Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, August 28, 1996 ,> Page 15 Warriors failshort Nothmen to get- another shot at Cup Maybe next year.- Whitby Warriors la week found out that t] two-time Canadian defen ing champion Orangevil Northmen weren't about surrender te the newe power teain in Ontar junior A lacrosse. After an openin g gan loss, Nortbmien made four straight with a 9-8 w on Wednesday te wrap i the best-of-sevn champia ship series. Northmen are nowj British Columbia te defer their Minto Cup tit] against Burnab. Warriors had rieeied c 17 straight wins te tai firet'place -- just aheadi Orangeville -- during t> regular season and the swept Mississauga an Peterbor?ugh iii layoifs I advancd- thefnal But a combination c Northmen checkin¶, an missed opportunities by th~ usuaiiy potent Warrior offence led te the demisec the young Whitby team ii the championship. Northmfen took advar tage of what may be thei asat chance at the Mint Cup as they los. many c thép; o layers next yeai Meaný-l,, arriors retaih aimost ail of their lineul for the next two or tbrei years. Apprpnaely, league laig scorer JoshSander son scored the oniy goal il the third period of the MIft Basketball scholarship HENRY STREET High Sohool basketball star *Stan Divranos, 18, is at Contrai Michigan University prepaning for classes afttortme surprise .news last woek mhat ho had roceived' a full scholarship, worth $25,000 (U.S.), in his flrst year'at the sohool. Divranos, at six foot eight inches and 230 pounds,, Is strong in rebounding and lIocking shots and averaged 15 points a garno for Henry. Lt ,h. lie te est ne it in 'p in, rid le ff c. Of i. ?n id to Of gaine tha t proved te the winner. An equaliy superb War- riors defence had hebd San- derson scoreless in games three and four, and the firet two periods of the fifth gain.. Ken'Milien had a goal and three assista for North- men, Gary Scott two goals and two assista, Bilan Biesel two goals with single goals by Ryan- Sanderson and Brandon Sanderson. Steve Voituk had two goais for Warriors, Rob Kirkby and Pat Jones each a goal and two assista with the. other goals by kvn Lunnie, Kay Stewart, Dan Bero and Paul Saluie. Zac Aitken had three assista. ýPeewee selects do it again n Tii. Wbitby major peewee P selecta succesafuily defended etiieir. 1995 basebal] ciiampionsbip by downing a Smudi improved Ajax squad -64 and 7-2 te, take top n honours over the weekend. h The team traveiled te, Ajax to open the. final series last Friday nigiit. Tigere broke open a tigiit 3-3 bail game casbing in.tiiree runners in tiie seventiiinin to gral the. fret match. Ian Witruk drove ini three rns. The two teams tien returned to Wbitby on Saturday morning for. the second gaine witiiout the. services of Ryan Gardiner wiioiiad been ejected in the, game previous on a contract ruling by the Ajax umpires. * Tigers erupted in the. flrst inming for a 4-0 lead before starter and eventual winner Dan Deluca teok the, mound and iield the Ajax squad to only on, bit and on. waik over threinning before turnigthe. bailove eMilce Weir. Ajax managed te, score a solo mn iin the fourtii and anotiier in the. sitii te narrow the difference te 4-2 but that would be as dlose as the Spartans would coin.. Whitby sent nine batters te the plate witii Maxwell, Mitchiell and. Donnelly al coning in. te score. Closer Ovsonka was then given the bail and witii a 7-2 lead the TIger pitciier completed the. task, e, ecurig the 1996 Southi Durhiam League éhampionship. A WHITBY WARRIOR us grabbed around the neck by an Orangeville player during junior A lacrosse pi ayoff final action last Wednesday night atliroquois Park. There was no penalty called and several other similar incidents were also over- looked - angering Whitby fans, as Warriors iost the series four- gamnes- PbMbyPMrkReo, WhItby Fre Press Stiners tops at Ganiles. Courtney. Burntt of Whitby provided much of thie offence as the Durham Stingers won the. women's field lacrosse championship at the. Ontario Summer Gaines. Burnett scored thre goals in the 8-3 win over rival Six Nations in the final. Ang Johnsten and Sherry Ghafur each had two goals and Victoria Grun.berg tii. other for the. teain made up almost entireiy of Whitby players. Stingers won ail three of their round-robin gaines te go te the. gold medal match. Burnett had 14 goals in the. four gamffes, Ghafur, Gruneberg and Tara Wailes four eacii, Johnston, Gillian Guest and Beth Brady two eachIiLndsay hase, Karyn Peacck and Kathy Woth- erspoon'on. each. Ail but Wailes (Toronto) are froin Whitby. Willamstop Redinen rookiei 1The Brooklin Redmen Lacrosse Club handed out the. hardware at the. annual teani awards presentation on Saturday. Shawn Williamns, whom the club hopes will b. part of the. nucleus of young players that wiil eventualIyý carry Redmen te more Marn Cup tities, earn.d the. Douglas Famly Trophy aâsthe -e W-rooke of tie year for bis consistent per- formances 'i both régular season and playoffe. Longtime players John Fusco and FPà uI st. John shar, the. Gene Dop Tro- phy as most valuable player-whià Larry Downer won the Redinen Alumni Award as Mnost dedicated player. 'Gary Git despite pay- i esthan hal 7the. regu- bar achedul,,wonthii.Gerry Gray là -mIsl 'N'mwin - Glenn Clark won the Eric Branten Tropiiy. as Most defensive player and, Gr.g Liepie earned the Village of Brooklin Tropiiy, Ice Man, Award- for mtensity, concentration and effort. Steve McCreitii won,-tii. Gien RPeazin"Tropiiy as most' imroved player. Tii. award, new this year, 15 in niemory of thei. firat pe sident o,:f -,the ,fimt a Z Uder- 17s aim for l1eague, ;Cup [ti.ties Whitby premier under-17 Sboys' soccer team marked Up another victoy, il-o0 oer Mialvern,. as tiiey mardi towards capturing ffrst place in ,thie hotly contested rCentral Soccer League. - The flrst minute of play againat Malveka saw striker Danny Mattin, pass the bal to feilow -striker Mark Engelage who acceleratd past the. Maivern defence and beat tii.Malvern keeper for Whitby's firet- -and inning goal. Engelage then passed the bail to Mattin who taliie~d the second Whitby goal. A well placed paso by forward Ross Hailjl ailowed Engelage to deke out the. Malvem keeper for Whitby's third goal. Mattin tiien sent'the bal to midflelder Dwayne Plakmeyer wiio quickiy »placed it into the. Malvern net. Engelage then. cauglit Mattin on thie fly who tallied anotiier Whitby goal. iamili tiien sent a corner kick into the' Malvern 18-yard box. ,wiicii was'converted into a goal on a iieader-by Whitbyr sweeper Jeremy Mount. from Mattin, midfilders Marcus. Josepii and, ike Criscione, and two more by Engelage. Whitby, keeper Brandon Cedar got the. shutout. Tii. Wolves, coaciied by Steve Hamiil, recently. placed nintii out of 85 international teams in tiieir age group ini thi. USA Cup in Minnesota. Wbitby lost 2-1 te Missisauga-Cobrn in the. championship game of a rep tourn'ament ini Whitby over thie weekend. Wolves had -eaÈlier beaten the, saine teain by a score of 4-0O on goals by Scott MéDavid, Josephi, Kevin Pope and Eric Rodriguez. Engelage was able te accelerate past the. Cobras defence te score Whitby's only goal in the final game. Several'defensive errors by Wliitby aillowed Cobras te score twiceîiiithe. frst iialf, Errnelage 'LCri«cione, boy,?, es under-,ý17 Pi ~cer ,teain r.