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teams reaclh finals Whltby's mijor peewoo A hocke team, sponsorod by Casey's ]Restaurants, has advani- ced to the Ontario finals. Whitby swept the beat-of-fivo sorie in threQê traiWht. games, but two of th'torerejin overtimo conteste. Whltby won the opener 4-1. 'Rob Moi Mark Reid, chad Parker and-,(Craig Lanogger scored for W;hitby. Justin'St. On!ge had two ass- ists, Parker, Brzyden Donyee, Paul Webb and ]Ryan McKininon had single assises. Wihitby won the second game 5-3 in ovortime. Whitby led 2-O early on but Buringon iedit 2-2 beforo the rod eded. Whitby took the edin the second but Burlington tied the gaine in the third period with less than four minutes St. Ongo scoredIesecond goal of the game, to give Whitby the load in the 10-minute overtime period. <With- 231 seconids remaiîg Reid scored his second ofthe SEE PAGE 21 To the. Edite I amn the. miter of the. article in the eBWYIMA December Newai.tter, te, whom Elaine Bryson referred in ber letter Duished Feb. 16s about minor Ther., seeme te b.e a genorel misconception that the. BWMHA is somehow reaponibie for the. compet of thon refere whoi =-Mesare deemed to b. questonab.. The. facI isý, theyr are trlecertifed Ly proficency level, directed. and supervised by the Onario Miner Hockey aeeeciation. Thi e mly officiais under direct cm" Jo c the BWMHA are tumekeepers and houe. league r.fer"e Moet cthei.compainte w, receive about OMNA réf.eesi are verbal, et th.'end cf am., ummuay biy a parent on the.poing teain. Boue 0f theii. icussoions are pleausanud welli,* tond others are not.. lb. BWHANewsltter was focueed onthe. latter categoeyas there is no reasoei fer anv adut to go berserk. over, a àchuds hockey gamne, good refere or bad. However, when we do receive a cepa i ltter il is lmmediateiy oarded te lh. Ontario Minor Hockey Assocation, with our commente if nec.ssar, as we do have some input i tiiese atters. Alo, leters hav, morewvlidity if they are composed right after the rme or teunament, net three or Ï030monhafalerthefaut. Credibiele ttjers outline specific incidenta and -oeur- rences, while pooe- cnes are alwaya a vague. genoralization about the.overall quality eft the referees and how they cotributod te, a portcular tepm'a Ion in a Ieague or tournament ge.. ii... ae our grape' lelters alo tend te berate the MMaY volunteer who expend hiundredis 'f houri of their Wpesoei time organi *ng these gainesand lournamenla for the eijeymnent cf ail the. chiidren Mdu a vory large majority of adulte. S The. OMHA address is - 25 Midland Ave., unit' 12, BcaboouhOnt. Lii>4.Z BrSk y Asociat _ * '~ ~ 4 *.. ~ CONSTANTIN KIUSTANAS (right) flipa Shannon :Robinson in, a judo demonstration. Krlistana is the bst i Ontario hi bis clame and won a silver modal i the national championships. Eriatanas and otliors from Kiiehi-Sai Judo Club wonsevon gold and six silvor modals at a recont compotition in Cornwall. Photo by Mawk Eoemr, WMhy Fr.. Pr.à j*4~ Two mombera of Tae. Kwon Do Elite of Whitby won gold at a recont tournamont in London. Troy White, 25, was flrst in mon s second dee. bleek boit Vtthe club's instructor, is currentiy Onterio champion in bis clans. Bob Stocki, 18, won goid in the menps aged17 and older green boIt division. A third member of the club, Tate Tossier, 18, won a bronze modal in mon's aged 18 and older green boit. Elite mombors wili compote in tournamnents on Merch '21 in Scerborougii and April 2 in Kit- cheoner. Whitby rlep . hockey MAJOR NOVICE AA @Poma I e . 1 SLtd. a- " Um Paul Taut Brad Baie léb. 8 Paul Ta léb. 14 M"NO léb. 18 Mars lAmia lé. 10M Wb.t~ R -t# Whitby Aandow York Glass niinor bantemi A teami defeated Buriington 3-1 on Feb. 23 to tae their bestoft.seven semi-final hockey series four gaines teone. Whitby now waits for their next opponent te emerge from the. piaydowns currentiy underway in the Kitcliner-Waterloo-Wndsor corridor. Tiie al-Onitarlo finals -will begin this week. In the flfth r amé, Wbitby took the play te their ýhoWtsýht fromi the. , pening faceof, *and dominatodpa hogotti firit period. Howver, n spite of the constant pressâre they applied, the gae was aceeless at the end of te p Hd In the. second, Burlington was faced with more foreciiecking. Whitby kept tiiem f&om mountinig any sustained pressure, and persistance was finally rewrarde on goals scored by Kris Rose and Jason Cunninghiia for a 2-0 iead. Tii. game was made. close early in the thiird as Burlington scored te make it 2-1, but Jim Boyd scored on a three-way passing play with the man adventage to put the. gaine eut of reach. Whitby had split' their two gaines with Burlingtôn on Feb. 15-16- to tae a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven. Tiie Feb. 22 e played in Burlington saw Wltby tae.a two-goal Ioad twice. But Burlington fougiit back to oventually tie the gaine at the end of two periods. maitJain K$. Cromh Gr"eam 4 pSl pim" 'GRm.2 lé. 1la Dadl Mhoe ama ry 1 Port Pwq G ama Whit1iy 2 Port Porx 1 ia jade BariL Suit Yowg 2 o Pb" ouy 1 ehut";:isim8nioe 2' Windaoe d Window Wb0aow AuIM uipoe Wbltby 4 Dip 0.1mwo" 8foua ul 2 ulu1um 3 0.1mw. 1 O.1.~ 51mio~avIc1aianm lé.6 20 Widtby léb. 29 Wbitb7 Mar.1 WhilIy 0 oa1mw NM1PuM A Wbitby 8 Bmourils USXkBU1 Whiby JuiIn e.Onp 2 mk a"d2 jaaiB&ina WLé. o Panboug 4 har twéa 3 8 Pinmruah~ IsAbntva 4 Bas( 5 DudInat., 8 Burllagfra Tii. third period belIonged te Burington as they went on te, an 8-4, victozy. Scoring for Wiiitby were Darryl Wiitiock with two, along with Kevin Lixnkilde and efMacolm with singies. On Feb. 23, the. two teams -SEEPAGE21 Mnor peewees blank Windsor, i last 2 games Tii. Brookln-Wiiitby minor peewee A teain bas advanoed te the all-Ontario hockey final. The, teain, sposored by the Brooklin Lions Club,' defeated, Windsor, 3-1 in» the best-of-five semi-final. In the. fret. gae Feb. 15, Windsor scored, the first goal but Whitbyps Todd Farquharion and Grant Bouter.- soed to give Whitby a 2-1 win. Assiste -,wont te Dan Thon., Scott Gilmour and D.r.k VanEgmond. Early the next day, a tired Wiiitby team l ot 7-4 to, Windsor. Brian Vinent scored two goals for Whitby witii singles going te. Brian Crilly and ¶horne. Assista went te, Brady Blakely, Scott Young and a pair te SEPAGE 21 AsilCrowder dKah rxMcurney .teWib aainternational i eti Montreal next weekend. MeBurney, 16, hes been selec- ted te compete. for the Ontario tour team in the Som and lOOm freestyle events and 100m but- terfly. .8h. was chosen based 'on her resuits at the senior national championshlpa in Winnipeg Feb. Crowder,,13, wili compote i the lOOm and 200m baýksoke,4 after she0 won silver In the. 200m and bronze in the loom, in the ae13-14 division of the provi- at, the provincial age -U chmponshisndte ciubpl- cedl2t ovra1 among 74 cel Sarah Lo, 10 won a goldan three silvor meaIs in the age 1 and under division. .IAndsay Crowder, 12,'.was fourth in 100m butterfly and seventhi 100m backstroko and Uisa Del Mabtiro seventh in â00m freestyle; in the. age 11j-12 divi-ý sion. Whithy's team of-Dol Mastro, Lindsay Crowder, Lo and Bob McCulloch was fourth in the 4-by-50m mediey roiay. ..$ **s~~s '.é...~4. 3 ~M. 'M 'Misconception' about refs . . . . . ... . . . . . .