WHITY PREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20,1988, PAGE 21 Coach 'suspended for conduet in local tourney, GOALTENDER for Whitby durmng Whitby Iroquois soceer bantam Firefighters is about to send bail upfield gà me against Canadian Tire last week. Free Press photo The coach of Agincourt's under-14 soccer'team has-been suspended by the Ontario Soccer Association until January 1990 after he attacked a referee during a tournament garne in Whitby in May. Michele Russino, who attended a hearing June 30 on a charge of violent conduct and abusive language, was given the suspen- sion and a $200 fine. A- player on the Agincourt teain, Russino's nephew Bart Russino, was suspended from further play until May 31, 1989, also for a charge of violent con- duct and foui or abusive Ian- guage. "It will give the message to most people that we don't tolerate the abuse of officiais," said Steve Cusack, president of the Durham Region Soccer Association. Cus- ack said he can recaîl only one other incident of a similar nature in the past 10 years, when a parent ran on a soccer field and pushed a referee during a game in Oshawa four years ago. In the Whitby tournament, Agincourt was playing Malton. Referee Colin Payne of Whitby said in a statement that from the start of the game, Agincourt players complained about every single tackle, assisted by the coach and a group of parents. Payne said he later booked an Agincourt player for aiming a kick at a Malton player afler being tackled. He halted the gaine a few minutes when "foui and abusive language" was used by groups on the idelines. He said that when play resunied, Agincourt players con- *tinued to, question every eall. Payne then issued a red card to the same Agincourt player he had previously carded. The coach went berserk and attacked me, trying to punch me, pulling my shirt. so hard that my arai received bad bruising" sai& Payne, a Whitby.resident, in his staternent. Spectators dragged the coach away but he broke free and attacked Payne a second time. PFyne said some Aginééurt parents were also threatening to attack him. Another Agincourt player then unsuccessfully miss- ed Payne with a kick. Payne said he then ended the contest, and was escorted from. the field with some parents following, "stili hurling abuse and threats of bodily harm.' The game was awarcled to Malton. The Agincourt team is also under a $500 bond until the end of 1989 in the event of further -altercations, said (Cusack. GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL Hlood on Ontarj*o team Joanne Hood of Whitby is a member of the Ontario girls' (18 and under) .volleyball team. Twenty-six girls from across Ontario tried out for the team from June 27 to 30. The team will be travelling to Calgary from Aug. 17 to 21 to, compete in the National Teain Challenge Cup. The Ontarjo tearn is the defending champion. "We are aIso practising for the Canada Games next year," says Hood who helped Anderson CVI win both LOSSA and DYSSAA volleyball championships this year. Practice for the 16-year-old, who plays a power position, involves a tnip to Scarborough five tumes a week. Muir and Parton make squad Lea-Anne Muir anda ichelle Parton of Whitby are members of the central east Ontario girls" volleyball zeam which wiIl com- pete in the Ontario Summer Cames in Hamilton Aug. 18 to 21. 'They're standouts," says teani assistant coach Rick Cee of Muir, an Anderson CVI student who was on the central east teani last year, and Parton, a Henry Street High School student who earned a spot on the team this year. "They know something about cominitment and intensity," said Cee, noting the tryouts and workouts which began in March. Central east, one of six regions in Ontario in under-16- volleyball, will resume teani workouts'Aug. 7 in preparation for the games. Both Muir and Parton play for the Scarborough Solars volleyball club which this year captured the Ontario championship in club play. Muir was also one of the top players, along wîth Joanne Hood, on the *Anderson teani which captured both LOSSA and DYSSAA titles over the past school year. Middle hitter for the central east team coached by Ron Halton of Fenelon Falls Second- ary School, Muir says last year's team cidn't fare too well in competition but things could change at this year's Cames. I think we'1l' have a really good chance this year," she says. Raffle winner Marianne Goldhawk of Whitby won the $1,000 flrst prize in the fundraising raf!le held by Whitby Warriors Minor Lacrosse. J. Phillips of Brooklin won the $500 second prize and M. Cooper of Whitby $250 for third. MICHELLE PARTON LAAN UR LEA-ANNEMUIR-