PAGE 34, WlBY FREE PR~ESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL'11, 1990 Banam tke OMHA0item fnallyl Whitby Jennie-Lynn Meats major bant4im AA tearn finally overcame a stubborn Welland teamn on Frday night to win the OMEIA crown, nine points to five. Ini the seventh gae of the eight-point series, Jordie Johnson opened the scoring early in the game with a' defloction that completely fooled the Welland goalkeeper. The score remained that way until Welland evened the count at one each, half-way throu h the second perod. Ery in th ahr period, Mark W'isdom scored what proved to b.'. the winning goal with a long shot from outside the Welland 'Îlue-line. I the lest minute of play, Wisdom notched bis second gocf th.gae into the empty net, foloe by Peter Allisons goal teoun out the scoring. The. final score was Whitby 4, Welland 1. On two pr.vious evenings, Whitby, needing only* a point to win, was stalled b Welland. On Wednesday in Welland, the two teais played te, a 1-1 te with Whiutby's Ion. marker coming off the stick' of Bart Muflin. On Thursday, night, Whitby dropped ,a4-3 decision tWeHaïd In tis game, Whitby trailed by a score of 4- 0 befor. they woke up -te meke the final score respectable. Geoif Cadan, Peter Allion and Jorie Johnson each scoed in this gae. According te manager Jack Cadan, "It wvas a tottam effort that enabled the boys tocorne out on, top of this seies. Eveyon. made a valuable contribution throughout these playoff game. Coach Stella is te b. congratulated for bis efforts. anc. taking over the teama on." Tii. team will b. in Walden, west of Sudbury, on the weekend te compete ini the AA provincial chapionships series againat the. Nwnners from the NOAA (Vall.y East), MTHL (Goulding Park or York Taros). and the hast town of Walden. Petes' win ends Cinderella season for Whitby novio es .Wellazid fa&l IT TOOK seven games, but Whitby major bantame ffinaJiy put away Welland tocli the ali-Ontairio chamnpionship. The Whitby team started strongly i the eight-point series and was within one win of the championship when Welland fought off eliminaton in the next few games and made the series Close. Whitby won 4-1 li Welland last friday for the titie. Council reduces grants to teams By Mike Kowalsi WiitbY's amateur sports teems and athietes will have to, get by with leas money from tii. Town, ithe. futur.. Town council Monday voted to, eut, by 50 per oenttii. maxi- mum grants given te teams and individuals participating in ciiempionshipcompetitions. Tii. maximum grant available te, teems was chopped te, $750 from $1,500 and for individuals the. grant wes reduced te, $250 from $500. Terming the operations coni- mitte. recommendation, "an attempt that will boomerang,» councillor Tom Edwerds argued ainthtii.cuts. Noting that council's previous li cost tii. municipality the lest year, Edwards said te mount "mnore thaen earned a divldend for tiie Town.» Edwards said Wiiitby's ama- teur teains and individual com- peitr have represented the. rownrweilat provincial, national and international sporting events. "W. should keep up tiie stan- dard we've set tii. lest few years,' said Edwards. .Iresponse te Edwerds' open- ing remarks, councillor Jo. Bugelli said, "Tuis -boomerang' won't come back.»-- Buel atdtect eecn tained in tiie 1990-budget iappro- ved-unanimously by counciilest week. "W. can stand and argue eacii aspect of the. budget as 'it pre- sents itself this year,» said B u want te re-open tii. budget 1 will b. pleased ,te debate it point by p*oint.» Budget chairmen Jo. Drumm said h. was not prepared to ignorei direction set by tii. rft u istl in place, I don't intend to, deviate from it on. iota this yeer,» said Drumm. On a recorded vote, only Edwerds did not support tii. committe. recommendation. Silver imedal for strong Gyminast Loii Strong won a silver medal in balance beain Sainst a strong field at a World Cp meet in Cà ttbus, East Ger- meny over the. past weekend. Strong, who was second overali behind teammate Laissa Low- ing in the, Canadien Airlines meet iield the previous woekend at the Skydome, wes fourtii over- ail in tii. ail-round at Cottbus. Lowng, f Piclerig, was eigth onuneven bars1at Cottbus andý l7ti overa. Tii. agony of defeat. That famous phrase but describes most lasses in a deciding gae in any sport. But this waWnt entirely the case last Thursday night in Peterborougii when the. Vick Insurance minor novice AA hockey team a ws defeated 1-O on a last minute goal, enabling th. Petes te, win tiie six-point championship series ïrxintsWhitby team was disappointed but there was "als quiet sense of satisfaction over what was accomplished in the lest four months of the season. Tii. team, which stirgged early, came together te produce an excellent finish te the season. I the lest 18 gemes only three lasses were incurred on the drive to the finals. In gae one, Scott Beegans' two goals led te a 2-0 victory on hiome ice. Game two was tied late in the. third piod wiien Peterboroughi scredtesteal a 2-1 Forty seconds. - TMaes the emount of time that steod between the. Whitby minar pe.we. AA hockey club and an all-Ontario championship. In a meies that went te, a fifth and final gre, a very strong club fri hathani pulled out a 5-4 victoiy i overtime. Witi the. clubs tied 3-3, Whitbys spSeised ly Plymouthi Ciryslerý scored with a minute and a half 1.11 ini the third p.riod te tae..the. lead. Ail that r.main.d was te iiang on and déaim the cup. Chathami did not give up, and. with 40 seconds à emaining, scored the, tying goal on a' blistering shot whicii got by Bariy rawford. That set th. stage for overtime. Tii. Chathami club scored at the. six-minute mark of the 10-minute perod te tek. tii. leed Whithçy did net give up, iiowever, and drilled a shot past tii. Chathamn golie te fie tii. score. Tii. refere. did net sSeet. goal, iiowever, thus it was net win. Ryan Boyd scored froe Jemie Gibb. I methree, regulation tini. endJ' 11 but ike Hamilton's second goal of tii. gae appear.d te give Whitby the. much needed victoiy in overtime. But again Peterborough tallied witii 1 1/2 minutes remaining in the. overtime period te, gain a 2-2 tde. Judd Stevenson, Jeif Frazer and Matt Jardin had assista on Hamilton's goals. I gae four at Iroquois park, Gibb scored from Biais Lawson and Jeff Ciurcii te earn Whitby 1-1 die as overtime n se ede nothing. Approaching gae five in this closest of contests, Whitby coach Jim Heffering remarked "ii. teani that works tii. hardest is tii. teain that is* gte, win," whil, Petei? coach ve Ralpii' thougiits were 'ltes wiioev.ris going te get tii. big break." As througiiout the. whole series, counted. (;caches Steve Cardwell and Steve St. Amand were very discouraged with tiie boa due te the, missed goal but bath stated the. team siowed a lot of cheractor througiiout tii. hard-fougiit series and the. whole year. Tiie team had an -excellent yeer, winnMng oeut cf five teraents. Tiie tournement wins were i Missug Don Mille, Buffalo. and an exceptional win at the, AAA Kingston teurney. Tii. teani played a total ef 78 games, and had 48 wins, 20 busses and 10 ties. Members of tii. team were Rob Feodor and Barry Crawford in goal, defencemen Matt' Cardwell, Matt St. Amaend, Bred Oliver, Jeremy &chott and Marcus Tully, forwards Steve BIais, Jeff Bruce, Jeif Malcolm, Steve -Hoîbislki, Adamn Shields, Ian McNeil, Daryl Whitock, Brian Lodge and Brian Scott, mnanagerý Rtick Bruce and freiner Stu WVhitIocIL Whitby -goaltenddrs -of Scott Wylde and Siieri * Biyksa were outstendaing as w.r. the. Peterborough twosome. Gaine five was anotiier. tremendous defensive geme with few chances at éther end. However, a great siiot off the. pont and tien ini froni theè sot ended Whitby's dreamus of the Cinderella season. Tii. otiier members of the~ finaliost were Mfike Heffering, Sean Haynes, -.Marc Lamerg, David Dittmar,' Barrett Ciiurch and Cesey Dupont The teani will now complet. their long season over the next two weekends in teannual Mississauga Reps minor novice tournment. Peew ees fail just short in ai-Ontarj*o ch"ampionship final Àw Au