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"I'M VERY PROUD of her,"
Arcuragi said." ever mind the six
oals sh never quit or gave up."
The enthusiastic crowed wit
n ed a thrilling display of skating
and pas ing from the Detroi ters
keeping them to their feet.
With just two minute into the
game Shannon Washing n took a
pass from Jasom McCrimmon aoo
exploded down the ice kating right
through th Grand Rapid defense.
He dished the puck off tq Aaron
Richard n who ired It ui to put
Detroit on top 1-0.
out two minu
McCrimmon too a p
01 Jon and Jason rman
whistled hot p t th Gnzzli
goan to go up 2"() after 0 period.
With j t 57 econds into th eo
ond period, Shannon W hington
di played an exhibition of mov
that would make Steve Yzerman
look li e a nior citizen. With lic
pu k handling, .he flew around the
GrizzJi def nse and right in on th
Grand Rapids goalie whipping the
puc in the net making it a 3-0 con
test. But on minute I , er Washing
ton got his second goal of the contest
lry-blowing by the Grizzlies defens
aM rocketing a shot into the ne to
make it a 4-0 game.
The Rocki ,however, got care
less and Grand Rapid took advan
tage of a couple 0 power plays with
some Detroiters in the penalty box to
cut the lead to 4-2
HE ROC t their four
goal lead back when Riehardscn, on
as is by Jones and Doug] , scored
scored with 6:17 on the clock.
McCri mmon io t his econd goal of
the game econds later on a assists by
on Dougl. t t
ed elead t6-2 fter :
two periods of play.
The third period doomed tb
Roc' as penal ti started to end
players to the penalty box. With De
troi t being short one and sometimes
two players, Grand Rapids got easy
sbots fired at Richardson, Despite
her efforts, tbe Grizzlies tied it at 6-6
sending the game into overti me.
But with just a 1:46 into overtime
period, W hington too a pass
McCrimmon and Jones and fired in
the game winner which brought a
huge roar from the Detroiters in the
stand and brought the r t of the
Rookie off the ben h to start th
celebration.
Washington, who had the 'bat
trick', was named the gam MVP.
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"These kids never quit," con-
eluded As. istent Coach Ed Jones.
"Wh n the hips were, Jo n they
came through in the OT."
the first period on a assist by
Brandon Upshaw. After a scoreless
second period, Washington scored
unassisted goal in the third period to
give the Rockies a 2-0 lead. Douglas
finished the scoring in the third pe
riod on a goal assisted by orman
A
CHA
Members of the Detro' Rockies Squirt AA Squad who recently red the Little Caesars League
ChafTlpionship. Shown here as runners-up in the State District Tournament are (front row J-r): Jason
Douglas, Aaron Richardson, Johntae Mills, Rachel Richardson, Kareem Rhodes. (second row 1-'):
Jason Norman, Dorian Allen, Shannon Washington, Nykolas Jones, Brandon Upshaw, William
Townley nnd team manaqer Judy Ricnar1son. (back row I-r): Assistant Coach Mike White, Assistant
Coach Ed Junes, H ad Coach Mike Arr.uragi, Assistant Coach and 'Mlliam Townley. Not pictured
are players Jason McCrimmon and, Edmond Lee.
aoo Aaron Richardson.
While the playing was going on,
Richardson was putting on a stellar
performance stopping every shot the
Wyandotte skaters could fire at her.
Her performance impressed Squirt
AA Head Coach Mike Arcuragi.
"She played a up rb game," he
aid."This is only Rachel's econd
game ever as a goaltender. Johntae
By HARRY ANDERSON, Jr.
Specllli to the Mlchlglln Citizen
(Part thr
many kid don't tart wimming
, competitively until they reach high
chool and that' when it', too late.
Several recreation ecntc have
swim teams for kids as young as ix
to as old 17. Unlike rna t swim
pro-grams in trtc uburbs, they don't
cost an arm and a le .
"W HAVE membership rates
for juveniles for little 2 to the
regular memberships which only cost
$3," say Evelyn Al na, an em
ployee and swim coach at th Patton
Recreation Cent r.
"The pool i open ev ryday if
want to w irn," AI na aid." We
have chedul for eniors, open
swim, adult open swim, kids and
I110m and to . We do have swim
practice for th Patton Swim Team
for an hour and a half Monday
through Friday."
n.
T Detroi t Roc' Squirt AA
quad compri ed of youth tween
t ag of 9-11, fought off a tough
Grand Rapids team aJX1 pulled out a
well-earned 7-6 win in overtime giv-
in,; lh Detroit quad it's first Little
LI- Ceasrars crown ever.
"We played awesome, " ex
claimed Roc' Head Coach Mike
Arcuragi. "I'm very proud of these
ids. We cam from near the bottom
of our division during the regular
cason," said Arcuragi.
fore they rca h high h 01. That
pi e i in their own ba k yard: It
th I cal Detroit Parks and Recrea
tion A tivity enters. Th Centers
are putting forth an effort to attract
kids f 11 ag to their wim pro
grams.
According to recreation officials,
receive awards
Detrort youngsters show off their awards they won at a recent swim meet at the Kemeny Recreation
Center ..
Alesna explained that kid are en
couraged to try out for the team but
before they undertake that t k, he
want, th kid to understand that
there' a lot more in it thanjust irn
ming races.
"Before a kid jump into t water
and ay 'I want to wim on t team'
we want th m to come into the pool
and njoy the water irst. After he or
he ge into th wat r for a while we
d offer swim I f r a half an
r each day, she aid."
She added that on the kids
how progr they can tryou for
the swim team, but th re must c a
c rnrmtrncnt from the, id as well
th parents.
"They must willin to work
hard" Alesna aid. "You have to b
there everyday."
Youth involv ment in, wimrning
maybe ready to play Saturday, if :tOL,
Rachel will be there to mind the
nets.'
"The Grand Rapids game is the
champ'onsuip. They beat us in the
play-offs, but we beat them earlier
this cason,"
The Canfield Arena is on Ford
Road near Beach Daly. Face-off for
the Little Ceasars Championship is 2
p.m. '
y'
r
i n't bad at the Kronk Recreation
Center on McGraw and Junction.
Swim Coach Cindy Deera say she
has many Ide that can get more kids
involved.
"WE HAVE MOR kids than
we do adults," Deera said. "I pave
some ideas to implement linking-the
wirn program with other water pro
gram that we offer, uch as the Red
Cross Water Safety Program canoe
ing, ailing and water skiing."
"I feel that the better the kid got,
th better the offers should be. This
will encourage more kids to go out
and wirn.? .
As for th people who run the
wim programs, they're no strangers
to the wat r.
"Many 'f the people who work in
th city programs are well qu lified tt
Y Mike B II, w h taw irn co h
at the Kemeny Recreation Center on
Fort Street arid who also warn com
petitively when he was a tud nt at
W tern Hi h School. "The people
who teach kids how t wim at the
. recreation c nt rs have experienc in
th water and have warn rnpcri-
tiv ly."
"The City Of Detr it Aquatics
Pro ram i. pr tty tr n ," con ludcd
h nnan J ncs, a life uard wh als
wor at Kemeny. "Th y h vc the
kids i nte in mind 00 they r
trongly qualified to nelp the young
te t dev lop int tron wim
mers".
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