r' Atoiskeep olig 0iiOtarlo laydowns Whitby's 'minor atom AAA hockey team has taken a 2-O lead over Wndor Sun CounLty in their beat-of-five series i the Ontario playdowns. Whitby won 4-2 i the opener i Windsor'as Derek MeTeague scored the winner i the third period to break a 2-2 tie. Kyle Vandeloo scored an empty net goal. Kyle Musselman and Adamn Stein also scored for Whitby whfie Andrew Braithwaite was superin net. Te msnd game, also played ini Windsor, saw. the home teain take a 1-O first period and hold on until Cam VonEschscholtz tied the score midway through the third period. In overtie, Vandeloo i on a play aio Kyle Perc and Musselman for a 2-1 victory and a 2-O series lead. ranMacinnon was i goaà l forNWhtby and kept bis team mh the gaine until the offence found the mark. Whitby will host game three at 2:15 p.m. at Iroquois Park on Saturday. Gaine four, if needed, will also be on Saturday,, at 8 p.m., and gaine five, if needed, on Sunday at 4:15 p.m. Whitby defeated Vaughan i the firat round of plaLyoffs and Richmond H11l in the second round; %T Trbee teams aiim for rigette Whitby has three strong con- tenr for Ontario tite t he poicial rnge tte champn- sbips are hldthis week and next. Whty's junior A team recntywon a tournament in Gloucester and finished league rlaay with 10 wuns, a bas mand 0ties. The Whitby tween AA teain is ranked number one as it entera the champ» iosps having won tournaments -inMSdbury, Cami- - bidge and Waterloo and finish- mng as runners-up ini the Glouces- ter tournament, and winniuig the Central Ontario league and ~~e Whitby petite AA squad is also very strong, having won tournaments in Cambridge, Waterloo muid Kitchener. The championships, for al three levels are in Cambridge. Neuman dominates in -Motor in l nevent Chris Neuman of Whitby won in bis home debut at the motor City Amateur Boxing Club's Sur- vival show on Sunday i Osh- awa. Neuman ended bis heavy- weight match-up agint more experuence Sawn Marchand of North Bay i the third round of What was the main event of the afternoon. Neuman's vicious uppercuts hurt Marchand right froni the start. ,TIi the third round, he broke Marchand's nose, and only seconds- after a physician ruled that Marchand could continue, ..4ýwo Neuman combiations went unanswered and the bout was Iemnwas one of four Motor City boxers who saw action in the il1-bout event. Motor City's Neuman and Randy Barden won their bouta,Ba à y acDonald anid Henry Gabriel oSat theirs. There waa ne bout for Ontario middleweight ch amp Nick Pelle- tierof Whlby. Ail pile on A WHITBY PLAYER struggles to stay upnight after a pileup in major bantam hockey action Thursday at Iroquois Park. Paul Iead Whiby to an easy 7-3 Photlo hy M" Rooso, Vhltby FrfProm ------------- FYRE IN' Il, rA 17777L7y7l %tb d te teaMs omina at sectionals Members of Tce Fyre, one of four WVhitby precsion skating teains that liad stron? showings in the recent sectionais competi- tion, are now i Italy for an international competition. Fyre, silver medal finalists in the senior competition at the Eastern Ontario sectionals, are third-ranked ging into the Spring Cup Milano, iniMilan, I *si 69week. Witby's Ice Pix, Ice Angels and Tee Elusions each won gold medala at the sectionals. Pix, with their spirited popoer theme, have beeni strong in ail competitions this season anid will am for a medal at the provincial juvenfle finals March 30 in North Angela were almost flawless in their <Mask' soundtrack routine as they won the gold i the novice division mand will go on to the Canadian finals at Copps Coliseuin, Hamilton April 4-7. Elusions, with a martial arts theme, have been i the top three of all their competitions at the aduit level and wil also move on to, the Canadian finals. Fyr".e, coached by Jodi Jones a with a 'Mmgic' theme, are one of four Canadian temÈS nsh ,he Milan copetition. Fyrè are" third-ranked iCanada. Senior national champions Les Pirouettes of Laval, Que. will also challenge for top spot. Y.0 INational senior silver medaîl- ists Black Tee of Toronto, coached by former Fyre coach. Cathy Dm1- ton, and a Kitchener-Waterloo teain were te competeJ event in Rouen, France. Fyre will also be in the bantams in an bunp ed out. by host team Whitby's n4or bantani AAA hockey team reached the final of the. Greater Kingston tournament on the weekend only to corne up shot,, both on the msoreboard and on the bench. Ini the firat game, Wildcats gave up three late goalsp to fr11 prey wo the host team 5-2. Scorlng for Whitby were Evan Cardwell and Jason Schleiffer. Gaine two pitted Whitby agaist AJax-Plckerlng. Durlng the season these teama had neyer been more tha agl apart, but thl. touMmat game was differont nà the Wild cats jumped aIl over their rivaIs for a 7-2 victory. Brett MacRury led the ssault wlth two goals. Others scoring were Justin Squiros, Clay Cornish, Andrew Judd, Peter Triantafllou and Darren Forbes. Mike Majeste and Tim Fennessey each had two astm. Whltby earned'a trip. w the sai-finals with a hard-fought 4-1 victory over Ottawa. Longo, MacRury, Judd and Fe nnessey scoered. Whîtby played the. final minus three players as local yuld. unfamillar to the. Whltby team, were enforoed. Entering the third peniod 4-4, Whitby began to tire and' eventually losit 7-5 - t Kingston. Longo and Schleiffer each had two goals, Fonbes. the other. VanDain had four, assista and Squires two. Other member. of the team are Jeremyir Boyce, Scott Thompson, Ryan Babcock, Bian Poulin,_Stacyr Bremner, coach - Marshall Thoison, trmer .Adamn Thonipson, assistant coach, Jerry Cardwell, minager Rlck Sebleifèr anid asistant manager George . . ..... . ... .... Page 18, Whltby Free Press, Wednesdlay, March 13, 1906 Heinrich scored a hat trik to v.ctory over Clarington.