ClseMintoCp ba tdenearS final ame second woC b i n goll ec s o e i he Frt i ~ s i C e . o y p~ y. Eithier Thursday or Friday nlighit the winner of the Junior A lacrosse Minito Ciip Series wîi11 be decided at Iroquois Park Arena. Tie series. bctweeîi Whiitby 's CBC Biliders and Burnaby B .C. Cable television hias been a real sec-saw battle, with close scores and cachi teanr liaving \von two ganies. The winncr of the thlird gaine was decidecl Tuesday, tou laIe for the resuit lu appear in this wvek's paper. The chianpionship could be deeided Thursday or ru b thle fil seven gaines Friday. AUi gaines begîn at 8 pi. ln the fiî'st gaine, Sp.6, Whitby won 1 2-8, and followv- cd up MI hanother Win or 1 2-9 Sept. 8. lai gaine three, Sept. 10, Burnaby wvon its first gaine I17-8, and went on t o a 12?-1II vic tory ove r t he Bu1ilders on Monday. Moiiduy's gaine xas a real battle with thie score changing back and forth in favoiîr of Whitby, andl thon Burnaby, with Burnaby xinning the gaine ini the lasti inuiite and a hialf. Crowds a i e gpies have beca increusing as the scics progrcssed. Thiere wce 1 ,534 spectators Saturday, and thlere was another packed bouse of over 1,500 people Monday.- SoLunCIdedfence and quick breaks contrjbuted bo Whiit by's firsi in , and in thLe niext gaine, six powerplay goals and another while Whiitby lad a player in the penalty box ensured Whtv's 11 thle thlirdi gaine, Buirnaby si aIyed ont of the penalty box ,a1nd was ,able to win over the C13C teai wich lWas 1having troublle with ils defence. Thie fourthl gaine was hiard-fouglit and close aiIt the way, imd icat - ing wvhat's in store for thie finalI matches. Whithy's stoccessftil power- play COIillimtioin ranitîlto difficulties \whcn Barnaby decicld lu inhe third gaine to keeP out of the Penalty box. Five Wlhitby powerplay g,1m1e anid six l ili e secoind wilcn Bturnaby was a mail short. ThcNMiiîiio CLIP se-ies lhas ben ione wlherc the teains arc seldonm more than two goals apa.rt anid whienever one teami mnovOs ahead, the ollier tics up the score. There have been sorne lbard knocks too in this fiercely foughit scrics. Onl Thursday, Whitby's Ed- Dcrks was cut arouupd the eye and received penalty for this infraction. -There is expectcd 10 be sît,.n dinig roourriily for- t hie final gaines, s0 spectators atrce adviscd 10 corne early 1 lie a ren a. By Thuirsday or Frriday night ail Whitby wilI know if we have a Canadian chamnpionl- ship teairn or nol. But frolil the looks of the series su far, there will be nu easy victury for either teana. Vol. 7. No. 37 Wetnes<iay, nelptemuDer 1L1Cg ", 1 J0ýý