SPORTS wight boutattheHersheyCentre. BrockAbokan Bokpelanded apunchonWhitby’s MISSISSAUGA --Bowmanville’s Arthurtovictoryintheircruiser- on way Local boxerspackapunch years, andhad lost fights the last two was thatwas he in retirement off for two rang intheir middleweight bout. bywon technical knockout before thebell canvas three timesinthefirst round and pro record of5-4-1,knocked Young to the puncher but went into thefight a with pro record. 10-0-0 anunblemished who came inwith a chance against Oakville’s Ryan Young, ers gave the34-year-old Whitby resident ble ofpulling offanupset, but fewoth- club,City said heknewRose was capa- cerned. el, butmuch notso where Rose was con- order, out which was ofGabri expected - Mississauga onNov. 19. el andPhil Rose at theHershey Centre in much more out offighters Jerome Gabri- couldn’t BoxingCity Club have asked for OSHAWA Nelson — Don andtheMotor [email protected] BY BRIANMcNAIR prevail at pro event Bowmanville’s Bokpe Whitby’s Rose, Oshawa’s Gabriel, “The way“The the promoter at looked Phil Rose, whohas areputation asaheavy Nelson, theheadcoach oftheMotor cameBoth away victorious, andinshort game when you into go the pros.” first-timethose jitters. It’s still adifferent of Gabriel and histentative start. “He had I could tell he was nervous,” Nelson said intheirlightOrtega heavyweight bout. roundsecond to finishoffMexican Jesus 27-year-old Oshawa resident into the a six-year absence. a year into hisreturn following to thering was making hisprofessional debut about down, andhecaught Ryan Young.” lose. Phil “If Rose hitsyou, you might go addingson, that to Rose was expected a puncher, hehas areputation,” said Nel- before heretired, but yet Phil’s knownas Gabriel has his arm raisedinvictory. Gabriel hashisarm MISSISSAUGA -- Oshawa’sJerome “Even though he has tonsofexperience, Although aheavyfavourite, the it took Gabriel,six-time a amateur champion, Photo courtesyWayProductions club (725 Bloor St. W.) for$20. Advance tickets are onsale now at the onhand be any toRose meet will fans. in Oshawa, at starting 2p.m. Gabriel and on Sunday 11at Dec. Western theBest amateur show, called Season’s Beatings, division. the cruiserweight overdecision Whitby’s Brock Arthurin improved aunanimous to 4-0-0with Centre, Bowmanville’s Abokan Bokpe years. top 10intwo the world as possible. He Gabriel reach to see hopes ing to land Gabriel anotherfight assoon after theCanadiango - title, andheistry abetterget tune-up fight to before trying fight. dleweight class, where typically hewill while Gabriel sits 10th inthesuper mid- middleweights intheBoxRec rankings, that killer instinct.” nice thing was that Jerome really showed guy was toast after that,” Nelson said. “The nerable astheround went on. when he realizedbody was Ortega vul- combinations, andthenattacked the son’s advice, Gabriel threw more punch round. inthesecond ed Following Nel- but hewasrun, proud ofhow herespond- full round helpGabriel inthelong will The Motor City Club will be hosting an The hosting Motor be an will Club City Among theotherbouts at theHershey Nelson said Rose hewould like to see to thirdRose has risen inCanada for “He just launched that attack andthe Nelson ofgoing a said theexperience Photo courtesyWayProductions star performer fail. star performer change habitsdrug the budding in their a professional to whenalltheirefforts for drugs. eliminate pain, frustration andtheneed brain.lead Theytonatural highswhich chemicals are produced naturally inthe produces endorphins. Thesefeel-good ting andachieving athletic andlifegoals andfrustration andlife.anxiety insport have atremendous impact onreducing relaxation andbreathing skills alonecan developing. We have found that simple early age prevents addictionfrom drug emotional skills onadaily basis at an accidents andsuicide. lost theirlives from driving drunken addictions.because ofdrug Many have and familieshave destroyed been academic failure. ries, harmfulbehaviours, athletic and lead to addiction,overdose, athletic inju- athletes. by used prescription adolescent drugs (amphetamines) are themost common disorders) andsleep iety andstimulants ers, benzodiazepines to treat (used anx abusing prescription drugs. Pain kill- street drugs. like steroids,illicit drugs marijuana and damaging as to health andperformance and cigarettes cases canas insome be theadvicegiven. actions conflictwith whentheexpert’sThis true isespecially andignore see they what are they told. to follow intheirfootsteps. ficult situations, young athletes tend will themthroughget daily activitiesanddif key rolethese rely models to ondrugs habits the heroes.of their observing If and experience. ate ofadrug-free thebenefits philosophy three decades have to appreci learned - ents have we workedover with thelast es ofcreating optimum performance. free lifestyle, onecan increase thechanc and intip-top shape. sure andmindare theirbody healthy have theedge Drug-free athletes However, parents may to call need in Combining relaxation set skills with andemployingLearning mental and Dozens ofprofessional athletic careers Using andabusing can drugs these Teenage athletes are turning also to such asalcohol,caffeine drugs Legal Adolescent athletes tend to copy what Young athletes from learn primarily Most oftheathletes, coaches andpar By developing andmaintaining adrug- It forelite athletes is critical to make 1985. 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This Week • December 1, 2016 Week This Captain off to Blainville, the fact that he’s so strong defensively, he can kill penalties, he’s a great five-on-five Quebec Dec. 11-14 shut-down centreman … and he’s also got a knack, as we very well know, for scoring BY BRIAN McNAIR big goals.” [email protected] On the flip side, Mitchell Vande Sompel was not among the 10 defencemen invited OSHAWA — It’s that time of the year when to the camp, a list that included only one junior hockey clubs don’t mind so much from the OHL, Victor Mete of the London losing players for an extended period. Knights. For captain Antho- “I am disappointed for Mitch and sur- ny Cirelli, he’s hoping it will be for nearly prised that he didn’t get invited,” said a month as he heads off to the selection Hunt, adding, “but, again that’s where we camp for the Canadian team in advance of go back to the fact that Canada is a pretty the world junior hockey championships. big nation with a lot of great players. Cirelli is one of 32 players who have been “We have to turn, for us, Canada’s loss invited to Blainville, Que. for the Dec. 11-14 into the Oshawa Generals’ gain,” he said. camp, where he hopes to be among the “We want him to handle it in a real posi- 22 who will represent Canada at the 2017 tive way and allow us to get wins and him championship being hosted by Toronto to develop his craft.” and Montreal Dec. 26, 2016 to Jan. 5, 2017. Among those also not invited were for- “Anthony is a testament to any player that mer General Cliff Pu, who’s fifth in the OHL has taken the long route to success, from with 42 points for the Knights, and Kelow- being undrafted in the OHL, to making our na Rockets defenceman Cal Foote, son of team as a free agent, winning a Memorial Whitby native and former NHLer Adam Cup and then being drafted by the Tampa Foote. Bay Lightning and later signing an NHL Foote, who is expected to be a first-round contract,” said Roger Hunt, Oshawa’s vice- pick in the next NHL draft, was born in president and general manager, in a press Ryan Pfeiffer / Metroland the United States and is a dual citizen, but release. “Anthony will be a fantastic addi- OSHAWA -- Oshawa Generals captain Anthony Cirelli has been invited to Canada’s must reside in Canada for 16 consecu- tion to Team Canada and we would love selection camp in advance of the 2017 world junior hockey championships. tive months and play here for two seasons nothing more than to watch him wear the before being eligible to play for Canada. maple leaf.” been a consistent performer in all three , scoring both goals in a 2-1 The Generals have one player even more In his third season with the Generals, zones and has led the team to a record of overtime win over the in likely to play at the world junior tourna- Cirelli leads the team in several catego- 16-4-0-2 since returning from the Light- the final. ment than Cirelli. Although the team has ries, including goals (13), points (30), plus- ning’s training camp, during which time “For me he would be a for-sure guy, but yet to be announced, Latvia is expected to minus (+17), game-winning goals (3), face- the Generals lost their first three games. there are a lot of good players in this coun- include Renars Krastenbergs, the Gener- off wins (322) and face-off percentage (61 Cirelli has shown a flair for the dra- try too,” said Hunt, when asked about Cire- als’ only import player this season. Kras- per cent) in 22 games played. matic from the very beginning and was lli’s chances of making the team. “I think tenbergs, who turns 18 on Dec. 16, has The 19-year-old Woodbridge native has the unlikely hero as a rookie at the 2015 what would endear him to any coach is three goals and 10 points in 25 games. Generals treat ugly loss to Soo Greyhounds as a throwaway

Oshawa has big game in the second game of the season when they ers found the net in a well-balanced Grey- deadline) and in Hamilton Friday before coughed up four power-play goals. hounds attack, including Oshawa native getting a full week off. in Hamilton Friday On Sunday, every Soo came at even- Bobby MacIntyre late in the second to make GENERALLY SPEAKING: Joe Manchu- strength. the score 6-1. rek has two goals and four points in two BY BRIAN McNAIR “We had a full roster and they come out Kenny Huether and Manchurek rounded games since missing nearly six weeks with [email protected] and score eight even-strength goals,” said out the scoring for the Generals, finishing an upper body injury … Robbie Burt also assistant coach Nathan McIver, contrast- off a nice game at least for that line, centred returned on the weekend, missing three OSHAWA — The Oshawa Generals will ing the loss to the earlier one, when the by Jack Studnicka. games after getting knocked out and cart- throw Sunday’s result out the window so Generals were without several key play- “We’ll let this one sting for a little bit, but ed off by stretcher against the Sudbury long as it doesn’t happen again, but they’re ers. “They’re a very, very skilled team. They after tonight we’ll forget about it and move Wolves … Kyle Keyser earned his first win surely glad to see the last of the Sault Ste. have four guys on the rush all the time and on,” McIver said after the game. “None of in Oshawa Friday, making 23 saves against Marie Greyhounds either way. we just couldn’t keep up with their rush our game was good today, but we’ve been his former Flint team … Jack Studnicka In by far their worst performance at home game.” rolling along pretty good here the past 15 and Mitchell Vande Sompel had three this season, the Generals were thoroughly The Generals never recovered from a dis- games, so we’ll throw this one out and get points each against the Firebirds, includ- dominated Nov. 27 at the Tribute Commu- allowed goal that would have tied it 1-1 late back to the drawing board and figure out ing an empty-net goal by Studnicka … Cap- nities Centre, falling behind 8-1 on way to in the first period. Eric Henderson roofed a went wrong.” tain Anthony Cirelli snapped a 3-3 tie on an 8-3 defeat. backhand past Soo goalie Joseph Raaymak- The Generals, who defeated the Flint Fire- the power play with 8:49 remaining … For- It was just their second home-ice loss of ers, but after a lengthy review it was deter- birds 5-3 Friday at home, left the weekend mer General Jalen Smereck scored for the the season and first time they’ve been shel- mined the play had been offside. with a record of 16-7-0-2, good for a five- Firebirds in his first return to Oshawa ... lacked since Oct. 7, when they lost 6-0 in Boris Katchouk soon after upped the point lead on the Hamilton Bulldogs (13-9- The Greyhounds, who improved to 18-7-1- Erie. Greyhounds lead to 2-0 and they never 3-0) and six ahead of the North Bay Battal- 0 with their seventh straight win, have been The only other time this season the Gen- looked back, building it to 4-0 before Joe ion (13-11-2-0) in the Eastern Conference. without captain Blake Speers since he erals have surrendered more than five goals Manchurek finally scored for the Generals. They face both teams on the road this broke his wrist in his first game back from came in Sault Ste. Marie Sept. 24, an 8-5 loss Calvin Martin scored twice and six oth- week, in North Bay Wednesday (after print the Oct. 27. durhamregion.com SPORTS split a pair, slip to 12th in rankings Dunlops addtoleadwithweekendwins regulation wins. league where three points are awarded for (6-2-0), whohave games two inhand ina of thesecond-place Stoney Creek Generals which puts themsix pointsseason, ahead Saturday. off theHamilton Steelhawks 8-5inWhitby empty-net to goals finish two but needed the Real McCoys 6-0inDundas Friday, this league, astheDunlops whitewashed than uncharacteristic thehome-icewin, in ings afterwins. apair ofweekend six points atop theAllan Cup Hockey stand- TheWHITBY- Whitby Dunlopshave moved tunity here andI’m to enjoy just my trying final season.” MacIntyre said after Sunday’s game. “I’ve had agreat oppor andIthinkit’snew opportunity worked out really well,” andstuff,lot offriends but Iwas really excited to have a points over 68games. points, which puts himonapaceand107 for37goals and89points34 goals in88games. years ago, theGreyhounds, hehas with flourished scoring and 55points in181games over three seasons. never really there, found hisstride putting upjust 21goals in the2012OHLdraft, but gifted the undersized winger 8-3 romp over thehometown Generals. at Communities theTribute Centre andcontributing to an hounds, before agoal scoring plenty offamily andfriends back homeSunday, Nov. theSault 27with Ste. Marie Grey- League. Hockey of theonly trade he’s involved been intheOntario with OSHAWA —Bobby MacIntyre sure has made themost [email protected] BY BRIANMcNAIR leads Soo Greyhounds in scoring Traded by Mississauga, winger Whitby product Bobby MacIntyre finds home up north onds into the third Friday to tiethe period Division. Trenton (24-4-1-0) inthestacked East of Cobourg(22-6-0-1) and eight behind 0-1 andleaving themfour points back the next day, putting theirrecord at 20-6- rebounded inMississauga fora7-3win loss inOakville Friday, Nov. 25,theFury Hockey last League weekend. splitting Junior games two intheOntario spots to 12thinthenational rankings after -TheDURHAM Whitby dropped Fury two Jason games Guy both for the innet won The Dunlops improved to 8-2-0forthe The was roadfarmore convincing victory “Obviously getting traded always sucks, you have a and41 14goals heleads theteamThis with season, intheoff-seasonBut north since being shipped two A second-round pick oftheMississauga Steelheads McIntyre, a20-year-old from leftwinger Oshawa, was Ryan Taylor scored 51sec fortheFury After surrendering four late ina6-2 goals - weekend, Friday,2inThoroldweekend, Dec. (2-7-0). all assists. picked upthreeand Doherty more points, and Brett McConnachie each scored once four timesagainstscoring theSteelhawks. das, was inaless givingat mood home, Kyle Ventura, whohad three assists inDun- andAlexMorton each scoredPurves once. while Jason Dale, Daniel Pachis, Chris assists, andtwo goals in Dundas two with the opposing over goalies games. thetwo urday, whileWhitby peppered 106shotsat for hisfirst shutout and28Satof theseason Dunlops, making 30saves inDundas Friday the win. scored, andAustin Cain made 28saves for frey Gauld andMatthew Hubbarde also Taylor, McDonald, Kirton, Jef Scott Coric, threewith in thefinal goals five minutes. where broke theFury atight open game inMississauga, theway led goal, to victory Luke Keenan's three points, including a Gauthier allowedsixon32shots. goals while Nik had assists. 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He’s always had great andhe’s speed relent in thepast …But Ithinkhecan offensively flourish inour a classic case ofaguy who’s put into been adefensive role eral manager Kyle “He’s Raftis told theSault Star just that: I’ve here.” been I’ve alotfrom learned thecoaching staff andplayers since thinkmy “I explained. style ofplay fitstheway play we and pick --quite thesteal inretrospect. he was traded to theGreyhounds foraninth-round draft upcompetingended at theOHLCup. rv “We thegroup thinkwith ofguys have we a can we win The Greyhounds are right inthethick ofthings ina Undrafted MacIntyre by theNHL, islikely playing him- MacIntyre plenty flashed ofallthat onSunday, notonly Indeed, at thetimeofacquisition, Greyhounds- gen “Since getting traded, I’ve had aton ofopportunity,” he But after three frustrating theSteelheads, with seasons otoficue nalWitigWind Whistling all in included FootGolf a Unlimited Day 7 • eir odyt Friday to Monday Seniors • Friday to Monday Seniors • Weed fe 2noon) 12 after (Weekends CACus aig-73.8) - Rating Course RCGA RG lp aig-136, - Rating Slope (RCGA ebrhpRates: Membership ae55+) (age ae55+) (age ebrhpRates: Membership a Limited Day 7 • th Memberships $799.00 $399.00 $499.00 $999.00 - 47 durhamregion.com This Week • December 1,W 2016 SPORTS while the Generals werewhile theGenerals 0-for-6 onthe and scored another short-handed, were 1-of-3 theman with advantage tively so. technically apower-play but goal, effec onto theicefrom not thepenalty box, was Commisso steppingDomenic back lightning quick release, came just as done. scored before was his second theperiod Carsonley andMichael Pezzetta each minutes into theframe, while Macau- Wolves the toget the series rolling six the regular scored season, histhird of ond in the league during 48goals with [email protected] Brian McNair in Game 4 Thursday Wolves’ Jake McGrath Oshawa hopes to solve Power outageforGenerals od byod theWolves. aroundwiched - three peri inthesecond first- andthird-period tallieswere sand- for theirfirst OHLplayoff goals, but the Antropov didmanage to beat McGrath Stillman from tying thegame. prevent defenceman Generals Riley Tuesday coming inthefinal minute to making the cross-crease save, his best of events. Sudbury’s wins, turn two anunexpected overagerGenerals Jeremy Brodeur in andhas out-playedno signs ofnerves has yet to recover from. He has shown suffered ahigh anklesprain, which he whenveteranDecember Bowman Zack January, becametheWolves’ in starter our room that agame.” can we win resilience allyear. There’s nodoubt in faith inthisbunch. They’ve showngood by phonefrom have “I Sudbury. alotof in,”go Jones coach Generals Bob said we’re getting eventually they’re going to McGrath on35shots. only twice the power play Tuesday andcould beat Oshawa, to score failed theGenerals on in three years. hosting aplayoff game forthefirst time Community Arena,Sudbury which was ing 2-1after a3-2loss Tuesday at the quarter-final Thursday trail inSudbury - Game 4oftheir Eastern Conference playoffs.League roundsecond Hockey oftheOntario Jake McGrath to reach hope if they the play Wolves Sudbury andsolve goalie to improve need will teams theirspecial Even that, without theWolves’ Sokolov’s which goal, showcased his Dmitry Sokolov,Dmitry sec whofinished Robbie Burtandrookie Danil McGrath adeptat particularly seems McGrath, arookie whoturned18in theamount thinkwith “I ofchances in opener Similar to theseries The head Generals into acrucial SUDBURY —The Oshawa Generals - - and nowleadtheseries2-1headingintoGame4tonightinSudbury. Wolves attheTribute CommunitiesCentre Friday.The Wolves took this game5-2 Conference quarter-finalagainsttheSudbury during Game1oftheOHLEastern OSHAWAon thepuck handle MacLean triedgeta Kyle Generals’ Oshawa -- Medric Mercier, who have yet to score ing EricHenderson and defenceman key players have far, so struggled includ- and five points, ofthe Generals’ some three aseries-high with goals lar season, best player ashewas theregu during - since theplayoffs have arrived. has all themore become noticeable Mitchell Vande absence whose Sompel, Anthony Cirelli andtop defenceman trade deadline by dealing away captain more than the present a priority at the er, made andtheGenerals thefuture areas. slightly better than theWolves inboth power play theregular during season, on thepenalty kill and12thonthe werethe Generals fifthbestintheOHL sixth-place Wolves. teams, special On ference 85points, with 24more than the the favourites, third seeding inthecon- dard andwe’ll fine.” be teamsspecial upto alittle higher stan- We’ve good. very been justour to get said. “Our five-on-five play Ithinkhas thedifferencebeen intheseries,” Jones on thepower play. als are 2-for-19 andtheWolves 4-for-12 power play. While SokolovWhile remains theWolves’ Both teams are very young, teams areBoth howev very The came Generals as into theseries “Obviously teams thespecial have Overall in the series now,Overall theGener intheseries - - Kingston 2-1. wa 2-1,and No. 5Hamilton leads No. 4 No. 2Mississauga isup onNo. 7Otta- 1 Peterborough leads No. 8Niagara 3-0, ern Conference playoffs match-ups, No. for theErieOtters …In theotherEast after putting up3-2-5stats wins intwo OHL player intheplayoffs oftheweek … of GameBrassard 1 inthefirst period ahugesince heabsorbed hitfrom Matt first-linewithout Ryan winger Valentini inGame 2…The Wolvesry have been game by histeammates ina5-1victo- er 5-2,andhewas named player ofthe ie CarloAlex Di into the lineupforrook veteran inserted Generals blue-liner atplus/minus +3…The intheseries defenceman and four points intheplayoffs …Rookie goals nicka two leads with theGenerals Centre. day, April 4at Communities theTribute Tues be enth it will game isneeded, Sunday. toback Sudbury north Ifasev 5 Friday now andhope head to also points, assists both by Commisso. McShane has combined foronly two line ofHenderson, andAllan Commisso Oshawa’sthis season. most productive after sharing22goals theteam lead with Anthony was Cirelli named thefirst GENERALLY Jack SPEAKING: Stud- The return Generals homeforGame Ian Blacker after losing- theopen William Ennishas thebest Sabrina Byrnes/Metroland - - - - to development Planning is key get moreget from your summer. check outso theirwebsites andplan to excellentRegion with practice facilities facilitiesthroughoutlic golf Durham ment factor. usually increasebetter will theenjoy- but more alittle importantly scoring take acouple ofstrokes offyour game, putting inearly May. place tothen findingpractice agood inAprilto therange a week and twice clinic optionsandmake timeforgetting holes ofyour game. little more energy onthe16,17and18 gram that helpensure will you have a balance andmaybe awalking start pro - to improve yourstrength flexibility, and ball, shotsfrom 100 yards orlag putting. to improve thisyear, such the asdriving skillsfocusing you ononeortwo want to play, thencreate apractice schedule and June. andintheearly monthsstarts ofMay prepin some timebefore your season that can pay great dividendsifyou put andtimeyouthe money invest? pare now more to get satisfaction for youmer sports play. moreget funout andsum ofthespring - and thinkabout what andhow you can back forfewminutes acalendar with time to plan your personal LTAD, sit attending coaching clinics, etc. incur in they and thepersonal expense coaches put into developing athletes aware ofthehuge amounts oftime shouldeffectively andwe always be efits ofbeing active forlife. - ben health andsocial ing thefun,good mental preparation, andfinally embrac strongwith physical, nutritional and its around training, learning to compete the process includeshab learning good - play byand basic strategies,rules the ment skills through literacy learning to lete development (LTAD) plan. letes at allstages ath ofthelong-term - emphasizes to develop ath theneed - for lifelong activity who believes that “everyone wins wins for lifelong activitywhobelieves that“everyone OMHA, chair of ParaSport Ontario and an advocate OMHA, chairofParaSport Ontarioandanadvocate when everyone plays”. Email:[email protected] when everyone We are to have blessed great pub- A little practice planning now can You at can look also coaching and Think about attending a yoga class For instance, plan where you want isagreatGolf example ofasport Most importantly, how can you pre - This month inmany isagreat sports It takes alot of planning to coach early physical with Beginning move- sport Every coaching clinic inevery Joe Millage is a master course instructor with the Joe Millageisamaster courseinstructorwiththe Guest columnist Joe Millage - 45 durhamregion.com This Week • March 30, 2017 C 46 durhamregion.com This Week • March 30, 2017 C [email protected] Brian McNair Stoney Creek Generals eliminated in final by Hockey club Dunlops willbebackagainnextyear SPORTS graduates as all-Canadian Allison Marshall ’s Tony Clarke namedtopcoachin Canada the strengths had we thisyear andany back, andthat can mean we build on will to have hopefully themajority oftheguys stacked Stoney Creek club. “We’re going wasn’t quite strong enough to knock offthe Whitby,” said Young, whileadmitting it round forthefirst timeinfive years. an 18-6-0regular aplayoff andwon season dedicated group ofplayers whomanaged inalotofways,son pointing to aclose-knit, since athree-year from run 2006to 2008. tournament theDunlops have to notbeen the Allan Cup national championships, a straightfor asecond return year andwill to of thebest-of-seven final. by andeliminated theGenerals infive games Creek, where were they soundly beaten 7-1 a crashing halt Sunday, March 26inStoney championships. overget thehump forareturn to thenational tinual to put struggle fansintheseats and for at least onemore despite acon - season A hockey club, says back theDunlopsbe will Allan Cup Hockey league. to makebut still determined ofitinthe ago to preserve, says Ian Young, whoisfrustrated the Whitby Dunlops are important too not was honoured asanall-Canadian. volleyball coach oftheyear, whileMarshall Camosun inVictoria, College B.C. were honoured ofthefestivities at aspart players at least, Marshall, Allison asboth team along fortheride. year, he’s the toentire bring determined Lords wouldlove there to be again; but next next year entirely wouldn’tbe accurate. women’s(CCAA) volleyball championships Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association like nothingmore than areturn tothe trip “It was thebestteam we’ve ever had in But Young says itwas asuccessful- sea Cup The theRobertson claimed Generals The Dunlops’ came to 2016-17season Young, theownerandpresident oftheSr. andtradition of WHITBY —The history "When Iattended"When the banquet after being Clarke women’s was named the CCAA Clarke was accompanied by oneofhis Of course, thehead coach oftheDurham OSHAWA —To say Tony Clarke would that much harder the program to get to the me.ence with It just makes mewant to work to have themhere,- sharing inthisexperi Clarke said inapress release. would love "I notice theone thing missing isyour team," but attic experience; anevent like that, you nominated years two ago, itwas afantas “(Sunday) night, theirskill level just took fillingjob in. and said Matthew Cadieux didanexcellent playoff game andnever fully recovered. Guy, whosprained hisankleinthesecond possibleworst time, including toJason goalie summer.” improvements can we make throughout the Park. StoneyCreek wonthegame7-4andeliminatedDunlopsinfivegames. against theStoney CreekGame 2oftheAllanCupHockeyfinals GeneralsatIroquois WHITBY --WhitbyDunlopscaptainBrett McConnachie downthe charged ice during “Cadieux played amazing,” Young said. But Young refused that ituse asanexcuse, The Dunlops were by beset injuriesat the Tony ClarkeandAllisonMarshall - women's volleyball playerwomen's oftheyear. shall becamethefirst OCAA Lord to win since 2006,andMar season the first perfect cial championship inarow. Humber Hawks, their 10th provin whowon - match medal gold —against the (OCAA) Athletic Colleges the Ontario Association coming intheirfinal game ofthe year — of outstanding, theteam’s with only loss I am." an individual.Theyare as just asdeserving do asacoaching staff, notjust what Idoas (van Staalduinen). This recognizes what we my assistant coaches, AlexandKourtney means alot, but itcouldn't donewithout be ning thecountry’s top honour. award "This national championship. Game 2, but lost 7-4 after two empty-net Game 2,but empty-net lost 7-4after two season. ing 5-1inarguably game worst their the of the playoffs, slowly started inthefinal, fall- Thorold andswept son inthefirst round of fourGenerals theregular times during - sea the season.” didn’t have thepure had we early in scoring over. 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