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A16 - The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, July 18, 2006 P O R T SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBLANC e-mail sleblanc@haltonsearch.com GRAHAM PAINE / CANADIAN CHAMPION NARROW ESCAPE: marauder Jamie Radway escapes the clutches of OakviIIe Longhorns Marco Pereira to gain a few more yards Saturday at Mîlton District High School. Milton won the controversial encounter 14-5. For full resuits, see page Ai 7. Sr. Sox deliver sweep against Dundas The Senior Red Sox capped Saturday's doublebeader sweep at Brian Best Park in dramatic fashion - nipping the Dundas Chiefs 2-1 in their last at-bat. Continuing a breakthrougb year at the plate, second baseman Kurt Mitchell highligbtedi a five-hit after- noon with a bases-loaded single that cashed in pincb runner Adam Aheamn for the winning run. This came just moments after the r W U0OFF visitors evened things up, with their first bit of the gamne plus two walks and an error. Pat Mastrogiacomo had a pair of bits and scored the first Red Sox run on the second RBI sacrifice fly of the day by Marc Sgrignoli. Starter Adam Finkbeiner was bit- less througb four innings, wbile Steve Spiers, Adam Boyle and eventual win- ner Nate Tami shared tbe relief work. Going tbe distance on the bill in L Clarke'is Golf www.clarkesgolf.com M ION SETS i60% OFF* t ram $79.11 àMWushW lub c»ft W150/.FF teo"i5 gamne one, Abearn scattered four bits and two walks over the seven innings and didn't allow any Chiefs past first base. He got flawless defence from bis teammates and a 3-for-3 clinic from Mitchell. Taylor Lawton scored botb runs, on a bases-loaded walk to Jeif MacLeod and insurance sac fly by Sgrignoli. Tbe Red Sox are now 16-6 in league play and 24-7 over tis season. A memorable day for lonadi Celebrates birth of daughter and Italyý World Cup victory By Herb Garbutt CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF AsMultons Phil lonadi was making last-minute preparations for a World Cup party, friend Peter Koutoulas turned to him and said, "Wouldn't it be cruel if Shannon (lonadis wife) went into, labour during the final." 'Don't jinx me like that," lonadi shot back. "And what if it went to penalty kicks and you couldn't watcb," Koutoulas suggested, as he continued to, needle bis fellow soccer enthusiast. "You're terrible. Why would you say sometbing like tbat?" replied lonadi. Less than 24 bours later, tbat scenario played itself out Phdl lonadi and new baby girl exactly as it bad been jokingly Michela Rose described, wben Shannon delivered Michela Rose - the couple's firat cbild - at 4:35 p.m. - less than a minute before Fabio Grosso delivered the goal that clincbed the World Cup for ltaly. "It's a day l'il neyer forget," said lonadi, coacb of tbe neigbbouring Oakville Blue Devils of tbe Canadian Professional Soccer League. "It wasn't even 30 seconds after the baby was born that the nurse came in and said, 'ltaly won the World Cup'." And tbe Azzumr fan base quickly grew by one, as a tiny Italian jersey was slipped on to Micbela. Altbougb at the beginning of the day, dreams of an Italian victory were at tbe top of Ionadis mmnd, the big game quickly became secondary "Life changes very quickly," he said. Shannon went into labour that morning. So as tbe World Cup final kicked off, the lonadis were at Milton District Hospital anxiously awaiting their new anival. Although at one point Shannon gave her busband per- mission to check the television down the hall, tbere was no decision to be made as to wbere he'd be for the delivery "Itfs your first child. Its once in a lifetime," lonadi said. "Hopefully ltaly will be back in tbe final for the next World Cup. Theyl1 have to win one for me. They owe me one." 119 'l'la ta mai jamais Ittl.. 1 mai# 7AIL 'ýliligboi 905-878-1818 IL £"\11'1 Uj'?/' ý\PALD1NG1 -ï f ()() i ý