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Whitby Free Press, 15 Mar 1995, p. 23

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Whltby Fr00 Prosa, Wednesday, March 15, 1995. page 23 3-'GAME SWEBE Atoms advance to provîncials The.Whitby mmnor atom AAA hockey team1 swept Peterborough in three sraight games to wmn the Eastern AMA titi. and gain a borth in the OMHIA provincials ini Welland March 24-26. The Whitby teani, sosored by Fortune Financ-:ial, efeated Poteroro h7-5 i a wîld furst gaine last ursday. Potes led, 3-0 at one point before Whitby came. back, and the teams were tied 5-5 after ration tme. lu ovortime, honnie Robertson with bis second goal and James Liske scored for the win. Wade Branch, Brandon McBrido, Sean Pitcher and lYrler Harrison also scored. .. On Saturdlay in Peterborough, the home teamm scored two fiâat-- period goals but was then muf- fied wbile Whitby went to the attack and soere sevon unans- wered goals. Pitcher McBride, ]Robertson Ieske, ii-an Tutak, Michae Kosiw and Paul Ranger scored in the well-balanced attack. On Sunday, Branch scored with just 16 seconds romainig to break a 44 ie and gve Whitby the series. Tutak, Kosiw Liske and Har- rison Qadthe otier goals. W oodley win s 3 Ontarjo even ts Kevin Woodloy f Whitby won three gold medals at h nai Minor Track Association indoor championshipsrecently. .Woodly,.competing as a. mem- ber of the Durham X-L's track and Field Club, won the 60- motre race, .200-metre race and lon g jump for tyke (aged 9 and 10) boys. In the same division, Whitby students were first and third in 60-metre hurdies. Jerome Mes- sain was 4rst and Camero n Sahadath th*d'.. Messain was also second, behind Woodloy, in the 60-metre race* and lon g jump. Sahadath was second inhigh jump. The youth (undor age 13) divi- Sion of the X-L's practises every Monday, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Civie Dme in Oshawa. Anyone wanting to participate can attend. For more inîformation, cail 655-8394. Novices overwhelming in Barrie tournament The WhiV novice Bs, sponorebyVcdom Sand and Gaedefeated Ajax 6-3 te win te novice chaMpionsbip at the Barrie ringette teurnament over the pst weekond.th swoepmng their four quali(yi-ng gaines and outscoring their opoition by a margin of 43-6. Wbiztby oponod the tournamont with a 6-3 win over Aýjax on Friday evening, an outcome identical te Sunday's tournament final. On Saturday they bandily defeated St. e=ma 12-1 and Caledonia 13-1. Whitby thon assured themesîves of a place in the cbampionsbipgin with a 12-0 win overNot Bay on Sunday oni1 In the roun *-roUn qualifiers, Karen McWillams scored 14 goals aud Anianda Church and Lindsey Giordano each taflied seven times. Cortoje Hery had threo goals. Suie Crabb, Erin Mclutosh, Tracy Kotarba, Laura Campbell, Shauna Ramer and Sara RoseaUtwo each. In the bmposhpfinal,- axs scored early to tae a 1-0 leadL However, McWiisms replied on a pretty passîng play with Campbell and Kelly Jeffa. It took Ajax just 33 seconds to rei the lead at 2-1, but McWilliams tied the game with a power-play goal aft«e taiong a lon p ûs=fmCrabb. Church gave Whitbhy the leu4 for guod juat 21 seonda into te~ second period when ah. scorod on ber owu rebound with a bigh backhand shot. Church thon added her second of the afternoon te give Wbithy, a 4-2 lead. With Ajax playing shortbanded, Giordano scored for Whithy just 55 seonds later. Then with just 2:22 remaining and Racheal Jimmo forecheclding aggessivoly, Crabb put the gaine out of reach at 6-2 when she mntercepted on Ajax learing pass and scoeed on ýabigh backband shot. Njax countered with a goal just 12 seconds later te, complote the scoring. Erin Flaherty backstopped Whitby te ail five victorios. Wihitby is coachod by Jane Northey and Tom R amer. Cyntbia Henry is toam manager. MARTY CALDER, several times a Cana- dian champion in wurestling and a competi- tor in previous Summer Olympics, works with Whitby students Malcolm Maclea and Stuart Derbyshire, members of the Dur- ham X-L's wrestling club.. training for the Canadian tryouts in May, was at an give X-Ls members a recently. .Calder, who's iOlympie team Aaxscîl to Ice PixK foti"rth r na ,The Whitby Ice PMx jurvenile team (under age 12) was fourth at the Ontario pnecison skate cbampionsbips this past weekend. It was the boat fiih ever at a poical event for Ice Pix, cahdby Mona Gibney. While the all-Ontario mm peitin esa Championsbip avant at the juvanile 1 , it was mn invitatiogilel vent at the novice and senior levels (io. it was not necessary for the novice and senior teainste compote at the avant in order te go on te Canadians). I pat yeers the novices and seniors hava not attended, coecentrating iustead on practising fo Canadians. This yoar they docided te, compote, sud .kated extramaly wail. Tha WhitIhyrlmaAzgels novice teai (aged 12 to 15) placod first iu their Meigt aud tbird i the final te winn brone. The Angols nre coached by Kelly Jennings. The Whitby Ice Fyre senior tu=eam (ed 15 sud over) were third after the slhort "r an sd placed second in the long prograin, rosulting ina second-plce finish overall. The Fyre are coeched by ody Joues. Ail thr.sWhitbteaeiahad prvies~ a eied -Mm eaFy npZa Pli ail placed firet at sectional aent. . Te Fyreansd Angels wlil compote mn the Canadiana sini Cgayon Eeste weekoud. The Iat c mettiocf thi e ason for PIX wl b. Spinigfest, an invitàU" oe vant. Olympian advice Photo by Ma rkeeor, Whitby Free Prou fer in and the

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