SPORTS Redmen drawingfliesforfans (5-0-2). Azzurri the Eastern Conference, apoint back of place in into them forsecond a tie with loss, 2-0onSunday, July 12,andmoved (5-1-1)theirfirst asthemen’sgoals team (5-1-1)dealt the sitting place. in second areloop offto nicestarts, currently both soccer entries intheLeague1 —DurhamDURHAM United FA’s two Durham Unitedmen’sandwomen’s soccerteamssitinsecondplace of12-5over victories home-floor Bramp - tie before theJune 13setback, including threea and with wins theseason opened al talent, League theRedmen notenough. to be: seems answer care? Major Lacrosse Series league thisseason. ly inthehunt to be forfirst place inthe team isfarbetter than ayear ago andlike - indication, but there’s little question the if Monday’s 13-5loss inOakville isany growing some going to experience pains, WHITBY —The Brooklin Redmen are [email protected] Brian McNair anniversary campaign on teamfor50th Plenty ofNLLtalent National Lacrosse Leaguechampionship. WHITBY --Brooklinone offourmemberstheSaskatchewanRushteamthatwona Redmen’sJohnLaFontaine,left,is Stephen Lamanna scored early two With aroster now stacked Nation with - Through homegames, thefirst two the anyone does The question, sadly, is: durhamregion.com Sports a point with a head-to-head clash coming ahead-to-heada point clash coming with had theclean sheet. first-half upasLaura stood goal Dougall 2) Friday, June Winterink’s 10.Geneva overroad North victory (1-3- 2) remained undefeated following a1-0 action Sunday, June 19inToronto. for theDurhamgoal club, which isnext in men. ton’s attendance isbelow that oftheRed- game, Oakville’s whileboth andBramp - tre theRedmen June to see 4. 1,000 into theCobourg Community Cen- Kitchener-Waterloo, packed more than since relocatingin itsfirst season from to theMemorial Centre, whileCobourg, er, routinely draws more than 3,000 fans decent crowds intheearly going. ough andCobourg have drawing been in thesix-team league, asonly Peterbor tion about that part.” exciting to watch.very There’s noques team’s general manager andcoach. “It’s uct isthere now,” says Wayne the Colley, and 273respectively. the Iroquois Park Sports Centre was 255 ton June 1and8-6over Cobourg June 8. 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The prod- The attendance games two at for those on - - Park next Wednesday at 8p.m. chance at revenge onOakville at Iroquois the Chiefs again Tuesday. a get Theywill first place andtravel to Hagersville to face night (after our deadline) inabattle for far,so more with likely to follow. from thepro league whohave suited up thews, theRedmen now have 16players series, including superstar Mark Mat who were championship oftheNLL part 2000. timesbefore seven won but notsince championship trophy, which has been atto take arun theMann Cup national local players back to theteam thisseason team, theRedmen have drawn many oftheBrooklinrience Redmen.” come andwatch usandshare- intheexpe hardest back people tointhefold get hard totellwhat is. it We’re our trying hockey andbasketball playoffs,but it’s says.Colley wouldlike “I to thinkit’s the blowout inWoodbridge (3-0-3). past four, including most recently a14-0 Mississauga, Darby FC has dropped the its first five games. en’s only onetieto show division with for sits inlast- place inthenine-team wom the Darlington andWhitby clubs, soccer wa’s Terry Kelly Field. next, onFriday, June 24 at 8p.m. at Osha- The Redmen hostedSix Nations last With players theadditionofseven ofthe This being the50thanniversary After opening with 1-1drawAfter opening with North with Darby meanwhile, FC, of ajoint effort Ryan Pfeiffer/Metroland - him at905-430-3538 [email protected] Ontario specializing in sportpsychology. 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