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1 8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, January 30,1991 Canada Won't Let Donohue Leave Eagles in Third Following 7-6 Loss Bowmanuille's Brendan Brendan Donohue is attending attending high school in Florida, Florida, in hopes of obtaining a baseball scholarship to an American American University, and ultimately, ultimately, a pro contract. He has agreed to write to The Statesman on a monthly basis, updating readers on his progress. It's nice to be back in this • warm climate. Well, I have had some more hard times lately. My flight out of Toronto on January January 5 was two hours late. I was held up at immigration and had a hard time getting over the border. Anyway, just another hassle. I guess Canada didn't want me to go, so they gave me a hard time. When my plane got to Philadelphia, I had missed my connection to Tampa. I wandered the airport and eventually got put up in the Ramada for the night, compliments compliments of Midway airlines. I got a flight on January 6 at 9:00 a.m., and walked in my door at 2:00 p.m. I had a nice tour around Pinellas Pinellas County as I was the last to get off the airport, limo. I have to move now because because my roommate is moving moving to Tampa. I'm worried. Just my luck-more problems! problems! I have a friend at school, Paul Reynolds, who has been nice enough to get his parents to open their home to me. They are very kind and generous people. Paul is •'only one of four native Floridians Floridians that I know. Every- u body else is from all around the country. . ! The vote on my eligibility was held on the weekend of January 12-13. ! It seems like I need more Scissors, because I've had more red tape now than all of the rest put together. Eligibility Eligibility is still up in the air. They turned down my hardship hardship case for lack of information. information. The missing information information was where did I - live? 'Who did I live with? and |Who my legal guardian is? • They are now fully in formed that 1 live across the street. I feel the pain and frustration frustration right now. I miss home. Two weeks of vacation vacation over Christmas was nice and long enough. But I have mixed feelings. I like it here, but I like home. And can't have both. I have to go to immigration immigration this week and file papers papers to stay here, again! At customs in Toronto, they let me through but only on a 30 day visit. I have to go to Tampa and file more papers to stay until the end of school. I finished exams and I feel I did fairly well. Exams were two hours each and all were multiple choice or guess. Most had about 200 questions. 1 made the first cut for the baseball team and it is now down to 30 guys from about 65. One correction on the January 9 article in The Statesman: My high school is East Lake High. I was going going to got to Pinellas Park, but the coach moved. Wallace Selects Have Busy Month The Wallace Auto Novice Selects have had a busy month in January getting ready for the Heritage Tournament. Tournament. They have playered teams from Uxbridge, Lindsay, Lindsay, Port Perry and Oshawa. All the games have been closely contested with only one goal deciding the game. All players are putting out a very good effort and playing- their positions. On Sunday, the team played in Lindsay winning the game 1-0. The goal tenders, tenders, Robbin Weir and Jonathan Jonathan King, having recorded their third shut out of the season. Other stand outs have been Tim Swan, Jason Greenham, Mike Gushulah, Mike Harper, Adam Barra- ball and Bob Graham. The other players also have put in an exceptional effort. The Coaches may not be able to take many more close games. to by Brad Kelly As Eagle fans have come know from past games, trying to protect a three-goal lead against the Port Perry Mojacks is an exercise in futility. futility. Especially when that lead is obtained only seven minutes minutes into the first period. Try as they may, the Eagles Eagles just couldn't hold off the surging Mojacks and ended up dropping a 7-6 decision Sunday night at the Recreation Recreation Complex. Two goals by the Mojacks in the third period, one on the power play and the other other into an empty net, broke open a 5-5 tie. The Eagles narrowed the gap to one, on Glen Campbell's goal with 34 seconds remaining, but' couldn't score the equalizer. Twice in the dying seconds, seconds, the Eagles had face- offs deep in the Mojacks' end but were unable to gain control control of the puck. Mojacks 7 Eagles 6 The loss leaves the Eagles Eagles in third place in the Central standings, onè point behind the Mojacks, ana two ahead of fourth place Lake- field. The Chiefs were in town last night (Tuesday) for the final game of the regular regular season for the Eagles. Nick Dennis, Shane Armstrong, Armstrong, Dean Baumhauer. Rob Real, Gareth Stone and Campbell scored for the Eagles. Eagles. Warren Geer had a hat trick for the Mojacks, Brad Menzies had a pair while Jarrett Harman and John Lally had singles. "We're too good of a skating skating club to try and sit on a three-goal lead. Especially, when we knew they would be coming at us," explained coach Mike Noonan while he paced the floor following the game. "We made a couple of mistakes in our end, and they put the puck in the net on them." 'We play intensely, and then go through a spell that costs us with let downs...ifs a lack of work sometimes, but then we pick it up again and then fall into another lapse. If we put 60 minutes of hockey together, I think we'll be all rignt." It wasn't the same effort that helped the Eagles tie the league-leaders from Uxbridge Uxbridge 3-3 on Friday night. But it was a better performance performance than the 6-2 loss they suffered in Ajax last Tuesday. Tuesday. Heading into last night's game with Lakefield, the Eagles found themselves sporting a dismal 3-7-2 record for the month of January. January. In their past 15 games, dating back to December December 23, the Eagles are 3- 10-2. Heading into the third period, tied at 5-5, Lally scored on a Mojack power- play to give the visitors a one-goal lead. The Eagles were given an opportunity to tie the game Shane Armstrong (#12) tries to pin this Port Perry player to the ice during a Jr. C game at the Recreation Complex on Sunday night. The Eagles blew a 3-0 first period lead, and eventually dropped a narrow 7-6 deci- World Champ Visits Bowmanville by Brad Kelly A handful of local kids .will never forget their brush with greatness last week when they met a member of the Oshawa Generals. " Dale Craigwell, recently back from Saskatoon where ;he helped the Canadian Junior team to a gold medal, Was at The Statesman speaking about drugs and the effects it can have on the lives of the kids. Those comments will appear appear in a special drug 'awareness supplement that .The Statesman is planning to publish in the upcoming months. The smiles on the faces of .the kids were only matched •by the one Craigwell wore [When complimented about ihis performance with the 'Canadian Junior team. • "Some people may feel I l [was one of the better (players, but I was really sur- ' [prised to go with the team," £ me said with a huge smile as j [he recollected his experi- ii [ence. [ k "It was one of the great- £ [est things that's ever hap- [ opened to me, and I'll never [ [forget it. It ranks right up £ Ù * > ., • • ' ' : there with winning the Memorial Memorial Cup last year." Craigwell has come . a long way' since the age of eight when he was a figure skater (which brought an array array of snickers from the kids) to where he stands now as one of the best prospects prospects in the junior ranks. Drafted as a 16-year-old off of the Oshawa midgets by Sherry Bassin. Craigwell recalled what a difficult decision decision he was faced with. "It was a trying time because because it was a toss-up between between playing in the OHL or getting a scholarship. Sherry Sherry guaranteed me tnat if I played for thè Generals they would pay for my education." education." The Generals have kept to their promise even though Bassin is no longer the general manager of the club. On this particular night, Craigwell had just completed an exam at the University of Toronto where he is enrolled in the business business program. He stressed to the kids the importance of doing well in school, and continuing their education beyond their high school days. "If « I'm doing well in school, it keeps me focused in hockey, but if I get behind in my school work, it really shows on the ice," he said, stressing that there is a time for homework and a time for play. "My parents always pushed me to get an education education because a very small percentage of players .make it to the NHL." The Generals have long been noted for the strict policy policy they have with their players and their insistence on regular attendance at school. If one of the players skips school, there is a hefty price to pay. "First of all, the coach will suspend the player. And then he calls a practice for four in the morning," he began began as the jaws of the kids dropped to the table. "You can imagine that there are 20 guys that aren't too happy. happy. "When practice is over, the guy who skipped school has to take the team out for breakfast.' At that time, we're pretty hungry. So it usually costs about $300." And on the topic of Eric Lindros, he had nothing but praise for the potential number number one draft choice. In fact, he noted that the media microscope microscope the team is under because of Lindros has been one of the reasons they've been so successful- the past couple of years. "He is as mature as anyone, anyone, which is a credit to him. He's not conceited or stuck- up. He's just having fun." "As a team, we thrive off of the media attention. The coaches stress that even though they come to see Eric, he isn't on the ice all the time. So they have to watch the rest of us. It gets us pumped up when we see a full building." Although he went undrafted undrafted last year in his first year of eligibility, Craigwell has caught the eyes of many NHL scouts with his play this year. In addition to his fine play with the Generals and the Canadian team, Craigwell Craigwell was also a member of the OHL all-star team that played an array of all-stars from the Quebec league last night. Team Won Lost Tied Pits, Uxbridge 21 10 iL, 45 Port Perry 18 12 3 39 Bowmanville 17 14 4 38 Lakefield 18 16 0 36 Little Britain 17 16 1 35 Cobourg 11 22 1 23 Ajax 10 23 2 22 League Scoring Statistics Top Ten as of Jan. 22 Name Team Goals Assists Total Steve Black L.B. 25 37 62 Brad Menzies P.P. 18 42 60 Glen Campbell Bow. 22 36 58. Greg Cook Uxb. 31 26 57 Trevor Low • Uxb. 23 29 52 John Harman P.P. 18 33 51 Duane Webster L.B. 24 23 47 Nick Dennis Bow. 17 25 42 John Lally P.P. 20 20 40 Derek Candolini Ajax 13 27 40 Mr. Sub Gets Taste Of 'B' Championships t Dale Craigwell of the Oshawa Generals was at The . Statesman last Wednesday night to speak to some riety of articles including his newest Durham Rcgion- ; . - „ . -- al Police Card that carries a drug awareness message i area kids about the harmful effects drugs can have on on the back. Above, Rachel Lee, Greg Patterson, and , ; their lives. Following the discussion, he signed a va- Andrew Pitt get their cards signed. by Sandra Haggett Mr. Sub smells the sweet smell of victory once more! After capturing the Minden OMHA Pee Wee "B" Championship, Championship, Mr. Sub secured the BRHL Pee Wee "B" Championship. Saturday morning, Mr. Sub played a tight game with Holy Cross (Oshawa) for a 3-3 tie. Curtis Coumey- ea opened the scoring in period period one. Jack Laverty gave Mr. Sub a 2-0 lead going into period two. Brain Williams Williams assisted. Holy Cross scored at 1:49 in the second . period. Laverty scored in period period three with assistance from Clayton Guest. Before the game ended, Holy Cross came up with two goals to tie the game. Mr. Sub faced off against Simcoe St. (Oshawa) for a 7- 1 win in their second game. Les McCrory scored a hat- trick. Guest earned two goals and Jeff Thornhill chipped in with a pair. Michael Michael Coe assisted on three goals. Laverty, McCrory and Guest picked up assists. Game three for Mr. Sub was with McRobbie. Mr. Sub defeated McRobbie 7-3 to go on to the "B" Championship game, Thornhill opened the scoring in period one with Laverty and Courneyea assisting. assisting. Ronnie Léger replied for McRobbie with help from David Boudren. Dave Vernon Vernon gave McRobbie a 2-1 load early in period two. McCroy tied the game at 7:50 in period two. Coo and Courneyea assisted. Opening Opening the third period scoring was McCrory. Laverty assisted. assisted. At 8:37 Wade Peacock Peacock gave McRobbie its third goal. Jason Barr and Niall O'Donnell picked up assists. Guest earned a pair of goals before the end of period three. McCrory scored once more to get another hat- trick. Matt James, Peter Gadd, Courneyea, Laverty, McCrory and Thornhill assisted assisted on Mr. Sub's final three goals. Mr. Sub was up for their final game. Several of the boys skated out on the ice sporting red on black warpaint warpaint on their faces when they faced off once again against Holy Cross, a team which has been rated number number one in the Times Tournament Tournament (of the teams in this region). Mr. Sub was on the warpath to victory! McCrory put Mr. Sub on the scoreboard with help from Thornhill and Kris Kruemmanacher in the opening period. Early in period period two, Holy Cross tied the game 1-1. Ben Medd broke the tie 3:00 in period two. Guest and Courneyea gave assistance on the goal. At 10:33 in the third period Courneyea gave an insurance insurance marker for the lead for Mr. Sub. Gadd and Coe assisted.The remainder of the game was tense with Mr. Sub's defense working diligently to maintain a 3-1 lead for a victory. Goalies Phillip Foster and Steven Sargent played well to help Mr. Sub clinch the B.R.H.L. Poo Wee "B" Championship. sion to the visiting Mojacks. The Eagles played their final league game of the season last night (Tuesday) against Lakefield in a battle that could have determined determined third place. Central Ontario Jr. C Standings (including Monday's games) with 9:30 remaining when Phil McBride of the Mojacks was called for roughing, and then slapped with an additional additional two minutes for unsportsmanlike unsportsmanlike conduct following following a brief gathering. Noonan juggled his lines in an attempt to find a combination combination that would work, but goalie Drew Campbell stoned the Eagles on a couple of occasions to preserve preserve the one-goal lead. With just under a minute remaining and the face off deep in the Mojacks' zone. Ian Cooper was summoned to the bench in favour of an extra attacker. The Mojacks controlled the face off and cleared the puck into the Eagles' Eagles' end where a racing Geer beat an Eagle defender to the puck ana completed his hat trick. Campbell scored 18 seconds seconds later on a nice individual individual effort, but the Eagles were unable to get a shot off in the final moments after having two faceoffs in the Mojacks' zone. Bowmanville had jumped out to a 3-0 lead seven minutes minutes into the first period on .goals by Dennis, Armstrong and Baumhauer, but the Mojacks tied the score in a seven minute span. Real's power play goal with 4:09 left in the period gave the Eagles the lead after after the first 20 mfnutes. Harman and Geer, with his second of the night, scored in the second period to give the Mojacks a 5-4 advantage. advantage. Stone's powerplay goal with 4:25 left in the period brought the two teams even once again. With playoffs only one week away, coach Noonan speculated on who his team may face in the opening round. "We can't win first or second, second, so I think we'll play Lakefield or Little Britain. Unless Port Perry or Uxbridge Uxbridge picks us, and if they do, well be ready to play them." THE SCOOP - The Central Central League playoff format allows the top team to pick who they will face in the opening round, followed by the second place team. With the Eagles sitting in third place, it's expected that Uxbridge Uxbridge will take Cobourg or Ajax (depending on which team gets the last spot) and Port Perry will take Lake- field. That leaves the Eagles and Little Britain. In the second round, the same format format applies. The team who has accumulated the most points during the regular season has the option of playing one of the remaining two teams, or choosing a bye...No dates have been scheduled, but the first round of the playoffs begin on Sunday, February 3, and the seven game series must be completed by the 16th. If the Eagles have home ice advantage in the first round, they may begin this Sunday at the Recreation Complex. Atom Selects Lose Shoot-Out The Darlington Auto Centre Centre Atom Selects had a busy two weeks On January 18, we met the OCHL selects at North Oshawa. There was little opposition and the boys came away victorious 11-2. The 19th saw the boys . back in Newcastle against the Whitby Major Selects. This team gave the boys more of a challenge and was end-to-end for all three periods periods but we again came away with the win 5-3. January 23, the boys played the CYO selects and again met little opposition, coming away 9-0 winners. On January 26, the boys were at the Havelock Tournament. Tournament. The first game against a Peterborough team was a 10-0 blowout for the boys. The second game against Warkworth was a chippy game and both teams saw time in the penalty hox for body contact and roughing, roughing, but our boys kept cool for the most part. The score reflected therr level-headed play. It was 6-1 in favour of Bowmanville. The 'A' championship game saw the boys up against a strong team from Tamworth. At the end of three periods, the score was tied 2-2. A five-minute sudden sudden death overtime still couldn't break the tie, meaning meaning we went to a three-man shoot-out. It took six shooters shooters before a winner was decided. decided. We were very proud of our two goalies, Scott Sawyer Sawyer and Trevor Wright. Every Every goalie's nightmare is the penalty shot and, while Tamworth won 2-1 in the shootout, we were proud of how both goalies played. The tournament stats are as follows: Danny MacDonald MacDonald two goals, Ryan Winning four goals and four assists, Scott MacDonald five goals and one assist. Jeff Carter two goals, Paul Drummond one goal, Jason Frnyne one goal and two assists, Chris Watson one goal, Mike McCrory one goal and one assist, Josh Bonnetta one goal, Well done boys! Z| ( 1 n HT Tun II12 11 Sr OKITHO U u H 1 3 lui Brad Ki p flu || - Y'z ||| uy or au m vny Remember that old detergent commercial that was on TV where the line went something like: "Can you see the difference...! can't see the difference?" difference?" Well, the same question could be posed about some of the stories on local people who have appeared appeared on the sports pages of The Statesman over the past couple of weeks. After recognizing our first ever Athletes of the Year last week, and then meeting three student athletes from Durham College and Dale Craigwell of the Oshawa Generals this week, I began to mull that detergent commercial over in my mind. ; Take the same line, and add the thought of amateur amateur athlete versus professionals, and you might see where I'm headed. t Athletes, so we're led to believe, are the ones who are employed full-time in the field of athletics. Amateur Amateur or otherwise, they all fall under the same category. category. .i Baseball players are athletes. Hockey players are athletes as well. And the same desenption applies applies to track stars. So where does that leave the likes of a Rob Snoek, Nicole Devonish, Stephanie Axford, Traci Hanc, Diane Hornsby and Dale Craigwell? Craigwell? j They too are athletes. But it doesn't seem fair to put them with the Jose Cansecos, Wayne Gretzkys and Ben Johnsons of the world. So, can you see the difference? :i It wasn't until this week that it really occurred to me that one existed. ■ / It's a question of being an athlete or a professional. professional. And there is a big difference between the two. ' Athletes are people like Snoek and Devonish who devote countless hours trying to reach a dream. They appear in track and field meets all over the province, at their own expense, trying to become the best in their chosen sport. : A guy like Ben Johnson, reaps thousands of dollars dollars every time the gun goes off to start a race. In his most recent race, he'll get close to a six-digit figure figure for approximately six seconds of work. ; In comparison, if I were to get that much for every every six seconds I spent on this column, it would reach the millions. Though, by reading its contents, some may argue how much time I took. Look at people such as Axford, Hanc and Hornsby Hornsby who are tiying to juggle a college education and E lay varsity athletics as well. They were recognized y Durham College, and recently received some-financial some-financial assistant in the way of a scholarship. £ Though the amount will come in handy, it no way compares to the money that professionals make for going to the United States on a full university university scholarship. ï I'll stack the workload and commitment that these three girls carry against most from the States any day. And speaking of commitment, what about Craigwell. Craigwell. d The star centre for the Generals wrote an exam last Thursday at the U of T from 5 p.m. to 7 p(m. He rushed home, and made it right on time for] an 8:30 appearance to speak to some kids. f■ | And what was on his schedule when he went home? More studying. He had another exam. Ask yourself whether some of the professionals that we so often read about would have done the same thing. _ $$ Now can you see the difference between the tvyo? Carnation Florist at 11-0-1 With 7-2 Win Over Geranium On Sunday, January 27, Carnation Florist added another another victory to their undefeated undefeated record, when they won against Geranium Homes. From the opening face-off to the final buzzer, everyone on hand witnessed one of Carnation's most impressive games. The only goal of the first S d was scored by Scott of Carnation, after a three-way passing play from Kevin Stonehouse and Scott MacDonald at 10:15. It was all she wrote. The second period was another story, when Philip (long reach) Dragstra opened the scoring for Carnation Carnation at 11:23 then again at 10:34 with two well- placed passes from Andrew Wraith on both goals. Then at 7:54, Paul Drummond put Geranium on the scoreboard with an assist going to Mark Gannao. Carnation didn't let this goal go unnoticed. Before Before the end of the period Danny MacDonald was allowed allowed to pull off an end-to- end unassisted goal at 3:43. Geranium rallied together together to start the third period, with the opener going to Bradley St. John assisted by Brian Hudgin at 13:08. But, as expected, Carnation did not take this lightly, as Philip Philip Dragstra came back with a goal at 6:57 unassisted to complete his first hat-trick. Way to go, Philip! Two more goals were added added to Carnation's scoreboard before the game ended. His second goal of the game went to Scott Read assisted by Scott MacDonald at 3:37. And to finish the game off at his best, Scott MacDonald scored, with assists going to Philip Dragstra ana Danny MacDonald at 2:12. The final score was 7-2. In a closing remark, I would like to mention that by winning this past game, r- Carnation's standings hold at 11-0-1 in the regular sèa- son. I would also like i to mention that this same atom team also holds the 'A' championship trophy in Whitby and the 'B' trophy in Bowmanville over the past month. Congratulations to all from the coaching staff! P.S. Remember we turn off 401 at Trenton. A&R Beat McGregor by Karen & Hank Evans A&R Flooring met McGregor's I.D.A. on Saturday Saturday January 19 at Darlington Darlington Arena. Robert Cummer of I.D.A. opened the scoring early in the first period assisted by teammates Brooke Pakosta and Daryl Masterson. First year player, Robbie Vale, tied up the score with his first goal ever. Jeff Reynolds put A&R into the lead on a goal assisted by Jeremy Esselink and Robbie Campbell. Campbell. Kyle Maynard scored his first goal of the season assisted by Jeff Reynolds and Lydon Gadd. TVler Kohn wrapped up the first period witn a goal assisted Dv Robbie Vale and Anthony . Keefer. I.D.A.'s Robert Cummer scored twice in the second period to cut A&R's lead to one goal. Both goals were assisted assisted by Brooke Pakosta, and Chris McDaniel. Jeff Reynolds scored halfway halfway into the third period assisted assisted by Kyle Maynard and Brad Copping, giving A&R a 5-3 lead. TVler Kohn scored again for A&R followed by Jamie Bryant with his first ever goal. The final score of the g;ame was 7-3 for A&R Flooring. The A&R team put forth a terrific effort with 11 of 13 players picking up points. #3 n 00 i $ 1 i Clip and Save A OFF on i SKATE SHARPENING Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings * Valid Jan. 23-Feb. 28/91 BOWMANVILLE 4 * SPORTS SHOP 121 KING ST. EAST, BOWMANVILLE 623-0322