The London Jr. Knights proved to be too much for Sechelt's Scott Legault and the Vancouver North West Giants last weekend at the Telus Cup.
After rolling through the preliminary round of the 33rd annual National Midget Championship with a 4-0 record with wins over Winnipeg, Halifax, St. John's and the Lions du Lac St. Louis from Quebec, London tripped up the Giants 4-1 last Friday night in the final preliminary round game, then pulled off another upset, 4-3 in overtime in Saturday's semifinal, to end the title hopes for the Giants.
Legault split goaltending duties with Daniel Cotton in the Giants opening 12-5 win, was in net for the win over St. John's and took the loss in the Friday game against London.
The Giants couldn't recover from the semifinal loss as they dropped the bronze medal game Sunday morning to Quebec 5-3 to finish fourth. Legault was in net for the loss.
Antilla onto WHL final
Can anyone stop the Kootenay Ice?
The Ice won their 11th straight playoff game Wednesday night, 7-2 over the Medicine Hat Tigers to sweep their series and win the Eastern Conference championship. The win follows a 6-5 ot win on April 22, a 3-0 win on April 23 and a 3-1 win on April 26.
Madeira Park's Joe Antilla had one goal and three assists in the series and has recorded 13 points in 14 playoff games with the Ice so far.
Kootenay now awaits the winner of the Portland/Spokane series which Portland leads 2-1.
Dempster still struggling
Gibsons' Ryan Dempster's early season struggles continue.
He is stuck with a record of 1-2 with his last two starts ending with no-decisions.
Last Saturday at Wrigley Field, Dempster couldn't get through the fifth, allowing seven runs on nine hits with three walks and two strikeouts against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He also gave up three home runs.
But the Chicago Cubs battled back with a five-run eighth inning to win 10-8.
In his fourth start of the year on April 17, Dempster again only went five innings, allowing five runs on seven hits with four strikeouts and two walks in a 9-5 loss to the Colorado Rockies. The game was tied at 5-5 when Dempster left the game and the Rockies won off the Cubs bullpen.
High school golf
Chatelech has dropped from the ranks of the unbeaten after back-to-back close losses.
The Eagles lost 5-2 to Windsor on April 18 at Gleneagles then dropped a 4-3 decision to Seycove at the Sechelt Golf and Country Club on April 20 to drop their record to 3-2.
Chat is back in action on May 4 against Don Ross at the Squamish Valley Golf and Country Club.
Elphi is sitting with a record of 0-4.
