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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, November 7, 1990 SPORTTHOUGHTS Brad Kelly Third Period Goal Gives Eagles One Point i At the risk of sounding like the driver of the Bangles' Bangles' bandwagon, I must 'say that I'm impressed -with what I've seen so far 'this season. 1 If you'll remember , prior to the start of the ^season, a mere four weeks ago, I predicted in tthis space that the Eagles 'would finish no higher J than third place in the 'Central Ontario loop. The team that won an amazing amazing 27 of 36 games last .season, was about to fall .from the graces of first 'place. There wasn't the same chemistry on this year's edition, and there were ;too many new faces for this team to put it together together for a run at the league title, I wrote. . Obviously the crystal .ball that I was looking into prior to the start of the season was as blurry as some of my photos. Uxbridge and Port Perry were odds-on- favourites to finish one- two in the standings, I forecasted. A quick look shows both teams struggling to reach the .500 mark. I also claimed that Little Little Britain might be a dark horse pick for the playoffs. Litttle Britain had only one win in their first five starts. Had the crystal ball not been so blurry, I would have noticed that Little Britain wasn't a dark horse, they were a grey horse. Ana keeping witn race track tradition, never bet a grey horse. With those type of predictions, predictions, it's little wonder that track officials hand me a broom at the end of the night to sweep the floors after betting on the ponies. The cast of players that the Eagles' coaching staff has assembled has been very impressive thus far in the season. The veterans on the club have done everything everything that was expected of them. As usual, Glen Campbell and Nick Dennis Dennis are one-two in the league scoring race, and guys like Kelly Armstrong Armstrong and Dean Baum- hauer have steadied what was thought to be a shaky defensive corps. Most impressive has been the play of the rookies. rookies. Rob Real has done a splendid job on the top line with Campbell and Dennis, and is sitting third in team scoring. Trevor Lomath and Steve McCrae have also shone at the offensive end of the rink. The goaltending has been extremely sharp, as Ian Cooper has picked up where he left off last season season and rookie Chris Massey has been solid. So far in their nine games, the tandem has compiled a 3.33 goals against average. average. Things have been relatively relatively easy for the Eagles to this point, and after having played each team in the league at least once, they are still undefeated undefeated (depending, of course, on the outcome of Tuesday night's game with Port Perry). But the true character of this team won't be discovered discovered until they hit a little slump. How will they react when things aren't going their way, and they happen to drop a couple games in a row? They may find that out sooner than they think. Each team they face the second and third time around will be doing their darndest to break the winning streak. Every team wants the bragging rights of being the first to beat the Eagles. A true sign of how good this club is will come in the next couple of weeks. And a true sign of whether I'm a bandwagon jumper will come next month if the Eagles begin to falter. My bandwagon driver's licence may only be a temporary one. Harrison Hosts Manvers Squad On Tuesday, October 30, the Harrison Fuels peewee 'GO' Toros hosted a league game against the Manvers peewees. Matt Brake gave the Toros Toros an early one-goal lead when his shot from the point deflected off a Manvers player and trickled into the net. Brent Strand put the home team up 2-0 finishing off a passing play from Rod Jeffers and Dwayne DesJardins. DesJardins. Manvers fought back to tie the game only to have Brent Strand ana Dwayne DesJardins score to restore the Toros' two-goal lead. Manvers took advantage of a defensive lapse by the Toros Toros in the third period and scored three goals in a span of four minutes to take a 5-4 lead. The Toros regrouped, and with less than a minute to go, Brent Strand scored. This gave him the hat trick to tie the game. Shawn Broome earned an assist on the play. The final score was Toros 5, Manvers 5. ONTARIO MOTOR SALES IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE DON ARSENAULT TO THE SALES STAFF. Don Invites his many friends & customers to visit the dealership to discuss their automotive automotive needs. 140 ROND ST, W, 0IHMM Bowmanville's Kevin Mitchell prepares to move around an Ajax player during a Junior C game at the Recreation Complex on Sunday night. The Eagles scored the tying goal with 26 seconds left in the game and the goalie pulled to salvage a 4-4 tie with the visiting Axemen. Eagles Squeak Out a Tie even i is he p: ff to tji a bacjc by Brad Kelly The winning streak is now an unbeaten streak, and the Eagles are very fortunate fortunate to have kept that intact. intact. With goalie Ian Cooper pulled in favour of an extra attacker and the Eagles facing facing a one-goal deficit, rookie Rob Real jammed in a rebound rebound with 26 seconds left on the clock to salvage a 4-4 tie with the visiting Ajax Axemen on Sunday night at the Recreation Complex. The goal kept the Eagles' unbeaten string at nine games, 8-0-1, pending the results of last night's (Tuesday's) (Tuesday's) game against the Port Perry Mojacks. EAGLES 4 AXEMEN 4 It was a desperate flurry in front of Ajax goalie Mark Achim that resulted in the tying goal for the Eagles. "Me and Steve (McCrae) were in front of the netf looking looking to screen the goalie or get a deflection," began Real who had scored earlier in the third period to tie the game at 3-3. He also added an assist for a three-point night. "Kelly (Armstrong) took the shot from the point and I jumped on the rebound." rebound." "If I missed that one I might as well have called it a year." As players from both teams swarmed the front of the net, Real managed to slip the puck under a sprawling Achim for the tie. The goal came only minutes minutes after Cooper made a game saving play by racing out of his net to bent Ajax's Rod Norville to a loose puck. The play had originated from the Ajax zone and was an innocent clearing attempt attempt by the Axemen, but Norville raced past the Ea- f lcs' defence and would have eon in alone on Cooper. Glen Campbell and Nick Dennis had tno other Engle markers. Campbell was in on all four goals ns ho also added three assists. In all, the line of Campbell, Dennis, Dennis, and Real combined for nine points. Although, the tie ended the Eagles' winning streak, assistant coach Paul Reed was pleased with the effort. "They (Ajax) came to play tonight. The time has come where teams are going to be coming at us to beat us and we're going to have to play extra hard," "I think everyone is disappointed disappointed because we didn't win, but the players didn't get down or worry, and that shows me that they have a lot of character." For Ajax, they took the game to the Eagles from the opening face-off, and provided provided a much stiffer opposition than anyone had ëxpected. Larry Labelle, the coach of the Axemen, hoped that the game will be a turning point for his club. "Right now we have six veterans out because of injuries, injuries, and a record of 2-6-1. Tonight the boys were up for the game because we've lost six in a row and I think they were tired of losing." "All our losses were never from a lack of trying," he added. "A tie tonignt is just like a win for us because Bowmanville is on top and we're near the bottom." Powerplay goals were the order for the first period as all three goals came with the man advantage. Ajax converted on two of their five chances, while the Eagles Eagles made good on their only opportunity. After Charles Rendes' goal mid-way through the first period, Campbell brought the Eagles even as he stopped a Real slapshot in front of the not and beat Achim with a low shot. The tie was short-lived as Ajax's Jonas Bjorck scored only four seconds into their fourth power play chance to close out the period. The league's top scorer, Nick Dennis, brought the in the second icked up a re- :ie side and de- charid into the 71MIS01 "W'llll Eagle Scoring Statistics for month of October Name Goals Assists Total Glen Campbell 8 12 20 Nick Dennis 7 13 20 Rob Real G 7 13 Shane Armstrong G G 10 Stove McCrae 6 G 10 Trevor Lomath 7 2 9 Brad Robinson 3 5 8 Jeff Rohr 3 G 8 Dean Bnumhauor 2 G 7 Kelly Armstrong 1 G 7 Greg Goode 2 3 5 Kevin Mitchell 2 2 4 JefTFlintoff 0 4 4 Neil Taylor 2 1 3 Drew Allonby 1 2 3 Scott Ponton 1 2 3 Gareth Stone 1 1 2 Gil Bonnonu 0 1 1 Trevor Nowell 0 1 1 Pirns 28 47 29 2 1G G 4 8 20 16 52 38 2 19 37 0 1G 2 21 Eagles even period as he bound off to posited open net. The teams played an exciting exciting brand 'of playoff-style hockey in the third period, with Bowmanville holding à decisive edge, as they out- shot the Axeman 19-9. Ajax took the lead four minutes into the final frame on a goal by Derek Candoli- ni. Real tied the game at 3-3 when he broke down the left hand side and shovelled the puck through Achim's pads. Ajax fought back 33 seconds seconds later on a Ian Lorimer slapshot from the blueline, setting up the late-game heroics heroics by Real. As Gareth Stone continues continues to serve his 10 game suspension, Real has made the best of his opportunity after being elevated to the top line with Campbell and Dennis. Coach Mike Noonan will be facing a difficult decision decision when Stone returns to the lineup. "Gareth gave me a big break, but whatever Mike decides to do when Gareth comes back is fine with me," he said. "I'm staying out of the (penalty) box, and playing playing with Nick and Glen has let me build my confidence." "I feel a lot better about myself than I did at the beginning beginning of the year." Real now leads all the Eagles' rookies with 17 points, including eight goals. THE SCOOP --The Axemen Axemen outshot the Eagles 40- 32, including a 23-10 margin in the first period...Assistant conch Paul Reed took over the coaching duties for Mike Noonan, whose father passed away on Saturday. Funeral services were held yesterday (Tuesday). It's expected expected that Noonan will be behind the bench for weekend weekend games against Uxbridge and Little Britain...The Engles' Engles' game that was cancelled cancelled against Ajax on October October 2, will probably bo rescheduled rescheduled for mid-February. Ajax would like to have the Engles ns the opposition for their first game in their now rink. Florists Win The Carnation Florist team posted another win. On Saturday, November 3, Carnation Florist played Hutton Transport and catapulted catapulted to a victory of 11-2. Goals for Carnation wore scored by Scott MacDonald (G), Andrew Wraith (3) and Danny MacDonald (2). Assists Assists went to Danny MacDonald, MacDonald, Andrew Wraith, David David Lopport, and Jason jflo. Hutton goals wore scored by C. Poldlnk (1) and R. Sol- onion (I). This brings Carnation's record to three wins, one tie, mid no losses. "Way to go, Team!" Mr. Sub Loses Close Contest With Roofers by Sandra Haggett Saturday, November 3, the Mr. Sub Bowmanville Pee Wee team was defeated 5-4 in a league game against Big "E" Roofing. big "Hi" booting took a 2-0 lead early in period one. Jonathan Noble scored with assistance from Bill Clark. Lance Courchesne earned the second Big "E" goal. Jamie Jamie Shelter assisted. At 7:22 Jeff Thornhill put Mr. Sub on the scoreboard. Before period period one ended, Thornhill held on to the puck from face-off and put a backhand shot in the net to tie the game. In period two, both teams tightened up their defence and only one goal was recorded. recorded. Les McCrory scored for Mr. Sub with assistance from teammate Thornhill. Peter Gadd made some good defensive moves and led a rush that resulted in Big "E" taking a penalty in an attempt attempt to spoil his shot. After two minutes of play, Courchesne tied the game in period three. Less than a minute later, Thornhill Thornhill broke the tie when he earned a hat-trick after charging up the ice and right past the two defence- men. At 5:03 Jason Lawrence Lawrence made it once more a tie game. Both teams battled for the remainder of period three. Phillip Foster came up with a big save at 0:45 for Mr. Sub. With 12 seconds seconds remaining in the game, Lawrence let go a hard, high shot that gave Big "E" Roofing Roofing a 5-4 lead. Shelter assisted assisted on the goal. Kevin Kellachan, coach for Mr. Sub, remarked "What can I say, it was a real heartbreaker." Heartbreakers are usually usually some of the most exciting games, as this one proved to be. The entire Mr. Sub team worked hard even up to the last 12 seconds when victory seem irretrievable. Later that day, Mr. Sub faced off against Oshawa's Notre Dame in an exhibition game. Notre Dame was first on the scoreboard in period one when Mr. Sub had two men in the penalty box. McCrory tied the game with help from teammates Thornhill Thornhill and Gadd. Period Two found Notre Dàme .'up 11 one goal. Fifteen'seconds into period period three, Notre DaiWput a high shot in Mr. Sub's net. Seconds later, Brian Williams Williams replied with a goal for Mr. Sub. McCrory and Thornhill assisted. At 4:28 McCrory slipped the marker in the opposition's net. With a tied game now, the boys battled it out for a win. Notre Notre Dame came up with a hard corner shot to win the game 4-3. Mr. Sub put forth a good team effort with strong goaltending goaltending from Steven Sargent Sargent and Phillip Foster. Raiders Enthusiastic About Winning A Clarke High School (left) and Campbellford player battle for the ball during a junior girls' basketball game at Clarke last Thursday. The Raiders were in search of their first win of the season, but came up on the short end of a 35-18 score. came from the free throw " urt ,P ra ? s t. hat caused the by Brad Kelly ■ To put the Clarke High School junior girls' basketball basketball season into perspective, you must understand that they are taking a "wait until next year" approach. With no wins in six starts, they haven't much choice. But as the losses pile up, the enthusiasm of the team continues to build. Playing on their home court last Thursday against the first place team in Kaw- artha 'A* girls' basketball, Clarke fell behind early and dropped a 35-18 decision. As strange as it may sound, the Tosses aren't a concern for coach Kim Knight who predicted that her team would be very fortunate fortunate to win one of their remaining remaining two games. "This is a building season for us because four of my top juniors are playing with the senior team," she explained while the senior team was preparing for their game against Campbellford. "We've only made it into double digits twice, so this was a tremendous game for them." "Some of my kids have never played or have only played for one season while some of the girls on the other other teams have been playing for two or three years." This game was never in doubt as Campbellford jumped out to an 8-0 lead at the end of the first Quarter, and increased that lead to 19-4 by the half. Clarke's first two points line courtesy of Lisa Parks and Lesley Westheuser. Their other two points of the half were scored by Heather Lynn with 25 seconds left on the clock. Westheuser was Clarke's leading scorer with six points while Parks had four. "She's (Lesley Westheuser) Westheuser) an excellent point guard," praised Knight. "We were nervous about what would happen next season because the point guard on the senior team will be graduating, graduating, but we see a lot of potential in Lesley." Clarke trailed by 15 points at the half but rallied in the third quarter and out- scored their opponents 12-4 to close to within seven points. Most of their points came from an effective full- Campbellford guards to turn the ball over. Campbellford used a press of their own to start the fourth quarter and scored the first eight points to regain a 15 point lead. Looking back over their season, coach Knight ex : plained that it has been anything anything but a disappointment for her young players. "We knew from the start that it would be tough, but the kids are happy with their improvement," she said. "You can see when they come off the court that they're excited." "Our senior team is doing well and that's how we're measuring our success. We know we're doing good things in midget and junior if tbe seniors are doing well." Shoppers Win Three in a Row 'cDaniel and~Broo^ On November ,3, Shoppers Shoppers tykes made it three wins in a row by defeating IDA on an early Saturday morning contest. Jonathan Ross opened the scoring with two unassisted unassisted goals early in the first period and TVson Crocker made an ena-to-end rush and scored to give Shoppers a 3-0 lead. IDA's Nat Fair scored with 50 seconds remaining remaining in the first period. The second period saw both teams come to life. Jonathan Jonathan Ross netted two more goals for Shoppers and TVson TVson Crocker added 'd single. IDA replied with singles by ' Me" Chris Pakost. Action continued in the third period with Jonathan Ross scoring three more goals and Tyson Crocker adding a single to complete his hat-trick. IDA replied with a last minute goal by Nat Fair to leave the score Shoppers 10, IDA 4. Assists 'on Shoppers' goals went to: Nathan Stout (2), Zach Thoraval and Chris Burritt with singles. Kevin Dion played his first game in goal for Shoppers ana was called upon to make several key saves. ZùvUe& 'Wanted This year, The Canadian Statesman is once again publishing Christmas stories by our readers. We are looking for your recollections of Christmases past under the theme of "My Most Memorable Christmas." This is your opportunity to tell us about a significant Christmas in your life or a particular Christmas event that remains vividly in your memory. It might be a happy memory or a sad memory. It might be a memory of a Christmas away from home, a wartime Christmas, a depression-era Christmas, a Christmas on the farm or a Christmas in the city. Your story may be fact or fiction.These are just a few suggestions which, we hope, will get the ideas flowing. We plan to publish all entries in our upcoming Christmas Gift Guides and other suppjements or in the regular pre-Christmas editions of The Canadian Statesman. In addition to seeing their names and their words in print, our Christmas story-writers will be eligible for three prizes of $20, $50, and $100 in Statesman Bucks. Entries will not be judged on the basis of content. However, three prizes will be awarded in a draw which will take place Wednesday, December 19. All entries received by that date will be entered and the three winners will be selected at random. r?W Just write your story and mail it to The Canadian Statesman, Box 190, Bowmanville, L1C 3K9. Or, you can drop off your entry at our office which is located at 62 King St. W., in Bowmanville. We're open weekdays between eight a.m. and five p.m. Ideally, the submission will be typewritten, but legible handwriting is equally acceptable. 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