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A16 - The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, June 12, 2007 SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBLANC e-mail sleblanc@hatolsearch.COm Marauders dumped in opener Rebuilding teamfalls liard to Tri-C ity By Murray Townsend SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPION A new era in Marauders football got off 10 a rocky start Saturday, as tbey I I.\IWR(~y(~ .t eeShan is Ni¶dusrial St. PauI's United Church, Milton were gunned down 49-O hy the vistting Tri-C ity Outlaws. Tri-City had a 16-O lead before the game was 10 minutes old, and looked remarkably like the Marauders of two assu red logristies HAWKINS éANIMAL HOSPITAL, Grme Preller design Arcitctre & buildingi' services - ii *uII&CîdtAL- pu"t hy tho collamuIn oimu lubdy/ftmy Cuallmi, mmka i .dIu M WokopuI.co Tu lac V buins log or t.iaynai eepe cnt IOU Clss.dSae Reprsentti. Ilay clsstedni .1, aiachmilnc www.iltocandianhamionco the Northern Football Conlerence. In lact, former Marauder players played key roles for the Outlaws. Domenic Cainastro threw tbe I irst Tri- City touchdown, running hack Jon Nedeljkovic had several scores on the ground and detensive back Jason Nunez had an interception. Very fitnie went right for the rebuild- ing Marauders through the early going. Their first pass was intereepted, and Tri-City scored on the following play The subsequent kick-off was fumbled and Tri-City seored two plays later. On their next two possessions, Milton was forced to, surrender safeties. Then - baeked up at their 1 O-yard fine - the Marauders put together an impressive drive. John D)'Ovidio started it off wetb a byve-yard carry, then quar- terback Stuart Sehiassi connected witb Jamie Radway for a first down. George Baiden had several impres- sive ground gains and then a great catch by Kirshawn Thompson picked up 29 yards. Finally, however, in Outlaws' ter- ntory Milton went for the fîrst clown on fourth and two, and Sehiassis throw to a receever came up short. Insuit 10 injury Tri-City turned around and with the clock ticking down to zero seconds remaining in the baîf connected on a long bomb from midfîeld to make the score 25-O. Given the circumstanees, the top- sided defeat was hardly surprising - or cause to hit the panc button. For starters, Tri-City is one of the elit eams in the league, so losing to tbem is no shame. Secondly, the Marauders baven't had lime to0 practise as much as other teams because of the ownershîp ordeal. And thirdly, hardly any players returned from last year's team. On top of ail that, several of Milton's key personnel weren't able to play due to in]ury. The secondary appeared to be the Marauders' biggest weakness, but against the con Milton was actually * see COACH on page A23 ASHLEY CAMARA / SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPION \EASY RIDER: Ten-year-old Anthony Richard catches sonne air off a jump while tackling Track 2000 during the recent open house for the 2007 season. Ti95 . Drain and fihttransmission fluid Transmission ,,êqmove and replace filer and $ q 5 ý* gaakMa and make ail necessary Service bnd adjustreflin -Ofter avagablO e ait DaeeterçCrslie î 1 C> Reglatin SNa mm off -Ok Ispeted Ioday Ai f Wheeliagiment icldt5front Ride and re ear suspencion system Ride and nspection V teecng cnpret ispection Handling /Poiewitnrpr nfnig r-.- 7 9Patae ÀoNaudi»(905-878-8877) si ONGuaN lm IL, JU atv pretaset of oe et teptaSrtaSaai a .oc Wte qanteifies lent. Sasl do*aW teedOI 1 a l