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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, AUGUST 1,2001 PAGE 14 *» Green Gael legend 6 could do it all ' Gaylord Powless remembered fondly BY BRIAN McNAIR Staff Writer BRANTFORD - Perhaps the greatest greatest Green Gael of them all has passed on before his time. Gaylord Powless, who led the Os- haxva Green Gaels to four of their seven consecutive Minto Cup junior lacrosse championships in the 1960s, died Saturday at age 54 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Those who knew Powless remember remember a fun-loving individual with incredible incredible instincts on the lacrosse floor. "Gaylord was a tremendously talented talented player," says Brooklin's Peter Vipond, who played with Powless on the 1967 Minto Cup-winning team. "He could do it all... He was a good scorer, a good faccoff man, a hard worker and he was big enough to take all the abuse." Born on the Six Nations reserve, Powless was the oldest of 14 children and began learning the game at the age of two from his father, Ross, also recognized recognized as one of the best players of his generation. Both are members of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, the only father-son tandem so inducted in the players' category. In 1964, a 17-year-old Powless caught the eye of legendary Green Gaels' coach Jim Bishop while playing Racer fast tracks way to podium BOWMANVILLE - Race car driver Scot MacKenzie is developing developing some winning habits in his first season racing in the BFRA F2000 scries. The Bowmanville resident has made it to the podium in each of the races he has competed in this season. season. With six of the 12 races completed, completed, MacKenzie has collected one victory, has been second three times and third on another, occasion. His most recent success has continued continued a winning streak that dates back three years. Over that time he has garnered 10 wins, six second- place finishes and has been third three times. Included in that is an eight-race winning streak stretching over 1999-2000. MacKenzie will be back behind the wheel when the F2000 series returns returns Aug. 24-26. Scoreboard AUG. 1, 2001 CLARINGTON GIRLS' SLO PITCH TEAM GPWLTPTS. BRYANT DIVISION Brant-Dale Prty. Mgt. 11 6 5 0 12 Deighton & Assoc. 8 5 3 0 10 Walters, Diz., Ferg. 8 3 5 0 6 Dog-Earred Books 5 2 3 0 4 PEEWEE DIVISION Newcastle Optimists 9 8 10 16 Snips Sluggers 8 7 10 14 Bane's Fries 6 4 2 0 8 Bob's Towing 9 3 6 0 6 Elmark 8 17 0 2 Mr. Sub 8 17 0 2 MIDGET DIVISION Dog-Earred Books with an intermediate team in Hagcrsville. When Osliawa player Dave Houston broke his leg late in the season that year. Bishop gave Powless his chance - and surely never regretted it. Powless picked up three goals and five assists in his first game and went on to win the Jim McConaghy Memorial Memorial Cup as most valuable player in the Minto Cup that year. "He had a little bit of spirit in him that didn't always conform to Mr. Bishop's ideas, but lie ended up to be very' successful," recalls Peter Abram- czuk, who has been associated with the Green Gaels organization for more than 30 years. "He had some very unique and individual individual talents, but he was still coach- able in the sense he would play a system." system." Powless posted some remarkable numbers and pocketed numerous awards in his four-year stint with the Gaels. He won two scoring titles, two McConaghy Cups, two sportsmanship awards and, of course, the four national national championships. "Gaylord always played big in the big games - and that's the true measure of a great athlete .in any sport," says Vipond, who watched Powless score an eye-popping 72 points in 12 playoff games in 1967. his final year with the club. Powless went on to play for professional professional teams in Detroit. Syracuse and Montreal and senior or major teams in Brantford. Coquitlam. Six Nations and Brampton. Bob Hanna, the current coach and general manager of the Whitby Warriors, Warriors, played alongside Powless in Detroit Detroit of the NLA professional league in 1968. Like Vipond, Hanna remembers an indomitable spirit. "Gaylord was just a great player, a tremendous competitor," says Hanna, recalling in particular a four-game trip to the west coast. "He was absolutely magnificent in all four games. I've never seen a guy get keyed on so much or take so much of a beating. He just came back and back and back. He was a true warrior." 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