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Orono Weekly Times, 30 Aug 2006, p. 6

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6 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, August 30,2006 The Orono U19 soccer team defeated Courtice 2-1 last Thursday to capture the Darlington Soccer 'A'title. Team members back row, I. to r. Josh Flynn, Patrick Battersby, Mike Thomson, Mike Hines, Shane Winters, Matt Lewis, Cam Richardson, Mike Whelan, Kevin Burke, and Coach Jamie Shetler. Middle row, I. to r. Dennis Beenan, Sarah Schoenmaker, Mark Spiers, Kristan Verkuyl, Matt Moffat, Kim Sikma. Front row, I. to r. Emma Lunn, Adam Wood, Heather Maitland. j Mosport Speedway Race Recap You have to feel sorry for poor Gary Downing. Following Following Saturday's racing action at Mosport Speedway, the track's Official Starter must certainly have used a month's supply of Rub A535 on his shoulders given the number of times that he had to wave his yellow, caution flag over the course of the evening. With the season winding . down, the intensity in the various various championship chases is at its most extreme, and many of the drivers are tending to toe over the edge with the predictable predictable results. The Super Car Show/CAW 222 Limited Late Models: S 't&nad a , Tf&NTOSfor l -- w 'th the ' / / with the FIGURE"'^ J W SKATING I/ \\ AlCLUBlN // m ^FIGUf SKATII £ FALL REGISTRATION DATES September 12 • September 19 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at the Orono Arena & Community Center CANSKATE- 2-1 full hour sessions per week BBSS ADULT PROGRAM - Call or come in for details EBB CAN POWER -10 weeks, one hour sessions Focuses on balance, power, agility, speed and endurance skills important for hockey and ringette. $40 fundraising fee not included in all programs For more information please contact Joan at • 905-983-9561 or Charlene at 905-983-1009 or visit our website: www.oronofsc.com Gormley's Mark Gordon has a relatively comfortable lead in the LLM point standings, standings, but that hasn't deterred any of his challengers. On Saturday, Port Perry driver Todd Delisle powered his #22 Pro-Street Automotive Dodge into Mosport's Victory Lane on three occasions, claiming two heat wins as well as a hard-fought victory in the 25 lap evening finale for tin sweep. Taking control of the sprin on the second lap, Delisli stretched his advantage ove the strong 18 car field t< almost four seconds before tin caution flag flew on lap nine regrouping the pack. On th< ensuing restart, Dwight Bro wn, making a race LLIV appearance, slotted into sec 2006 PONTYPOOL MEN'S SUNDAY LOB BALL LEAGUE Results for August 27 Slime over Black Jacks 12:11 Cement Heads over Blazers 18:14 Pita Pit over Generals 25:7 Mudhens over Renegades 22:6 Playoff Standings as of August 28 TEAM GP WIN LOSS T|E RE RA +/- PTS 1. A. Cement Heads 2 2 0 0 48 18 30 4 2. A. Blazers 2 0 2 0 18 48 -30 0 3. A. Pita Pit 2 2 0 0 49 18 31 4 4. A. Generals 2 0 2 0 18 49 -31 0 5. B. Renegades 2 1 1 0 14 28 -14 2 6. B. Mudhens 2 1 1 0 28 14 14 2 7. B. Black Jacks 2 1 1 0 34 22 12 2 8. B. Slime 2 1 1 0 - 22 34 -12 2 BEST OF 5 GAMES - SEMI-FINALS Renegades vs. Mudhens - 2:30 pm Black Jacks vs. Slime - 4:00 pm Cement Heads vs. Blazers - 5:30 pm Generals vs. Pita Pit - 7:00 pm ond place, followed shortly thereafter by reigning series champion, Mark Gordon. The front running trio survived one more yellow, flag restart, the running order remaining static to the checkered flag with Delisle claiming his third feature feature win of the year, a single car length ahead of Brown, Gordon a similar distance back in third place. "The car started to go off towards the end," admitted Delisle. "And I certainly didn't want to see Dwight sitting on my back bumper!" With the 75 points earned on this night, Delisle now moves into second place in the points standings. ahead of Oshawa's Mike Poultoh. . Courtiers Dan Kimmerly crossed the line in a distant fourth place with Poulton rounding out the top five. The Bob's Towing ThunderCars: John Baker Jr. scored his third ThunderCar feature win of the season Saturday and with the victory has closed to within a single point of series points leader Donnie Beatty. 'Big John' edged past Lindsay's Jeremy Gerrow on lap twelve- to take over the race lead, the pilot of the #63 Mills Pontiac Buick GMC -Monte Carlo having just enough pedal to keep Gerrow at bay to the checkered flag, the margin of victory,- less than a car length. "Pm points racing right now, but I really want to beat Jeremy and Donnie," declared Baker. "I've raced against both of them a long time, we've had our differences but we've also had a Mot of fun. But now there's a championship at stake!" Gerrow's second place result in the feature, coupled with a win and a runner-up finish in the heat races has secured his third place in the standings, a mere two points in arrears of Baker. Dave Bishop (#25 Zeebon's Signs Chevrolet) rounded out Saturday's podium podium positions with Donnie Beatty (#40) and Jamie Horner (#14W). completing the top five. The THORSONS EVT 6 Or Less: Twenty 6 Or Less cars took the green flag to start Saturday's 20m lap feature but when the checkered flag flew over first time winner Trevor Coppins, there were only 12 cars still running. In a division not known for its accidents, the caution flag flew four times over the 10 mile sprint. Coppins in his #3 Blundell Haulage Cavalier took the lead on a lap nine restart, ticking ticking past points leader Peter Monig at the drop of the green, pulling the #98 MOSPORT see page 7

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