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Page 16, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, Mamch 27, 1996 Midgets Win OMHA titi-e Now seek OHF tille, berth ini nationalfinals SHANE TERRY finds an open corner, bagging the Ontario Minor Hockey Association his second goal of the game, to Iead the Whitby championships. mkldget AAA team to a 5-1 victory over Halton at ýPhoto by M"rk Resor Whltby Free Prou Whitby one-two *Vi0 t 15. in IalY' spring skate Ice Fyre, Whitby's senior pre- cision skate team, finis ed second at an international skat- mng competition in Milan, Italy recently. Les Pirouettes of Lavai, Que., Canadian champions for the past five years, won the Spring Cup as. ainadas two -representative teams were the cluse of the event that featured teams from Italy (third), t he U. S., H u n ga!y, R us8- sia, Francé, Sweden and Switzer- land. Fýre coachi Jodi Jones says her team gave an excellent perfor- mance but bas yet toeskate its best. She believes that peak perfor- mance will corne at t he upcoming Canadian finals in Hamilton - 'The girls are really pumped for it Mhe Scarborough Golf & Country Club Little Rock bonspiel was won by the Bryan Yeates rink ôf the Whitby Curling Club over the past weekend. Yeates and hie team of lead Christine Yeates, second Keily Jeifs and vice Matthew Bremner controiled virtually every end of their two games te, emerge victoriaus la the l2-team competition. 1 I their opening game against the Michael Gieig rink -froni Thonhiil.the eWhitby.-rma after Milan," she says. Jones says the Whtby team is overcomingyouth (average age is 17-18) and insufficient ice time te post good resulta a t the senior level. With more ice time -- te teame sucli as Lavai and Toronto's Black Ice ractise at least six hours aà weefcompard te, four for Whitby, -- Whitby could further improve its perfor- mance, says Jones. She aIea, notes that more ice -- which, Whitby will have when the three new ice pads are built -- will enable Whitby te, resurrect the junior program. Whitby bas juvenile and novice prograxns but the junior level -- the. important step between novice and senior -- was sacrifi- ced due te insufficient ice. Lavai and Black Ice, the found their draw weight early, jumaped out te an "- lead afrer jueBt three ends, aad cruised te an 11-1 Win. In their second contest, WMhy s3cored two in the second end te overcome a 1-0 deficit, then combined -soime exceilent draws with a etrong hittig game te steal each of the neit three endsa en route ,te a 6-2 victory over Unionvilles Jordan Dudley. Ail four curlere are participante in W ty'LteRockersprograma for9 ude gdegtt 2 second ranked team in Canada that won a March 8-10 competi- tion in France will be crpetinig at the World éup in Bosten anc Bo will not be at the Canadiar finals. April 4-7. Jones teain aims for a modal finish if not a championship with tle top toamis absent. P Several fundraising ventures were held te help offsiet the cost of the trip to Itaiy by the 29- momber team as well as 20 others. prtfronithecompetition, the teani e thqeatîe-a tour around Italy, Switzerland and France. Jones says Canadian teanis may have won in Milan, but European teanis are fast improv- ing as precision skating becomes more and more popular. rWhitby rep hockieyll match 9 Whilby 7 (C#rs Van Du»at Z Ryan Mondes Kyl. Rufian, Andy AlhSo RooS .Raooltson LUC Ch"=)on. PLclW4n Match 13 Whlty 4 (Chimsam 2.Rufian, Grnt Hom)>, March 14 Whitby4 (Uant Ra*, MaIkCaiono,m,, 8ean Hoknso>, PiW"~g 5 Match 17 Whilby O, Plkarrig 3 I The Whitby Hanet Plastics midget AAA hockey team took top honours ini the Ontario Minor Hockey Association championship finals this past weekend in Peterborough. .In spite of numerous injuries and players away (represenfing the Canadian junior lacrosse team in a U.S. competition), the power and depth of the team*prevailed, with help. from players from th midget AA and bantam AAA hockey clubs. Facing division champions from Ontario-'s central, southwestern, southern regions and host team Peterboroughi, Whitby emerged as the best in the OMHA In game one, the offensive power of Whitby was unleashed'on the Halton Hurricanes who went down 5-1 with goals by Shane Terry (two), Brett McRury, Dan, Cioffi and -Tom DaSilva. A deterrnined foe, Windsor, in game two battled Wildcats to a 2-2 t;e. Whitby scorers were Terry and C.,zy Hass. Game' three placed Wildcats againet Niagara FaIlî Thunder who were thoroughly scratched by the Cats 7-1 with goals by Dancey (two), DaSilva, Hass, Adam McCarl, Paul Gray and Cioffi.' A wake-up cail in game four was placed by host team Peterboroughi, The Whitby minor atom AAA hockey team won the silver modal in the tournamegt of champions this past weekend ia Peterborough. Five teams - Barrie Flyers, Oakvfile Rangers, Weiland Tigers, Whitby Wildcats and Peterborough Petes - ail played in a round- robin-style tournament te decide the beet minor atem teani in the Ontario Mfinor Hockey League for 1996. Wildcats first dropped a 7-3 game on Fniday te the Peterboroughi Petes who not only finishod the regular seasgon undefeated, but won ail six of their games in the teurnament te win the gold. Four hours later, the tired Whitby team squandered a 6.4 lead with three minutes te play, and settled for a 6-6 tie with Oakviile Rangers., After a good night' rest, Wildcate returned -Saturday morning and eteamroiled Barrie Flyers 10-5, then again settled for a 4-4 tie with Weiland Tigers." The Whitby-Weiland tie left the two teams with the same record of a Min, a loss and two ties afierj round-robin play. Wildcats advanced te the inals on Sunday with a- .511 -pal averàge to1 Weiland's .500 averge., resulting in Whitby's first lose, 4-3. Scoring for Whitby were Paul Webb, Jeremy McElhanney and DaSilva. Peterborough was able to retain their undefeated position. With ail outaide organizations eliminated, division rivals Peebrougli and Whitby squared of on Sunday morning with Whitby winning the game 4-2. Whitby scorers were'Dancey and Hase with two goals each.,, The -final showdown resulted in 30victory by Whitby On goals by Justin St. Onge, Hase and McElhanney. Individual game star accolades were awarded to Terry, Dancey and Marc Sheridan. The Whitby team is playing in the Ontario Hockey Federatioù finals this3 week in Waterloo.'* The federation includesleagues that are not part of the OMHA - the top teama from Metîro Toronto, Northemn Ontario, London and Ottawa regions will be in the OHF The Whitby 'team, which lias defeated Metro, teams this »eason, will have. the la'crosse team, meinhers back in theirlineupthis. week. The OHF champion wiil advance to the Canadian finals in British Petes too strong Whitby second, in OMHAatom finals * The final on Sunday was a two- game, total-goal affair with Petes winning both gameEr 5- and 9-1 te clinch, gold. - During the firet-game Biyan Macinnon was oustanding, in goal for Whitby, earning hima several ovations, while Andrew Braithwaite earned MVP honoure in the final ganie. Kyle Musselman had six goals, two assiste; Greg Williams, four goals, two assiste; Cameron VonEschschoîtz, four goals, five assiste; Derek McTeague, two goals, two assiste; Kyle Vandeloo, three assiste; Kyle Percewicz, two goals, two assiste; David Arnold, three goals, one assiet; Adam Stein, one goal, two assiste; Derek Rayner, two assiste, and oel-up Li 'am Reddox from the major novice AAA team, two goals, two assiste. Defencernen Justin Sawyer had oae" goal,* two, assiste; Kyle Branson, one goal, four assiste; Scott Morrison, two assiste; Josh Francis, two assist. Head coach in Grant Musselman, assistant coach John Sawyer, tramner Jini Arnold and manager Peter VonEsecholtz. Why had defea 'ted Vaughian, and, Richmond .H I in lthe, eant then Sun Counly (Windsoir) in thé weut to rea. thét Ontario 4nuIs, LaVal Yeates rink rocks ~in Scarborough ............