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Page 20, Whitbv Free Press, Wednesday, JuIy 7,1993 Annualtourney starts Friday The annual Whitby-Oshawa midget basebail tournament will be held this weekend. The 22nd tournament, spon- sored by the Rotary Club of Whitby Sunrise, will include 16 of the top teams in Ontario, includingR defending champion Leaside TS Tigers. Games will he played at Iro- quois Park and Peel Park in Witby and at Kinsmen Stadium and t h new Ritson Fields in Oshawa. The tournament begins with, Ontario defeated Saskat- chewan te win the Canadian women's junior field lacrosse championship held in Oshawa asat Sunday. But Ontario had te, settie for second place in the senior women's championship as Brit- ish Columbhia won for the 1lth straight year. .Oshawa's Civic Stadium was the site for this year's lacrosse championships. In the junior division, Ontario defeated Saskatchewan 8-4 for its second straight national titie. In a bqttle for the bronze medal earhier in the day, Mani- teba required an evertime period te dispose of B.C. 12-11. two gfames on Friday night, in- cluding Whitby playing' Scar- borough West Hill at 7:30 p.m. at Saleturday's action includes Whitby against High Park Braves at 9 a.m. at Iroquois, and Whitby playing Haiton Inch Parkigers et 2 p.m. a t Iroquois. The championship final will be et Kinsmen Stadium, Oshawa at 7 p.m. on Sunday. The name of the winning team will go on the Jack MacDonald Memorial Tro- phy. To reach the final, Ontario beat Saskatchewan 4-3 and B.C. 5-1, on Saturday. fi took two overtim eedsto do it, but B.C. was able e keep its chamionship streak intact with an 8-7 win over Ontario in senior women's play. It took a simlar 8-7 score for Manitoba te defeat Aberta for the bronze medâl. Ontario defeated Manitoba 12- 2 and Aberta 14-3 on Saturday and B.C. 6-5 -on Friday in order te reach the final. Four Whitbyr women were members of this year's Ontario team. They were Jennifer Johnson, Jenn Cotton, Margot Jacobs and Lesley Grenon. Peewee -Bs win it alon home turf Over the Canada Day weekend, the WiMtby peewee B lacrosse team won the annual Whitby Miner ILacrosse Tournament in convincing fashion. The teain, anxious te atone for their defeat in Guelph, came eut strong firom the start, defeating Beaches 11-3 on Friday evening and then following up on Saturday with a 9-2 wn over Peterborough. The two wins gave Whitby a bye in the quarter-finals. I the semi-finals, Whitby was again pitted against Beaches which proved te be Whitby's closest gaine of the tburnamnent. Streng defense and good goaltending by Jh Chesebroeh including a stop on a pnalty shot by Beaches with only a minute and aluaif left te, go, put Whitby in the finals with a 6-3 win. The finals brought WVhitby and Peterborough together again. However, it was ne contest as the Whitby squad played a streng, disciplined effort enroute to a well-deserved 13-3 win. - Leading Whitby's effence in the tournament was Stephen Hoar with 15 points, fllowed by Bobby McBride with 12 and Sean MacRiury with 11. Other pints were ucored b Blaine Down, eight; Max Wilkins, seven; Androw Smale, fîve, Fan-en Whittaker, four, Josh Brimble, Chesebrough, Vinnie Crawrord and Matt McKay, thre apiece; and Bobby Marshall, two. A strong goaltending effort was put forth by the twe Whitby netminders, Chesebrough and Blair Dinsdale. Whitby's next. outing will be the annual Mississauga Tournameat July 16 te, 18. Coach Harôld Hoar was pleased with the win. "It was a big confidence builder te, win in convincing fashionlike this. We WHITBY FIRE CHIEF Ton y VanDoleweerd Whitby coach Dave Imeson has high (baller) and Rotary Club of Whitby Sunrise hopes for his charges; he says they have v/p elect Peter Irvine had a littie fun last "the best chance in 22 years" of being in week promoting the annual Whitby-Osh- the finals. If they do, the championship awa midget baseball tournament which game wilI be played Sunday night at 7 begins Fnday at Iroquois Park. Sixteen of p.m. at Iroquois Park; otherwise it wilI be at the top tearns in Ontario wiII be participat- rinsmen Stadium in Oshawa. ing in the Rotary Sunrise sponsored event. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whltby Free Press to, improve on if we hope te, be«7Ir ________th povncalsinaunt g soccer team .reaches month," he said. winners~ athhepaviniasdne ao~oss~ emifia dspite injuries It was a gritty showing by the Wocdbridge aide, the eventual Steven Perce, three each; Dann) _____________________Whitby under-il Malta Falcons teurnanuent winner, and suffered Caird, Andy Methven and Robbiî mw&artn n tpn aa a a 3- t1hvn1 oss. .wo ac: n dv nn Rvar Whitby Warriors lest a close contest te Peterborough in Ontario junior A lacrosse action last week. Peterborough. defeated the Warriors 10-71 in a game played in that city asat Tuesday. Jonas Derks led the way for Whitby with two goals and two assista while Matt Shearer had two oas n one assist. Asscring for the Warriora were Jamie Williams, Kevin Lunnie and Jason Crosbie. Picking àupassista were Dave Power and ctt Macdonell with two each. Single assists went te Shaydon Santos, Jason Pitters, Brad McArthur, Steve Taylor, Wil- liams and Croshie. weekend. The team persevered threugh the heat and a rash cf injuries te reach the serai-finals cf the Oakville International Soccer Tournament before bowing eut with a 5-3 overtime loas te St. Catharines. League play earlier in the week had left the Falcons with a short beach cf injured players. The Whitby team showed its spirit though with the stron g weekend showing in Oakville, the alternative te the Rehbie Tournamnent for 'odd-year' age groups. The Falcons opened the tournanient against a stirng The club bounced back with wins cf 7-2 over Pickering and 6-0 over Burlington. This set up a Saturday afternoon meeting with the Chinguacousy club which had previously won the Guelph Tournament over Whitby. The Falcons gained their revenge, playing an excellent gaine and taking a 2-1 win, despite having only 10 players for most cf the contest after takîng a red card early on. The win earned Whitby the wild-card berth in the serai-finals against St. Catharines. Scoring fer the t.eam were Mike Hall, five; Matt Megan anîd y ie Bombino, one. Strong backfield werk was provded by Brett Allen, Neil Hubey and Stuart Turpin. Alex Richardson was in goal and, though not his regular psition, played very well and earned a shuteut over Burlington. Playing through the pain and providing valuable relief were David Crabbe, Scott McWilliazns and Derek Orr. The team, was missing Adama Teather whose injuries prevented himn freinplaying. The coaches, manager and parents commend the teara on their achievement and are proud of their efforts. seniors cornein second -NNI