K page 12THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, JULY 28,2004 Warriors finding the road to their liking www.durhamregion.com Junior baseball heats up this weekend OSHAWA - For junior baseball teams in the province, this is the weekend. Starting Friday and running until the Holiday Monday, the Baseball Ontario Junior 7V Championship Championship tourney takes place at six locations, including Oshawa's Kinsmen Stadium. Both the Oshawa Lcgionaires and Whitby Chiefs teams will be taking pail in the 20-team double elimination tourney. Oshawa, the two-time defend ing champion, is ranked fourth in the province but faces a stem test in its opening game, against the Waterloo Tigers Friday at 5:30 p.m. at Kinsmen Stadium. At the same time, Whitby opens against the Brantford CKPC Braves at Iro quois Park. The championship game takes place Monday at 3:30 p.m. at Kinsmen Stadium. The winner advances advances to the national championships, championships, being held in Trois Rivières, Rivières, Quebec, Aug. 25 to 29. Looking for third straight win in Peterborough tonight BY BRIAN McNAIR Staff Editor PETERBOROUGH - . Never mind Warriors; try . Road Warriors, v The Whitby Warriors ' head into tonight's sixth ; game in Peterborough with a r perfect 2-0 road record in r the OLA Junior A playoffs. That's the good news. '• The bad news, at least :! prior to last night's Game 5 '] (after our deadline), is the :i Warriors had yet to win in !; thëir own friendly confines l- of the Iroquois Park Sports Centre. The teams continued to ", break serve on the weekend, with the Lakers winning 8-6 in Whitby Friday and the Warriors responding with a 12-6 win in Peterborough Sunday to square the best- of-seven quarterfinal at two games apiece. "In the two games they've won in Whitby, their goaltending has been strong and they've outworked us," said Warriors coach Jeff Mc- Comb, nevertheless pleased with Friday's third period effort. "We've gotten back into our old habits where we took some penalties and they've got a great power play," McComb added. "They've got some of the best scorers in the league and we don't want them on the floor all the time." The Warriors actually fared better when they took more penalties, winning Sunday despite a 32-17 dif ference in minutes. In Friday's Friday's game, the teams were assessed 10 minutes each. But McComb knows full well it's a recipe for disaster for such a trend to continue. Shawn Evans, the league's second-leading scorer who had been held in check previously, led the Lakers with a goal and four assists Friday. Peterborough jumped out to a 4-2 lead through one period, and held the next two periods even. Kyle O'Brien and Tyler Perry had two goals and an assist each in defeat for Whitby. Nick Carson and Matt Taylor also scored. With his team's back to the wall Sunday, Zack Greer took matters matters into his own hands, scoring five times and adding an assist. But balanced attack attack was also showcased well, with Matt Savoie (2), Taylor, Connor Traecy, David Werry, O'Brien and Ryan Sharp all finding the back of the net. Justin Burton, Perry and O'Brien each had four assists assists in the win. If a seventh game is needed, it will go Thursday at 8 p.m. at Iroquois Park. In the other quarterfinals, Toronto (14-6) and Six Nations Nations (13-7) have already moved on, while Orangeville Orangeville (15-4-1) led Brampton (9-11) 3-2 heading heading into last night's game in Brampton (after our deadline). deadline). The Warriors (14-6) entered entered the playoff as the second second seed, the Lakers (9-11) seventh. 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