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wBITBY Fýt R SS, WDýEDAy, AUGWST 29,1M9, PAGE 2à Réden r anC~ Ites official. Brooklin Redmen are the Ontario Lacrosse Asso- ciation mýjor series champions. A formai protest by Peter- borough Quakers concerning the fifth gae of the beet-of-s-even final was denied by- the league Monday.' This means Redmen takç the series if ive g.mes foloin their 8-6 victory over the Quak- ers at Iroquois Park last Satur- day. fledinen will now play host te, Vancouver Burrarde or the Mann Cup championship begin- ningnext Wednesday. ~e Quakers' proteet stemmed from th e eecion of Redmen coach PeteLVpond in the second period of the fourth game played in Peterboroughi. Instead of leaving the area, Vipond sat two rows up from the Ontario lacrosse EumOarFIN 20. Brooa 10 %Pboe a Brookija 8 NPeaqoh e Mairna Cap fbeiamat auo PlIL-yers' bench. Ibe Quakers claimed this was a violation of league raies and argued that the gamI should be replayed. Uhampionship medals were ntpresented te thé Redmen 'foilowing their win: Saturday until 1 league officiaisé had an, ~joiity te rule do the pro- OLA program c ordinato Tom *Petiestold The Fee Press that while a mistakel was made by the referee in tordrn Vipond away froimth action, it had no effeet on the-outcome of the game won 4y Brlkn. Ini Saturday's contest, Paul St. John led the way for the Redmen by scoring two goals. Single tallies were registered by Mark Douglas, GegVan SickePaul GZuGr Gi~ Glenn Stevenson had two go ais for Quakers with singlesftrom Monty Keast Jamie Batley, Joe Hiltz and JeItHardiil. Dre«ýam season for tykes Lucky !1EO VAN wyK of whitby received insitruction from teGreat One at Leo theCoca-cola Classic/ Wayne Gretzky hockey camp held lu Toronto Aug. 13-14. ThornhIl rallies to tie bantamseries The Whitby OptLimist bantain returnte Whitby te play thi basebail teain last week deciding gaine. Stephensoni, witl continued their quest for a berth a double and a triple, provideý i the all-Ontario finals in moat of the Whitby power at the Guelph on the Labour Day plate with Rayne, Imeson, Ma« weekend. and Doner contributing one hit Whitby, -playmng in the third apiece. elimination round, beat Thornbiil Steve Wood continued te il - 2 in the flrst of a anchor a solid outfield defence as best-of-three playoff series. he made a difficiiit rünning catch Whitby scored five times i i centre field te kil a poténtial the first inning and.never looked Thrnbill raily. bock as a strong defence and m g ehing from Keith Milsehl fforhl in checkT k y Brett Rayne led the h T ke B' with Znree wh he nisW.9fali shot had two bits anld two mBis j pinjl3i1 apiece Janue- Difiore, Mike Douer an d ils each chipped i with a parof bits along with * nles Whitbys tyke B lacrosse tearn =ri Chris Killoran and a lost their flrst two gaines in the Andrew. double-knockout tournainent. The second game semed te ho The* tearn, sponsored by iocked up for Whitby as they led 5 Brooklin Cashwawy Lumber, lost -O0up until theeventhminmig. their flrst game 10 - 3 tethe lIneson, who hhd held Thorxffl eventual. champions, Toronto te one bit over the flrst si Beaches. inigran into problemesii the In the second gaine versus senhas Thornhill fought bock Mimico, the teain feU hahind te ewhj 5- ~q4krnlsthe neOr vitS for jW I ie à d le ýe it ýo ta h ù Whitby Warrors tyke A rep lacrosse team capped an undefeated season by winning the provincial championship over the weekend.e Whitby, sponsored by Broolin Redmen, opened the teurnament by playing the Peterborough Lakers, the teain Whitby played i three other tournament finals this ya.M Ot people expected the ch=pionshp match to e aa Whitby-Peterborough final. Warriorswere e g an improved Lakers clu as they were the defendig champion and were defending i their home town. Whitby had flot played Peterborough in over a month and were not sure what te expect. However, when it' was over Whitby had a 9 -6 win despite a determined Peterborough effor. With the Peterboro h win under their belt4a, Whity now had their game in gear. The "B1ec Wall" defence was bock in lace and the confidence level was high. A much improved Hiarilton Bengals team was ldeda - 4 loss by Whitby who went on te, defeat Bramptun 12 - 0 and Burlington 13 -0. In the Bramnpton gaine, Brampton was held te just seven shots on net while Burlington mngdonly three. mithda perfect 4-O0record, WVhitby advaced te Sunday's championship gaine and as expeced the Peterborough Lakv ee the opposition. Although some early gaine jitters caused a few rushed plays and rnissed opportunities, it was obvious that most of the action was going te ha i the Peterborough* end. Peterborough scored flrst at the 12-minute mark, but it was 3 - 1 Whitby b the end of the flrst. Peterborugh had the chances te make it close but whenever they got a shot, gca]ie Tara Wailes shut thein Ini the second and third periods, it was ail Whitby. They uickly bufit up an 8 - 1 lead and then turned on the defence te keep the gaine intact. A final score of 9- 4 gave Whitby the provincial titie. Ini winning, they achieved a perfect 23 -0 season. -When -asked what contributed mtý te the- ivins, Plàes mike Whitby captures- Ontario ckampionahip identical reaction s: "We were better on loose halls and defence." Coach Ian Wailes added that "116 players ail working hard was the reason we won. We ail dug harder for loose bails, checked bette;, and played our positions. "Every, player on the team made a significant contribution and eveiy player slgould be proud of what we ail have accomplished." The scoring leader 'for the teurnament was Down with-18 pints, foilowed closely by Jeif ~'aer with 17, points, Mike Morrison- ton poinuts, Stephen Hoar,1,1 eight," Jay Harrisoén and Ian Haywood. seven each, Sean MacRury six points, KConieczny five, John Chesebrough and Bobby McBride four each, h(att MeKay, Kyle Wailes *and Miatt Meyer the. each, Rory Smith two, and Wales with one. Mike Semeniuk added a solid defensive effort te the tearn' effort. Goaltender Wafles put forward another good performance, ending the teurnament with a 2.8 goals against average. The- team was coached by Ian Wailes with -assistant coaches MurryDwn and Harold Hoa.. The teainwas managed by Steve lconieczny. JWBrY e4ed,~kha4-3 lnan, under-iS gfrrg: