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Page 14, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, August 14,,1996 Tenaclous Excelsiors eliininiate Rednien The Ontario major lacrosse post-season came to an end for the Brooklin Redmen Saturday night. Brampton Excelsiors dou- bled up »dmen 10-5 for an y al eayseries triup, four gies to one. ExzSor will now face two-time defonding Mann Cap champion Six a;on in he ntîriofinal. Redmen had shown sin that they were back in the- serie when, down two mes to none, they won 0« iBrainpton on Tues- dav last week. But, with the absence Of The' Whitby tyke >A lacrosse teai capped an undefeated season by wm-. ning the On tario champion- he ceani,,of eipbt-year- olds caine. up big when requirod i botb the semi- final and final after rela- tieyeasy wins in earlior rudplay over Fergus, Mississauga, Markham and, Guelph. Whitby edged Peter- borough 7-6 i the senil- final, and came from behind to defeat Hamilton i the final. It was the second tino this season the Whitby teain had turned the tables agaist Hamilton. At a tournainent in Mississauga, Whitby was losing 5-1 before comig on strong to beat Hamilton 9-8. It was just one of- the tournazuent titlos won by the relontloss Whitby teain that featuroes a woll balan- ced scoring attack. Ini the provincial final Hamilton at one time led 4-1. but Whitby chi ppd away through the finaltwo Gary Gait from gaine four due to transportation pro- blems, Redmen lost gaine four 9-7 on their home floor Thursday night. Gait, Who was ke t hI close check bv Excelsors when ho did play, managed to nevertheless score five goals' and add two assists in the only Brooklin win hi the series. He was to drive from bis Baltimore, Maryland home to Whitby for gamne four but his car was disabled after a break-in. He thon boarded a plane to- Toronto, but the plane, after circling Toronto, was ed and won 6-4. Jobhnny Hughes scored twioe for Whitby Coach Ed Derks saysi bard work and conditioning spelled the winingdi feronce between hie squad and their opponents alsea- son. With strong toam play and the great goaltending of Jesse Gil the Whitbyý squad gradually wore dow their ophpos i on in conteste. Intesemi-final, Erie Rogan scored wbat proved to be the nnng goal agait Peterborough.* Whitby had defeated Fer- t'Io 10-8, Markham 10-2, Guelph 11-3 and Misais- sauga 10-3. Othor teain members are Stephon Bathe, Ryan Degerdon, Adam Dorks, Colin Dobson, Scott Free- man KCyle Hill, Mitchell MclÜichaeI, Josh MeRobb, Jay Rorabock, Bon Sawyor, Sean Simeson, Kody Mus- solman, assistant coach AI Simeson, manager John Sawyor and tramner Chria ]Regan. foroed to, return to Balti. more due to a Iightnin. Storm. Gait's absence, for other rossons, also hurt Redmeui in gaine two, perbaps the kei eof the series, a AI0hurting Lmeni the series was the defensive strategyr of Excelsiors which priuarly mufiled Mood- scoring rookies M att McLeanÎ and Sean Stein- weld. One rookie wbo- did shine, however, was Shawn ,William.who bad two goals anc1 an assist i the J3rooklin win andýa goal and two assista i the fiftb game. Bill Callan had two goals, Gait and Grog Lepine the others ithel0-5 loessi game five. Ted Dowling and Mie enderson eacb sored two goals for Excel- siors who relied -on a balan- ced scoring attack to sup port the outstan ding defonce and the at time specacuar ateningof Ingame four, Dowling and Jainie Grimnoldby emg had two &pals i th e 9-7 win. John.Fusco andOCallan eacb had two goals for Red- mon. Grimoldby had tbree fali the blos, to Brook- Rodmen ~ntesea- son witb the hope of0 s stamgncornpotitive as te haî seenrookios andà three second-year. players, i the lineup. 1 And that was evident as they stumblod from the start.. But gradually the teýam, inproved and four wms over ,the strong .Six Nations s"ud and a strong stretch drive led Rodmon to believe they had a zood shot at the championshfp. But Ecesors prevailed witb a superior defensive *trategy carried out to a tee bya mostly vetoran lineup. BROOKLIN'S WiIlie Arnold str- gles to avoid a Brampton players check in major lacrosse playoff action Thursdagy night at Iroquois Park. Redmen Iost to Brampton 9-7 in game four and also dropped the next one to* lose the best-of-seven series four games to one. Mbby Lhtrk Reeso. Whltby Free Presa ...... ...... Ontario's top 2 to e junior .teams bat.tie In wbat will be a clash of the titans injunior A box lacrosse, Wbitby' and Orangeville Northmîen will begin thoir Ontario playoff championship final series, tomorrow nigbt at Iroquois Park. Warriors, of whicb nine it players- recently piayedà for Canada i the world junior field. lacrosse champion- ahip, flnisbed flrst hi rogu- lar season play just ahead of Northmen. Wàrrors lost jub't one game and North- mon two i the 20-gaine. scbedule. Both teams easily swept aside their poiu lyf opponents, and the winmefr bas a odchance te dlaim theo ite Cup, represent- ing the Canadian chain- pionsihip, in British Col- umbia later this montb. Northxnen won the Cup last year. It's been il years sice Warriors reacbed the Ontario finals. Ini 1985, led by stars Joe Nieuwendyk and Gary Roberts who have gone on te National Hockey out League ,fame, Warriors won thefr second - consecutive Mit Cup and -thirdeover. This, year, despite losing high-a'oringGrant Johni- ston who -quit the:: teain after the fit playoff game, Warriors boast a number of snipers and could 'add another Jason Ward, te the run-and->gun offence, for the best-of-seven series. Tursday nigbtls game b 8in at 8p.m. The second gramini, WangevilleFri'E.-. day night, third game Sun- day, at 81,,p.m.. at Iroquois Park9forthgame Monday nigh iangevile.*1 Afiftb game, if -needed, wil be played 2We4nes;da night, Aug. 22, i Whitby; sixth game, Thursday nigbt, Orangeville; sevent gmFriday nigbt, NO CHAI RGE:* tire disposai'- installation *balancing-' valve stem 4 year Road Hàzard USe irsS.an t~h Uii~i. Tykes too much for opponents at provincials. GENERAL AMERI 300 SL Ali Season Radials