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Whitby Free Proos, Wednesday, June 1, 1996, Page 17- Re dmen trim Thîsties for sîxth victory Canada, s By Mark Reesor Aithough fooail - sooeer to us -- is still knhoccel Is catching on in Britain, says Wiutby reident Iin Giacalone. Ites starting te grab a hold of an audience; the people that support it are realiy gong-ho, they juat love it,»" says Giacalone, juat back froin a sesson coaching the Blackburn Sea- gulse. Iu fact, the Manchester Storm attracted 16,500 fans, a record for British hockey, lat year lu its flrst year of operation, he notes. The-quality of piay is also better than you'd e]pet-"Wtu really finproved over the years» - helpedby the many anadian importa, some former American Hockey Leaaue xlavers. Blackburu .is lun division one, just one level below the. premier league, which has a lot of ex- NHLers Premier is comparable te the International League here, he says, with skill levels iu division ou. more variable. uYour flrst lUme could be piaying'at the calibre of an American League teain, your second lime could be like a junior A teain and your third line like rec hockey.' That malces it a challenge te coach,, Giaca- lone admits. Ontario lacrosse MJOR Jun. 15 - BramptAon 14, Six Nations 10 June 14 - Brookin 7. Fergus 3 W L T CF GA Six Nation 9 4 0 168125 BBantom 8 3 0 132 104 Boin 6 6 0 116 124 Peteborouh 5 7 0 117 129 Fergus 2 10 0 77 128 scon « m msof Jww 12 GU G A John Twars. SixN. I11 29 23 JIohn Grant Peor. il 23 24 Tro Cordighey, Six N. 11 18 27 Cam Bw"Te,. Six N. il 16 25 Duan Jaoob. Six N. il 17 20 &toveTol.P-to,borouh11 17 19 Gary GaitBrokln 5 21 13 Jotn Fusco. Brooklin 1il*7 -24 MatMcLdean, Brooldin il il 19 JUNIORA - June 186- Whby 20. Sarnia 8 June 14 -WVhilby 16. K-W 5 SRx Nation Misasssauga B"a~ton Sainia [Ce pastime "Basicaily I was just trying te do like a Canadian style;, dump-and-chase and things like that, inspiring the wiii te win. Canadian players, th"~ might not; have ail the. ekilîs but thmember coaches used te aliways ay hard work wiil overcome youth and sklly The Seagulîs fiuished seventh lu the 12- teain division last season, the first year Giaca- loue coached. thein, missing the playoffs by Ibe op wo tamsin the playoffs move up te premier- with the bottem two premier teains demoteci te division one. Local players can benefit from 'Giacalo.nes international experience during,. the., 23rd annual Oshawa District Hockey $.chool. Giacalone, his sister Mary, a weli-known power skater, and ex-NHLers Lune Badeau and Hank Nowak among others, will be mnstructors at the. sàlooi. Open te those aged sevén te 16, with classes on stickhandiing,- skating and power skating, aznongY others, t he school takes p lace the first two gweksn U gust at Harmon Park Arena in Oshawa. Cail Penny Barlow at 723-8768 for more information. 2 9 1 111 2 10 0 83 2 11 0 114 2 13 0 125 - -nscm m of Jtuis12 Josh Sandm<on. Oran. 12 Jason Luka, St. Cath. 14 Tracl Kknk. Pter 10 Nc7TWde. Y&rnIO 13 Grant Johnston, bib 10 Coin Dbyle, K-W 12 Sean Ho"s, St. Cafth 13 TmvaGordon, Saria 13 Gary Scott. Orangevil. 12 MatyOB1rien. Whitby 10 JWIOR EAST Oria Mimico Scarborough Oshawa Huntavl. Akwssasn. WEST OwS Sound Braniford Miln" W r L T GA - -qscm mofkJum 12 Sw oman *k .13 St. Cathafio1 h a aurgo K-uWd:NtM47 Toranto 8 GU Andy Dudun. Mmcom 15 Danyl Gb~om S5w. 16 Bi Laleuvm Jr, Spartan 17 An*Lduc?Élýý%-,,15 G 27 47 41 Whitby Warriors edged. doser te tp spot lu, Ontario junior A lacrsse with victories of 20-8 over Sarnia and 16-5 over Kit- chener-Waterloo over the. week- end. Earlièr last week, Whitby won 14-13 overSt Catharines, one of the top teain ute league.. Warriors have iwns in 12 gaines, trailing only Orangeville who have 13 wins lu 14 gaines., Brooklin Redruen evened their season record with a 7-3 win over Fergus Thisties in a low-scoring 16'teams, for senior tournament in Whitb T'he Whitby senior basebal tournainent will be held Thurs- day to Sunday at three bal damond in Whitby. This year'schampion will receive $,500. Melanie Pringies Restaurant is sponsoring the tournainent and is headquarters, with a Saturday night bash plan- ued. Comfort Inus by Journey's End wiil provide the' tournament most valuable player award. Whitby senior teain, the Cana- ds, and Wibyspowerful junior teain, the Chefswllcm pte against senior tempns from Noh York, Northumberland, Harrow, Chatham, Glanbrook, East York,,Peterborough, Lea- sidë e , Windsor, Streetsville, Flesierton, Caiâbridge, Etobi- coke and Little Britain. Thfe action begins Thursday night, 8 p.m., at Iroquois Park (diamond 1) when Chiefs take on North York. Gaines will also be piayed at Optimist Park and E.AFairman Public Séhool. The consolation final is on Sunday, 1:30: p.m., at Optimist park, the championship final at 2:30 p.m. at Iroquois. Aainst St. Catharines, Paul Sallie scored four goals, Gavin Prout three, Steve Voituk,. Pat Joues and Grant Johuston ýtwo each, Zack Aitken wlth the other. Marty OMrien had tbree assists. Warriors play lu St. Cath- mrines tonight (Wednesday) and theu host Six Nations tomorrow night. Next T7uesday night, War- riors play lu Mississauga. Terriers' ýreak oer Wbltby Tormina Terriers boys' under-16 sooeer teain bounoed back fr-oi their flrst defeat lu three years -te crush three oppouents lu Central Soccer Leaguqu preier division play Terriers, with inju* s ekep players, lost 2-1 toNotYork-L 'àNothYork, Il teainhoe ver didn'tfaF as w.ll;- loslvng 9-1 Terriers consolidated their mastery of Durham Region 0 Pnents by crushln Pikering Terriers, wiith six Iwins lu seven gaines, are lu second place inuthe league.. A firat-or seond-pac1 ins z~WhitbwiIascend te tilt Fridanlght. oeo h goals for Redmen to give hlm 900 points Mu bis 12-year career, as a Reden player second onlyto recently tradeâTom -Wreggit who had 1,084 lu bis 16-year career. Shawun Williams, Pat Colline, Larry Downer Bill Callan, Dou~ Noganosh and Jason Jankowski also scored while Paul Mootz was again outstandiug lun net and. P icked up two asss Bil Fraser, Doug Laroque and John Vauslingerland scored for Thisties. Redmen uow have six wins and six losse inu league play, movinq ahead of Peterboro-ugh into third place. Brampton, vylu wth Six Nations Chiefs for top spot lu the 'leage, defeated Chiefs over the Redmen agaiu host Fergus tonight (Wedniesday) at Iroquoie Park, 'with two-for-one a2is3- sions offered. Gaine time is 8:30, p.m. After tonight, Redmen won'lt play nUtilFPriday, June 28 when SxNtions playsra visit. Santiago rated'among topNF draft'picks Former Anderson CVI student O.J. Sautiag has.beeu prýojected as one of the top draft picica by the National Football League in 1997. Santi!ago is raiiked among' the top eight, according to 'the National Scouting Combine's spring grades and the USA Todýay newspaper.. He plays tight end at Kent University lu Ohio where hle is in his senior year of a football. scholarship. Santiago attended Anderson CVI until 1991 when he was a Grade il student. Hie completed his secondary school education at St. Michael's lu Toronto. GiaaIo back hm Blackbum coaching oint Brits warming up to IWarriors -on a rol