Durham Region Newspapers banner

Whitby Free Press, 29 Jan 1975, p. 11

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Seniors On WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20,1975, PAGE Il Right It looks like the Whitby travelled Senior 'A' McDonalds have chalked u finally put it all together. satisfying The McDonalds, under son. new player-coach 'Dave Bruce Nicholishen won two of their 22 shots three games last week. shutout In Brantford on Wednes- plenty of day, the McDonalds blew a two-goal lead and ended up losing the game 5-4. Calvin The Macs led 2-0 after the Cosh an opening period and 4-2 provided following the second but 5ive Pune Brantford scored three unan- Te swered goals in the final ito so stanza to edge Whitby. place, w] Jim Cochrance scored shared w twice for the Forresters with The T singles by Bill Simpell, Jim by on S Labor and Bil Lastic. were b Pete Vipond with two, Macs' uf Gord McCosh and Doug Tate was 8-4. scored for the losers. Orillia It was a rough game which right tra saw the benches emptied by Stan twice. LuteS. On Friday, the M acs toroad News to Orillia up one of victories where they their most of the sea- Durno kicked away en royte to a 3-0 victory. Durno had f défensive help from ates. n Pettit, Gord Mc- id Dave Nicholishen the necessary offen- ch. win moved Whitby possession of third hich they previously ith Orillia. rerriers came to Whit- unday and this time eaten by a strong ffence. Final score a started off on the ck with early goals Gross and Barry' Bill Little got Whitby on the scoreboard when he took a pass from Wayne Weller and fired it under the diving Lloyd Vaughan. Doug Tate tied the score when he broke in alone and drilled a slapshot past the Terriers' goaltender. Carl Ahlsten put Whitby ahead to stay with a devastat- ing blast from the point. Orillia then yanked Vaughan and put Ted Lensen in net. It didn't help. Pete Vipond upped the margin to 4-2.early in the middle frame wlien he picked a loose puck out of a scram- ble and fired it home. Gord McCosh made it 5-2 with a backhand shot into a ligh corner. Orillia's Stan Gross scored an d Bad News Fo r Tran sporters' There's some good news and some bad news for fans of the Whitby B and R Trans- porters lacrosse team, winners of the Canadian Jun- ior 'B' Chainpionship in 1974. First the good news. The Tiansportefs will this Dav ies Acclaimed Pres. of Lacrosse Bryan Davies of Whitby was recently acclaimed presi- dent of the Ontario Minor Lacrosse Association for 1975 at the associatior's annual meeting in Hamilton. Davies is the second Whit- by resident to be named pre- sident of a major lacrosse association for 1975. Vic Sheffield is serving as president of the Ontario Lacrosse Association for the second consecutive year. pro o klin-Whit by Macs Trounce West Rouge The Brooklin-Whitby Big Sawyer scored three; Randy Macs Major Bantarn Allstars Gallas and Nick Fischer two trounced West Rouge 13-1 in each; and Pete Foran and a weekend exhibition game. Nick Nosowenko had singles. Peter Lawson led the win- Kevin Turcotte got the ners with four goals; Dale losers' only goal. Boosters year compete in the Junior 'A' division of the Ontario Lacrosse Association which includes the Oshawa Green Gaels. Now the bad news. The Transporters will not be known as the Transporters this year as B and R Trans- port has announced they will no longer sponsor the club. The Transporters' entry into the Junior 'A' division is a result of hours of work by the team's executive who realized that the 'A' division is a more competitive one. The Transporters - and Green Gaels reached an agree- ment for draft procedures. The Gaels are granted the first two picks of players from the Ajax, Huntsvile and Orillia areas. Whitby gets the next two picks be- fore Oshawa drafts two more. The Transporters' entry is only on an interimi basis, pending their success in com- petition and at the gate this year. McDo n aIds Alistars To Begin Playoffs Thé- B nnklin-ViWhithv Ma- Cobourg, in the best-of-five begins at 9 p.m. this1 or Midget McDonalds Allstars begin playoffs on Saturday. The McDonalds go against firs t round. The locals will h bourg in the first gam Atom AlIstars Strong Perform The Brooklin Concrete Major Atom Allstars turned in a strong performance ait the recent Fenelon Falls tournament but came out second best. In the opening game, Brooklin thrashed Keen 8-1. Tod O'Connor was the big gun with four goals while Danny Garrard, Paul Rich, Charlie Mason and Ron Mc- Guire tallied singles. In the second Brooklin edged Osha on the strength of markers by Dan Garrard, Tod O'Con- nor~and Dan Middleton. Don Campbell scored twice for Oshawa. The final and deciding game saw the host team dump Brooklin 6-2 as Dennis Patterson, Darryl Patterson and Tim Wood each notched a pair.~ Jeff Donaldson and Dan Garrard got Brooklin's goals. Saturday. The McDonalds then pay ost Co- a return visit to Cobourg on e which Sunday. Garne time is 4:15. The third game is slated for February 8 at 7:3G in Whitby. If necessary, the fourth ime will be played at 4:15 ers Cobourgthe following day. e s T.fie g arne will be Uack in Whitby on Saturday the 15thbeginning at 9 p.m. con test, Ali McDonald's horne games will be played at Iroquois Park Arena. The Whitby McDonalds Major Midget Allstars won the International Silver Stick Tournament in Sarnia on the weekend. On Saturday, the Macs defeated Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan 5-1 and Sarnia 8-4. On Sunday, the Macs downed Owen Sound 6-4 and Sweden 4-2 in the final to take the title. the prettiest goal of the night converting passes from Bob Clayton and Len Bray. Whitby outscored the visitors 3-1lin the final stanza. Bob Mvnro, Dave Nicholi- shen and Gord McCosh con- nected for the Macs while Stan Gross got Orillia's final goal. Mac's goaltender Bruce Durno practiced with the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres but is ex- pected to play tonight when comes to.town. for Whitby Cambridge Game tine is 8:30. Whit- by travels to Napanee on Sunday. GOING, GOING, GONE.....The Whitby Knob Hillers score on Aurora Tigers during a Provincial Junior 'A' game last week. The contest ended in a 3-3 draw. Free Press Photo by Robin Lyon HiIIejrs Take Th ree Po ints The Junior 'A' Farms took three sible four points last week. Knob Hill of a pos- in games Whitby tied Aurora Tigers 3-3 and defeated Weston Dodgers 6-3. Ken Clarkç, Don Nichol- son and Mark Evans scored for the Hillers against Aurora. Ken Clarke scored twice in the win with singles by Rick Prien, Tom McLeish, Jim Duignan and Don Nicholson. DOC Loses Tournament On Friday, January 24, the Denis O'Connor midget- boys basketball team jour- neyed to London to compete in the two day Montcalm S.S. Invitational Tournament, which featured 16 teams from London, Stratford, Strathroy, St. Thomas, Chat- ham, Kitchener-Waterloo, Brantford, Oakville, and Barrie. Denis O'Connor faced London Beal, undefeated in league play, in its first en- counter. Beal took advant- age of defensive miscues by DO'C in the second quarter when they outscored the visitors by 17 points. This lead proved insurrmountable as Beal was victorious 72-45. For Denis O'Connor Rick Nieuwendyk led the scoring with 14.points, Pat O'Connor lad 11, and Kelly Matrell 8. Beal tIen bowed out of the tournament 4642 to *eventual champion Brant- ford St. John. In consolation action on Saturday, DO'C was matched up against London Banting, defending tournament cham- pions. The game was tied at ,1the half and remained very Iclose until midway through the fourth quarter when Banting jumped quickly into n 8 point lead. Forced to play catch up ball in the last few minutes, the Whitby team gambled and Banting was able to pad their lead by an additional 6 points final 44-30. In the point depart- ment Rick Nieuwendyk had 10 for DO'C followed by Pat O'Connor with 9 and Lingi Favît with 6. High-scoring John Parrott sidelined since December, is expected 'to be lost to the team for another three weeks. Bantums Win, Tie The Brooklin-Whitby Big Macs Major Bantam Allstars travelled to Ajax last week and defeated the home team 4-2. John Waddell scored a pair for the winners with singles going to Greg Tushingham and James Roach. Scott Edwards piayed in goal for the Macs. S. Bradin and M. Ariss replied in a losing cause. In Uxbridge on Sunday, the Macs tied the host club 3-3. * Nick Fischer, Dave Sey- mour and Rick Kay scored for Whitby. Allan Hartford tended goal for the visitors. WHITBY McDONALDS vs. CAMBRIDGE HORNETS Wed. Jan. 29th, 8:30 p.m. - I Event No. 15 Iroquois Park Aren ADMISSION Adults 2.50 Students 1.50 Children $1 Track

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy