-Whitby Free Press, Wednesdaiy, January10196 Page 13, Atoms to p guS.1 iBoston shootouit The Whitby major atoin hockey teain won the Boston Junior Terriers Christmnas tournament during the Christmnas break. Whitby edged the host Boston team 4-3 in an exciting championship final. In gaines in which the red line was elimiinated to'allow for long, lead passes, Whitby hadrmade the adjustrnents by the final gaine and it worked in their favour as the gaine progressed. Terriers and Whitby were tied 2-2 after the first poriod on goals by Ron Robertson and Ryan Tutak. Terriers, despite Whitby domination,:took a 3-2 lead in the second period. In the third period, Robertson tied the gaine on. a goalmouth pass froi Mike Kosiw. With 38 seconds left, Kosiw fed a 'long pass te Robertson who scored the winning goal.. In earlier play, Whitby won three of four gaines in the round- robin, including a Marc Gleeson shutout over UfMass. Tyler Harrison had six goals and five assists in the four gaines, Brandon McBride five goals, Robertson and Wade Branch four goals each, Kosiw a goal and five assista. Kosiw had three goals in a 7-1 win over Middlesex Isianders in the semi-finals. Andrew Pigrain, Robertson, McBride and Branch also scored. Other teain members are Pat lang, Kyle Nova, Sean Pitcher, Sean Hill, Paul Ranger, Jamie Fox, Robert Eberle and Rob Richards. The Whitby teain, sponsored by International Freight Systeins, also attended two gaines of the world junior hockey championship won. by Canada. The WVhitby major atoin select hockey teain won two A championships ini tournamnents in the past week. The first was on Jan. 3 in Port Perry where Whitby won their first gaine 3-1 against the host teain, the second gaine 6-1 over Sutton, the championship gaine 9-0 over Milton. At the. Brighton tournament Jan. 13/14, Whiitby met some strong competition before finally clinching the championship. The first game against Collingwood ended in a 1-O win in triple overtime with a goal by Kristian Haîkias. Justin Connors registered the shutout. kn gaine two, Drew Dockrill backstopped the teain to a hard- fought 4-2 victory over unbe.aten Campelîford. Goals came- froin Paul Lombardi, Michael Finigan, B.J. Bowlee and Erik Petersen.. In the championship, Whitby met a teain from Ernestown. Once again the gaine went into overtime, ending in a 4-3 victory with a goal by Finigan, hie second of the gaine. Other goal-scorers were Lombardi and Janiie Millage. Theplay of Geof Wells, Daryl Konecny, Brian Chard, Robin Cote, Darryl Donaldsoon, Karen Farquharson, Andrew Hewson and Le. Waddington contributed to the victory. It was the fourth tournament win this season for the Whitby team, sponsored by Hoskçin Copy. The teaxn's record overaîl for the season is 28 wins, ix losses and two ties. wm in Carn-bridge The VWhy tween AA ringette teain participated in the Cambridge tournament over the weekend and captured the gold medal. With the victory, the team extended its undefeated season record to 20-0-3 in league and tournament play. At Cambridge, in the round-robin, Whitby defeated Kitchener 10-2, Cumnberland 8-3, Grey-Bruce 4-3 and Sudbury 2-1. The forwards - consisting of Jennifer Leighton, Stephanie Campeau, Lindsay Freeman, Krista Mueller, Jessica Brownridge, Rachel Reid and Nicole Freeman - combined to provide ample scoring punch needed to put Witby in the semni-final against Cambridge. In this early momning gaine, Whitby was behind 3-0 at the end of the firet peniod but woke up to score eight unanswered goals in the second for an 8-3 victory. The final matched Whitby and archrival Waterloo. The defense led the way with Lyndsey Smth, Kara Byrnes, Mfiranida Burgess- and Sara Vanderlip shutting down ail scoring chances, and-behind the shutout goaltending of Heidi Schlitt, Whitby emerged with a har'd-fïought 1-O win. FORMER SPORTSWRITER Cliff Gordon looks through a scrapbook f illed with 25 years of memories of covering local teams. Gordon wrote for the Oshawa imes, The Globe and Mail and Canadian Press, amqng others, and broadcast hockey resuits on Oshawa radio station CKLB (now CKDO). Photo by Mrk Rossas', Whltby Free Pres Cijifcovered local sports fior 25 year1SI., By NMark Reeuor' For 25 years, Whitby residents relied. on Ouif Gordon to tel thein how their local sports teains were doing. Gordon didn't have any special training_ or reporting experience, but had always been interested in sports and that- tumned out to be ail that was really neoessary. *"'I didn't have too, much education but they'teil me that 90 per cent of the people who read-your copy don't have any'more education that you have," Gordon recails. A chance meeting with then Oshawa Tuimes editor Scotty Ormiston in 1945 gave Gordon bis start as a sportswriter.. Hewas driving cab part-time and happened to pick up Ormiston, who mentioned on the trip back to Oshawa that he was looking for someone to report on minor hockey. I said I'd write it and so between here. and Oshawa he sîgned SEE PAGE 23 ATHLETE CýF TrHE WIEEi< *SPý>qNSORIE>D Y CO*STEEL< >LASCO MACLEAN'. now plays for Bolton in the English league. Peewees enjoy the Coffey The Whitby minor peewee AA hockey team reached their third straight tournament final and came away champions in the 1Oth annual Paul Coffey International in Mississauga over the holidays. Whitby went undefeated over five games, posting a sterling goals against average of 1.60, with outstanding netmixnding by Julian Owen and Bryan Sand and stand- up defence from Scott Beetham, Carl Dicarlo,' Chris Simpson, Shawn Stephens and Adam Velacich. Game one ýsaw Whitby battie North TorontQ to a 1-1 deadlock, Rob Gawne scoring from Danny Caird and Jeif Pchut. The second gamne was, a 4-3 victory over Aurora, Caird with two goals, Lucas Naylor and Sean Newport the others, Beetham with two assiste. Game three matched Whitby against Mississauga Jets, resuiting in a 4-1 * victory for Whitby. Naylor cashed in two goals, Caird and Ryan Farrow the others, two assiste to Carl Dicarlo. Wildcats advanced to the seini- finals against Goulding Park and came awa!Y itb a à hard-fought 3-2 victory.- Caird and Hircock led the way offenisively -with three points each. Goalie Owen earned the win. 1The, championship was a rematch with OMHAU rivais Newmarket. In Whitbys best game of the year, the teams,%were knotted 1-1 with 3:29 'left in regulation time when Farrow won a faceoff draw to Caird who scored ,thîrough the five-hole to win the championship. Sand was solid between the Pipes, Naylor- scored the other goal, Caird won championship MVP. Whitby heads to Newmarket this weekend to compete ini the international silver stick finals.* NEW 19 J ETTA GL $2919Mh FOR 24 MONTHS *No charge.scheduled mainteniance Bumper ta bumper warranty a Road-side assistance Air conditioning "Power Iocks 24 month lease. $1,500 down. OAC. See Owasco for details. .OWASCO() VOLKSWAGEN INC.. Proven Iol sen'e you BEST since 1972. 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