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Jim Sills of Cataraqui Golf and Country Club defeated Jeff Whelan of Whitby last year. Sills advanced to the semifinal before losing to the eventual champion Bob Stoll of Weston.

Whelan, who has 1992 Whig champion Steve Small on his rink, got some revenge last night with a 6-2 win over Sills at Cataraqui.

Forty of the bonspiel's 64 rinks began play last night at host Royal Kingston Curling Club and at Cataraqui..

Whelan was up against 2006 champion Chris Barkley of Royal Kingston in a late game at the host club.

Also playing their second game in the undefeated main-event bracket last night were first-draw winners Don Presley of Brockville, Ivan Suddgergaard and Bob Tester of Cataraqui and Rich Waller of Royal Kingston. More>>

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Lopez doesn't have the absolutely shredded, miniscule-body-fat, muscular physique he had in 2003, when he hit .328 with career-highs of 43 homers and 109 RBIs for the Braves and parlayed it into a rich free-agent contract with Baltimore. And he doesn't have as much bulk as he carried before and after that season.

Instead, he looks to be in good shape, muscular but not Popeye-like.

He hit .316 with 23 homers and 86 RBIs in 150 games in 2004 for the Orioles, then slipped to .278 with 15 homers and 49 RBIs in 103 games in '05, and only .251 with eight homers and 35 RBIs in 94 games for Baltimore and Boston in '06.

The Braves decided to take a flyer on him this winter after Lopez showed he was serious about his comeback during private workouts since October with Braves bench coach Chino Cadahia. More>>