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20- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, November 10, 1998 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" i ---- Large... | - | mil dh Lan : Port Perry's Todd Healey takes a £4 : GE LA 4 look at today's world of sports Whiney NBA players, stupid fights, lazy kids and a cold We're grouchy this week, what with fighting a persistent cold and, after only two weeks of early evening darkness, the kids have cabin fever and are bouncing off the walls after supper. So this seems like an opportune time to vent some frustration on those who have annoyed us recently in the world of sports. Let's start with those poor, starving NBA players, locked out by owners who finally had the sense to say "no mgs." Boston Celtics guard Kenny Anderson, in an effort to garner public support for the players explains how this lockout is putting a financial strain on all concerned. Why, just for example, he says it's costing him $75,000 a year to insure eight sports cars. Poor guy. And as for gaining public sym- pathy, the players have encountered apathy instead. The paying public simply doesn't care. These guys are so out of touch with reality that they've managed to alienate even the wealthiest of fans. The only thing that could make this story even better is that two years from now, the NBA has folded because of greed and Kenny Anderson, after losing his eight cars and Beverly Hills pad through paying child support to his four children by three women, has had to learn the phrase, "do you want fried with that?" And what about Jeff Kugel of the Windsor Spitfires, who recently received a lifetime ban from U---------- Poy Sp CHRIS HALL / PORT PERRY STAR hockey is also held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with each player paying $5 and goalies, which are in desperate need, play free. For more information call Connie Stewart at 985-8698. Here, little Innzbruck Richards, right, attempts to keep her balance during a few lessons with mother Pam. ONE STEP AT A TIME: The Scugog Arena is once again offering local residents the opportunity to practice their skating skills with, and without, their < children. The Parents and Tots program runs Monday (1-2:30 p.m.), Wednesday (9-10:30 a.m.) and Thursday (1-2 p.m.) with kids skating free and parents paying only $2. Adults-only skating is available on Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. Pickup Port MacMasters Bracebridge Pineridge Midgets capture their own tournament title thanks to Matt MacMaster's hat trick in a 6-1 championship victory On Saturday, Nov. 7 the Port Perry Midget No. 1 team sponsored by Pineridge Sports held their home tournament. With teams from as far away as Essex in the west to Orleans in the east, the days games proved to be exciting and enter- taining for all in attendance. The first game of the tournament pitted the home town team against arch rival Oshawa. In an exciting third period with Port down 3-0 Pineridge roared back to score with 41 seconds left in the game forcing overtime. Ryan McQuade tallied two quick goals and Dean Van Camp scored the important tying goal. Overtime proved as exciting as the game. Each team was down to one skater when Ryan McQuade popped in the winner for Port. Ryan took charge in the third to bring Port back from the brink of defeat while giving him his hat trick. Picking up assists on the goals were Nick Pelyk, Mark Blakley, Matt MacMaster, Mike Hamilton and Ryan McQuade. Goaltender Mike MacLennan also picked up two assists sealing the win. Port's second game of the day was against Brampton with the winner moving on to the A champi- onship. Ryan McQuade scored, assisted by Nick Pelyk and Mike Hamilton in the first for a 1-0 lead. Port broke it open in the second as Dean Van Camp with two and Jeff Ashton scored to give Port a commanding 4-0 lead. Picking up assists were Mark Blakley, Grant Hooker, Braden Tarbotton, Dean Van Camp and Nick Pelyk with a pair. In the third Port finished off an excellent game with two more goals for the 6-0 win. Mike Hamilton and Jason Whitworth scored to seal Brampton's fate. Picking up assists on these goals were Ryan McQuade, Sean Jeffrey, Deryk Campbell, and Matt MacMaster. Turn to Page 21 By Jon Sanders Special to The Star Monsma Electric 0 Taylor Fuels 2 This week of Sunday morning hockey action saw Taylor Fuels shut out Monsma Electric by a score of 2-0. It took more than two periods for either team to score but at 9:03 of the third, Steve Lee found the back of the net for Taylor Eade grabs shutout as Taylor downs Monsma 2-0 with assists going to Lee Wilbur and Jarrett Harman. With Don Card on the bench for Monsma, Ken Little found the open net with only 3.5 seconds remaining. Bill Eade played a good game between the pipes for Taylor Fuels. Van & Truck World 4 Goreski Roofing 4 This shootout between Van & Turn to Page 22 the OHL for his outrageous display during an on-ice melee last month. Yes, he acted like a WWF clown receiving shock therapy and yes, the punishment fit the crime. The worrisome aspect of this sordid incident is that the league and the media coverage both made note of his scoring statistics. What, might we ask, does his lack of scoring touch have to do with his suspension. Does this indi- cate that if the leading scorer in the league had acted in exactly the same manner, his justice would be different? Unfortunately, we all know the ugly answer to that. Plato must be smiling somewhere. Now, on a more local front, this is some friendly advice to the rather vocal youth of our community who would like the township to build them a skate- board park because "they have nothing to do." Well, do what all those kids who aren't standing beside you on street corners are doing - working part-time and studying. And do you want to know why "the cops are always hassling" you? It's because you stand with 20 of your friends in the middle of busy parking lots, refusing to give way to traffic. That's like, sort of like, you know, like, wrong. And, by the way, wearing hoods over your heads signifies to most of the general public that you are all either bhuddist monks or making an attempt to conceal your identify. Either way, the average pedes- trian is a little unnerved by that. And finally, if you really want a skateboard park, show some initiative. Don't stand there with your hands out like whiny brats saying "gimmee." Get off your butts, approach council with a cost-sharing ini- tiative and then go raise some money. And guess what? That would give you "something to do," and markedly improve your chances of getting what you want. Unfortunately, it sounds like you're used to getting what you want without working for it. There. We're feeling much better now.