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PAGE 16, WIilTYFREE PRE9 WDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 190 I ~w~c~c Steelers take peewee -ti*tieatinternationaltunm t Whit Mak:teel 'Steelers edged hometeam 3-2 to capture theo mnr peewee AAA championship at, the Wayne Gretzky international hock ey. tournament in Brantford recently. . Tomý Lawson was outstanding inet for WItbM and was named most va -l.playor in the final. He was supported by the fine defensive wor-k of Don Campbell, who had an assiat, and M att Casn and Dan Ricica. Darryl Lewis, who had .1ght goals and two -assiste i the tournament, Mark Haynes, who also'had two'assista,, and Steve Death who had an asast, scored fo r W h itb y i the final. Jason Hotchkiss also had an asst. Whitby ha.d opened the tourna- ment with an 8-1 win over Amnherst as Lewis scored thre goals and1 had an assist. Death had a goal and three assista, while Hochkiss doble- teamed throughout the tourna-. ment, had two goals. Haynes had a goal sud an asast, Bryan Crouch sud Camp- bell two assista each, Dave Far- q uharson one goal sud Aaron Bant one assist. With goalie Josh Evans dis- playing cat-luke' reflexes sud in- tenseý concentration, Whitby defeated Battlefeld 4-1. Crouch had a goal and an assist while Lewis, Hotchkiss sud Parquiharson had the other goals. Death, Haynes, Campbell, Brysut sud Justin Colins, the te:a' <grinder," had one assiat each. Hotchkiss, despitui tight check- ig scored twice in a victory over ondon. Haynes had a p~ai sud two assis3tawhilo Farquh arson, Death, sud Lewis also scored. Lewis, Crouch and Mikce Robert- son had assista. >Whitby turned in a gritty per- forman'ce te, post a come-from- behind 3-2 victory over Hamil- ton. HotchIss scored on a blister-ý igshot te ignite the conieback sud then Liewi scored, twice te give Wvhitby the win. .Death had two assista while Robertson sud Haynes each had one assiat. Evans was outatand- ingin net. Ryen 'Lary was outstanding in a forechecking raie for Whitbyý while hustling Brent Lazary was sidolined early i the tourna- ment. In leage play,' Hotchkiss scored for gals sud Crouch'had three In an 8-2 decision over York-Simce'in a gaine playedi Nobleton. Hotchkiss also had two assista while Crouch had three. On Jan. 5, Death scored a goal sud had three assista as Whitby defeated arch-rival Oshawa 4-1. HaLynes, Colins sud Hotchkiss alo had goals. O'Leary'is checking asud Cap- son's defensive work elped goa- lie Josh Evans shut dowýn Osh- awa. I L.......... The Whitby mAjor peewee 'A' hockey teain, sponsored by Casey's Resturants, won the '91 championship in the Bowmanville tournainent over the Christmas holidays. In their flrst gaine, Whitby skated te a r-3 victory over a strong tearn from Port Perry. Port Perry scored early i the first period and 26 seconds later Justin St. Onge, assisted by Jason Robinson sud Steve Austin, put Whitby on the scoreboard. In the second period Whitby took the. lead with a goal from Austin, assisted by Robinson. Port Periy cidn't give up sud came back te tie the gaine. In the third peiod Mark Reid, scorod, assistedbL Graig Lsuegger and Jsn donto g Whitby the lead once gin. t.Onge scored unassiste o s Dechtelead. Only 43 seconds left in the gaine, Austin scored with assista gong to St. Onge sud Robinson. . I their second gaine Whitby came up shoart 4-2 ag-,ain= v aggremsvo teain fo Peterborough. Goal-aorors for Whitby were Robinson sud BrydenZDnyes. Assista went te, Austin sd Lsuee In their third oarly morning faWhitbhy waa wido awake or a* deterznined sud hard-checking teain frocm Fort *M' 00idget 3rd in lassRIi eU SHAYNE Bayford is The Free Press choice for Athete of the Year in Whitby, sucoeeding Lori Strong, stili one of the. nation's best in. gymnastice Bayford is Canada's best and one of the world's best in men's roUler skating. Ho won silver and bronze ýmedals in skating, a demonstration sport, at the Pan-American Gaines in Cuba in August. TIbe teain of the year: a six-way tie between the Ice Angèe precision skating team that- won a Cana- dian chmponshp, Whitby's peewee A69 novice JA, novice B and tyke A teama that won provincial lacrosse champlonships, and the Henry Street Hawks football teain for pure grit in overcommng the, odds to advanoe to the semi-finals of the Metro BOWL. The Whitby midget A hockey team,ý sponsored by Brooklin Le 'on took third place in the nburg Christmas Classic during the Christmias break. Whity beat Grimsby by a score of 5-2 in the first gamne the six-gaine, round-robin format with a 'bhat trick' by Tyrone Estabrook sud singles from Sandy Cohen and. Mike Brillinger. Assisting on the goals were Scott Gregor, Cohen, James Olenick (2) sud Estabrook. I gaine two, Whitby beat Glsubrook 4-0 on goals by Mike Rowland, Luke Hodgson, Cohen sud Carlos Roebuck, with a stellar performance between the pipes by Andrew Martin. Assisting on the. four goals were Gregor, Olenick (2), Rowland sud Hodgson. Gaine three put Whitby nose te nous against a strong teain fi= Sarnia. For the third tiine in~ as iny gaines,, Whitby was viconlusbeaingSaria3-1 on goalsfromBranon W lKyle ILng sud Rowland. Assista were contributed by Hodgson, Gregor, Mark Lanegger, Olemick, Cohen sud Wall. In gaine four,' Whitby defeated Delhi 5-1,' with goals froin Lanegger , Cohen, Estabrook, David Silva sud Gregor. The teamn was supported by excellent goaltending b;y Jeif Clayton. .Assists were earned by Cohen (3), Rowand, Hodgson, Silva sud Rich Welner who was piaying in bis' first representative teurnament as an affiliated player. - Gaine five, turned out te be the most critical gaine in the tournament, suad the msuy fans in attendance, were. treated te excellent hockey. Whitby Was edged out. by the teai froin Langton 2-1. Whitby's oniy goal came frein Roebuck, asuisted b~y Cohen. This gaine took ita 1ol1 beth emotionally sud physically on the Whitby teain as they lest their >Other members of the. teain icludo Mike Molson, David Manauil Todd Huother (iriured) sud Brisu Burke (î * *red). Thé teain tafmreRalph Hodgoei(coach), MmrnWeber (assistant cch), Rab Olemck (traier) sud RebbWIe.nn Wal (manager). Whity swimmers win gold, age group r.nig Soveral membors of the Whitby Iro9uisSwmClub achiov.d'national tep amgru rankin aameot mMaku lesie Dowson, 13, won Iod med"l in 400-motreand 2C:m freetyle sud Asbiegh odr -- 13, won ipod in lOOm bcsrk inthe»ils' ugd 18-14 divison of dmhe urkham Apuatie Club invltatlonalmeet Arnanda- Brimble, 14, won bràsi i 100m backstrok.bAsh-« leigh Crowder, Lyndsay Crow- dei, Brimble sud Trucy Arnott m"aude p the medla~ .y toui that uchieved national uago group rankmg- C owde, 1% had ail- buckstrok.o in the. girW agod il sud 12 division. The medley rolay teain Of -L. dsay CroWdor, Robiyn MeCu- loceh, Tara Arnott and LisaDol Mastrô 0 achieved pna4, ff Kathryn McBurney, 16, won sgilver ithe 100m brestro whle Jennifer Crowdor, 16, won sfiver in 200m buckstroko sud bronzno in 100m freestyle for girl agod 15 sud over. Iênées Ayotte, 15, won bronze in 100m breasatroke Sarah la won .gold in four eventsaund silver ma three others in the girls aged 10 sud under divisionî. In, 10, won the 10Om fr-eele, 50n freostle, lO00m breastatroke sud SOin butterfly, sud won thé hlgh ohtthy in ber division. Jae yott, 10, quulifed for the first turne for thé Ontario uga proup championahips. Ho will b. part of thé Whitby toam of 21 aWimmors who quuhi- led for the..vnil Feb. -28 te March lin *ntford. Suandy Hendenon, IBrencdan Masterson, 12, and Adrisu« Lemiorzowicz, 14, euch- earned bronze modeas at the Markham miEn.No gpale wero scored in the firet period but letsi the uecod period, Peid, asWte by defnceman Chnis Stevens, .corod to give Whitbhr the lead. Ini the second peniod Austin scored, 'assisted by' St. Onge, giving Whitby a two-ç06al=ad Fort Ei carne bock with a goal but turne mn out for thezn. With this -wiWbithy advanced te meet.a teai from Welland m»'the 'B' chapionship finals. I the fial cbampionship gamne ail teanm emer contributed te the vîctory 4-1 with- Austin leading bis ,team with 'a three-joapefoMne sud a single ded b Assistswent toSt.Ongel(2)?~ (2). Robisn, Ln 9ge, Linden sud Shawn Twigger. 3 more wins fôr novices Brookln-WMhy Servicemaster Lawncare. remnaihs undefeated in minor -novice AA hockey league action agaiffnat Little NUL'tearna as they managed another three A 4-1lvictory againat the Red Wings included a pair of gwdwby Robert.Reid, singles from Nta Cottor 'sud Ryan' Matthevas, assisted hby Rysu F arrow, Joeh Turcotte sud Grog Johnston. -lI a 6-3decsion over the Canadien Tire lames, Dan VanEschsholtz sud Ryan Farrw each scored a pair with lone markers frcm Ryan ,McMichael sud Turcotto. Farrw and Matthews contributeda .pirof assista Wbile McMichaeltùrta n d Justien Giles wero good for one each. SEE PAGE 23 Wyntonyk takes bronze M synebro, Beth Wintenyk of Whitby had two thir-placo finishes i the Central East snchofrdswim compotition héMd reronýtly at the Uniesity of Toronto., Witonyk] had a third-placo finish in solo'competitn hithe junir Cages Il to1) division. Se aise teamed with .Jennifer Darnell of Oshawa to place third i the junior duet competition Wtony's -resulta ? le the Oshawa SynIronized Swim Club place r overal i teuin wîe=u m overail in seniorCages15 to17)i RachelJagger of Whitby couches the clùb's duet tourna, while Debbio Bande of VWhith~y couches the junior sund senior teains. -:1 i