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Whitby Free Press, 5 Apr 1995, p. 23

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VWhlby Fiu. Pros.. skod Apdi 5, 1995. Pap e Whitby unbeate n in reglion rrngette finals Thle Whitby novice B rnet teanwspnsoedbyVicdom Sad & Gravel, won the. B pool of the petite C maqjor. division at the central ren rngette champinhp vr the weekend. Leby Karen McWilliams who had five goals, Whitby defeated Pickering novice selecta 9-7 in the undefelatedin hequalifýng round. Whitby reached the final by cmpdili a 3-- record in the doule-round-rbin quali1ying tournament. On Friday, Whitby 'defeated Oshawa 10-3 in the ýopener. Whitby then edged Pickering 4-3 when Cortnie Henry scored the winner with juat 26 seconds remaining. On Saturday afternoon, Whitby raflied for two late goals to tie Pikrng7-7. Ini their evenig content, WVhitby.impd out to a 4-0 lead and thenuakated to a 7-4 viclory over Oshawa. Whitbyý goal-scorera in the quaityng round were' McrWilia with nine, Lindsey Giordano with seven, Ern McIntosh with five, Henry with three, Amanda Church with two, and Sui. Crabb. and Tracy Kotarba with on. each. Racheal Jiinmo had eight assista. In the ý championship final, Witby took control of tghe gaine early, but Pickerig% aggressvie checking kept the content close on the scoreboard. McWifliama fired the game-winner with 2:33 left and an isuirance goal with 1:08 . .a ni'g. ery had three goals sud Church a single. Shauna Hamer, Crabb, Sara Ross ansd Kelly Jeffa provided strong défensive support throughout the tournainent and contributed 19 assista in the five gaines, including seven in the championshp gaine. Goaltender ErinFlaerty aIso played weil for Whitby. - The novice Bs are coached by Jane Northey sud Tom Hamer. AI Crabb in thie golie coach and Cynthia Henry is manager. Town gives Bship ob. held April il te 16. Both teains quàalified for the finals by winning the sectionals competition i Kingston in February. oviceS third Heads up TWO PLAYERS jump for the bail in the meent Indoor Cup house league soccer final at Soccer City. The Green team shut dlown*Brown 5-3. Photo by Mark Reesor, WhItby Fr.e Pres RZedmnen 'n training Brooklin Redmen of the Ontario Lacrosse Association major series will open training camp Monday, April 10 at the Luther Vipond Arena in Brocklin. Training Camp will con"ia of 12 practices etn *g over a 26-day period, prior lo opening the regular season schedule at home on Wednesday, May 10 against Fergus. General manager Bob Duignan aud new head coach Peter Vipond expect an intensely competitive training camp. Invitations lo attend the Redmen training camp were extended lo approximately 40 playersail of whom have a legitimate shot of making the final team. This is a reduction in size fr-om last year's initial tryout of more thian 60 players, b ut wiil resuit in a more 'efficient camp, and allow Vipond lo more, effectvely addre mras of play that roquire improvement. On. thing that Duignan feels Redmen must do i 1995 is reduce the averag age of the toaxn. Last yearls veteran-laden team. showed their age in the 1994 major series final, losing out lo a younger and faster Six Nations club. Six Nations consistently beat Redmen up the floor throughout thie playoffs, resulting in their come-fro&m-behid series victory. With the addition of a few younger playera, Redmen shoud beable to capitalize even further on their fast break offence, an area of strength in 1994. Duignan is also hoping that the. team wil b. more balanoed than last year's club, Mprcfically on special teama and n losebaUplay. Since 1963, Redmen have won il Ontarlo major championahipo and six Canadian Mann Cup champiomthips. in e Ontario The Whitby McDonaldIs minor novice AAA, hockey teami was third at. the Ontario Minor Hockey Association finals in Oshawa over the weekend. Wildcats had a 2-1-1 record i round-robin -- their only loua to the eventual OMKA champs from' Oakviile -- and juat failed to qualify for the gold medal game. Wildcats represented the. ETA West as runners-up to Ajax-Pckering Yorkton Riders in the ETA playoff round. The two teains met in the firet game of the OMHA finals and this time Whitby ended up on the winning aide of a 5-4 decision. Bobby Scott had apair and Matt Snowden, Liam Reddox, and Steven Seedhouse counted singles for Whitby. Michael, Leahy.had 28 saves. Agiinst-St. Catharine's Royal;, trailing by three goals going ito -. he third period, Whitby put on a -:relentiesa -display of for.echeckingý inth latteér ,stage.s, of the third-» period andm were rewarded, wt an 8S8tewt ih seconds remaining. Seedhose, and Snowden led the comebaék with two goals and. two' assista each. Randy Walton Michael McKenzie, Scott ac Reddox added singles. Whitby feil 7-2 to Oakville Rangera in their next game. Rangera dominated play and outshot Whitby by a wide margin. Reddox and Brandon Davis co jnted for Wildcats. The final gaine of the season pitted- Whitby against the tournament hosto and their arch-rivals Oshawa. Reddox scored four goals, Dean Selon, Davis and Scott added singles in the 7-4 Whitby victory. In OMHA action, regular and post season, Whitby posted a record of 36-12-4. Other team membera are goaltender Kyle Clancy, defensemen Jason King, Kevin Rempel, Kyle O'Brien, Nic Cotter, Tim Liske and Randy Whitby hockey *DGET AAA soi-kmI pftyofi match 12 Whkby Coty Hm 2 Don Chiofi Match il Whkby a1w>. Tony 2 Match 9 Whkby DonCMoff2 coy Match 6 Whkby Dn Ckif2 Gamin Prote Jormy LcEbwuu George Volt Match 2 TOM Dook& 3 D&doe 3 Oshalwa 2 Ohw 3Oshawa sOshaw 5- Owua a Walton, and forwards 1J'ason Velacich and Steven Seedhiouse% coaching staff, members John Velacich, Scott Davis and ýScott Snodenand mianager Ruas Selon. The ý-recent Pan-American Gaines'proved to, be a' rocky experience, for the Canadian roi- lei hockey, team. Canada. was the victim in four l,,OPsided baoses, and sored but fou -a~ i t4hosgaines, two Of those ..y....by.sShayne ]Bay- ford. Bayford 's'ays three of the top eplayerfi m Caýnada " including bs brother Corey - were unable to make the ttip. As a result, Canada had little punch in basses to'Brazil, Colombia, the U.S. and the eventual, gold-medaliste, BaLyfod isthe top scorer on the Canadian teani - he scored haif the team's goals in last year's .world chainpionships- in which Canada also couldn't send its beat teain. Injuries or the cost to, attend such events* have prevented the top playera from participating. Bayford is a pliayer and exec- tive 'member of the Oshawa- Whitby Roller Hockey'League that gets underway in May, for pl1 r of ahl agea. difrwho was a Canadian champion in artistic roller skater for several Yr, ay a tourna- ment is also being 1 ned. Tryouts will be 1eld for a local tournainent teain. 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