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.^www.durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, JULY 7,2004 PAGE 11 Eljc Cmmtnan Statesman July 7,2004 infodurhamregion.com Gaels have mountain to climb in Mimico ^Open conference Semifinal at home •^Friday night âiV BRAD KELLY jjjjjpports Editor BOVVMANVILLE - Clarington pjçîreen Gaels. general manager Doug ^!Luey hopes; lie doesn't have to wit- tijjiess.one offris team's strengths in the k^econd round of playoffs. tS; 'Tn a man short situation, we are pretty good. We've got eight guys ho can play when we are a man short," he says with a laugh. With a league-leading league-leading 850 minutes during during the regular season, season, depth at killing penalties is a must, since the Green Gaels had more practice practice playing a man short than any of the other 24 teams in the CK Jr. B loop. SS Thé joke was made in reference to SSne of the keys to winning their best- if-five Eastern Conference semifinal R cries against the Mimico Moun- ineers that kicks off Friday in Bow- Qjïianville at 8 p.m.' To advance through to the next round, the Green iaels will have to implement some iscipline, notes Luey, something his I long ,uey club improved on in -an opening round sweep of the Markham Iron- heads. "In the regular season you can get away with the extra penalties, but not in the playoffs. In all three games against Markham we came out aggressive aggressive in the first period, and then backed off in the second and third. At even strength, we clobbered them." The Green Gaels had their way with Markham, holding a 34-15 advantage advantage in goals scored over the three games, but Mimico is expected to provide a stiffer challenge. Thé Mountaineers finished first in the South East with a 14-6 mark, just behind behind the Mid East leading Green Gaels at 14-5-1. After jumping out to a 2-0 playoff series lead over Nepean, Mimico Mimico was forced to a fifth and deciding game before advancing advancing with a 10-6 victory victory Sunday. In the only meeting between the clubs back on May 7, the Green Gaels emerged with a 13-10 decision in Mimico. In last year's playoffs, Mimico ended the season for the Green Gaels, winning their opening round series 3-1. Mimico is led by top scorer Andrew Andrew Furlong (44-32-76 in 20 games) Colin Baker who has a "cannon for a shot" says Luey, and goaltcnder Kevin Olm- stead who helped post the second lowest goals against average in the conference at 6.5 per game. Working in favour of the Green Gaels will be home floor advantage, hosting games one, three and five (if necessary). With an 8-2 mark at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex through the regular season (10 r 2 including playoffs), holding that extra game ' could be the difference. "I think it's important because we play well at home," says Colin Baker, a three-year veteran of the club that was part of the 2002 Founder's Cup team. "We've been doing well at home all year and the guys get better prepared prepared and I think we focus a little better." 1 .. ., As for moving up to the next level after sweeping Markham, Baker feels his club will be ready, for Friday's opener. ■ "We've got a lot more to give," he says. Game 2 of the series goes Sunday in Mimico at 7 p.m., followed by Game 3 July 13 in Bowmanville (8 p.m.). Games four and five, if needed, needed, are slated for July 16 in Mimico (8 p.m.), and July 18 in Bowmanville (2 p.m.). The other East Conference semi pits Akwesasne aghinst Halton Hills. ■ - v, xy .xx'X: ' r " : |H § jUl » : v- 'À . -1't " " ■ i ' \ ' ,v: ■ -, v.-;<< 7 : 1 ' . .> , , 7 i ... • .'Is .■hrJ'hi > i- ■ ■ . v. *'si y ' ' >1 * , ■ • . f 1 V ; y.' ' : 4 ' ' . H.t'{ fii ' \ 'r ■ . , V, , v , -. .... £. vV,V' - KÜ f' - ■ : V ■ /r '■'x ' :.r. yv L ' > / || y . 'X7'4* X i ** , X 7, 'V ' 1 //I» " 1 - L * ^ y 1 li * * 11 wt ' ' ,L \ "ïvp. 1 1" !'* i , ;. . J- -■ I,y ■ v ' i. 'A • M'XX A.J. Groen/ The Canadian Statesman .. Submitted photo îbe Clarington Tigercats have landed four players on a couple of provincial teams that will compete at a tournament in Montreal, bracking the Team Ontario roster are, from left, Brien Konopka, r^y Jowitt, Derek Sallows and Denver Brown. are all-stars CLARINGTON - Four members of the Clarington Tigercats minor football organization are off to Mop- v-trealitdrepresent.itheGentraljOntario. Minor EoOtball League in an all-star game. ■ ) L.;'. 1 V" vr . After two full days of a tryout camp in Markham, Brien Konopka, Troy Jowitt, Derek Sallows and Denver Denver Brown were named to the team. Brown and Konopka, both students students at Bowmanville High School, play with the bantam Tigercats and will be members of the under-17 team. Sallows, a linebacker on the peewees, is a student at John M. James Public School, while Jowitt is a lineman and attends Dr. MacGilliv- ery Public School. They will play for the under-15 squad. Team- Ontario will be playing in the Wilson Challenge, a tournament featuring the top young football players from Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. Games will be played at the University University of Montreal and Molson Stadium Stadium (McGill University) during the week of July 12-17. Take that BOWMANVILLE - Brody Munro (25) of the Clarington Gaels * tyke team takes a hit from a Peterborough Laker player during a tournament held at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex. Both the tyke and paperweight Gaels saw action on the day. Sol&by Lorn edged in minor novice finals CLARINGTON - Sold By Lorn squared off against The Eye Shoppe in a two game total points series for the B Championship of the Clarington Clarington Minor Lacrosse minor novice division. division. Sold By. Lorn came up short , by identical scores of 6-4 in each game. Scoring points for the Sold By Lorn squad in the series were Jake Walker (2g,3a), Daniel Michel (3g,la), Zachary Bellisle (2g) and Tanner Gallant (lg). Scott Stainton was stellar in goal for Sold By Lorn in both of the games. Team members include, front row, from left: Auston Ward, Dillon Ward, Tanner Gallant, Jake Walker, Zachary Bellisle, Robby Clarke; middle row: Corey Broome, Scott Ferguson, Jakob Holub, Scott Stain- ton, Zachary Bonura, Daniel Michel, Jordan McArthur, Austin Gordon; back row: Clarke Stainton (assistant coach)^. Bryan Walker (head coach). Absent: Ian Colby and Bruce Colby (assistant coach). Dodgers flush the Royals early lump out to early lead and coast to 9-2 victory ! | GUELPH - A seven-run second 'inning proved to be the difference as jthe Oshawa Dodgers dumped the [Guelph Royals 9-2 Saturday in Inter- [county League baseball action. Mick Kurhan had three hits for Oshawa and a run batted in. Steve Butterworth (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits over six innings to post the victory. Oshawa (13-14) gets back to the field tonight against the Royals at Kinsmen Stadium. Game time is 7:45 p.m. The Dodgers' Darrÿl Reid and Travis Gilligan were selected to be in the league's all-star game,' which took place last night (after our deadline) deadline) in Guelph. Reid, who plays first base as well as being the designated hitter, is batting .308 this season, Gilligan, a left-handed pitcher, is 2-2 this season. Dodgers' manager Troy May also took part in the midseason tradition, which pits the league champion against the rest of the 'Intercounty League. ■ H ,. ... The Sold by Lorn novices came up just short in the Clarington Minor Lacrosse League. Submitted photo finals of the Warriors living up to nickname Battle through some adversity to sit second in league standings 7 No matter how you look at it, the Whitby Warriors Jr, A lacrosse club is having nothing less than an exceptional exceptional season. By flipping the stats sideways, upside-down upside-down or trying your hardest to conjure up some theory as to where this team has made mistakes, it's relatively relatively impossible to fault the club for any wrong-doing. Oh, wait a second, there was that horrible two-game losing streak when the team was destroyed 10-9 by Brampton on May 21 and left for dead after losing 13-8 in Toronto on May 25. Then, to every pessimist's dismay, the club went on a five-game ['■ John Herron winning streak and outscored their opponents 57-32 in the process, No big deal, something bad was bound to happen soon. The vultures began circling shortly after Whitby was manhandled 7-6 by Orangeville on June 15 and then were demolished 6-5 by Six Nations on June 25. What happened next? You guessed it, the Warriors went on another five-game tear by outscoring the competition 56-35. Even GM Bob Hanna's second career career as a physic is proceeding along without a glitch. Prior to the commencement commencement of the regular season, he predicted that the league would be incredibly incredibly close and things should even out after a couple of star players with St. Catharines closed out their junior careers through graduation. With only a handful of games remaining, remaining, four clubs sit in a tie for second place, including Whitby and St. Catharines, trailing the first-place Orangeville Northmen by three points. Hanna also suggested that his goaltending tandem of Rick Passfield and Kurds Wagar would be atop the league and should provide his club with a distinct advantage; The pair of netminders, led by Passfield, holds claim to the league's best goals against average by allowing 7.1 per game and 106 after 15. Many thought disaster may have struck at the start of the season when it was announced newly appointed captain Casey Logeman would be out of the lineup while nursing a removed removed appendix. Total regular season season games missed by Logeman: one. How's that for inspiration? As the June 20 trade (leadline approached, approached, the only, minor chink thought to be in the mighty Warrior's armour was on offence. They were in the middle of the pack in goals scored. The next morning, Hanna traded a couple of draft picks in 2007 to Mississauga for Justin Burton, their leading scorer. Whitby is now second in the league with TO. 1 goals scored per game. With five games remaining for the Warriors, including last night's home game versus Toronto, there's still time for disaster to strike. However, I'm not about to wager any amount of money on that happening, not even a coffee. Hawkeyes miss out on chance to move up in the standings TORONTO - Potentially amazing news for the Oshawa Hawkeyes turned into a nasty harbinger Saturday. Armed with the knowledge the first- place Oakville Longhorns had suffered a rare regular season defeat - their first in nearly four years - at the hands of the Milton Marauders that afternoon, the second-place Hawkeyes tailed to take advantage. Oshawa, too, would suffer its first defeat of the season, falling 21- 14 to the Mega-City Maddogs. Oshawa, 3-1, is two points behind Oakville (4-1) for top spot in the Northern Northern Football Conference. Oshawa, which has played three of its four games on the road, returns home to the Civic Stadium for a 3 p.m. Sunday game against the Quinte Limestone Limestone Panthers (1-4),