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I 8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, February 20,1991 BRHL Bantam Selects Capture Tournament Championships FLASHBACK -- 25 YEARS AGO - The Ajax Midgets have been giving Bowmanville a hard time in the playoffs. Ajax won the opener and the ! teams have tied the next two games. The Bowmanville Bowmanville team includes Mike Cawker, Gregg Corden, Don Forsey, John Oyler, Warren Alder, : Doug Hayes, Dave Wright, Kim Rogers, Larry ■ Devitt, Carl Devitt (manager), Don McGregor (trainer), Sandy Brown, Glen Finney, Ron Welsh, Jeff Gilhooly, Brian Peters, Joey Hircock, • Bob Howes, John Taylor, Bryan Hughes (coach), John Worden. FLASHBACK -- 10 YEARS AGO - Craig German German and Randy Defoy, of the Cowan Pontiac- Buick Red Eagles, proved to be the best goaltending goaltending pair in the Jr. C League. The two goalies had the best goals against average during the regular season. This is the fifth, year in a row that goaltenders from Bowmanville have won the award. SPORT-TALK TRIVIA -- Which driver has won the Daytona 500 a record seven times? EAGLES' GAMES -- The Bowmanville Eagles and the Port Perry Mojacks will be battling it out in a best-of-seven semi-final, with the winner advancing advancing to the finals against Uxbridge. Games in the series will be as follows: Game #2, Thursday, February 21, 8:30 p.m. in Port Perry; Game #3, Saturday, February 23, 8:00 p.m. in Port Perry; Game #4, Sunday, February 24, 7:30 p.m. in Bowmanville; Game #5, Wednesday, February 27, 8:15 in Port Perry; Game #6, Friday, March 1, 8:00 p.m. in Bowmanville; Game #7, Saturday, March 2, 8:00 p.m. in Port Perry. DANCE CANCELLED -- Please note that the Eagles' Fund Raising Dance that was scheduled for Saturday, February 23, at the Recreation Complex has been cancelled due to the playoff series series between Bowmanville and Port Perry. LOCAL GYMNASTS DOING WELL - Two local local gymnasts who compete for the Gemini Club of Oshawa, placed first and third in the Flight II Tyro B category at a Provincial Qualifier on Saturday, Saturday, February 9. Lee Ann Simon, of Hampton, placed first with scores of 8.85 (vault), 9.65 (bars), 9.10 (beam) and 9.20 (floor).for a winning total of 36.70. Kristi McCaffery placed third with scores of 9.05 (vault), 9.40 (oars), 8.60 (beam) and 9.25 (floor) for a total of 36.30. MAGAZINES SENT TO TROOPS - Lynn and Angie Helpard of Orono, owners of World of Wheels Publishing Inc., will be sending 400 issues issues of "World of Wheels" and 200 issues of "Le Monde de L'Auto" magazines to Canadian troops stationed in the Middle East. , TRIVIA ANSWER -- Richard Petty in 1964, b\ : ___ LV The Bowmanville Recreation Hockey League Bantam Bantam Selects were double winners at two recent tournaments. tournaments. They captured the Oshawa Heritage Championship Championship on February 9-10, and followed that with the championship at the Omemee All-Star Tournament. Team members include, front row, (1-r), Jeff Dart, Matt Yeo, Sarah Couch, Chad Puk, Mike Suess, Mike Talotti, Jason Wichman. Back row, (1-r), Greg Couch (coach), Nelson Yeo (asst, coach), Jeff Wright, Adam • Kooy, Andrew Allaird, Byron Lange, Spencer Latin, Chad Veinot, J.P. Tousignant, Carlo Warr, Lyle Richmond Richmond (asst, coach), Dan Wilcox (goalie coach). Courtice Rugby Team Preparing For 14 -Day Tour Of Wales The Courtice Secondary School rugby team will be _ 3y te heading off to Wales on February 26 for-a two-week tour. The team hopes to play four matches against other high schools in Wales during their stay, including including a rematch against Gower, who toured Ontario Atoms Finish in First Place On February 5, the Newcastle Newcastle Atoms nailed down the first place position of the United County Hockey League with a 4-2 win over Baltimore. With Jimmy Thompson and Paul Winter out of the lineup, it meant extra work for the remaining players. Darryl Wright got things started with a goal at 11:52 of the first. Assists went to Chris' '*'Druery and Chris McLean. Baltimore then bounced back with two and Newcastle trailed 2-1. At the end of the first period, Balti more was called for hooking on Darryl and he could not finish the game because of a bad bruise on his left arm. With only four forwards and three defencemen left, the whole team pulled together together and scored three more times to get the victo- The Newcastle Atoms nailed down top spot in the United County Hockey League with th.eir come-from- behind 4-2 victory over Baltimore on February 5. Team members include, front row, (1-r), Phil Druery (coach), Les Wright (asst, coach), Chris McLean, Paul The Newcastle Golf Course Tykes won the 'A' Championship at a Baltimore tournament on February February 9 with a narrow 6-5 overtime win over Grafton in the finals. Team members include, front row, (1-r), Adam Mclcan, Tom Moore, Blake Christie, Tyler Mclcan, Jason Lcpine, Joey Castellano, Chris Saun- S fL Jv - Si back in October. It will be the second time that coach John Winder has taken a school team over to Wales. His first trip was in 1989 as coach of the Bowmanville High School team. ry. Jamie Metcalf, Chris McLean and Mark Sausedo got,the goals, with Tommy Gill an, Donald Baker and Vince Norton assisting. Goalie Jessie Anger also turned in another great performance. performance. Winter, Jesse Anger, Mark Sausedo, Darryl Wright, Barry Norton (trainer). Back row, (1-r), Donald Baker, Jimmy Thompson, Vince Norton, Tommy Gillan, Chris Druery, Jamie Metcalf. Newcastle Tykes Bring Home Baltimore Championship nv by Brad Kelly From February 26 to March 11, the Courtice Secondary Secondary School rugby team is in store for a culture shock. The 38-mémber team, comprised ■ of seven players from' 1 "Bowmanville ' High School ' and the rest from Courtice, will be on an extensive extensive tour of Wales. During the trip, they expect expect to play four matches with different schools in Wales. One of the schools the Courtice team is guaranteed to face is Gowèr, who were on a tour of their own in October. October. Their tour included stops in Scarborough, Port Perry and a match with Courtice that ended 17-0 in favour of the visitors from Wales. With the Welsh history of dominance in rugby, one wonders why a school that isn't rich in rugby tradition would make the trip. "I do it to help Duild the rogram," said coach John "inder explaining why he chose to take his team overseas. overseas. "These kids have been keen since I started the program program last year, so I decided to go on tour with them this year." "Every time we go over, we get closer to their schools. On my last tour, if I had the first team that went over, we would have beaten their teams. Our level is beginning beginning to catch theirs." "We no longer go over and get wiped, he continued. continued. "I'm not saying we won't get beaten, though. They still have some excellent excellent players." This trip will represent pri Wi dors, Brendan O'Sulliv#. Back row, (1-r), Gerry Mooro (coach), Joshua iiutlcdgc, Tyson Gimblctt, Matt Fuller, Jason Ladlcour, Jesse Gimblctt, Paul Garisto, Matt Brown, Jolfi Rutledge (manager), Brian Saunders (asst, coach). The Bowmanville Atom "CC" Toros showed great offense offense against Port Hope "A" team as the two teams exchanged exchanged leads in a penalty free game. When it was over, the score was Toros 7, Port 6. Port took an early 2-0 lend, but two goals by Jason Lnnjze with assists to Niki De Freitas and Nicky Zdrav- kovski tied the game. Brent Stockman gave Toros the lead assisted by Richard Aa- sen and Chris McKenzie. After After Port took the lead, Steve Ewlcs tied the game assisted assisted by Niki Do Freitas and Erik Griffin. Port once again took the lend, but a nice goal by Craig Sabine assisted by Jason Lange and Mike Leip- sig tied the game at five. With under six minutes left in the game, Port Hope took the lend. However, two quick goals by Niki Do Freitas Freitas gave the Toros the win, Brent Stockman assisted on one of the goals, and Stove Ewlcs assisted on both of them. Mike Maynard did not In a replay of last years final Eagles Face Mojacks by Brad Kelly It's a rematch of last year's Central Ontario Junior Junior C final series between the Bowmanville Eagles and the Port Perry Mojacks. But this year, they will meet in the semi-finals. Game one of the best-of- seven series was played last night (Tuesday) at the Recreation Recreation Complex. Games two and three will be in Port Perry Thursday and Saturday, Saturday, while game four will be back in Bowman- --„ ville Sun- Campbell day night. (For a complete schedule listing, see Sport-talk) "It's going to be a tough series," predicted coach Mike Noonan following a spirited practice on Sunday night. "They have a tough team, with good goal tending and forwards." "If we stay out of the (penalty) box and play five on five, well be all right. It's going to be a long series, though." "I hear there's quite a rivalry rivalry here between the two." Quite a rivalry indeed. Many won't forget the seven game series these two engaged engaged in for the league title last year. The Mojacks emerged victorious with an overtime win in the seventh game at the Recreation Complex. And that loss has left a bad taste in the mouths of many of the Eagles' veterans, veterans, including captain Glen Campbell. "It was disappointing to lose last year. Sure everyone thinks about it, and we don't want it to happen again." "We know what happened in that series, and we don't want to let it happen ever again. Last year's loss will put a little drive behind us." The semi-final was set after after Uxbridge eliminated Ajax in the seventh game of their series on Sunday afternoon with an easy 6-0 win. As the first place finishers in the league. Uxbridge chose to take a bye into the finals, and will await the winner of the Eagles/ Mojacks series. Port Perry will get the extra extra home game by virtue of their second place finish in the standings. During .the regular season, season, the Mojacks compiled a respectable record of 21-12-3 for 45 points, five ahead of the Eagles who finished at 18-14-4. In their six games against one another during the regular regular season, the Mojacks held the edge with three wins and a tie. Both teams will head into the semi-finals riding four- game winning streaks. The Eagles swept Little Britain in four straight, while the Mojacks won four in a row to eliminate Lakefield after dropping the first game of the series. The Eagles are actually on a five-game winning streak if you include their 6- 4 win over Lakefield in the final game of the regular season. Accounting for their most recent success has been an apparent change in the attitude on the part of the players. That, coupled with last year's results, will be a motivational factor that coach Noonan will have at his disposable. "It's not the greatest thing in the world to lose a league championship in the seventh game in your own building, began Noonan. "We are playing with more intensity, and every game means something. Everybody is pulling their weight. Aid the guys who I was expecting to lead this hockey club, are." The leaders Noonan refers refers to are the veterans of the club who came to the front to lead Bowmanville in the Little Britain series. Campbell finished the series series with three goals and 14 points, while Shane Armstrong Armstrong had 5-6-11 totals and Nick Dennis finished with three goals and nine points. It will take the same type of effort to beat the Mojacks Mojacks that it took sweep Little Little Britain, and nobody is more aware of that than Campbell. "We just have to go out and play a physical game. I don't think they can take it." "It's going to take a lot of hard work to win this series. series. Everyone has to come together and everyone has to want to win it." Game Four Tonight at Darlington Toros Need a Win the fourth time that Winder has taken a high school rugby rugby team on a tour. In '86, while teaching at BHS, he took the team to England, followed by an '87 trip to British Columbia and an.'89 tour of Wales and Englggd. The team is mainly coflf- prised of grade 10-12 students, students, who will be billeted out in the homes of other students during their stay. In addition to their four games, players will be taken on historical and cultural tours. Winder noted that most schools in Wales start a rugby rugby program for their students students as early as the age of seven, and that all of the schools have an intermural soccer and rugby program. Last year, in their inaugural inaugural season, Courtice finished finished just below the .500 mark in the LOSSA B' Division. Division. This year they will move up into the 'A' bracket. Winder is quite pleased the way the program has progressed in a short period of time at Courtice, and revealed revealed that it's not all that . difficult to teach the game. "I like the way that rugby is a player's game. Constant decisions are made by the players and not the coaches. coaches. "The biggest obstacle to overcome in rugby is that it isn't a game for hooligans. In rugby, if there's any swearing at all, you're penalized penalized because there is no room for it. It' a real experience experience to control your actions." Four chaperones will be accompanying the team for the tour, including two teachers, the principal of CSS and his wife. by Brad Kelly It's do-or-die for the Bowmanville Bowmanville Toro Midgets in the fourth game of their best-of-five series against Kingston tonight (Wednesday). (Wednesday). The Toros evened their series at one win apiece on Saturday afternoon on their home ice with a convincing 6-3 win. Kingston regained a two game-to-one lead on the return trip home Sunday afternoon afternoon with a 5-3 victory. Game time at the Darlington Darlington Sport Centre tonight is 8:00 p.m. A loss would eliminate the Toros from the OMHA playdowns. "We made some critical errors and gave the puck up in our zone for four goals and that cost us the game," said coach Dave Tabb referring referring to Sunday's loss in game three of the series. "We played them equally, but the giveaways were the difference." "I stressed to the kids that it was a critical game (Sunday's) because we hurt them Saturday night. I fig ured if we got the jump on them physically we could wear them down and, beat them." Unfortunately for the Toros, Toros, that wasn't the case. In game two of the series on Saturday, Kris Matheson led the Toros' attack with a pair of goals, while Seamus McGuire, Jeff Pickell, Chris Brown and Jason Rogers all • had singles. The teams were tied 2-2 after the first period, and. the Toros held a narrow 4-3 lead heading into the third. The. Toros got behind earlier earlier in the series, dropping game one in Kingston by an 8-2 score. "In the first game, the kids didn't come ready to play," explained Tabb. "We hadn't played in a while, and when it came time to go down there we either weren't weren't ready or we were overpsyched." overpsyched." A brawl at the end of game three in Kingston will leave both teams short- handed for tonight's encoun ter. But Tabb remains confident confident that his team will force a fifth and deciding game. "We should be all right and I'm confident that the series will go five," said the optimistic coach. "The next two will be a real battle, and it will be a real war by the fifth game. I'm sure of that." Tabb also felt that the Toros Toros would have to play a physical game tonight to even the series. Regardless of the outcome, outcome, the Toros are guaranteed guaranteed a spot in the Ontario Hockey Federation Championships Championships to be played in Bowmanville Bowmanville on April 12-14. As the host team, the Toros Toros will face the champions from the OMHÀ, MTHL and NOHL. It's a common feeling amongst the players and the coaching staff that they would like to win a couple of series in the OMHA play- downs before entering the championships. Along layoff could be detrimental come tournament time in April. Atoms Win 7-6 in Penalty Free Game take part in the scoring, but skated very hard. The Toros played a return return match the next day and the fans saw what they are used to seeing between these two teams. Good goaltending, goaltending, solid defense and tight checking. Port Hope struck first, but Toros replied replied with two goals. Richard Richard Assen gave a behind the net pass to Craig Sabine and he laved a perfect pass to Niki De Freitas for the first goal. Niki also got the second second goal on another perfect E ass, this time from Jason ange. Port Hope tied the game, but Chris McKenzie, on a great individual effort, ut the Toros ahead 3-2. ike Maynard and Jason fiü Lange assisted on the goal. It was an exciting finish as the Toros were two men short in the final minute, and with 34 seconds left, Port tio'd the game 3-3. Greg Koonderman and John Marco Cannito shared the goal tending in both games, Way to go TOROS! Stove DeSmcdt of the Bowmanville Toro Midgets creates some havoc in front of the Kint igston not during the second game of their bost-of-five series on Saturday at the Darlington Sports Centre. The Toros evened the series at one game apiece with a 6-3 win, but lost on Sunday back in Kingston 5-3. The fourth game of the series may goes tonight (Wednesday, February 20) at 8:00 p.m, at Darlington.