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18 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, April 18, 1979 Ska SS | LOr PeeWees reach semifinals in Little NHL Tournament by Danny Millar The curtain came down on another season for the Port Perry Pee Wee Legionaires on Easter Sunday, April 15th as they bowed to the Richmond Hill Rams 4-0 in, the semi-final of the Oshawa Little NHL Tournament. The Legion team had ad- vanced to the semi-finals with one point wins over Oshawa Dines and Whitby. The Richmond Hill team was a very powerful one and they outskated and generally outplayed Port during the contest which was held at the Donevan Sports 'Complex. The Rams were a well disciplined and smooth skating team. The Rams began their scoring 44 seconds after the puck had been dropped to start the game. Kevin Ryan forced the Port defenders to cough up the puck inside their own blue line and then skated in untouched on goal- tender Paul Kingston and scored on a slick deke. The Legion defencemen were consistently guilty of giving the disc away in their own end of the rink and only the HE] \ sharp play of Kingston and Port's other netminder Paul Bateman kept the score respectable. Kingston was shaken up just fifty seconds after the goal when he was hit in a wild scramble in front of him. He was relieved by Bateman for a couple of minutes. With slightly over half the first period remaining the Rams grabbed a two goal lead on a three-on-two break. Paul Joslin connected from Kevin McInness and Scott Steckly. After ten minutes there was really no doubt that Richmond Hill would win the match. They were in control all the way and showed no indication of letting up. They looked every bit as good as they appeared to be in their first two games which they won by 8-0 and 7-0 margins. The Rams struck again just 46 seconds into the second period when Kevin Ryan went around Jeff Johnstone with ease and passed to Orveo Paoletti who tucked the puck in behind Kingston. NAD oN Port Perry's only serious scoring opportunity of the game came when David Kemp fired a slap shot from 15 feet out which was stopped by Glen Harding who earned the shutout for the Rams. With 4:02 left in period number two Kingston was replaced by Bateman for good. This alternating system has been employed by Legionaire Coach Ron McAllister all season long. Bateman finished the route allowing only one goal against. ' In the last period of the semi-final Richmond Hill blew a golden opportunity to increase their lead when they had a two man advan- tage. Port killed it off with no major problems. Joslin got his second of the game with 59 seconds remaining to conclude the scoring. In the last desperation attempt to avoid being shut out, Bateman was removed in favour of a sixth attacker. The effort went for naught though. The Legionaires edged by Whitby 3-2 on Saturday to ne go AN W . fing. o x a : ne 10 asY- e\\ rem M2 res The Ever 10g or Wels 800 ie HOM" anual So toalurty e \(€! \ SIN dU te: \ er own I prunind! pie url . get 1 oY eve r\ event¥ ne XW? S n pal: an Gale" © 0 . \, & L195 cose oh a we 120 Gus 20% Cotes ran. ox" the par 699 A 29 we oSuPe w pal 359 osV h nN © = nO yuA-R yet VO Swe fe bd ® wpe! ae™ wd nd Quiet gle ba'? can \ of geale™® Voc? advance to the semi-final. Darrin Desautels netted the first Port goal with 3:22 elapsed on the clock. It was an unassisted effort that came as a result of a scramble for a loose puck in front of the Whitby goal. It was the only marker of a very fast, action-filled period. Some sharp net- minding by Whitby's Darren Short prevented the score from being greater. After 6:34 of the middle session Port Perry's Jeff Johnstone and Whitby's Paul Guest engaged in a brief scrap. For Johnstone it was his first of two minor tussles in the tourney. Neither amounted to much. Desautels set up a third period goal when he fed Johnstone with a cross rink pass inside the opposition's blue line. Johnstone lofted a wrist shot over the Whitby netminder's shoulder. Whitby added a power play score late in the period but it was not enough. In addition, they pulled their goalie but could not tie it up. Earlier in the week Port Perry defeated Oshawa Dines 3-2. Ay] ~ INS, DI 2A . PP PY, : E56, WILLY & SON SMALL ENGINE REPAIR 64 WATER STREET - PORT PERRY - ONTARIO® 1-985-3192 Softball Convention Major changes in playing rules The 57th Annual Ontario Amateur Softball Associa- tion Convention was held in Sudbury the past weekend. Due to the winter storm many delegates were unable to make the trip thus making this convention the smallest in many years. Many major changes did result as the playing rules have become standard across Canada. The designated hitter may now be used in all series, juvenile through senior. The D+H will be named as a tenth player as in the Ameri- can Baseball League. Also included is a free substitu- tion rule allowing the playing of players in the game on two occasions. Another change to affect the local area is the addition of "D"" series in Squirt, Peewee, Bantam and Midget. This is for villages under 1500 population. Slow Pitch will now have 5 series. These governed by population also. All Slow Pitch championships shall be declared by tournament play. The delegates also passed to hold tournament cham- pionship play in senior "B"", hit. "A", Bantam "B" and High School girls Peewee "C". The Port Perry Association has applied to host the Peewee "C" championship. Umpire's fees were also raised. Senior, Intermediate and Junior is now $12.00. Juvenile - Midget is $10.00. Bantam - Peewee - Squirt is $7.00. Bantam Boys games will now be 7 innings. The 1981 convention will be held in Peterborough. The 1980 convention may be held in Niagara Falls or Toronto with a decision to be made in two weeks. The Port Perry delegation was not as large at this convention as in past years but the local delegates were very active. Donn Gray was appointed chief scrutineer for the elections and did a most impressive job. SOFTBALL REGISTRATION Registration for the 1979 Softball season will take place next weekend, April 27-28. Boys and girls ages - 4 to 18 years should attend to get signed up and also have your form signed by your parents. Look for the age list and series in this paper next week. - : will competein gymnastic finals by Danny Millar The nine girl squad of gymnasts from .Port Perry High School finished third overall in the Lake Ontario Secondary School Associa- tion championships held at GL Roberts on Monday, April 9th. There were eleven schools competing and Port Perry totalled a score of 89.70. Dunbarton was the team leader with 92 points. Mannets big fish Floyd R. Beatty, and family, of R.R.1 Nestleton, earned Citations in the Metropolitan South Florida Fishing Tournament. Floyd caught a 67 Ib. amberjack in the Unlimited Division. Mrs. Beatty, and Miss Kelly Beatty, caught blackfin tuna, weighing 17, and 15 lbs. in the 20-Pound Division. They fished out of the Whale Harbour Marina, Islamorada, in the Florida Keys with Capt. John Gargan, Jr. on the Reef Runner Also. They will receive a Yearbook with their award at the close of the Tournament. : RUBBER STAMPS fast delivery PORT PERRY STAR 235 Queen Street 985-7383 In addition, five girls from Port Perry have advanced to the COSSA championships in Trenton on Wednesday, April 18th. Port Perry coach Mrs. Smith was satisfied with her team's performance. She lauded the work of Kim Evans and Christine Robin- son in particular. Another surprise was Tammy Reid who apparently had been away for awhile vacationing. "I was really pleased with her as well," said the coach. Kim Evans accumulated the second highest score in' the overall Division for the seniors. She scored 25.17. Lisa Nottingham from Port placed sixth among the intermediates with 24.81. Christine Robinson finished in second place in the novice category. Robin- son ended up in first in the vault event and teammate Reid was third. BOAT SLIPS AVAILABLE fa 2; Port Perry Yacht Club 20 Miles North of Whitby Access to Trent System Waterway Reasonable Rates Winter Storage Club House Activities Year Round Oshawa 725-2227 J J J