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Page B4 ♦ THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ August 16,2006 durhamregion.com Ontario shut out of national lacrosse gold 2006 Festival wraps up with new champions in Peewee, Bantam WHITBY -- This is probably not what Derek Keenan had in mind. Although the head coach of the Ontario Ontario Peewee team said last week he was hoping to see parity in lacrosse across the country in the years ahead, he surely wasn't thinking his powerful team would be on the outside looking in for the national championship game Saturday-at Iroquois Park. Yet, there he was, after Ontario settled for a bronze medal, watching Iroquois prevail in a thrilling championship game, 7-6 over British Columbia at the Ontario Lacrosse Festival Saturday afternoon. .What's more, Ontario also had to be satisfied with a bronze in the bantam division, as British Columbia downed Iroquois 9-6 in the final later Saturday. Both Ontario teams entered the tournament tournament as defending champs, but had hopes of a repeat dashed in the semifinals semifinals Friday, as the pcewces lost 8-5 to Iroquois and the bantams fell 5-4 in overtime to B.C. "The Iroquois-Ontario game was what you want every lacrosse game to be, exciting back and forth action to the final buzzer" said Ron MacSpadycn, Ontario Lacrosse Association marketing director, director, in reference to the peewee match. The bantam semifinal was its equal, said Tyler Dalton, OLA Promotions director. "Everyone in the arena was at the edge of their seats waiting for that one goal to make the difference," he said. "Ontario made a mistake arid British Columbia took full advantage of it." At least both Ontario teams regrouped in time to win a, medal, as the peewee team downed Alberta 8-2 in the bronze medal game and the bantams got past Alberta, 7-5 in overtime. The Ontario peewee team had plenty of local content in addition to Keenan, who hails from Osliawa. Devon Shore of Ajax led the team and division in scoring with 13-22-35 numbers numbers in 10 games, while Brandon Staal of Courtice was also among the leaders with 14-16-30 numbers. Port Perry's Matthew Hossack, Darryl Comes and Jason Weber of Whitby, Gabriel Burn- * side and Ryan Keenan of Osliawa and Pickering's Drake Caggiula also contributed. contributed. Dylan Goddard of Whitby was among the top snipers in nantam with 12-19-31 numbers, while Luke Henry of Hampton tended the nets. ; The national championships were just zone ; .CLARINGTON - Their fourth tournament tournament win was definitely their biggest to dale. ! The Play It Again Sure Fit Novice 1 ,Gaels were riding high heading into the provincial championships after defeating rival Whitby to win the Zone 6 title. ■ The Gaels, led by the coaching of Harold Harold Hoar, Ron Albright and Doug Freedman, Freedman, along with trainer Peter Wynne and support staff Dave Bryant, Marty Kelly and Gary Taylor, brought home the championship with a convincing win over Whitby #1. Leading 9-2 heading into the third period, the Gaels easily walked away with the crown. '. The entire team deserves credit for their strong play and team spirit throughout throughout the season. Scoring goals for the Gaels were Garrett Eddy with three, . to go along with two assists, Mitch Burghardt with a pair, while singles came from Zack .Bryant, Jamie Bennett, Bennett, Conner Kearnen and Cody Lecours. 1 Kearnen had two assists while Bryant, Zack Taylor, Keenan Cook and Zack Cole each picked up assists. Liam Wynne provided fantastic goal- tender en route to the championship. NEWS FOR ALL 1999 t TYKE SELECT 7 YR. OLDS Tryouts will start on Aug. 22 4:30p.m. - 6:00p.m. South Courtice À Aug. 23 6:30p.m. - 8:00p.m. South Courtice A The rest of the tryouts will be on our website by the end of next week www.claringtontoros.com Also check any future adds in local paper for further details. Head Coach is Dale DeGray ddmdegrav@rogers.com 905-433-1071. All tryouts will cost $10 per 1.5 hrs. It is recommended that all Players register with the CRHL (Clarington Recreational Hockey League) in order to secure a position within House- league Draft. Successful players who make the Toros will be required to contact contact the CRHL for a refund as per CRHL policies and guidelines. Please contact Dale DeGray for any questions. a part of the Ontario Lacrosse Festival, Festival, a ,10-day extravaganza that included nearly 4,500 participants representing 230 teams and also crowned several provincial champions. 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