to p layý a rough ggesiegan and getting 12 penalties, Whîtby stuck te their fast, dlean ganie and won theogold modal with 4-3 victory. Jossca Wilam had seven as six assista; Melanie Davis, tôzgoS, ine assista; Ellen Johnson, three goals eight assista; Callie Oshornie, fourgoals, meen assista; Jennifer Jasidy, SNE PAGE 18