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WH-ITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBFR 2. 1981, PAGE 21 Whitby Free Press sPOIRTrS WEEIK Savage oustsFedosainaclose' ac By RIMAS MIECIUS It was a meeting of familiar, well-respected name but a cast of new faces in supporting roles. Yet, the game - Paul Savage against Bob Fedosa - was a classic, in the true sense of the word, and the Sun Life Bonspiel was treated to one of its finest games. Savage, skipping his newly-formed rink out of Dundas Granite, played a taut, delicate game to shade Fedosa 's fresh foursome from Erin 3 to 2. Both were experienced shot- makers taking charge of a bunch of youngsters. The victory gave Savage a berth in the elght-team main-event finals set for this Satur- day, December 5, when the winners return to challenge for the top prize of $7,000. In ail the 64-rink bon- spiel wii be dishlng out a total of $21,300 in loot in six events.' Savage, who skippecl Ontario in four Briers, finally dispatched his time-worn rink at the end of last season when it became apparent that his front end of Reid Ferguson and Ron Green had bast its zest for the game and would be committed to busi- ness ventures for the near future. Blades in weel The Whitby Blades girls' hockey team took their revenge on Downs- view this past weekend in a close contest, win- ning 2 to 1 on a last second goal by Peggy Everaîl. The Blades had defeated Downsview twîce this season before falling to them last weekend 3 to 1. Karen Moloney scored the lone Whitby goal on an assist from Joan "Skeeter" Mayer. Margaret Fraser opened the scoring Saturday in the second period on an un-assisted goal giving t.he Blades a His vice-skip at the men's provincial play- time, Chris Johnson, downs. But recently, neyer worked out as an they've taken on new adequate replacement vigor with the rink for Ed Werenich, who molding itself into win- had bolted to start up his ning formi. own rink. The Werenich After qualifying at the team took the province Sault Ste. Marie bon- by storm, winning the spiel, Savage surprised Ontario title last even himself when he February, and later downed Canadian reached the playoffs in champion Kerry Bur- the Halifax Brier. tnyk of Winnipeg in a Replacing these semi-final game of the veterans of varied cam- Thunder Bay spiel early paigns are less- in November. experienced but enthu- "«It took us a while to siastic players, with get going, " Savage said. strong credentials in "5One reason we were their own rights. losing earlier was that I Savage, a 34-year-old was inconsistent on publishing executive, draws that I should made a coup when ho make as a skip. " enlisted John Kawaja to In his game against play third fôr him. Fedosa it appeared that Kawaja, 20, skipped the the coin flip was as Ontario entry in the crutial as any shot made national junior men's or missed throughout championships to the the 10-end game. final game in the Soo, "Winning the flip was but lost to Quebe's definitely a break," Denis Marchand with smiled Savage. his last-rock shot. "The coin toss was a From the highly- big thing," Fedosa respected Ottawa rink agreed. of Bruce Delaney, En route ta the win Savage acquired Don Savage, uncharacter- Reddick at second, and istically, blanked five he's fiiled the rink out ends, a sudden depar- with Mike Steplock, a ture from his aggressive holdover at lead from style. Bob Charlebois' hey- "That was the lowest day. scoring game I've been The Savage foursome in this year, " Savage had a rocky start as it said. "I don't reably like lost consistently and those type of games - was not even able to win they're boring to wat- the club tille for the ch." take.pair kendplay 1 to o lead they hel until Point Edward 1 to 0 at the losing haîf of the the Brooklin Memorial third period when Arena. Downsview slid in the Up until that time the equalizer past Whitby Blades and Point Ed- netminder Kathy Kemp. ward had tied on their Everaîl notched the previous two outings. winning marker with Lois Pitre scored the just 34 seconds left to Whitby goal un-assisted. play in the game. Blades netminder Kemp was voted the Darlene Anidersoni Blades most valuable picked up the shut out player in that game and -and was voted the Fraser was picked as game's M.V.P. the Most valuable Fraser was voted the defensive player. gams M.V.D., the fourth The next day the timne this season she has Blades put to rest earned this position. another jinx which has The Blades wiil travel pbagued them since the to London and Point Ed- beginning of the season ward this weekend when they defeated CONT'D ON PAGE 22 The lone deuce was scored by Savage in the sixth end after Fedosa's vice-skip Dave Carruthers rnissed a hit to open the end up. Savage peeled guards for the final three ends with his hammer to pre- serve the victory. Earlier in the day, Dundas Granite had downed George Caughebl of Dundas r. Vailey 8 to 6 and slipped past Leaside's Dave Hampton 810o5. Ken Buchan of Lon- -don, who won the Sun Life spiel bast year, also quabified on Saturday along with Savage. The London skip shaded J.D. Jenkins, abso of London, 6 to 4 in the final garne, after beating Penetang's B&' Ruston 9 to 3 a. veteran Alfie Phillips, Jr., of the Terrace, 7 to 5. Buchan is the batest skip in line to test the Whitby jinx, a myth that was developed over the last 14 years of the b~on- spiel because no one has won at Whitby twice. Jim Sharples of Lea- side, who won the Sun Life in 1976, wilb also get his shot at dismantling the jinx since he quali- fied two weekends ago abong wîth local favorite Gord Carroll of Whltby. - The final day of quali- fying is this Friday, with rlnks taking the ice at 8:30 a.ni. and il a.m. The winners return the following day to Whitby Curling Club, with some lower events to be played at Oshawa Curling Club. Iw Foster one of 'the best A twelve-year-old Whitby resident placed as one of Canada's top young swimmers at the recent Brantford Inter- national Swim Meet in the 100 and 200-metre breaststroke events. Heidi Elizabeth Foster, a member of the Ajax Aquatic Club, ear- ned a gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:19:00 and a sibver ini the 200 metre breaststroke with a lime of 2:53: 19. HEinIDI FOSTER These limes placed her nwnber one in On- tario and in the top five in Canada for a twebve- year-old in these events. Foster also won two bronze medals in the 12- year-old girls' Free Relay and Medbay Relay teams. Her next meeting will be the Canada Youth Cup, December il to 13 in Etobicoke. Foster wilb be ccmpeting against top swimmers from across Canada, the United States and Europe. Everyone was up in the air Iast Friday night as the Henry Hawks Girls' basketball teain defeated favoured Eastdabe Eagles 53 to 43 in L.-O.S.S.A. semi-final play at G.L. Roberts. The Hawks met with the Paul Dwyer Saints Saturday night at Durham Colege in the finals but bost in a cbose scoring gaine 3710o33. - Free Press Photo by Stephen Greenaway Hawks advanced to finals Afler bosing tb the Eastçlale Eagles by a Iandslide and then defeating them. in a close scoring game by one point during regulor season play the Henry Street Hawks advanced to the Lake Ontario Secondary School Asso- ciation girls' basketbal finals this past weekend beating' them by a naargin of 5310o 43. Sandy Stevenson was Henry's top scorer rack- ing Up 17 points for the eveming. Roxbyn Schultz- took 10 and Anne Jordan netled 9 points for the winners. The Hawks advanced 10 the semi-final match at G.L. Roberts High 1School by defeating the McLaughlin Trojans in the quarter-finals CONT'D ON PAGE 22 ,9w i