PAGE 24, WIIITBY FRER P¶RESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1990 Meli*en back in training after surgery By Chris Bovie The words "knee surgery» have long evoked bitter memories for many athletes whose careers were eut short. But surgery hasn't held back Lori Melien of Whitby an Olym- vpie bronze medallist wlio is train- ing even harder te get back into top competitive form. Damage tô1 Melien's knee grew to the point where she couldn't continue without an operation. She had endured pain through Olympicsý and Commonwealth Gaines conpetition. Melien :asn't long on crutches after her 5ry i r o "How - 1g was she offo o long was he suipposed to be off'?" Dogsays ith a laugh, noting that it was only a matter of days before the, crutches were thrown intothe cqrner and about aweek before Lori wa back in the Pool. Melien 's eurrently 'in -Newu Meico for lhigh altitude traiig under the' supervision of new coachéClif'Berry who itrained the late We4tor Davis. Aboiut 8e20 0 fepj above sea level, Melien and her teammates have found even the most basic of exercise routines tiresome. Having a]ready spent three weeks th ere, Me lien returns to Canada this -week to continue her training. Although the sur-" plwas ns eight weeks aop nationals in August. Dog says Lori's knee is feel- ina lot stronger, and for the ulrt time ini her career, she feels good about the roadwork that complements her weight training prograin. Doug saystLori is regaining a postive attitude tward competi- 0ii in the wake of «post-Olympic bluM" and surgery. ____ Gait s-hutdowni oss to US.A.e The Canadian field teain, which includes and. former members lacrosse current of the Brooklin Redmen, feIl 25-14 te the U.S.A. on Monday in Austra- lia. Warriors tese in- OT ByCrsBovie If the Whtby Warriors want te make nise in the playvofs, they hope toplay as they did against the second-place Peterborough Maulers last week. Despite an 11-10 overtime loss te the Maulers, the junior A Whiitby lacrosse teain showed the heart that the team's* managfe- ment saw at the start of the season, and which was evident in another recent game against the powerful St. Catharines teain. A goal by (Jhad, Grills with just over a minute left in the over- time period gave Peterborough the victory. Warriors have played their best games against Peterborough this season, despite iosing al tbree contests by narrow niar- gins. Greg VanSiekle scored six goals.and added two assists for Warriors. Rich Dyment had six assiste while Todd Wilson scored two goals. Derek Jones and Kevin Hayes added singles. .t Warriors matched th eir nint loss of the season with their ninth win, on Friday, against Mississauga., Hayes scored six goals and added three assists te power Whitby te a 13-9 victory. Greg VanSickle had three goals and three assists and Glenn Clark had three goals, Kevin Sorhaitz with the single. Warriors were te play last night (Tuesday) against _Peter- W indover paces Onïtar'o Anne Windover of Whitby had 31 points ini five games at the 1990 International Vail lacrosse 'Shootout' teurnainent in Vail, Colorado, July 2 te 4. Windover helped the Ontario women's field lacrosse teamn win three of the five gaines. In round-robin, Ontario defea- ted Teain Maryland 11-8, Teain Colorado 11-9 and the University of California 6-2. Ontario then lost 11-9 te the University of Southern Califor- nia and 7-3 te Teamn Upstate New York. Windover scored 20 go ais and added il assiste te Iead the scoring for Ontario. Kerri Hardill of Peterborough had 13 goals and five assiste. Windover, Hardill and two other Ontario teain members Cory Boyd of Mississaugra and Julie Norton, were namedte the borough and then- finish, the. regular season Wednesday. with a gaine against Brampton. It was the fir-st defeat for Canada aftýr wins over Iroqýuois Nations, a ýnew teain and Eq land, and uçiderscored the teain s Clreiwakes- defence. eawie the U.S.A. is un- defeated in three gaines. The final is exçýected te bea show- down betwèen Canada and the U.S.A The U.S.4A. scored on seven of eight power!play opportunities in the fist half te take a 16-5 lead which Canada was* unable. to Tykes j*ust super Whitby Warriors tyke A rep lacrosse won the annual Hamilton Super Series lacrosse teurnament over the weeloend. -Whitby, sponsored by Brooklin Redmen, opened the teurnament on July 7 by defeating Brainpton 8-0. In their next gaine Warriors faced St. Catherines Spartans, a teain unknown te Witby until this point. A strong Whitby effort resulted in a 13-2 blowout., On July 8, Whitby opened with an 8-2 victory over a much improved Beaches lacrosse squad te secure a berth in the championship final. As expected, Peterborough Lakers was the other team te advance te the finals, with Peterborough winning ail three gaines in their prliminar division of the teurnaent. This was an appropriate ending as these two teamns are currently the best in the province. Whitby was expecting a tough contest. Peterborough have been beaten in al four previous encounters and were expected te be up for a shot at their arcbrivals. When the- whistle went, Warriors responded with one of their best performances ever. As play progressed tewards the Peterborough end, numerous give-and-goes and fast breaks were exhibited by the VWitby teani. When Peterborough approached the Whitby end, they were constantly faced with a wall of six red jerseys, one of which was rushing out te meet the bal carrier. Despite outstanding goaltending by Jamie Plunkett and solid play by Lakers such as David Lloyd and Tyler Harris, the final score was a well deserved 7-0 win for Whitby. When asked what made the difference, Warrior Mike Semeniuk said simply "Defence." Head coach Ian Wailes cautioned the players not to take this latest victory teo lightly. "They are working teward the saune goal as we are, namely te win the provincial chanipionships. We are on tep now but we have more work te do if we want to stay theire.". Leading the Whitby offence was Blaine Down with 14 points, followed by Jeffrey Frazer with 12 points, Mike Morrison nine points, Kyle Wailes and Sean MacRury 5, Matt McKay, Ian Haywood and Stephen Hoar four, John Chesebrough and Jay. Harrison three, Rory Smith and Michael Kopnieczny two, and Mike Semneniuk with one point. A solid effort both defensively and offensively was provided by Bobby McBride and, Matt Meyer. Goaltender Tara Wailes put forward another top performance. In addition to two shuteuts and a 0.75 goals against average, she contributed three assists te the offensive effort. The tyke A team is now preparing for the upcoming Mississauga lacrosse tournament during which they hope te add te their 13-gaine undefeated streak. Paperweights win 2 Whitby Jf£yoes paperweight lacrosse teain won two gaines and lost one in the Hamilton Super Series over the weekend. Whitby defeated Spartan A.C. 9-3 in the flrst gaine. Tyrler Harrison scored five, -Brandon McBride two, Ricky Passfield and Brock Bunstina one each. Whitby -continued its winning ways with a 17-1 victory over Scarborough. McBride tallied six, Aaron Gallas had four, Harrison three and singles went te Andrew Glen, Nathaniel Andres, Kyle Musseman and Jeremi Brimble. Whitby played a thrilling contest against the Excelsiors from Bramnpton, losing 8-6 in a hard-fought contest. McBride scored two, with singles by Gallas, Brimble, Buntsnia and Glen. Darren Denyes, James Muniford and James Liske earned assists while Erie Collins provided timely checlks on defense. Goalie Sean Cuthbertson excelled in net, allowing an average of less than three goals npr oame in teurnament play., overcome. uThere's a "lot of conoern about the defen ce,» says Canadian Lacrosse Association technical- directer Michel Lachapelle, who talked with a teain coach on Monday. Also', hurting is the limited offence. by 'lacrosse superstar Gary Gait, a member of the ]Redinen b ox lacrosse teain. Whitby -Iroquois socoer Gait was held off the, seoresh- eet in the loss te the U.S.A Tom Marechek, like ;Gmit, a Victoria, B.C. native. and Gait's teammate on the Syracuse University teain that won the U.S. lacrosse championship, s cored four goals as did Kevin ,Alexander, a 34-year-old _post- SEE PAGE 25 aQUIRIeuizer Kedvi ajlor Witby ERyan reland8 fL-4 L arSem 2 Markham 2 4 ole.n Sm". MINORSQUIWI July 5 Brock General 0 BlueSeaP&C David Crabibe 3 Kyle Lmoüly BrandonJulien Merlin Travel 3 WhiL .Drnlyq. Ian Parker 2 JeffmPichut Paul Shannon DaIm Jeffre CRCS Conat. 4 Whit. 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