WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1987, PAGE 17 Hawkeyes feld, midget team. Durham 'Region wil have a' midget team in the Central Ontario Minor Football League for the 1987 season. Members of the Oshawa Hawkeyes organization announced the new team last week, which will' continue a program that"already has atom, peewee and bantam1 teams. The midget team is also expected to provide the junior team with ex- perienced football players. Tom Cudney, who played in the NFL, CFL and USFL, and Mike Wilson* former Oshawa Hawkeyes quarterback, will be the new coaches of the junior team this year, replacing Vie Chiasson. The juniors won-one of 10 games last season. The midget squad is likely to be strong as several players will be from last year's bantam team which captured ail-Ontario. Among them wil be Mark Black- burn of Whitby, a Henry, Street Hligh student who played defensive back and wide receiver. He helped the bantams reach the Ontario final as he caught a touchdown pass and scored another TD on an intercep- tion in the semi-final game. Mark's brother, Ken, will be defensive coach of the midget team. MARK BLACKBURN KEN SLUG Henry Street Henry Street High Sehool High School "If a player doesn't show up for practice, he won't be playing for this team, " said Bunting. Midget players are '16, 17 and 18 years of age (cannot be over 18 as of Dec. 31, 1987). Juniors are 19 to 22, and play i a league with Lon- don, Ottawa, Burlington, Hamilton and Windsor. Alniost two-thirds of junior team members are from the Metro Toronto area, with the remainder from Durham Region. Players at the lower age levels are almost al from the Oshawa-Whitby area. Brand new equipment will be purchased for 'the midget team. Players will only be required to bring their shoes. Joini'ng Bunting and Blackburn on the coaching staff will be Kerry, offensive coach, and Harvey Balakofsky, offensive line coach. AI Clark is equipment manager. Bun- ting is still looking for a special team coach. Ail home games for the midget team will be at Oshawa Civic Stadlium. Bunting said the mi&get sehedule will not confliet with high school football. Most of the bantam players last year also played hîgh school football. Bunting noted that midget foot- ball has failed before in some areas such as Burlington and Pickering, with. travel providing the bîggest problem. But he believes the program will succeed in Durham Region. "Ail we want is the football players for our program, " he said. Biais leads novices in. season seoring Blackburn (668-7974) can provide more information. Greg Dempers, coach of the Hawkeyes atoms says his team will be strong this season because several players are returning from last year's team which went to the Central Ontario championship before falling to Burlington. Returning will be quarterback Ian Speare, running backs Julian Albis and Danny Birch, and defen- sive players Ryan Hopps and Jim Aru. Dempers is also hoping that Lori Szimnanski, who played linebacker, wiIlreturn. Minor coaches will set up a touch football leâgue, from May 16 to June 27, to help recruit for the team. Information is to be sent to schools in Durham Region about the league. "Our major goal ini recruiting which I'm looking after is to see at least 50 to 60 players try out for each of the four teams - atom, peewee, bantamn and midget. With the population we draw from this shouldn't be out of the question," Another top player was Ken Slug of Whitby, described by coach Ian Bunting as "lextremely outstan- ding" as running back for the team. He, too, will play for the midget team, which will face Markham, North York, Brampton, Mississauga and Burlington in the Central Ontario league. .Coach of the team wil be Ian Bunting, coach of last year's ban- tam tearn. He and Gord Kerry founded the minor football system for Oshawa and area seven years ago. Buntmng said the midget program will continue to teach football'tom- players as in the lower age divisions. But the aimn will also be to win. "We intend to put a winning foot- ball team on the field," said Bun- ting, who says the team could take all-Ontario. He expects 80 players to try out for the team, with about haîf that nuinber to make up the squad which will play in the league which begins in the sunimer. Midget registration wiIl be April 5, noon to 4 p.m. ($125 per player) at Oshawa Civie Auditorium (pool en- trance, boardroom B). Practices begin JuIy 6. League games last tili October, with the aIl- Ontario scheduled for Nov. 15. The Brooklin-Whitby major novice rep team, sponsored by Nash Aluminum, wrapped Up their season with a 4 - 2 win, over first place Peterborough. They earned eight points in the playoffs leaving them two behind fPete rugh and Oshawa who tied fo1.~ and one behind second pl cjickering. The teams overal recoi this season was 21 wins, 18 losses and 8 ties. They were i six tournaments this year, winning the regional silver stick held in Ajax over the Christmas holidays. This earned them the right to compete in Detroit for the overali silver stick championship. They had a good chance of win- ning the whole thing but a number of the players fell ilI, possibly from a contaminated hot tub in the hotel, causing them to lose out in the semni-final round. The Mississauga team that eventaully won the tour- nament tied the ailing Whitby team earlier in the round robin portion. There were a number of triple AAA teams in the league this year aaLinst which Whitby did very well. They split the two games with fîrst place Thornhill (who only lost four games during the regular ANDRE MAROIS of the mmnor atoms brings the puck into the Kitchener zone while bemng watched closely by a Kit- season) losing the first and winning the second, tied Peterborough twice lost once and beat them, lost to Oshawa twice, tied them and beat them. A number of players stood out and had excellent seasons. Steve Blais ended Up with the most goals and most points, 61 goals and 32 assists. Cory Brick had 45 assists and il goals to earn the most assists. Brian Lodge played back on defence for a number of games yet stili managed to score 41 goals and pick up 28 assists because of his ef- forts whenever he was on the ice. Brian Scott also played a lot of defense this season and he also scored 22 goals and 25 assists. Sean Saunders was a very con- sistent player always working hard when he was on the ice. Other for- wards that contributed to the team's successes were Matthew Cardwell, Ryan Horwood, Robbie Beasley and Stewart Adam who was the speedster of the team. The defence, often overlooked because they don't score of goals, kept the other team from scoring and Jeremy Schott and Josh Wilson as defense linemates did this very well- Schott had an outstanding chener player. Derek Young follows the play. Whitby won the final game 4- 3. season with the team. Jeff Malcolm played back on defence after about a month as a forward. Jimmy Boyd went back to defence after playing most of the season on right wing. Malcolm and Boyd adjusted well as part of the rear guard. Ini the goalie department, David Ayres earned . a goals against average of 2.57 this season with two shutouts. Matthew Norton's average was 2.97 with four com- plete game shutouts and the two of them shared in another shutout. Coach Dan Brick was assisted by Teresa Wilson, team manager; Jim Boyd, tramner and goalie coach; Doug Lodge, assistant co.ach; George Schott, who helped out with the practices; Doug Norton who kept stats for most of the games. Bs Win consolation The Whitby petite B ringette teamn won the consolation game in a tournament in Barrie March 21 and 22. Whitby defeated Port Perry 5-4, lost 5-2 in their second game, and won 6-2 over Kitchener in their third game to reach the consolation game against Barrie. The two teams were tied 6-6 at the end of regulation time but Whitby outscored the home team 2-1 in overtime to win the game. Mary Beth Challoner scored seven goals and added three assists for Whitby in the tournament. Lesley Grenon also had seven goals while Kim Guymer scored six goals and had three assists. Kelly Proudfoot had a goal and four assists. Kim Mathers had five assists and Jennifer Harold and Rose Mary McKenzie, two each. Whitby juniors downed Sun- derland 15-2 in an exhibition game March 22 in Brooklin. Leanne Muir and Stacy Guymer each scored five goals. Jennifer Cooper scored twice as did Christine Smith while Natasha Peddle had the other goal for Whitby. The ringette banquet will be held April 11, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Whit- by. The annual general *meeting will be held April 12, 2 to 5 p.m., at the lecture theatre of Henry Street High Sehool. TRANSPARNSAI " a satin-gloss,.see-through coating for interior wood surfaces " available in clear and several wood tones CENTRAL PAINT & WALLPAPER 295 Rltson Rd. S. THE CORPORATION 0F THETOWNOFWHITBY RENTAL 0F GARDEN PLOTS FOR WHITBY RESIDENTS The Parks and Recreation Department of the Town of Whitby has established garden plots for community use for the 1987 season. The size of the plots will be 25' x 50' at a cost of $32.00 per plot to the user. The land will be plowed by the Town and water will be made available. lnterested persons are invited-to book a plot in person at: Parks and Recreat ion Department Municipal Building 575 Rossland Road East Whitby, Ontario For more information, please telephone 668-5803 ext. 293. j Oshawa 728-6i 309 I1 1 à mmwmý 809 ý