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PGE 18c WHrrBY FREE »PRESSà WEbNES'DAYp FEaRUARYý3 , 988. . Inoo lagu.e amongý mnor lacrosse changes By ROXANNE REVELER Whitby's minor lacrosse program 15, going to..be bigger and betterthan ever in19è88. So says Barry Joh'lnson, the-.newý vice president .of the "Whitby Minor LacrosseAssociationi.' According to Johnson,,the WMILA has a completely'new eëx ecutive this year and they plantopromote the sport as the "fastest .gam.e on two feet. "It is without rival as a 'm.*eanis ,of, developing-skill, speed, sta mina,. dexterity and intelligenfce," aays. Johnson. "It combines the skills of basketball and soccer with the. bodlly contactýof hockey and foot- bail to.presen a sport attractive to spectators and competitors alike." Johnson feels 1lacrosse has an. ii- fectious quality that converts both- participants and fans on first ex- posure. Hie al1so> thinks the summer sport complements hockey because of its combination of excellent hand and- eye skills, .teamhwork and bodily contact withouit injury. "Thé game of lacrosse has cer- tainly helped such well known proflessional hockey players as Paul'Coffey,'Brian Beilows, Steve Larier and., of course, Wayne Gret zky as well as our own hometown hero Joe Nieuwendyk," he says'. "Recent articles-in the Hockey News and the Toronto Star have quoted Nieuwendyk as at- tribuiting his scoring prowess to playing lacrosse as a youngster in Whitby."P Nieuwendykî of the, Calgary Flames, is the frontrunner for the Calder Trophy asNHL rookie of the' year. He was twice a member of the Minto Cup winning junior A Whitby Warriors lacrosse squad., 1 The association is-introducing its '88 program by holding a '"skills and development schôol" 'at Oshawa Civic Dome on Sunday, Feb.'7, 14,21 and 28 at 4 p.m. The pro gram- is .- not only for youngsters new to the sport, accor- ding to Johnson, but also for those who want towork on their skills and, involve themselves in a minor cone- ditioning program. Films, instruction and equipmfent wiil be provided for a cost of $2 per session. New for this year will be a house league program whîch will, be T wofirstsfor,,wrestlers Two members of the Whitby Op- timist Wrestling Club won cbam- pionships at the Ontario open championsbips held at Humber College over the weekend. Brendan Jobnston, competing in a bigher age division,, won'the cadet (15, and 16) greco-wrestling title in the 36.6-kg. division. "I wasn't sure how* he'd do because be was wrestllng i a class above," said club coacb AI Smith of one of bis star pupls, a student at E.A. Fairman. Coming as more of a surprise, however, was the championsbip in the bantam <13 and 14)' freestyle 66.6 kg. division for Brian Young. Johnston was second at the ban- tam freestyle level as was Devon Powers in 44 kg.,. and Jason Max- welin 90.1kg., Third was Mike Brown in 45 kg. and fourth was Chad Webster in 55 kg., at the bantam freestyle level. Peter Kalnay was second in cadet greco wrestling, in the. 85 kg. category. Optimist club members will next compete in tournaments at G.L. Roberts in Oshawa on Feb. 5 and at Palmerston public school in Whitby on Feb. .11. played ýindoors a.t Iroquois Park arenïa and the Brookin arena star'- ting in, mid-April and'ending on Junie 25 with a house league tour- nament i Luther Vipond Memorial Arena, in Brooklin. -The asgociation -,s rep team will be selecte'd from the bouse league players for zone play -and. the provincial tournaments. Johnson said youngsters from across Durham Region are welcometo at- tend the lacrosse scbool and to, register for the '88 season., The 1988 registration will be beld Feb. 20 and March, 12 at Iroquois Park larena between ,10 a.m. and 2 p.m ..and on March 5 at* Brooklin. arena- from 10 -a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration. costs are $40 per' player, $60 for a family and $35 for pre-registration. For those interested'in coaching or managing a team, a coachinig clinic is being planned witb th e help of the Ontario lacrosse Association. A definite date wiil be forthcomîng. For further information caîl Tom Lewis 655-443 or Mike Taylor 434- 7044. The new executive has commit- ted itself to establishing this historic s'port< which hbas such 'long roots -in this community. 'The associatio *n is pleased'with the ex- ,celleât co-operation their new programs,,are getting fromt the Town of Whltby and the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. "We're making a real effort to re- establish the minor lacrosse program in Brooklin and Whitby," says Johnson, adding lie had met with great response from the Broôklin business community witb reference to sponsoring*new teams. I BRIAR BOAKE portrayed Justine Blalney, who went' to court to play on a boy's hockey team, ln the musical comedy "Ile lime"l whlch was presented by the Theatre on the Move group at Robert Thornton public echool ln Whltby Jan..27. Freei>regphoto Hockey injurie s on rise More anàd more boys and girls are playig hockey every, year. Accor- ding Ito Whitby chiropractor Mary Ann Gldhawk, this is probably why there 15 a-rise in the number of, serionsinjuries'to youngsters. Confronited With bills'of $300 and up for their. child's* new hockey equipment, harassed fathers might recail wbhenstuffing a couple of department store catalogues down their- stockings was considered enough protection against the bumps and brûlses of Canada's. national game. Is ail the newfangled protective gear reaily necessary? "Most emphatically yes,"' says Goldhawk. "As a chiropractor, I know from my own experience that the rigbt equipment, together witb good coaching, in the early years, goes a long way in reducing hockey injures in childhood that can cause later degenerative problems in adultlife." As a fast contact sportplayed on a bard ice surface, Goldhawk says, hockey puts a cbild'sjoints and whole musuloskeletal system at rlsk.. 'Bulsin, swelling, or sa" at. ~,one, joint .can- cause significa nt comp»StloaS at otli oints, as a chiroffactor mm seveyday ln bis or4prac'tu1,mm. . Goldhawk says an ankle injury, for example, can cause a loss of function in the knee or lower back as the body above compensates for the problem below. Sh e indicates the most common injuries she has treated in relation to hockey were lower back and neck problems, usuaily caused from a check into the boards. She says although there were also mnany knee and elbow in- juries, they were secondary to those of a spinal nature. And chlldren are neyer too young to be protected, even though they may not play the contact type of hockey. Her youngest patient was a seven-year-old child, injured playing hockey. The worst. injury was a fracture. Goldhawk bas no actual statistics as to, how1 many youngsters are in- Jured each year playing hockey, but says from hler experience, the number treated at bler clinic- wa numerous. 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