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www.independentfreepress.com Battle of Warriors set for this weekend Special pullout section SPORTS AND LEISURE Minor bantams tops in Ontario Page 2 Halton Hills' Community Newspaper Page 5 Friday, May 4, 2007 8 Pages Circulation 21,220 Raiders shake up management team Wings, who eliminated the Raiders in the playoffs in both of those seasons. The coaching staff for next Lonnie Freeman is the new year's Georgetown Jr. A Raiders' director of hockey operations, hockey club will remain the same, while Bill MacIntyre will head up but some new members have been the scouting staff. Head coach added to the management team James Richmond, along with assisthat has a lot of recruiting to do tants Lucky DeGrazia and Craig during the off-season. Teeple, will be back behind the Raiders' owner Ted Nishi Raider bench after taking over the announced the hirings last week of duties halfway through last season. three additions to the "We're going to lose nine team's braintrust, who 20-year-olds this year and have already scouted sevyou don't have the young eral tournaments kids ready yet to move province-wide in search of into those spots, so one of replacements for a roster the priorities for myself that may have fewer than a and the scouting staff is to half-dozen returnees for establish a nucleus," said 2007-08. Lachance, who scouted "I feel we've really put a and was assistant GM in solid management foundaMilton before joining the KEVIN tion in place, and with the Red Wings. LACHANCE same coaching staff com"We want to bring in playing back, there's a great ers who will be here for core of hockey minds to build the next two or three years and you another championship team with want to have maybe four or five in Georgetown," said Etobicoke impact 20-year-olds. I don't think resident Nishi, who also served as there's such a thing as rebuilding the club GM for the remainder of in this league. Everyone loses at last season in his first year of least 10 players every year and majority ownership of the Raiders. you're always looking for new "It's going to be a bit of a ones. It comes down to who can rebuilding year with all of the play- recruit and who can make the ers who have moved on, but that's shrewdest trades. I see no reason not to say that our team next year why we can't finish in the top half isn't going to be competitive with of the division and I'd be very disthe top teams in our division. appointed in anything else." We've been looking at kids in this After making the OHA Provincial area and scouting the other big Jr. A Hockey League's West Division minor hockey tournaments and I'm final in March before bowing out in very confident in our scouting staff. four games to Hamilton, the Raiders The other positive for us is that the were faced with losing two-thirds of word is out there that Georgetown their roster and the resources of is a great place to play." director of hockey operations Peter Assuming the GM's role is 30- Mavroudis, who could be headed year-old Kevin Lachance, the for the same job with the Brampton scouting director for the past two Capitals. years with the Hamilton Red See EXPECT, pg. 4 EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer Jump ball Georgetown Rebels' goalkeeper Erik Franke fends off a challenge from Christ the King's Adam Dunn during their Halton Secondary School Athletic Association senior boys' soccer matchup on Wednesday. Justin Mota scored midway through the second half to give the visiting Jaguars a 1-0 victory and a 2-0-1 record so far in league play. CtK goalie Matt George has recorded three consecutive shutouts for the squad. In Acton on Wednesday, the host Bearcats throttled Aldershot 7-1 as T.J. Fry and Josh Essiembre scored twice each. Spencer Morrison, Matt Angel and Luke Van Dinther added single strikes. Photo by Eamonn Maher 2007 MATRIX ·1.8L, 126 hp engine ·5-speed manual transmission ·Air Conditioning ·Power Locks ·Illuminated and keyless entry with hatch release ·Optitron electronic gauges ·AM/FM stereo CD ·16" Aluminum alloy wheels & more. LEASE FOR PURCHASE FINANCING $ FREIGHT AND P.D.E. INCLUDED HWY 6.0L/100 KM (47 MPG)+ CITY 8.0L/100 KM (35 MPG)+ *Payments are plus taxes. All leases are 24,000 km per year with an excess mileage charge of 7¢ per km. See dealer for full details. FOR 36 MONTHS 1.9 % APR* PER MONTH FOR 60 MONTHS WITH $1217 DOWN 259 $ 19,905 MSRP GEORGETOWN TOYOTA SALES 15 MOUNTAINVIEW RD. N., GEORGETOWN 1-888-470-2664 WEBSITE at www.georgetowntoyota.com