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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, May 26,2004 PAGE 13 www.durhamregion.com $()C Canadian Statesman infodurhamregion.com Gaels seek consistency during lengthy homestand BY BRAD KELLY Sports Editor BOWMAN VILLE - Home sweet home. That's the premise the Clarington Green Gaels are welcoming, enjoying a stretch of five consecutive home games that kicked off on a positive note with a 10-9 overtime victory over the defending Founder's Cup champion champion Barrie Tornado last week. It was the second win in a row for the Jr. B lacrosse club, and there's no reason to think that trend won't continue continue through this extended home stand. Floundering .through a 'win one, lose one' stretch for eight games prior, to the triumph over the Tornado, consistency consistency will be the operative word over the next couple of weeks. "We're battling consistency," agreed goaltender Curtis Doherty, who played a huge role in the win over Barrie. Barrie. "We'll play a good game and figure our problems are better, and then we will go back to bad habits in the next one." • Beginning with tomorrow night's tilt against the Huntsville Hawks, the Green Gaels have a golden opportunity opportunity to improve on théir 7-4 mark and second placé Mid-East standing standing behind the 8-3 1 Markham Ironheads. Two of thé next four ' games at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Recreation Complex, are against . the". 0-10 Hawks, whom the Green Gaels have already already beaten. by . a combined 26-9 in two, previous outings. outings. The 0-10 Gloucéster Griffins also visit (Sunday at 2 p.m.)', while the only team with a winning record during the home stand is thé . 5-2-1 Nepean Knights (Saturday, June 5). Curtis Doherty On paper, at least, the Green Gaels should prevail in all four outings, so long as they don't revert back to the bad habits that plagued them through the earlier part of the month. "I don't know what's wrong with them," said co-coach Jason Crosbie of the team's indifferent play. "They get in a lull. They win a game and think they're good and then they think they can take a night off, but you can't take a night off in this league." Through IT games, the Green Gaels are . aji impressive 5-2 on the road, but just 2-2 at home, a mark that they will undoubtedly like to improve improve on. Thursday's faceoff against the Hawks is 8 p.m. lason Crosbie Wins hard to come by DURHAM - Similar to the majority majority of Victoria Day parties this past weekend, Durham-area lacrosse teams were washed out. One tie and three losses is all the three teams could muster over the rainy holiday weekend. The Brooklin Redmen took a trip to Akwesasne for a clash against the Thunder on Sunday. After trailing 4-2 at the conclusion of the first period, the Redmen rallied to tie the score at seven heading into the final frame. However, a couple of lapses on thé powér play allowed the Thiinder to score two short-handed goals and win the back and forth contest 11-10. The loss dropped Brooklin to 1-2 in the Major Series standings. The next action for the Redmen is tomorrow night in Peterborough against the 1-1 Lakers. In Jr. A weekend • action, after a convincing 10-3 victory, in their season season opener against Peterborough, the Whitby Warriors failed to carry the momentum into their next two games, losing both. Whitby was disposed of Friday in Brampton by the Excelsiors, 10-9, in a game that featured the return of War riors' captain Casey Logeman. After missing the entire preseason and opener opener of the regular season while recovering recovering from surgery, Logeman scored a goal and added an assist in the loss. Kyle O'Brien netted two goals to give him six over his first two games. In the second game, the Warriors traveled to the mega-city to play the Toronto Beaches on Monday. The Beaches rallied from a 5-3 deficit after the first period of play to win the contest contest 13-8. Rick Passfield made his third consecutive start in goal lor the Warriors in a losing effort. Feisty forward forward Zach Greer scored another two goals to give him four in his last two games. The Warriors' record stands at 1-2, prior to last night's (after our deadline) home game against the 3-1 Kitchener/Waterloo Kitchener/Waterloo Braves. The only semi-positive result from the gloomy weekend came in the form of a 6-6 tie between the Sr. B Brooklin Merchants and the Ajax/Pickering Rock. With the tie, the Merchants remain remain above the .500 mark with a 2-1- T record. 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