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www.durhamrGgion.com Etjc Cmtabt'an Statesman THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, OCTOBER 22, 2003 PAGE 13 Frustration mounting Coach issues warning as Eagles' losing streak reaches five heading into tonight's game against Bancroft BY BRAD KELLY • Sports Editor BOWMANVILLE - Expect a better better effort from the Bowmanville Ea- ! gles tonight. ; It's the only logical conclusion that can be derived from, the comments ■ coach Curtis Hodgins made as the hockey club enters this evening's home tilt (7:30 p.m.) against the Bancroft Bancroft Hawks on the crest of a miserable five-game losing streak. Following Sunday's 4-2 setback to the Syracuse Stars at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex, the ten- . sion in the hallway outside the dress- ! ing room was obvious. ; "Our work ethic sucks right now," ■ said Hodgins matter-of-lactly. "We have too many guys who want , to play on the perimeter and unfortunately unfortunately they are our key guys, guys that have been around two or three years." While the challenge is obviously directed at some of the veteran play- : ers, Hodgins was very candid about . what might transpire should the losing ! skid extend any further. Hopeful that Curtis Hodgins: 'If (players) don't want to compete, they can find somewhere else to play.' his players sift through die newspaper looking for their press clippings, he issued issued a stern warning for everyone to read - comments particularly directed at those who may have become a little too comfortable with their position on the team. Nobody, it seems, is safe. "We have 14 or 15 forwards itéré and we're not going to have all of them for very long," lie said, elaborating fur- Jeff Oke: Scored once in a 4-2 loss to the Syracuse Stars on Sunday night. ther when asked. "You can't have that many around when everyone is healthy. We have some competition here. Some guys who don't think they're competing for jobs actually are. "We want a team that's ready to compete in February, not one that's good in September and October like we usually have here and then when the going gets tough they fade away. "If they don't want to compete they can find somewhere else to play." The frustration has been mounting since Oct. 3, the last time the Eagles registered a victory. On the plus side, while the losing streak has grown to five, three of those setbacks came in overtime to Kingston, Lindsay and Syracuse, garnering garnering the Eagles at least a point in each of those games. The other two losses, to Wellington and Syracuse again, were by just two goals on each occasion. It's a case of the team doing just enough... to lose. Hodgins is hoping that losing path is altered tonight on home ice to Bancroft Bancroft (7-7-1-0), a team lie says is loaded with offence, and one his team doesn't want to trade chances with. "We have to win on home ice," he says of something that hasn't hap pened since a 6-1 victory over Port Hope on Sept. 24, which was followed by four consecutive defeats. Overall, the Eagles sit with a 5-5-2-3 mark, tied for fifth with Bancroft and Lindsay (7- 6-1-0) at 15 points each. THE SCOOP - Scoring in Sunday's Sunday's 4-2 loss for the Eagles were Jeff Oke and Adam Maccarone, on assists assists from Matt Caruana, David Smith and Tyler Brown. The Eagles led 1-0 after the first and 2-1 heading into the third. The final Syracuse goal was into an empty net with 50 seconds remaining...Poor ice conditions behind the net in the south end resulted in a 25 minute delay between the first and second periods...Who looks after the trainer when he's hurt? Wayne Lid- ston was hobbling around with the aid of a crutch after undergoing knee surgery. He expects to be back behind the bench in 10 days. Country Cottage improves to 5-1 after easy win over Ajax CLARINGTON - The Clarington Country Cottage Toros downed the Ajax Knights 7-1 in York-Simcoe novice AE action. Josh Nieuwenhuis fired a pair for the Toros with singles to Brody Warren, Corey Broome, Dean Staikopoulos, Zachary Bellisle and Owen Clarke. Nieuwenhuis Nieuwenhuis and Clarke added a pair of assists each. Ian Colby and Bellisle col lected one assist each. The goaltending tandem tandem of Steven Gaitens and Joshua Cole held the Knights to only one goal. The win improves the Toros' record to 5-1. >; RON PIETRONIRO/ Statesman photo Tyler Carefoote, nicknamed 'Timebomb', is in Cuba getting some international boxing experience. experience. The Courtice resident has been fighting in ! the amateur ranks for less than a year. i 'Timebomb' set to j go off in Cuban ! boxing ring t BY BRAD KELLY _ Sports Editor 1 COURTICE - If you're : going to find out how good ; you are, you might as well ■ go up against the best. ; That analogy certainly ; applies to Tyler Carefoote i this week. The Courtice rcsi- ! dent is currently in Cuba, 1 gaining some valuable inter- ; national experience against • some of the lop boxers in the . world. Picked as one of six figlit- , ers to represent the Motor ; City Boxing Club of Oshawa ! for the one-week tour, Care- i loote is hopeful of an im- ; pressive performance against • lighters from a country that has churned out some of the best amateur boxers in the ; world. I "Before a light, I always 1 gel nervous," said Carefoote, I a Grade 9 student at Courtice Secondary School, before i his departure. "When I get ! into the ring and am nervous, ; I can't think. When I'm ner- j vous, I can't light." The 14-year-old will have ! to overcome a case of the jil- , tors in Cuba, where he ex- ; peels to step into the ring a ! eoiiple of limes against qiml- ! ity opponents. A relative | rookie of the ring wars, Carefoote has been fighting for just under a year in the 90-pound weight class, compiling compiling a record of 3-6. But he Itopes the knowledge he will gain from the trip to Cuba contributes to stringing together together a few victories. "1 always have fun with the training, and I really like the competition," he says of the attraction to die sport, "it's not like hockey or a team spoil, it's all individual, 'flic only way to win is by training." Nicknamed the 'Time- bomb' by his dad. Bill, for his ability to explode, Carefoote Carefoote notes that the risk of getting hurt doesn't even cross his mind when lie's in the ring. A bloody nose is no big deal. "It's just part of the sport," he claimed. "1 don't care about a bloody nose. 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