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24 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, September 7, 1988 Will stress basics and fundamentals at both ends of the ice tsa Mel Brown of Little Britain Is taking over the head coaching duties for the Port Perry MoJacks this sea- son. Mr. Brown, 47, told the Star recently he's look- Ing forward to training camp this month and the start of the Junior C hockey season. Garnet Warriner has agreed to work as the assistant coach with again this season. (see story for detalls) the club The Port Perry MoJacks have named Mel Brown as their new head coach for the 1988-89 season in the Central Junior C Hockey League. Mr. Brown, 48, replaces George Burnett who guided the club for the last two season. He's accepted a coaching position with Seneca College in Toronto. Assistant coach Garnet War- riner has agreed to stay on with the team in that capacity this sea- son. Ironically, Brown and War- riner were acquainted with each other years ago in their hockey playing days when they were on opposing teams, Brown with Whitby and Warriner with Port Perry. In an interview with the Star recently, the new head coach ad- mitted that comparisons with last year's all-Ontario finalist team may be inevitable. But this is a brand new season coming up, and several of the key performers on last year's fine team won't be in uniform this year be- cause of the age limit. "I think we are going to be able to put a good nucleus togeth- er and work from there," said Brown. He described his approach to the game as stressing the basics and the fundamentals at both ends of the ice. He'll be demanding to- tal effort from all players, ands a firm believer in setting up good lines of communication between the coaching staff and the players. "I'll be expecting certain things (from the players on and off the ice) but I also believe the game should be fun for them at this level," he said. Brown is a native of Whitby, ~ played his minor and junior hock- ey there. Though he has never coached at the Junior level, he has many years experience behind the bench, including nine seasons with the Park League in Oshawa. An employee of General Mo- tors in Oshawa, he was transferred to Tilsonburg several years ago and coached Major Bantam there and Major Pec Wee. In 1986-87, Mel Brown named MoJacks coach his Pce Wee team won the all- Ontario OMHA championship. Now living in the Little Bri- tan area, he's enthusiastic about the chance to skipper the MoJacks this coming season and is waiting eagerly from training camp to get underway at the Scugog Arena on September 18. He said he expects about 55 hopefuls to hit the ice for the camp, which will include four pre- season exhibition games. The first league game for the MoJacks will be on October 11. The Central Junior C League schedule has been revamped for this season with the 11 teams playing 40 games. In the past few years, all teams made the playoffs, but that has been changed with the top eight getting post-season play next spring. Last season was an exception- al one for the MoJacks as they won the Central League title for the first time ever, advanced to the all-Ontario championship and lost four games to one against Moore- town Flags. Name Barry's Variety Port Perry -Auto Glass Port Perry Oldtimers A. Oppers Aluminum Sportsland Seagrave Steel Buildings Galley Fish & Seafood Kinsmen Square Boy Pizza Forders Insurance RESULTS OF SCUGOG MENS LOB BALL LEAGUE AS OF AUGUST 29, 1988 G WL T Pts. 13 11 1 1 23 14 11 3 0 22 4 8 5 1 17 14 8 5 1 17 4 7 6 1 15 14 6 6 2 14 14 6 8 0 12 14 4 10 0 8 14 4 10 0 8 13 1 12 0 2 Homestead over Whitby by 4-2 Homestead Furniture Mosquito Girls soccer team continued their winning ways on Thurs., Sept. 1, when they beat Whitby Optimists 4-2 in Whitby. Kelly Phipps and Karen Kett scored two goals each to take care of the scoring. Solid games were turned in by Sara Brown, Sara Cosway, Michelle Brown, Megan Baxter, Mari Far- quharson & Sarah Coyne. The defense played strongly with Leanne Keeler helping Emi- ly Cosway & Lisa Dodd. Amy Plain played another good game in goal. The girls have a first round bye in the playoffs and won't play un- til Sept. 15. As a result of the first round bye the girls have accepted a challenge from Taylor Ford Atoms with the game being played Wed., Sept. 7. The girls have issued their own challenge to Mackie Transport and Port Perry Printing Mosquitos Boys teams. Games to be played on Cup Day, Sept. 10. Looks like three easy wins for Homestead Girls! Port Pee Wees place third at OASA finals The Port Perry Pee Wee Mo- Jacks were in New Hamburg over the weekend for the Ontario's Amateur Softball Association Championship Tournament. The team played some fine soft- ball and placed third. Game 1 vs. Lansdowne runs in the bottom of the 6th on 4 straight hits. Port got 1 back in the 7th on a single and a stolen base by Gavin Cochrane and the R.B.I. single from Scott MacLen- nan. Landsowne scored 1 run in the bottom of 7 and still had the bases loaded when Chad Venning relieved Jeff Card on the mound and struck out the final batter. Jeff Card pitched a strong 6% Lansdowne led 1-0 on a solo home run until the top of the 5th when Darryl Vander Slagt led off with a walk and was moved around to 3rd and scored on Jason McBride's single, With 2 out Brad Moase singled and Jason Cochrane followed with a 3 run home run to give the MoJacks a 4-1 lead. In the sixth Port scored twice on a double by Scott MacLennan, an R.B.I. single to Darryl Vander Slagt, a walk to Simon Traynor an R.B.I. single to Jason McBride. Lansdowne came back with 2 innings allowing only 4 runs on 11 hits Other hits in this game went to Steve Laird and Brad Moase with 1 each. Game 2 vs. Mitchell Port had a 4 to 3 lead after five innings on a 2 run double by Scott MacLennan scoring Steve Laird and Gavin Cochrane, and R.B.I. ground outs by Ryan Picard and Brad Moase that scored Duane Empringham and Darryl Vander Slagt. . Mitchell scored 2 runs on a walk and 3 hits taking the lead in the top of the 6th. But in the bottom of the 7th -- Kent Jamieson led off with a bunt single, then with 2 out Jason Cochrane drew a walk to keep it alive for Steve Laird. With 2 out and 2 strikes on him, Laird drove the ball down the right field line for a 2 run triple to win the game. Chad Venning pitched 53 inn- ings for Port allowing 5 runs on only 6 hits, while Jeff Card pitch- ed 14 innings in relief for the win. Leading hitters for Port in this game were Scott MacLennan and Steve Laird with 3 hits each. Game 3 vs. North Gower Port had a 2 to 1 lead after 1 in- ning on a one out single by Brad Moase, consecutive walks by Jason Cochrane and Steve Laird and a 2 run single by Scott MacLennan. But the runs stopped at 2 as Port left 12 runners on base through the next 6 innings in- cluding a bases loaded with a 1 out situation. A key hit in 3 of the last 6 innings would have been enough to sent Port to the final, but North Gower chipped away for 3 unearned runs (1 in the 2nd, 2 more in the 5th) for the win. Final score 4 to 2. The MoJacks had 9 hits in this game -- 2 a piece to Jason McBride and Scott MacLennan and singles to Brad Moase, Jason Cochrane, Steve Laird, Grant Kay and Simon Traynor. The MoJack pitchers Jeff Card -(6inn. 6 S.0. & 6 hits, Chad Ven- ning 1inn., 15.0. 1 hit) pitched an outstanding game. Game 4 vs. Bracebridge After a very short rest the Mo- Jacks had to take on the favorite Bracebridge Kinsmen. The Mo- Jacks fell behind early in this one and after 412 were down by 4 to 1 - but rallied to make it a 4 to 3 score after 6. But Bracebridge put the game away with 5 runs (3 unearned) in the top of the 7th. The MoJacks were out hit in this game 13 to 10. Leading Port hitters in this game -- Brad Moase and Scott MacLennan with 2 each, other hits went to Jason McBride, Jason Cochrane, Steve Laird, Duane Empringham, Simon Traynor and Gavin Cochrane with 1 each. MoJack coaches, Ron Redman, Al Picard and Bob Vander Slagt were very proud of the perfor- mance of the team during the weekend. One or two key hits in game 3 would have put the Mo- Jacks into the final where they would have to have been defeated twice in a row. You were closer (Turn to page 26)