i ..~ WHIIBy FREE pIRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1989, PAGE 19 Keenan' s return - further strengLhens Redme By Mike Johnston This" year's version of the Brooklin* Redmen may be the strongest ever. However, it lacked one ingre- dient the coaches feit would take tbem to the Marin Cup - leader- 5hnter Derek Keenan, the club's leading scorer last year. He had inforrned Redmen that he would not be -returning this seven vears' -DEREK KEENAN experience th. coacbes realized bow valuable Keenan would be *to the club, and general manager Bob Duignan kept -in constant touch with Keenan during Red- men's first 10 gaines. * "Tbey (Rednien) lost their lea- dership wben Gil (Nieuwendyk) left and players like Andy Per- roni also left. So I tbink tbey W hitby mnor basebai sQuIKR July 3 Butier', Delli 21 SMS Marine 19 St. Clair Paint 9 DIS Insurance 5 Polar Instai. 15 PRO Heating 10 Dom'. Auto P. 15 Donut Presa 2 Optim4ista 13 Canadian ire 3 Hanet Plastics 18 Whitby Audio 3 Frontenac Mech. 17 Foran'. 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But it didn't take Keenan long to realize just how much the gaine had become a part of him. «Istarted to miss it. I realized I stili had the competitive spirit in me," said Keenan, who despite a wbrief retirement as a player, wrks 'for the 'Ontario Lacrosse Association. "TMis game has been such a big part of my life and I began to miss the guys," he says of his return. In bis first gaine back, July 5, Keenan bad a goal to go along with the many sore joints he had after the gaine. "I feit brutal after that first gaine. I stayed in shape while not playing but niy stickhandling was rusty." He says that this year's team is the strongest he can remember playing on, even stronner than Bantams improve Whitby Optimist bantains un- proved their season record to 10 victories and seven losses after wins over Pickering and Bow- manville last week. Tim Puddister allowed only six bits as Whitby erased Pickering 9-0. 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