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If revenge is sweet than St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders Saturday were absolutely dripping with raw sugar. Hosting the second annual Raiders Roundball Classic, the school‘s midget boys team won its first tournament of the yearâ€"and did it in grand fashion. _ And the league is bracing itself for even more people for the secâ€" ond registration, Saturday between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Queen Elizabeth Park Secondary School (rot Blakelock as previously reported. That‘s where Oakville Minor Baseball Association has its second registration, Feb. 20). Rodney Baptiste scored 17 points and Andrew Saulez added 16 as the Raiders upset Milton 53â€"50 in the championship final. Raiders, who had lost in the final of three previous tournaments this seaâ€" son, now have a 17â€"4 overall record. Three of those losses have come against Milton by 34, 33 and 24 points. The other loss was by two points to Sarnia St. Pats. Aquinas and Milton made it to the final by defeating Father Goetz of Mississauga and A.N. Myer of Niagara Falls, 54â€"48 and 73â€"51, respectiveâ€" ly. Oakville Loyola, behind Tony Juurlink‘s 16 points, won the consolation final, 51â€"35 over Burlington‘s M.M. Robinson. Stanfield Lawrence led the Raiders with 18 points against Father Goetz and 12 in a firstâ€"round 71â€"21 decision over M.M. Robinson. Baptiste added 15 in the latter game. Loyola opened with a 57â€"56 loss to A.N. Myer as Nick Rupcich scored 27 points and Juurlink 15. In the consolation semifinals, M.M. Robinson downed Oakville Trafalgar 57â€"47 and Loyola beat Etobicoke 58â€"45. Steve Parreirinha had 16 points for the Red Devils, Juurlink 20 for Loyola. The tournament was originally scheduled for December but was postâ€" The tournament was originally s poned because of a snowstorm. In senior action, qob Didyk fired 17 points to pace the Oakville Trafalgar Red Devils to an 86â€"73 decision over Milton. In other senior action, Bishop Reding Royals crushed the Blakelock Tigers 69â€"39, Rob Rusnov had 19 points for TAB. 36 Mandarich loses fight with cancer During his career, Mandarch would come back to the school from time to time and talk to other students about topics such as the conduct of athletes, Wignall said. â€"â€" TOM MICHIBATA "One time I was missing three footballs and I said to John, ‘I don‘t care how you do it, I want them back.‘ About a halfâ€"hour later, I hear these footsteps down the hall. The balls had been returned." "He was the kind of guy that was a catalyst for his team. you wanted to neutralize him," Rambo said. Wignall said underneath Mandarich‘s toughness was a givâ€" ing, warm person. Wignall said failure was someâ€" thing Mandarich tried to purge out of his vocabulary. "We had a powerful team in Grade 11 that went undefeated all year but we lost to Queen Elizabeth Park in suddenâ€"death. John was devastated." Ottawa general manager Dan Rambo recalls Mandarich being an impactâ€"type player with Edmonton while the former was director of player personnel with Saskatchewan. "I drove him home that night. He was living in Milton at the time. 1 drew him up a quick program that included running and sitâ€"ups. Later that night my wife (Ann) and I were driving _ to _ Milton _ from Campbellville at night. My headâ€" lights picked up a guy running along the side of the road. "It was John. That was probably the time he made up his mind to turn this around. He became a team leader." Aquinas midgets finally win their tournament _ On the first of two registration dates, Saturday, 1,702 youths braved freezing temperatures to sign up for the 1993 season. OSC is counting on more than 4,000 total registrants. Last year, it had 3,700 underâ€"19 players and 296 more senior players. "John was a very spontaneous, dedicated young man," Wignall said. "I remember when he was playing for me in Grade 9. He came to me and said he didn‘t how to be a dedicated player. I told him he had to immerse himself in football more and believe in the coach. _ Oakville Soccer Club is expectâ€" ing a record number memberships this summer. "John was a very hard worker," Singleton said. "He lost his excess weight and built himself up. They put John at the right position when they moved him to nosetackle." Singleton and Wignall said Mandarich wasn‘t blessed with natâ€" ural athletic ability. But through hard work and perseverance he was the prototype of a selfâ€"made man. Continued from Page 29 younger brother, who is now an offensive lineman with Green Bay Packers of the NFL). Soccer numbers up High school sports were back in business after the twoâ€"week semester turnaround. Among the games was this girls volleybail contest between T.A. Blakelock and Bishop Reding. Back At IT DAY EVENT. NOT YOUR USUAL SHOPPING CENTRE SPECIALTY SHOPS PLUS THOUSANDS OF GREAT girt IDEAS IN 249 A CHOCOLATE DOUBLOON TREASURE HUNT NOT YOUR USUAL VALENTINE‘S tik PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH: *Registered tradeâ€"mark of Kraft General Foods Canada Inc. BAKER‘S John Morrisseau scored two goals, including the winner to snap a 2â€"2 tie early in the third period. Jeremy Saczkowski added an insur ance markers, with Mike Oliver also scoring. Paul Blue, Trevor McElrea, Bryan Bendig Andy Maher and Mike Bedford had assists. Oakville midget Rangers awalt the winner of a Bramptonâ€"Chinguacousy series after dispatchâ€" Ing Burlington in the opening round of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association AA playolts. Oakville, which finished the Triâ€"Country League season in fourth place with a 17â€"7â€"2 racord, downed Burlington 4â€"2 Sunday to take the bestâ€"ofâ€"five series in four games. Oakville won game one 2â€"1 (on Oliver‘s overtime goal) and game two 6â€"2 before bow Ing 3â€"1 in the third game. Bendig totalled three goals in the three games, Andy Maher Darren Kenzie, Oliver, McElrea and Roger Duthie the others. Brad Wikston supplied strong goaltending for the winners. McElrea had two assists Bendig, Blue and Oliver one apiece. p NOVICE Barrie has forced another game in its firstâ€"round Central AAA Hockey League playoff series with Oakville National Security Rangers. Needing just one point to advance to the second round, Oakville lost 1â€"0 in Barrie Sunday, setting up a showdown tonight (Wednesday) at Maple Grove Arena. PEEWEE A Mike Dinner‘s goal with 2:18 remaining proved to be the gameâ€"winner as Oakville King Caledon Farms Rangers edged Strattord 3â€"2 in the fifth and deciding game of an Ontario Minor Hockey Association sixâ€"point series, Sunday at Glen Abbey Recreation Centre. Rangers now face Chatham or Essex in a quarterâ€"final series. Gordie Ball and Justin Miller fired the other two goals. Neil Walsworth, Mike Dragosits, Jogy Lynch, Bryan Kirsten and Jim Romph drew assists. Rangers won game four by a score of 3â€"2 Saturday in Strattord to force Sunday‘s decider. Jamie Ward, Miller and Kirsten were the Ranger marksmen. Helpers went to Rich Grassi, Romph and Dinner. Stratford took games and three by identical 4â€"3 scores. Grassi, Dragosits and Dinner scored in game three, Kyle MacDonald had the hat trick in game two. Wednesday, Matthew Bacon fired the hat trick to give Oakville a 4â€"3 win. Robby Tarantino also scored. Eddie Fiore, Jamie Green, Josh Pippy, Brett McGrath and Tarantino assisted . Rangers advance in OMHA Pn pp a0 OIXON Ro. LAKESMORE BLVD ‘DuNDAS ST 2