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[ sport- tollt 623-3303 DOUG BROWN WINS DRIVING AWARD-Doug Brown, of Bowmanville, was named the top Canadian Harness Horse Driver at the trotting association's annual annual awards dinner. It was the second consecutive year that Doug has won the award. Last year, Doug earned purses totalling more than $5 million as a result result of his harness racing victories. SPORT-THOUGHTS--The above story is an all too common occurrence in the hockey world. It always seems to be at its worst when a team is facing elimination elimination from the play-offs, and the players decide to get one final shot in at the opposing team late in the. game. With nothing to lose, it is virtually impossible to stop a hockey player from taking a cheap shot. It's a problem that has existed in hockey since it first began. began. Sport-talk wonders if there will ever be a solution to curb the violence in a hockey game in the closing moments. TRIVIA ANSWER--The four fighters who have gone the distance with Mike Tyson are; James 'Quick' Tillis on May 3, 1986; Mitch 'Blood' Green on May 20, 1986; 'BonAnrnRhpr' Smifh on Mnroli 7, 1987) Tony 'TNT* 'Bonecrusher' Smith on March Tucker on August 1, 1987. Bantams to Meet Trenton Saturday On Thursday, February 8th Toros Power Vac Bantam Bantam travelled to Markham to play in the fourth game of the Ontario playdowns Toros Toros came out flying with strong offence and outstanding outstanding defence to defeat this club with a close margin of 2 to 1. The score was not indicative indicative of our play as we outclassed outclassed our opponents in every department and just could not put the puck between between the pipes. Scoring for Toros were Seamus McGuire and Jeremy Jeremy Tymoshik. Assisting were Jeremy Tymoshik and Corey. Jamie Doyle in. net did what he does best-stop pucks. On February 10th Toros hosted Oshawa Bruins in an exhibition game and again came away with a very impressive impressive 7 to 3 win. Scoring for Toros were Ryan Becker 2, Seamus McGuire 1, Jeremy Jeremy Woodcock 1, Sean Brown 1 and Ryan Stewart 2. Assists Assists went to Ryan Becker, Ryan Stewart, Chad Vande- rende, Jason Crosbie and Sean Brown. Chris McCarthy and Jamie Doyle shared goal in this well played and fun game. An excellent excellent display of sportsmanship sportsmanship and discipline on both side,, something we had not enjoyed in the Markham series. series. It was clearly a display of unsportsmanlike behaviour behaviour that's unthinkable by the coaching staff who should be setting an example example for young boys. We Toros can hold our heads high showing class, discipline and sportsmanship. Congratulations boys, keep up the great work; also the parents and friends should be congratulated for their support. It makes our efforts worthwhile when we know we have your support. Our next home game with Trenton is Saturday, Februaiy 17 6 p.m. Darlington. Darlington. hsrf mxrvynfi'i u-vtO On Saturday, February 10th, the Mr. Submarine Peewee team travelled to Orono to play the CYO select select team. The CYO team scored two goals in less than one minute at the midway point of the 1st period. The teams then played scoreless hockey up until the last minute minute of the game with the CYO boys scoring their final goal. The final score was CYO 3, Sub 0. This was a good defensive game with Chad Veinot, Justin Vance, Rob Watson and Les McCrory McCrory keeping the area in front of the net clear. Jeff Crawford Crawford played a great game in net for the Sub boys. On Sunday, February 11th the Sub boys travelled to Newcastle to play MacK- enzie Park. The Sub boys were missing Jeff in net so Rob Watson filled in. The MacKenzie boys scored the first goal of the game when Rob let the puck slide under his glove. Rick Swale tied up the game with Clayton Guest and Chad Veinot getting getting the assist. Chad gave the Sub boys the lead when he let a blast go that easily beat the MacKenzie goalie. Darren Donohue scored the 3rd Sub goal on a set-up from Chad. The game appeared appeared to be going the right way, but a stupid penalty allowed allowed the MacKenzie team to notch their 2nd goal of the_ game. Late in tne 3rd period the MacKenzie boys notched their 3rd goal to tie the score. The final score was Mr. Sub 3, MacKenzie Park 3. This game found the Sub boys trying to play as individuals individuals and not as a team and were lucky to get the tie. The Sub boys are heading heading for Port Hope for a tournament. tournament. Let's hope they learned that team play wins games. HORSE MEEÎING "Horse Nutrition and Care" Place: Tyrone Community Centre (Liberty St. North to Tyrone) Date: March 1,1990 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. Everyone Welcome CONTACT WELCOME FEEDS (Formerly Vanstone's) 623-5777 SPORTS The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, February 14 1990 9 Local Skaters Compete in Minden Competition > B.H.S. Finishes Fifth in Nova Scotia Tournament " * • ' -"""'i*' west. V , *C'< . " '""'Sx ~" m * i - ^SÜ The Senior Boys' Basketball Team of Bowmanville High School recently returned from a tournament in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Team members are, front row, (1-r), Andy Bigcanoe, Jeff Laird, Dwayne The Redmen won two of their four games, which coach Norm Johnston felt satisfied with. "We could have very easily easily won all four games," explained explained the coach before a recent LOSSA league game against O'Neill. 'We lost one game by two points, and another another by ten." "The competition was good, but what hurt us is ' • " ' -y'; ' : ' ; V W. ' " x • ■ ■■* x ■>. ' ,. R ■ : ; : • Syl Tapp, Chris Hay, Derek Veiling, T. R Pollitt, Jonathan Jonathan Goad. Back row, (1-r), Brad Rickard, Karl Wunderlich, Wunderlich, Paul McMann, Shane Crombie, Kenny Pick, Norm Johnston. The Bowmanville High School Senior Boys' Basketball Basketball Team travelled to the Coal Bowl in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and returned returned with a respectable fifth place finish in the ten team tournament. The Coal Bowl Classic is an All-Canadian Tournament Tournament with teams from across Canada competing. they played FIBA (international) (international) rules. The games are all offense and no defence." FIBA rules have a wider key, and a thirty second shot clock, neither of which the Redmen are used to. Along with the basketball tournament, an academic competition was held involving involving the teams. The Redmen received a plaque for having the highest average on the Mr. Submarine Loses To Selects in Orono Busy Week-end for IOOF Selects It was another busy weekend for the I.O.O.F. Pqewee Selects. The first of a three game weekend began began in Newcastle vs thé N.A.S.C. Selects from Oshawa. With Adam Kooy off for .hooking it was time for the penalty killing unit to spring into action. The faceoff was deep in I.O.O.F. zone when Rob Watson grabbed a loose puck, walked around a Oshawa defenceman and scored to give Bowmanville the lead. Before the period ended the teams exchanged goals. Mike Talotti started and finished finished a three way passing play. Mike skated across the blueline and fed a pass to Andrew Ferguson. Andrew passed to Mark Read in the slot who then gave it back to Mike for goal. With 17 seconds gone in the second period it was Mike scoring again. Charlie Hnrgest started the play in the Bowmanville zone. Charlie passed the puck to Rob at the center ice. Rob passed to Mike who went around an Oshawa defence- man and scored to make it 3-1. Minutes later Chad Veinot Veinot started an end to end rush and dumped the puck deep into the Oshawa zone. Mike outhustled the Oshawa defence to the puck and passed to Mark in the slot. Mark made no mistake and scored high to stick side to increase the Bowmanville lead. The third period was all I.O.O.F. Jeff Dart collected his own rebound from the corner and passed to Rob in the slot. Rob's shot high to to the glove side increased the Bowmanville lead to 5-1. Less than a minute later it was Craig Taylor setting up Andrew Ferguson on a two on one rush to make the score 6-1. Good forechecking bv Scott McGregor and Jen Hughes led to the next goal. Les McCrory walked around two Oshawa players and lifted lifted a shot towards the goal. Scott " grabtiéti ' the rebound and passed it back to Les in the slot. With Jeff Hughes tying up the' defenceman in front of the net, Les had no trouble sliding the puck into the far corner. Mike completed completed his hat trick late in the game with Scott picking up his second assist to make tne final score 8-1 for I.O.O.F. Two hours later, it was off to Pickering and game number two. Poor weather and other commitments reduced reduced the Bowmanville bench to eight skaters. I.O.O.F. started the scoring late in the first period. Scott McGregor scored unassisted from the side of the Pickering Pickering net to give Bowmanville a 1-0 lead. The teams exchanged goals in the second. With the score tied at one Charlie Hargest let a shot go from Esso Takes on Oshawa The 401 Esso Atom hockey hockey team was busy this past weekend with two exhibition games against Oshawa teams. The coaching staff couldn't have arranged for two more entertaining hockey hockey games. Fans from both teams were treated to some excellent hockey and excellent excellent competition in each game ns the teams were unusually unusually well matched. The first game was played Saturday evening against Christ Church and went right to the wire before before Christ Church eked out a 4-3 victory. Christ Church got on the board first, scoring after 4:32 had elapsed in the first period. Just over a minute later, Esso's offensive star of the- game, Scott MncKny, broke through the defence and put the puck up high, over the shoulder of the Christ Church gonlio to tie the score at 1-1. Trevor Wright preserved the tie throughout the period for Esso with several key saves, once pulling the puck back from the lino after a hard shot bounded oil' his mask and seemed headed for a sure goal. Early in the second period, period, botli teams exchanged good scoring chances and both goalies made some key saves. Scott MncKny missed a goal when the goalie stopped a hard drive, but notched his second shortly after with the assist on the play going to John Basins. Twice <101 missed scoring on excellent chances only to have Christ Church come right back on each play scoring scoring goals after some line plnymnklng. As a result, the second period ended with Christ Church lending 3-2. The third period wns only 13 seconds old when Scott MncKny enme in on the right, delayed for n second, then rilled n shot high to the goalie's left side for his hat trick. The score remained deadlocked nt 3-3 for the next six minutes but compliments compliments nro extended to Tim Bydnl for his energetic work and aggressive skating and to Jolt Carter for his solid digging and nice moves along the boards in the opposition opposition end. The final goal of the game was scored by Christ Church, and despite pressure put on in the last two minutes, Esso could not score the tying goal. Congratulations Congratulations to both team's for some outstanding and entertaining hockey! On Sunday morning Esso mot the Holy Family team from Oshawa ana once again fans were treated to an excellent game. This was a low scoring game and featured featured some lino defensive work by both teams. Special mention for the <101 teams goes to Ted Fitzgerald, who ployed one of his best games of the season on defence, with good blocking, swoopchecking swoopchecking and riding his man off to the corner. Trevor Wright wns again very solid m the Esso net. Paul Drummond Drummond scored the lone goal of the first period on a setup from Thomas Wakefield. Both teams continued the close checking throughout' the second period with all of the boys playing good, playolf-stylo hockey. In the third period, although although the play was very close the Holy Family team scored two unanswered goals to earn the victory, 2- 1. Once again, all players are to be congratulated for a fine game. Thanks are extended extended to Greg Masterson, Tomas Wakefield, Grant Gu- shulak and Brad McMaster who filled in admirably for missing Esso players in either either of the games. Lange Pulls Out Late Heroics With some late minute heroics, the Lange Photo Peowoes snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a 3-2 barnburner on February February 3 down at the Bowman- ville Recreation Complex. After two periods wo had dug ourselves a big hole down 2-0 to Dykstnvs and less than five minutes till the final buzzer in the third, but wo saved our best for lost. Mike Doblois, with a spin-n-rnma move off a point shot by Adam Kooy, got things headed in the right direction. Also drawing an assist was Inn Tnggert. Jell' Hughes struck next on a steal inside the blue lino and, one nifty doko later, it wns all lied up. Mike Doblois Doblois and Darcy McKinnon got the helpers on Jell's goal. Then Mike Zdrnvkov- ski jammed in the winner from Mike Doblois and Jell' Hughes to steal the win mvny lYom a very hard working working Dykstrn club. All three goals came with loss than four minutes left in the game. Next time boys, don't keep us in suspense, the old ticker can't take too many more games like that. the point. With Scott and Mark in front of the net screening,' the Pickering goalie didn't see the puck until it was behind him. Late in the second period with the I.O.O.F. bench reduced reduced to seven skaters, Scott took a puck off the ankle ankle and had to be helped from the ice. With a small bench and only two hours rest it was only a matter of time before Pickering would score again. Late in the third period a puck went off a Pickering skate an into the net. The goal proved to be the winner as Pickering won the game 3-2. The third and final game of the weekend was played Sunday morning against the CYO Selects from Oshawa. Once again Bowmanville would start the scoring. With Jeff Dart in the penalty penalty box the penalty killing unit of Chad Veinot, Les McCrory, Mike Talotti and Rob Watson was called upon to do the job. Not only did they prevent Oshawa from getting a shot on net, they scored shorthanded. Mike stole the puck from an Oshawa defender deep in the Oshawa zone. Mike passed to Less who spotted Rob in front of the net. Rob's goal wns his second short- handed goal in two games. Later in the period it wns I.O.O.F. scoring again. Mike marched across the blueline and spotted Rob heading for the not. Rob passed it to Chad who passed it to Jeff Hughes. Jell' banked the puck off the sprawling Oshawa goalie to make the score 2-0. With play in the third period Chad picked up the puck in the Bowmanville zone and rushed up the ice. Chad let a slapshot go from the faceoff circle. Mike grabbed the rebound, skated behind the Oshawa goal and passed to a waiting Andrew for the goal. The final score was 3-0 for I.O.O.F. The goaltonding tandem of Brian Pickard and Clayton Clayton Rondoll had combined for their seventh shutout in 32 games and reduced the goals against average to an impressive 2.50. Tins weekend's weekend's scoring summary includes: includes: Mike Talotti 3G, 4A, Craig Taylor 1A, Andrew Ferguson 2G, 1A, Mark Read IG 2A, Charlie I largest largest IG 1A, Scott McGregor IG 2A, Jell' Dart 1A, Jell' Hughes 1G, Chad Veinot 1 A, Rob Watson 3G, 2A, Les McCrory IG, 1A. In a category category not listed on the game sheet most clean hits dished out by Bowmanville pi aver Adam Kooy at least 12, the teams would also like to wish Inn Borutsklo and Scott McGregor speedy recovery recovery from their injuries, The team's record now stands nt 25 wins, 6 losses mid 1 tie. W"" These Bowmanville figure skaters competed at the Minden Meet to Skate on February 3-4. Nicole Maynard and Andrea Mirsch had the highest placings for the Bowmanville Club. The other competitors are shown above. Front row, (T-r), Kate Garrett, Andrea Mirsch, Lori Mirsch. Back row, (1-r), Stacey Dünnigan, Hilary Jennings, Andrea Boyle, Peter Paradis, Nicole Maynard, and Leslie Anderson. Two More Wins Add to Atoms Impressive Record test which will proudly be displayed in the school. Chris Hay was awarded a cheque in the amount of $500 for having the highest overall average on the test. During their eight day stay, the team visited the Miner's Museum, the Fortress Fortress of Louisbourg, and the Alexander Graham Bell Museum. Museum. During the first few days of February, the B.R.H.L. atom team sponsored by J & J Sharpening added two more wins to their already impressive record. In their first win on Thursday, February February 1st, they faced off against another league team sponsored by ReMax. Less than a minute into the opening period, J & J found themselves down one goal when ReMax centre- man, Richard Soloman, picked the low, left corner of the J & J net. However, the J & J players didn't appear to be upset as they quickly rallied to concentrate the play in their opponents' end of the rink. As a result, ReMax ReMax netminder, Cameron Millar was called upon to make some very impressive saves. Cameron's goaltending goaltending proved to be a source of frustration for the J & J forwards forwards for the duration on the period and most of the second period, J & J center- man, Greg Masterson finally broke the shutout. Jeremy Sanders earned an assist on the play. , / Going in to the third period period with a 1 - 1 tie, both teams knew the importance of the next goal. The J & J defensive lines which included included Brad MacMaster, Colin Galinski, and Phil Gushulak played superbly, keeping the shots on their netminder, Nick Zdravkovski, to a minimum. minimum. Meanwhile, the J & J forwards continued to meet with stiff opposition; from ReMax goalie, Cameron Millar. Millar. Finally, with only one minute left to play; Brian Ball scored in a scramble in front of the ReMax net. Greg Masterson earned the assist. The 2 - 1 score held to give the J & J atoms their first win in February. Two days later, they took to the ice again in another league game. This time the team sponsored by T-Mac supplied the opposition. From the minute tne puck was dropped, it was clear that T-Mac was there to play hockey as they quickly took control of the game to score the first goal. At the 9:45 point of the first period, J & J centreman, Brian Ball, evened the score with assists from Stephen Wraith and Darren Crawford. However, However, that 1 -1 tie was shortlived shortlived when T-Mac scored two minutes later. Period two opened with the same fast, aggressive hockey that included super passing on both teams. While J & J wanted desperately desperately to even the score, T- Mac wanted just as desperately desperately to increase their lead. At the 11:10 point of the period, period, J & J right-winger, Chris Oyler, had positioned himself well in the slot to receive receive the pass he needed from centerman, Greg Masterson. Masterson. Chris wasted no time putting the puck in the net to tie the game once more. For the remainder of the period, period, goaltenders Nick Zdravkovski for J & J, and Mark Murphy for T-Mac, refused refused to allow any further scoring. The J & J atoms came into period three determined to take the lead on the score- board. For the first time in the game they were successful successful in gaining the lead when Brian Ball netted his second goal of the game. Darren Crawford earned an assist on Brian's goal. In such a close game as this, neither the J & J players nor their fans felt comfortable with a one goal lead. J & J's determination to increase their lead was equalled by T-Mac's determination determination to regain the tie. However, midway through the third period, Darren Crawford's super efforts were rewarded with a goal to give his team the more comfortable two goal lead. Brian Ball and Stephen Wraith contributed in the play to earn assists. Although Although both teams continued continued to test each other's goalie, goalie, the 4-2 score held for the remainder of the garrie to give the J & J atoms theif second win. Congratulations J & J players! Keep up the great team-work! Heritage House Leads Series 3-0 In an exhibition game Saturday, February 10 at the Darlington Sports Cen-i ter the Heritage House Atoms Atoms defeated East Gwillem( bury 6-3. I Chris Steel scored a "Hat Trick" in this game, with lin<- emates Brent Strand scoring 1 goal, 3 assists and Greg McMurter 4 assists. Dwayne Desjardins and Sommer West had single goals, while Travis Laughlin, Rob Jeffers, Jeffers, Kevin Pickell, Paul La- vallee, and Mark Frampton had single assists. -j Our second game of tlfè weekend was a visit to Tren'- ton where Toros took a 3-0 lead in the best of 7 series^ with an 8-2 victory. Greg McMurter notched 3 goals | assist, Chris ' Steele 3 assists, assists, Rob Jeffers 1 goal 1 assist, assist, Paul Lavallee 1 goal 1 assist, Brent Strand 1 goal 1 assist, Dwayne Desjardins 2 assists, Mark Frampton and Travis Laughlin each counted counted single goals while Derek Lange and Sommer West 1 assist each. 1' Toros' next playoff game is scheduled for 1:00 p.iif. Saturday, February IT. 1990 at the Darlington Sport Centre. V WE'RE RENOVATING and passing the SAVINGS on to YOU!! Wednesday, Feb. 14 - Friday, Feb. 16 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Take advantage of our clearance of selected display models of kitchens and vanities. 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