PAGE 18, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1987 t t W\. 5SPORTS ,~ J Whitby wins championship A four-goal outburst by Whitby striker Paul Siciliano led the under- 13 boys rep soccer team to an 8-1 trouncing over Max to clinch the Durham League championship for a fourth consecutive year. Ajax went ahead early in the game scoring its first goal in three league games played against Whit- by this season. Whitby however took charge of the game in the second half with eight unanswered goals. Whitby other goalscorers were Josh Malarczuk and Michael Hunte with two goals each. In capturing the Durham league championship this Whitby team only tied one and lost one game conceded only six goals in the 15- game league schedule while scoring 76 goals. . Excellent goalkeeping by Brent Williams supported by his defensive squad of Tony Bianco, Dwayne Allen,·Sean Heaney, Ray Sufrin, David Marshall, Richard Bokor and Marlon Sookdeo resulting in 10 shutout games. Top goalscorers of the team were Paul Siciliano with 15, Shane Bevan with 12 and Josh Malarczuk with l goals. In the playoffs, Whitby advanced to the semi-finals Tues. Sept. 8 against Peterborough with a 3-0 win over Ajax last Tuesday. Goalscorers were Paul Siciliano, Josh Malarczuk and Shane Bevan. This team, (sponsored by Roy's Enterprises,) is coached'by Mike Sookdeo with assistant Don Ed- wards and Inez Allen as manager. Swim club registration Whitby Iroquois Swim Club will be holding registration over the next two weeks for Whitby swim- mers 6 and over. The club can accommodate 75 to 80 swimmers but the average size is 65 to 70, says coach Lucie Hewitt- Henderson. She is entering her third year as the Whitby coach. "Al divisions of the club have an opportunity to compete and I think most kids like to compete," she says, adding that the younger the swimmer is the less emphasize is put on meet performances. This year, the club will be sen- ding four swimmers to the Olympic trials in Montreal at the end of May, 1988. They are Janice Currie, Julie Leswick, Wendy Primeau, who is ranked 23rd in Canada in the 800-metre freestyle and Heather Armitage, who is ranked 15th in the 100-metre backstroke. The club is divided into four levels. The yellow level is kids aged 6 to 11, who must swim twice a week; the white level is for kids 12 and over who must swim three times a week; bluè level is for kids -12 and under who are experienced competitive swimmers and the red level is for kids 13 and over, who are committed to swimming. "Their red level first priority, otber than school, is swimming," says Hewitt-Hendersonl. Wbitby's first home-swim meet will be on Oct. 25. Registration will be on Thursday, Sept. 10 and Friday, Sept. il at Irgouois Park from 7 to 9 p.m. Iroquois will also be the site of registration on Saturday, Sept. 12 and19 from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information and prices call Garry Dainty at 668-9698, Sheena 'iurrie at 668-6630 or Hewitt- Henderson at 576-4378. Redmen rely on balance TIM IMESON, a member of the Whitby tykes, celebrates •as he crosses home plate in a game against Brampton on the weekend. Whitby won this game 11-7 but did not make it to the finals of the tournament won by Sault Ste Marie. Free Press photo Sault Ste. Marie wins Ontario tyke finals The Whitby Minor Baseball Association hosted the tyke AA all Ontario finals on Labor Day weekend. The double-knockout tournament featuring the top tyke teams from around the province was played at Peel park. Sault Ste Marie won the championship. Whitby's Cobi Food team went as far as the semi-finals on Sunday before losing to a tough Wellandsquad. Tim Imeson got Whitby off to a good start by pitching a four-hitter and striking out 10 en route to a 9-4 victory over Markham. Imeson also chipped in a hit and drove in two runs while winning the game's most valuable player award. Mike Innes and Tony Gallant had two hits apiece while Chris Mace and Jamie Pawluk had one each. In spite of a strong effort by pit- cher Chris Mace Whitby was squeezed out 4-3 by Welland in the second game. Imeson, with two hits, and Darryl Wright and Jamie Difiore with one apiece, totalled Whitby's offence. Mace was the game MVP. The Cobi Food team came storming back in the next contest pounding out 11 hits to dump Brampton 11-7. Pawluk and Innes each had two hits and two RBI's. Other hitters were Wright and Difiore with two, Imeson, Dave Partlow and Mace with one each. Jamie Difiore was named the game MVP. The semi-final game pitted Whit- by against Welland once again and once again Whitby's bats were silenced by Welland pitching as they lost 8-6. Imeson Mace and Wright were the Whitby hitters with Jeremy Schott and Jamie Difiore making several sparkling defensive plays in the field. Jeremy Schott won the game's most valuable player award for Whitby. Rajiv Gandhi took the loss on the mound. The teams participating in this year's finals were Whitby, Ajax, Welland, Hamilton, Sault Ste MariE Guelph and Markham. ONTARIO TYKE AA CHAMPIONSHIP Whitby 9 Welland 7 Sault Ste Marie 15 Brampton 7 Welland 4 Sault Ste Marie 9 Hamilton 8 Ajax 8 SaultSte Marie Il Ajax 6 Whitby il Sault Ste Marie 7 Welland 8 Welland 17 Sault Ste Marie 18 Markham 4 Hamilton 0 Ajax 8 Guelph 5 Whitby 3 Brampton Markham 3 Guelph 1 Welland 5 Hamilton 4 Brampton 7 Ajax 6 Whitby 6 Sault Ste Marie 14 Welland 4 (Sault Ste Marie champiofis) By ROXANNE REVELEh Brooklin Redmen, Ontario La- crosse Association champs,· have headed out west to vie for the Mann Cun with one of - the strongest local squads ever assembled. Under the direction ofhead coach Peter Vipond, Redmen ended their regular season with a perfect 20-0 record and went on to win the playoffs in seven straight games, three in round-robin action and four against Peterborough Lakers. Al 25 players are in New West- minster to take on the Salmon- bellies, winners of the Western Lacrosse AC.iation. It is the same New V'est squad that has faced Brooklin in the past two years. It might be recalled that Redmen won the coveted Mann Cup, emblematic of the Canadian championship, in 1985 while playing in B.C., while Salmonbellies took Redmen out in six games at Iroquois Park last year. New West is a physically bigger team than Brooklin. But Redmen are noted for their speed and ac- curacy around the net. As catalyst for the squad, Derek Keenan, with his 59 goals and 80 assists for the year, will be a man to be reckoned with. Likewise, veteran Gil Nieuwendyk, with 107 points (43 goals, 64 assists) cannot be counted out. The acquisition of the Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) top gun Jim Meredith at the beginning of this season can only help the Brooklin team. While playing with Victoria Payless he earned high honors with 85 points in 24 games. This year, amassing.82 points, he stood fourth in line for scoring with Redmen. Redmen have a well-rounded team this year. For left-handed shooters, they have Meredith with 35 goals under his belt this season, Blaine Harrison (32), Dale Ker- nohan (31), Andy Perroni (22), Ken Colley (21), Randy Gallas (13), John Reed (12), Barry Brear (11), Bruce Redwood (10), Jeff Garlin (10), and Lorne Briscoe (6). Shooting from the right, there is real offence with John Fusco (37), Tom Wreggit (32), Paul St. John (21), Eric Perroni (18), Kevin An- trim (18), Brian Colm (10), Jerry Fitzgerald (9) Emil Labaj (9) and Dave Pirog (2). Offensively, Brooklin Redmen can only be termed awesome, but their defense is also superior, headed by the goaltending duo of Wayne Colley and Ken Passfield. Between them, they allowed an average of only 4.6 goals per game. During the break between win- ning the Ontario championship and heading out west, Vipond held three gruelling practice sessions at Brooklin's Luther Vipond Arena, concentrating on one-on-one situations. He knows the only way io break through the strong western defense is to keep running them un- til they wear down. There has been some talk con- cerning the wooden floor Redmen will be playing on at Queen's Park Arena in New Westminster. However, Vipond does not think this will make too much of a dif- ference. It was at this same arena that Brooklin won the Mann Cup in 1985, and he feels the wooden floor can only serve as an asset to the Redmen running style of play. Parents hot over reps in house league Some parents of Whitby players in a Durham girls' soccer house league says it is "unfair" and "ex- tremely irregular" to have a rep tournament team in the league. The complaints became more pronounced last week as playoffs began for the house league cham- pionship, a playoff which includes the more skilled rep team. One parent, Rachel Bailie, says a Whitby house leagué team from Wilow Park folded during the season bçcause a coach couldn't be found and also partly because of '.discouragement" when playing the representative team. Some of the remaining 10 house league teams have also not bothered -to show up for rematches with the rep team after suffering one-sided defeats earlier. Henry Nelson, president of the Durham Region Soccer Club, says it's only a "unique situation" that came about when three other rep teams, two of them from Ajax- Pickering, folded at the start of the mosquito age season, leaving only the Whitby rep team. There were four rep teams last year. "Therp'% no other league in Durham where the girls can play," says Nelson, president of the Durham league for six years. He admitted it was a problem and said he preferred not to comment fur- ther at this time. But he later said he was "satisfied" with what he had told parents. He also criticized parents for wanting to "sit back and complain" about the volunteers who manage the league rather than volunteer themselves. Joe Mazzotta, whose daughter plays for the Whitby rep team, says having only house league com- petition is "no good" for the rep team. "When they win about 10-0 or 11- 0, they don't try anymore," he says. He says an older age group Durham league in which his daughter plays has five rep teams and so does not have the problem facing the mosquito league. This year's mosquito rep, team has played in only two tournamen- ts, says Mazzotta. Parents indicated they may at- tend the annual meeting in Novem- ber to voice concerns. âme. a