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Page 2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, July 29,1998 Section Two Team Sponsors Needed The Clarington Recreational Hockey League is in need of team sponsors from the business community. community. There are 80 hockey teams providing recreational level hockey for over 1,200 eager boys and girls aged 5 to 17 in Clarington. Please contact cither Todd Stauffer at 697-1634, or Paul Recsor at 623-0777 A look Back in History Arizona Queens, the World Champion softball team, defeated the Sunday Morning Class from Toronto, 4-2, at BHS in a ladies' softball game played before 4,000 awe struck fans. Umpires were Ticker Crombic (plate), Dutch Osborne (first base), AI Osborne (third base). Statesman 1948 Green Gaels on Verge of Sweep by Brad Kelly Staff Writer Offering congratulations congratulations may be a little premature, premature, but the Clarington Green Gaels are that close to securing a berth in the Founder's Cup. Travelling to Nepean to face the division leaders in the first two games of the Eastern Conference Jr. B lacrosse finals this past weekend, the Green Gaels escaped with a commanding commanding lead after pulling off a sweep. On Friday night in game one, Duke McNutt's third period goal was the difference in a 7-6 victory. Just over 12 hours later in game two on Saturday afternoon, the Green Gaels dominated in a convincing 13-2 blowout. Game three of the best- of-five series will be played Friday night at the Recreation Complex at 8:30 pan. If a fourth game is necessary, it will be played in Bowmanvillc on Saturday afternoon at 4:00 pan. The fifth game (if necessary) is Sunday with the location and time to be announced. The winner of the series is guaranteed a berth in the Founder's Cup, which serves as the Canadian championship tournament for Jr. B lacrosse teams across the country. The week-long tournament gets underway in Akwesasne (near Cornwall) the week of August 17. The - narrow victory in game one of the series on Friday night set the tone for game two the following day said Green Gaels coach Kevin O'Brien. "That win on Friday Snoek Looking Ahead To World Meet Rob Snoek continues to tear up the track as he prepares himself for the World Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, England, in early August. His latest venture took him to New York to compete compete in the Goodwill Games on July 21. Racing into a slight headwind, he posted a time of 12.26 for a fourth place finish in the 100m. He has posted a faster time this year, stopping stopping the clock in 12.09 at the U.S. Championships that were held in New Orleans in June. Looking ahead to the World Championships, the Bowmanvillc resident is hoping to break 12.00. In fact, he figures it will lake a sub-12.00 race just to reach the finals. The 29-year-old still remains as one of the top long jumpers in the world, hoping to surpass the 6 metre barrier along with three or four other athletes. athletes. The current world record holder in the long jump is a 20-year-old from the United States. In the 200m, he set a new personal best time of 25.64 at the Canadian Championships that were held in Surrey, British Columbia, on July 13-14. In addition to his first place finish in the 200m, lie also collected gold medals in the 100m (12.27 secs), and the long jump (5.62m). Snoek, who had his left leg amputated from the knee down at the age of one, has represented Canada at international events throughout his athletic athletic career, including the Paralympics in 1992 and 1996. night really took the pressure pressure off of us," said O'Brien. "We stopped the bus on the way to game two and I told the guys that we could take the game off or go for the jugular. "I knew when the players players walked off the bus that they were going to be ready because they were focused." Stefan Hewak led the way on offence in game two, scoring four times. McNutt had a pair, with singles going to Bryan Power, Rob Fodor, Kurt Kirncr, Ryan Unwin, Mike Hamilton, Wayne Richard, and Joel Johnson. The Green Gaels led 3-1 after the first period, and increased the lead to 8-2 after the second. In the opening game of the scries on Friday night, McNutt had a hat-trick, while Power notched a pair. Singles goals were credited to Fodor, and Unwin. In addition to all of the offensive credits, O'Brien singled out the defensive play of Kevin Taylor, who was able to restrict Nepean's top player, Jeff Zywictci, to only three goals. The Green Gaels also managed without the services of all-star goal- tender Ray Dance, who missed both games because of a family commitment. commitment. The results in this final scries against Nepean arc in contrast to the semifinal semifinal scries against Akwesasne, when the Green Gaels were forced to play a fifth and deciding game before advancing. In fact, in the Akwesasne series, the Green Gaels were down two games to one, and trailed 4-1 at one point in game four before rallying to win and tie the series. So the obvious question is: Why the big improvement? improvement? "The players arc doing what I hoped they would do since day one of training training camp," O'Brien began. "We've had to take a lot of bumps and bruises to buy into the program. We had to work on the mental part of the game as much as the physical. "The guys thought they were better then they are. But we're not as bad as some others think. Now, the guys are willing to pay the price to win and before they weren't." 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