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Whltby Fr. Prosu, Wednesday, May 11, 1994, Page 26 Warriors win opener Whitby Warriors built up a 7-1 lead in the firet period and then held on te defeat Toronto 14-12 Iast Thursday in the Warriors' first game of the Ontario junior A lacrosse season. Scott MacDonell scored three goaIs and added three assists for Warriors who started strongly te build a big lead but then payed inconsistently te allow, Toronto back inte the contest. "The boys went back te their old playing days,» said co-coach Wayne Colley, referring te the team's probiem, in reent years, of maintaining focus. Colley, who with Peter Vipond shares coaching and general nanager duties, acknowledged, however, the teami is still in the rebuilding stages. «Hopefully this will be the year we turn thinge around.» In the newly aligned, two-divi- sion league Whitby will face Brapte, ~ron., ississauga, Peterb)orough and Scarborough four times each in the east divi- sion. Whitby will play only one game against each of the teams in the west division. That divi- sion is made up of St. Cath- arines, Six Nations, Burlington, Kitchener-Waterloo, Sarnia and last year's Canadian champion Orangeville Northmen. Colley is hoping for a second- or third-place finish -- ust a RAY VERVYNÇK will compete in the Canadian 1 0-pin bowling champioflshiPS in Vancouver later this month. He won in1990.Photo by Mark Reesor, Whitby Free Press "Hopefully this will be the year we turn things around" playoýff spot» -- in the east divi- sion in which Brampton lhas got off te a bot start, winning their first tbree games. He says Warriors didn't fare too, weil in the junior draft held Warrio=rs picked fifth overal and selected Shawn Bushey, for- merly of- Arthur, Ont., who played for Elora midgets. Bushey bas moved, however, and Warriors baven't heard from him and have been unable te locate him. Warriors didn't have a second round pick (traded te Peter- borough) and their third round pick, Jeff Blanchard of Mark- ham, has decided te jrnrsue a career in hockey, indu ding sum- mer camps. But Colley le pleaàed with the acquisition of shooter Mike Fryer in a trade with Orillia's junior B teamn last week. Warrors gave up Darryl Yoo, one of their four goaltenders. Whitby bowler wants to show championship was nofluke Bi, ar R esr Ray Vervynck bas bssgt e on the world 10-pin bowling chainpionships -- again. The 31-year-old Whitby resiaent recently won t.he Ontario qualifier and is looking forward te this year's nationals, wbich wiil be beid in Vancouver over the Victoria Day weekend. The te psix bowlers will head to the worlds. ervynck was part of the miost successful Canadian bowling team ever at the 1990 worid championsbip in Singapore, when hie and flive teammates picked up two goid and two silver medals. He surprised just about everyone earlier that year by winning at the Canadian national cbampionsbip after piacing llth in the Ontario compettîon. Although Vervynck bas been bowling for 20 years, be sajys it's the las t six years or so that be's been reaily compietitive. «I remember my first year bowling, I tbink I bad a wbopping 84 average.» He attributes bis euccess te _practice. "TIhere was a time four or flive years a go (that) I was down bere (Leisure Lanes) every day bowling," he says, adding that friends bave helped himi with bis game. Hie father got hlm interested in the sport as a boy and be soon began looking forward to going to the alley every week. He str.dggiled a lot" for a few years, averaging only around 170 "but I bad a lot of drive; I wanted to get botter. "I just kept working at my game... and ail of a sudden, in a cou pe of years, I got it up to 190 (to) 200, in that area.» ComnFetition with friends and in league play helped a lot --aise, I hate losin g... losing sucks!» Cnsistently making your spares le the secret to being a competitive bwler, Vervynck SIyS. "I find a lot of peopi'e, espialy*the younger kids, reaily like to tear the cover 'o& tbe bacil, they're always worried about throwing strikes. "Weil, strikes are nice but if you can't make your spares, you aren't going anywhere.-" . Vervynck practised bitting those spares around two hours a day- "sometimes less, soinetimes more» -- for 10 months ieading up to the 1990naialbmposis «I was determined te do well, to not embarrass myseif, and His goal1 was te make the final cut to the iast day. "That would h ave been it. I would bave been reaily happy, it was rny first nationale. "(Blut) I ended up winning ît -- that just shocked me; I was amazed.» He went on te, compete witb the Canadian teamn at the worlds and the Pan-Arn gamnes hix Havana, where he finished in fourtb place. The team was aise fourth. Things din't go quite se well after that, though. "When we bad the last nationals bere in Toronto two years ago, I didn't bowi very weil at all. I was reaily disappointed with how I did. "(Winning) this year is something I want te do for myseif. A lot of people will say the one year, you know, 'lie was a fluke, bie got lucky.'... I just want te go back and prove a point, te myself and everyone else, that I'rn not a fluke (and) that I can do this -- I know I can do this." And one of the team's top players last season, Matt Shearer, will rejoin Warriors in June when hie has completed his terni at a U.S. college where he has a field lacrosse scholarship. Shearer also played for Brook- lin Redmen on the major circuit last season. Warriors also have, a new look this season, their sweaters pre- dominantly black and white with red and Mlue trim.- And the club executive, ex pan- ded by eight, has been working te increase the exposure of War- riors lacrosse te attract more people te games at Iroquois Park. «We would like te see more people in the arena,» says new club president Mike Taylor, a former president f the Wlhitby Minor Lacrosse Association, who succeeded Bill Cocker who held the post for three years. iàke oley, Taylor says the teami now bas a «good nucleus" of players with more great talent coming up through the system. «I'd like te see a Mînto Cup corne here in the next couple of years,» says Taylor, admittingr it will be a difficuit task considler- ing the abundance of talent on a few other teamis. Taylor and the executive are also working te improve the team's finances. Many more sponsors were added so that the team program grew te 24 pages. A emnaîl bingo is also heid to raise monev. and the league ail-star game will be hosted by Whitby this year. Warriors wilf host Mississauga Thursday at Iroquois, game time 8p.m O n Friday night, Whitby W& lplay Brampton. Next Tues day, Mississauga will again visit Whitby, game time 8 p.m. In iast week's gamne, Shaydon Santos, Jason Croshie and Jonas Derks each had two goals for Warriors. F'ryer, Brad McArthur, Wayne MNutt, Ryan Huxter and Dan Ladouoeur each had a goal. Santos and Fryer each had three assists. Whitby Warriors season sehedule ONTATO JUNIOR A LACROSSE Thursday. May 12 Friday, May 13 Tu.say. May 17 Thursday. May 19 Wedmesday. May i25 Thursday. May2 Sunday, May 2u Tuesday. May 31 Thursday. June 2 Friday, June 3 Monay. June 6 Thursday. June 9 Mssissauga at Whitby PetboarohOlUWh KithyalSt.Ctaer ie Whitboruha hy Whitby a ai rnbono Whitby al Burlngof Brampt*on al Whitby Tuesday. Jung 14 Whitby al Miss issauga Thursday, June 16 Torontoasai Whkby Tussday. Juno 21 Whitby al Peterborough Thursday. June 23~ Brançton al WhOtby Sunday. Jung 26 Whitby al Six Nations Thursday. June 30 Ofangeville al WhitbY Saturday, Muy 2 * Al-star gains ai WhitbY Monday. My~ 4 Whitby al Toronto Tuesday, Juty 5 Poterborough ad Whitby Thunsday Jufy 7 Scaiborougil ai Whitby Monday, July il Whstby ali1Toronto Thursday, Juy 14~ Sarnia ai Whmlby Friday, Juty lS Whîtby ai Mississauga Ait horne ganm~ are ai Iroquois Park arena.- Garnes start ai 8 p.rniunloss olhe-wioe indicaled. 7 p.m start 8:3Op.m. starl