Lacrosse Defenc e wins titie' for bantams by- Tom Frank Tough "D" Whltby! Tough "D" Whltby! This cheer was shaklng the rafters at Doni MacLaren Arena for the Kitchener Bantam Invitational Tour- nament. The cheer refera to the motto of ths year's bantam lacrosse team: l'Offence wis games, Defence wlns champlonships. "Defence gave Whitby the lowest goals-agalnst record of the 10 teams present and helped Chris Fowile earn the trophy as the top goalie 0f the tour- nament. Wayne Cornlah.earned the moot valuable player award for bis combination of offensive and defensive play. TÈhe champlonshlp game was the most defensive strugge 0f the weekend as Whltby's Peacock Sports team won wlth a. low 6- score over Spartan Warriora. Scorlng for Whtby were Cornlsh with three, Steve Dyment, Simon Lewis and Steve Noban. In the round-robin play leading to the champion- ship, Peacock Sports went undefeated with wins like 8-4 over Orangeville, 9-3 over Etobicoke Eclipse the Consolation wlnners, 10-3 over hamilton and 10-8 over Six Nations. Chris Fowlie and Danny McWhlr- ter shared the goaltendlng duties. The scorlng summary for the round-robin ia Greg Vansickie wlth nine goals, Cornish with seven, Emnery Cam- pbell wlth five, Steve Dyment with four, Rich Dyment wlth three, two goals each by Robert Pad- dlck, Steve Noban, Simon Lewis and David Clarke and Tom Frank wlth one goal. The coaches are really proud of this team. Greg Vansickbe mlssed the championship.game and at least the next four hi six weeks wxth a broken wrist that appeared durlng the Six Nations game. In league play,. Whitby's Peacock Sports tied Beaches 7-7. Scores were two by Greg Vansiekie, Emery Campbell, Mike Cox, Wayne Cormisb, Steve Nolan and Tom Frank. Dean Vanderbinde shone wlth three assista. Whltby's mior novice team won the Ottawa tournament during the Canada Day weekend. i un- deratand this was a new experience as they played- Picture of the Peacock Sports bantam bacrosse team, winnera of the Kitchener Tournament. Rear Row: (left tojright) Dean Vanderbinde, Steve Dyment, Brad MacDoneil, Emery Campbell, Mike Watson (coach) , Robert Paddlck. Third lIow Centre: Cbris Kellar and David Clarke. Second Row: Jim Cox (manager), Mike Cox, Peter Jervis, Steve Nolan, Tom Frank, Rich Dyment, Mike Husted, Andy Dyment (trainer). Front Row: Chris Fowle (top goalie i Kitchener), Wayne Cornish (most valuable player), Greg Vansickle (captain),9 Simon Lewis and Danny McWhrter. F astbail Legionaires split pair of gam.es by Tlm Baffles The Whltby Leégionaires 0f the Oshawa City and District fastba l ague, Brady Division, aplit a Piar of games this paat week, wlnnlng a close 2- 1 decision over Port Perry Tuesday nigt but wlnding up on the short end 0f an 8-1 shellack*n at the banda 0f Brookin Thursday nlgbt. The Brooklin Legion team made the most of only eight bits to, score their eight runs. The game stood at,1-1 for much of the conteat but Brooklin exploded for five runs i the aixth inning to put the game out0f reach. Whitby opened the scoring ithe firat. i- nlng as Wayne Owen led off with a single and scored following a single by Dean Knight and a sacrifice fly by Jim Spiera. Brooklln knotted the score In the third as Paul MacCrmon singled, advanced te second on a passed bail, and scored on a Steve Grills single. Consecutive walks to Paul Brown, Gord Hooey and IanDown set the stage for a- pinch bit singe, by Bob Rodd, scoring two runs. Bil Grills- drilled in two more runs as he singbed. Paul MacCrimmon then singled in the fifth run of the inning. la the seventh inning, Steve Grills walked and scored on a double by Paul Brown. Ian Down then contrlbuted an RBI single.1 Wining pitcher Paul MacCrimmon fanned 13 A member of the Whitby Legionaires men's'fastbail team swishes at a pitch thrown by Brooklin Legion hurler Paul MacCrimmon. Brookliwon the game 8- Freeress Staff Photo battera while Whitby hurlera Les Moskalewicz and Darryl Blake wbiffed six batters between them. Whitby loaded the bases on three occasions in the game and came Up empty each time. They left 12 runners atranded. Darryl Blake led Whitby batters with a double and sangle itwo plate appearances. Wayne Owen and Mike Groman each added two sigles.1 The- Whltby team defeated Port Perry earlier i the week behind the four-hit pit- ching of Darryb Blake. Port Perry opened the scoring in the third in- ning as Atchison singled and eventually scored on a sigle by Ken Har- man. Wbitby tied the score in the fifth as Peter Sidorkiewicz walked and acored on a hit-and- run triple by Blake. Dany Denyer trippled in the seventh and scored on a double by Sidowkiewicz. Whitby catcher Dean Knight cut down two runnera trying to steal second base, one to preserve the victory in the ninth mnning. The Legionaires now have a record of seven wlns and five bosses. WHITBY-FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAYJULY 13, 1§83, PAGE 13 box lacrosse on the grass. They lost a close one 6-5 to Nepean, won 16-1 over Gloucester, 11-0 shutout for Tommy Smart over Gloucester and 11-3 over Nepean. The championshlp game was a 9-6 win over Nepean. Jonas Derks had eighteen goals, Anne Wlndover had flfteen goals and sixteen assisa, Kelly Vipond had eight, John Emm had s., Zach Hayden had two wlth singles by Shaydon Santos, Sandy Crawford and Bilan Cyr. The Wbitby Optimiats major novice team went to the Dunnvile tournament to wi another champion- ship for WGR lacrosse. They started slow but daz- zled ln the 3rd period of an 11-7,win over the hiost club.1 Matt Shearer was the star dazzler withi 5 goals, David Wood had three, Chris Thompoon had two with one by Rob Martin. Dennis Directo dazzled with three goals inthe 9-2 win over Six Nations. Shearer had two and singles were scored by Greg Fawcett, Martin, Wood and Thompeon. The Novice Championship was a 6-5 team effort over Dunnviile. Whitby scorers were Wood, Alan Frank, -Shearer, Jason Pitters, Martin and Tho-0«n paon. In league play, the Optimista shutout Beaches "- at Iroquois Arena. The nunor novice team won the "B" Champion- Iship at the Orangeville tournament. They made a jstrong effort in a 6-2 bs hi Orangevlle'a nUmber Ione team. Kelly Vipond and Jonas Derks scored for Whitby. Defence and offence were at their best i an 11-0 shutout of Burllngton wlth Tommy Smart in net. Derks had four goals, Brian Cyr had two with singles by Vipond, Anne Wmndover, Marti Rylan, Scott Taylor and Branun Smith. Assistant Manager Gord Shannon reports thà t the "B " Consolation game was one of the beat games of the year for the minor novice team whose strong defensive checking and goaltendig.. held the Orangevile No. 2 team to 1 goal i their 5-1 wi. Derks and Windover had pairs while JohnEmmn had one goal. In league play, this teami shutout Oshawa 14-O with Brett Agnew in net for Whitby. Peterborough scored with 15 seconds hi go to defeat the minor novices 7-6 in league action. Vipons and Widover had hat-trlcks. Opti mists sponsor lacrosse' tourney WHIT TeWhitby Optimists RUi are sponà oritig the Tyke-Novice-Peewee Sos tournament , being So8 hotdby WGR lacrosse this weekend. Games wilbe atboth Iroquois Arena and at Located Brooklin Arena- on this HTYIO coming Satrdy JulyWHTYIO l6th and wfil continue on Sunday. The schedule For al1 ages allows eiglit teamsi begfinners we each age group. Whitby will be representedt by the tyke Thursday 7 p.mn Redmen, WGR minor udy8am novices, Whitby Op- Sna .n timiats' major novices, Cali Richard 668.1 WGR minor peewees In6859'(el and the Hideaway In6859 el major peewees. __________ Tyke Basebail The Whitby Attersley Driller Tyke ail-star basebali team, defeated Cobourg 9-1 in a rain shortened game July 4. Scott Spencer and Darryn Christie with fine catches in the out- field led a superb defen- sive performance by the Whltby squad. Mike Fulton belted a home run and douibe to drive In three runs. Chris Harper had three'hits; wlth a double and two singles while other hitters were David Welr with a triple, Darryn Christie, Matt Graham and Shayne Keddy, ail wlth a single a piece. Jamie Watters pit- ched the victory. The team will end the season July 16, in Bowmanvllle with a double header. MINOR ATOM SOCCER The Whitby. froquois minor atom, rep soccer team tied Oshawa Turul on the weekend 2-2. Shayne Bayford and David Marshail tallied the Whitby goals. Tom Bradley and- Chris Davies countered for Oshawa. 5VY TIGERS '83 INING CLUB Dr: IAN BARRON MOTORS LTD. 6&81511 1at the >OUIS PARK elcome i.to 8:15 p.rn. 10:30 mr. .0584 (anytime) or oence, after 8 p.m.)