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z SU-1 5 gis' bid for 1lst j stili alive The Under-15 Magic girls kcept Shopes for a firsi-place finish in the South Region Soccer Leagues Premier Sranks alive in Flamborough lasi !Thursday battling to a scorcless stale- mate wxith tht' Flaines, Wiih the tic, M4ilton no\\S -it. ai 7 2-3 - jusi three points hack of- sec- ond-place North Mississauga A and four behind front-running Saltfleet. The Magic had a number of quali- ty scoring opportunities through the second haîf - generated by spirited midfield play from Danielle Vis and Mannie Montelpare - but ran into a bot Flamborough goalkeeper. At the other end of the field, Alannah Fisher was solid between the pipes for Milton but had to, leave at baif-time due to a nagging hip injury Replacement Meredith Rimmer was largely idie in the second baif, as the Magic defence kept the Flames from register-ing any shots. Lintack sisters Amy and Corinne, Laura Dobson, Heather Laughton and Gabrielle Bouchard ail showed strongly in the back end for Milton. This marked the second draw in as many meetings with Flamborougb. The Magic have four games left, culminating wiîh a road trip against North Mississauga A. Their nexi challenge comes Tuesday against the Dixie Atbletie 95s. a&Lm SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBLANC e-mail slebIanc@multoncanadialchamPiofl.com t AIR BAIL: Miltown FC's Cordeli Benjamin goes ta the air against Montreal Impact Academy opponent Bonheur Aubey during Saturday after- noon play at Bishop Reding Field. MVFC fell 1 -0 and now sits tied for third in the Canadian Soccer League. MICHELLE SIU / METROLAND WEST MEDIA GROUP VOTING ENDS SUNDAYIII1 4/ I www.miltoncanaclianlchampion.com c~ ,~ % Painful finish to nationals Broken toc costs Maclntyre and beach v-bail partner shot ciL gold J trdan MadIniyre caught a major break ai lasi wcekcnids beach vollcy- hall national', \vould hasec hoped for. liatxing aiîlled iii wiîhîn îhrec poaints ofilihir tinder- 1h chamipionshîp- rivais in \li i, ias 'ýct îdî uit 1o-0 1o 110011. the 1 6-veat -old \liltoîiians partneî Steve \laar of \tîroî a - hroke is hig righit toc on a mnisplai.ed landing. \hile pcrsevening throughi the resi of the gaine,'SLE IN :Jra sshich t he top seededSLER ING:Jda Scarhorough-arca duo %von Maclntyre displays hos 21-16, Maars injurv wvould national silver medal. soon force him to bow oui of the match. Macînlyre could certainly sympathize wiîh his fallen teammate, having dislocated a couple of tocs a few x eeks carlier during the provincial championship quarterfinals, which also had to be forfeited. Il hurts, aIl right,- said Macîntyre, whose îcam was îrailing 15-12 when mislortune struck. Steve was in excruciating pain, but the mnost painful thing was forfeit- îng. We'd gone on a bit of a run before hie got hurt and knew we could have given îbemi a good game.- Hooked up with a six-foot-seven-inch pantner ibis time around, Macînlyre didn't have 10 shoulder quile as mucb of the blocking ai the nationals - leaving bim free to cover the back court more and gel t0 the line-oui shots. This servedi bim, and Maar well tbrougbout the weekend, and eamed tbem a measure of payback in the semnifinals. Up against the same Toronto Crush duo ibat bad beaien them in the provincial quarterfinals, the eventual esee PAYBACK on page A20 1