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Himmmww^ 4 - Orono Weekly Times. Wednesday. Mauli 22. 2000 O.T. loss in game two Orono lumber blasts Thedford On Saturday, March 18, the team finish the evening with Early in the overtime peri- Orond Lumber Midget Leafs an impressive 6-0 victory over od, Thedford brought the made their way to Thedford, Thedford in game one of the game to an abrupt end putting (west of London) for a double seven game series. one by Orono's goalie, Scott header--the first two games Goaltender, Scott Poole Poole to take, game two 3-2. of the seven game series in the earned the shutout playing a Poole was outstanding in final round of the OMHA simply awesome game in net. net both games while the team playoffs. Game two in Thedford on played extremely well and is With both teams unsure of Sunday ended in a heartbreak- in great shape for their next what to expect from each ing 3-2 overtime loss. three games at home, other, they played a hard first After one period, the game Having won the toss, period with Ryan Leddy once was still scoreless. games three and four are in again opening the scoring • Thedford lit up the score- Orono on Saturday, March 25 with linemate Bobby . bo'ard in the second period, at 5 p.m. and Sunday, March Witheridge assisting. However, the Leafs didn't 26 at 6 p.m. It wasn't until the second take this goal lightly. The very Game five is Friday, March period that Orono struck again next faceoff saw Bob 31 at 8 p.m. in Orono. with Derek Heerschop Witheridge find Ryan Leddy If necessary, game six is bulging twine on a feed from who blasted it home to tie it at Sunday, April 2 in Thedford at Adam Tollett. one sending Orono fans into a 6:30 p.m. and again, if neces- Witheridge added another frenzy. sary, game seven is back here on a fine lone shot in the third The game remained tied in Orono on April 7 at 8 p.m. followed by a Jeff Thompson until about the three minute The place to be this weekoffering weekoffering with captain Tyler mark in the third when end is Orono arena where the Robinson assisting. - Thedford pulled ahead 2-1. Orono Lumber midgets have a Ryan Homes, wanting in Undaunted, the Leafs went score to settle with Thedford. on the action, posted Orono's . about their work and it paid The boys can take a huge lead fifth marker on a solo effort, off big-time when Witheridge in this championship series so Leddy, with a helper from slipped one in to tie it up again lets show Thedford what Ryan Tresise completed the after being set up by Brandon home game advantage really team's scoring helping his Baker. means. Go Leafs go! Down 2 games Sports Editor Rosey Bateman Fibergrate Canada's player of the week pictèred above is defenseman, Justin Westerink who has an extremely hard right- handed shot. Orono Peewees fate After narrowly losing gahies one and two of the OMHA provincial championships championships on home turf Orono's Allin's Orchard peewees find themselves behind the eight- ball with the unenviable task of having to win three games straight--in Stephen Twp. this weekend. However, the upside of all this is, the peewees have consistently consistently shown throughout the playoffs their resiliency and ability to bounce back with a vengeance. Taking it one game at a time, Orono's young lads will show their usual true grit form while wearing a "never say never" attitude when they step back on the ice this Friday night. Entering game one Saturday in Orono, fan expectations expectations were high and spirits were soaring as Allin's prepared prepared to meet Stephen Twp. in the final round of the provincial provincial championships. * Nerves abounded both on and off the ice when the national anthem was played. Team sponsors, Paul and Kathleen Allin and Councillor Troy Young were on hand to drop the puck at pre-game cere- monies. The game remained scoreless scoreless during the first period of play with both teams tentatively tentatively sizing each other up. Orono opened the scoring at 14:47 of the second with a slàpshot from the point by Chris Moffat on a feed from Kyle Allin right from the face- off. The hometown crowd began to breath a little easier when Allin's went ahead by two on a picture-perfect goal by Kyle Cox at 10:20 again from Kyle Allin. The Leafs kept the pressure on for the remainder of the secotid but seemed to let up a little in the third when the Twp. scored three unanswered goals at 13:43, 10:35 and the killer at 1:31 to take game one 3-2. Game two followed Sunday with the Applemen knowing full-well what to expect but they soon found themselves behind 3-0. To their credit, the boys never gave up. They plugged away persistently until Doug Garlick scored two goals bringing them within one. Steve Burt and Adam Cull set Garlick up for' the first goal while the other was on a fine solo effort. The Twp. scored one more : in the third period giving them a 4-2 victory and a 2-0 lead in the best of five games series. Having lost the flip, games . three, four and five will be played in Huron Park, Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 p.m., and Sunday afternoon. The spirit and good wishes of Orono go with the team. "You can do it!" The Fibergrate Canada atoms competed in five games this past week. First off, the team travelled to: Port Perry for some tournament tournament action • ' tackling Laurentian Bank in game one and emerging 5-3 winners. Adam Wood scored, a hat- trick while Andrew Fudge scored a pair. Assists went to, Fudge with 2, Matt Smitt and Blain Cox. Game two featured a match-up with Scugog Lumber with Orono skating to a 3-2 win. Wood and Fudgé provided the offense while assists went to Robyn Henderson, Matt Fuller, Justin Westerink, Kenny Jackson, Blain Cox and Matt Smjtt. . In the 'A' championship final, Orono met Oshawa and were handed a 4-1 loss. Blain Cox fired in the goal with Josh Dobson and Jonathan Koerrsen. Adam Wood received the MVP award for the tournament. Goalie, Mike Hisson was played steadily throughout the tournament. Sarah Donnell)', Doug Deboo, Dennis Beenen and Kevin Bourke all played great hockey. . Back, in regular season action'March 18, Orono battled battled James Publishing to a 3-2 win. Andrew Fudge played a strong game between the pipes. Orono's first marker was scored by Jonathan Koerssen when he toured in unassisted. Doug Deboo Scored a pair assisted by Henderson, Donnelly, Smitt and Hisson. March 19, the team played an exhibition game with Newcastle. Goal scorers were Koerssen (2), -Wood and Deboo. « 23s §58® Orono Country C«fe Full Menu --<es-- rr Main Street., Orono, Ontario • 983-9009 * 6