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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, JUNE 27,2001 PAGE 17 Playoffs inch closer for Gaels JASON UEBREGTS/Statesman photo The women's rowing team from Uxbridge High School was among the Regatta on Lake Scngog. A team from Bowmanville High School placed entrants in the Durham Rowing Club's 3rd Annual Scugog Invitational second in the Junior Women's Four with Cox. BHS rowers second at Scugog regatta But there is still some work to do in final five games : BY BRAD KELLY Sports Editor ; BOWMANVILLE - It's consid- ! crcd a bad omen for a team to look l too far ahead in the schedule, but it's ; a trap to which many fall prey. With only five games remaining in ' the regular season, the playoffs arc ! looming on the horizon. But to start ' envisioning possible post-season scenarios scenarios could be a dangerous thing to do for the Jr. B Clarington Green ; Gaels. ; Only three points separates the - first-place team from the fourth in the ! Far East division of the Ontario ; Lacrosse Association. While the ■ Green Gaels currently hold down scc- ! ond place with 20 points, that is a lit- , tic deceiving. They have played three ' fewer games than first-place Mimico, who have 21 points. Scarborough is in third with 19, while Barrie is close behind in fourth with 18. As teams jockey for playoff positions, positions, the final two weeks of the season season will go a long way in determining who has the upper hand when the first round opens July 6. "It's time we started to pick up the pace and start practicing the way we are going to play in the playoffs," said head coach Brad MacArthur following following a convincing 13-5 home floor win last week over Barrie that improved the Green Gaels to 10-5. MacArthur added that he talked to . his players before the Barrie game about how important the remainder of the schedule is. Two of the five games are against divisional foes Scarborough Scarborough (9-6-1) and Oakville (5-12). The Green Gaels also face Onondaga (14- 2-1), Kahnawake (7-10) and Spartan (12-4). While three of the remaining five games are at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex, that might not necessarily be an advantage for the Green Gaels, who have a mediocre 4- 3 record on their home floor compared compared to 6-2 on the road. One of the aspects of the Green : Gaels game that is showing some : promise heading into the playoffs is specialty teams. In their last game against Barrie, the Green Gaels : scored six times on the power play and once shorthanded. MacArthur praised the work of the two units. He noted that he expects to kill off 80 per cent of the shorthanded situations and score 50-60 per cent of the time on the power play. "We néed at least that to be a successful successful team. We're not that experienced experienced age-wise so we're going to need (specialty teams) to come through with the clutch goals." The stretch run will begin with . three successive home games at the > Recreation Complex, beginning to- ; morrow night (Thursday) against r. Scarborough, followed by Onondaga [ on Friday night. Both games begin at j! 8 p.m. On Sunday, Kahnawake will f be in town for a 2 p.m. start. C The Green Gaels close out the sea-, j' son with games in Oakville on Tues- [- day, July, 3 and Spartan (St. \ Catharines) on Thursday, July 5. PORT PERRY - The Durham Rowing Club won six events and placed second in five others at the third annual Scugog Invitational Regatta. Father Leo Austin Secondary School student Andy Guiry did it all on his own, winning the junior men's single event. Otherwise, it was female rowers who stole the show for the host Durham club. The Uxbridge Secondary School team of Julia Leaman, Mandy Grimes, Laura Beaton, Kate Day and Christine Cotie won the Junior Women's Four with Cox race. Valerie Ewen, Deb Weinberg, Cathy Sakata, Melanie Wilson, Joelle Larande, Kim Clark, Alison Carr and Delia Taylor worn the Recreational Women's Eight with Cox category. Jennifer Millikin, Sarah Kazmirchuk, Jessica Bolahood, Andrea McLaughlin, Stephanie McKenna, Noreen Cauley, Kaylin Fraser,, Valerie MacDonald and Claire Christotaulou took the Junior Women's Eight with Cox race. Christine Cotie, Deb Weinberg, Cindy Johnston, Kim Clark and Valerie Ewen were champs in Recreational Women's Four with Cox. Jennifer Millikin, Kim Pokocky, Rachel Jackson, Alison Clark, Julie Michalejko, Christine Michalejko, Olivia Amantea, Claire Christotaulou and Angela Taylor teamed up to win an additional Junior Women's Eight with Cox race. Second place finishes for the Durham Rowing Club were: • The Bowmanville High School team of Jennifer Millikin, Claire Christotaulou, Christotaulou, Julie Michalejko, Christine Michalejko, Olivia Amantea in the first Junior Women's Four with Cox race; • The Eastdale Collegiate team of Valerie MacDonald, Sarah Kazmirchuk, Jessica Bolahood, Lindsey Lindsey Broersma, Andrea McLaughlin in the additional Junior Women's Four with Cox race; • The Uxbridge Secondary School team of Charlene Pilgrim, Julia Lea- man, Mandy Grimes, Laura Beaton, BY BRIAN McNAIR Staff Writer BALTIMORE - Gavin Prout simply oozes lacrosse. Be it on the field or in the box, the 23-year-old Whitby native is drawing rave reviews every: time he wields a webbed stick. This should come as no surprise to local fans, who watched Prout dominate the junior box scene with the Whitby Warriors, leading them to Minto Cup championships in 1997 and 1999, and then make a seamless transition to the Major Series, where he won rookie-of- the-year honours and played a key role in the Brooklin Redmen's Mann Cup title a year ago. But the word on Prout is quickly spreading throughout North America, which is great news for Prout if not for those who have grown accustomed to watching him play locally. Recently finishing a stellar NCAA field career by being named a first-team all-American with Baltimore's Loyola College, Prout is on the verge of making some serious money from a sport not known for doling it out. Prout will play field lacrosse this summer with the Baltimore Bayhawks of the new Major League Lacrosse loop, where he could earn about $ 15,000 for a Kate Day, Emma Race, Lindsay Senese, Garlic Buffan and Lisa Colic in the first Junior Women's Eight with Cox race; • Mason Shaw, Betty Summerville, Cathy Sakata, Joelle Larande and Karen McCabe in Recreational Women's Four with Cox. • Stephanie McKenna. Ron Chung, GAVIN PROUT 14-game schedule, and, if he has his way, box lacrosse this winter for the New Jersey Storm of the National Lacrosse League, where he could earn even more dough. "My goal right now is to make the (Baltimore) starting lineup so I can make an actual physical contribution to the team," says Prout, who was drafted by the Bayhawks in the first round of the collegiate draft, but didn't play in the league-opener. "Basically all I need is a little bit more time under my belt to fully understand the offence and the defence." No worry there - if nothing else, Andy Guiry, Tom MacMurda and Jose Mendez in Touring Quad with Cox. All races were 2,000 metres with the exception of the Recreational Women's Four, which was 1,000 metres. Rowing clubs from Barrie, Guelph, Georgian Bay, Owen Sound, Orillia, K i tchener-Waterl oo, Bayside and Lawrence Park also took part. Prout is driven to succeed. When he started playing field lacrosse under scholarship with Mercyhurst College in Pennsylvania, he set a goal to be named a first-team all-American, seemingly impossible for a Division 2 player. . But two transfers later, he accomplished accomplished the feat by leading Loyola, one of the top Division 1 teams in the U.S., with 37 goals and 58 points from the midfield position. "At the time I started, it seemed pretty pretty unrealistic," says Prout, who wrote down his five-year goals at the time. "I was just hoping to contribute to (Loyola) and I ended up doing a little bit more." Actually he did a lot more, which was sweet vindication for Prout after two of the coaches at Loyola discouraged discouraged head coach Dave Cottle from signing signing him due to his stature. But, as anyone who has seen him play box lacrosse, Prout plays well beyond beyond his 5-foot-9,175-pound frame, especially especially when something important is on the line. As for seeing Prout back in a Red- men uniform, it's best not to hold your breath - at least until the MLL either folds or relents on its position not to allow players to suit up elsewhere. "I loved playing with the Redmen and I'd love to again," says Prout. Lacrosse player in demand south of border i Hole ; in one \ for : Orono i golfer , orono - It ! was a shot that ! Pete Maartense ' and the rest of the members in ! his golf group [ won't soon for- ; get. i The Orono ; resident scored a [ hole-in-onc on ! the par 3, 135- ! yard 12th hole at [ Oliver's Nest { Golf Course in j. 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