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THE HERALD Wednesday March it ins All emotions show in THE finals As the ISO gymnasts representing 24 schools in the District marched on to the Hoot at MM Robinson High School in Burlington last Tuesday to the tune of A Place To Stand it was obvious that this was no ordinary gymnastic com petition Although the girls smiled and waved to friends and supporters there was a tangible air of tension In the gym which didnt slacken even as the gymnasts went their warmup exercises This was the Cham competition and the were well aware that spending on how they per formed they would either be chosen to continue on to compete in the or returning home to challenge again another year The importance of the event was underscored by the highly qualified judges present Also the apparatus to be used by the girls was of Olympic standard One of the head Judges has a Federation Internationale Gymnastlgue Brevet which represents the highest qualification any Judge- nationally or internationally can attain Another Judge had national qualifications and was working on International qualifications and the remaining Judges were among the top of their field in Ontario That the judging would be fair and Impartial there was no question but this perhaps in creased the pressure on the girls No other sport taxes both the mental and physical stamina of an athlete the way gymnastics does A years hard training could come to an end because of one slip in a routine A swaying pose caused by twitching nervous muscles could mean the difference between winning- and coming second in the event Yet all this the girls must smQe and exude con fidence they are also judged on this aspect of their routine The Peel Cham pionships although the step ping stone to the AllOntarios are also a goal in themselves Each gymnast performing was forcedto qualify time and again In earlier competitions The strain can sometimes prove too much and several girls finished their routines on Tuesday and left the floor with tears in their eyes because they felt they hadnt given their best per Others bounced and cried with happiness after giving exceptional per formances On Tuesday emotions ran the gamut from highs to lows yet through everything the gymnasts enthusiasm for their emerged forefront Gymnastics has made some remarkable advances over the past few years In Ontario High schools have become aware of both the physical and aesthetic values of the sport but of more importance it is one of the few sports open to girls where they can display both their athletic talents and creative Instincts without suffering the taunts of All the competitors at the Peel Haltona displayed both of the above and the coaching staffs of all the teams involved deserve to be commended for the fine job they have done in raising the standard of gymnastics to such a degree In the The GDHS gymnastic team put on a strong overall per formance in the Of the schools Involved Georgetown finished second with 148 points Lord Elgin was first with 1B1 points while TA Blakclock High School finished third with 133 81 points The GDHS team won the Intermediate Division and laced second in the Senior Kelly Frost who has Improved with each com petition was the All Round Champion in the Intermediate Division and Rosea nne Her who was the All Round Senior Champion in the was second In ber Division on Tuesday in the Senior floor exercises bars and beam Kelly in the Intermediate vault and floor exercise and Eva Smarda in the In bars and vault will represent Georgetown in the AllOntarios to be held April at York University In Toronto ForGeorgc Janet Burns was second in he Intermediate beam Marianne was sixth in Intermediate floor exercises Kelly Frost was second In Intermediate vaulting Eva was first In Intermediate bars and eighth in Intermediate vaulting Ruth was fifth in Senior vaulting and Roseanne Her mann was fifth on Senior beam third in Senior floor exercises and fifth in Senior THE GYMNASTIC TEAM finished second out of teams in th recent Peel Halton Championships The girls won the Intermediate Division The team Is front row left to right Herrmann Jane Agglsa Vickie Herrmann and Janet Burns First basketball pennant for Centennial In one of the lowest scoring finals in years the Centennial Public Schools boys basketball team defeated St Johns of Burlington last Wed nesday In to win the pennant as this years Halton County Champions Perhaps the pressure of being involved in a championship contest imnerved the players as neither team played well in the first half The game to that point featured wild shots erratic dribbling and generally scrambling basketball Cen tennlal left the floor at the half leading Coach Mike Hopwood must have taken his young charges in hand as they returned to me court and took complete control of the game while St Johns still displayed the same floundering style of the first Centennial leading 146 and this was a result of the team cm ploying a type of halfcourt press defence This defence completely blanketed what little offence St Johns had to offer and Cen tennial took advantage of the resultant turnovers with their fast break The fourth quarter continued In the same style of play and Centennial was never threatened Although it was a low scoring were the team leaders and It the floor to the basket the team made It to the finals contest guards Rick Fisher seemed that on every fast Centennial has been In the last year the win on Wetl and Terry came up break attempt cither Fisher or Halton County league for the was the first league with solid performances They Waldrum were scurrying down past four years and although championship for the school Records broken at meet If the first track meet of the Georgetown District High this coming season season Is any Indication the School are going to be making Records fell one after the track and field teams at quite a name for themselves other last Wednesday as as from GDHS and a small six man contingent from Milton competed In the season a opening indoor track meet at Of the IB events the results saw IS new GDHS records set The only previous record to withstand the onslaught of new talent was the 1500metre boys event in which John Clark 47 time still stands Overall champions in the meet were John Clark and Mike who shared the boys crown and Doris who topped all the girls In the 500metre boys event Kirk Smith finished first while in the girls 500metre dash Doris finished on top Craig was first in the 300 metre hoys and Doris again placed first in 300metre John Clark and Kirk Smith tied for first In the metres event for the boys Kathy Masson was first across the line In the girls 450metre run Mike came through In fine style in the 900metre boys event while John Clark and Jennie Thompson were tops In the 1500metre races Junior boys shotputtins was won by Mike Halstead while the senior boys crown went to Al White The girls crown went to Glen placed first in the boys high Jump while Lori finished first in the girls high Jump A fun obstacle course for the boys set up at the end of the meet saw Doug Lamb place first Nancy Philips placed first in a similar obstacle race for the girls This was the first time such an opening event was booted by but according to coach Murray Hall it worked out so well theyre thinking about making it an annua event to which more schools will be Invited in the future THE COUNTY CHAMPIONS for 1975 Cen BlnghamandDennSpittall back row left to right coach Centennial defeated Mike Hopwood Jeff Temple Jeff Dave Town St Johns of Burlington last Wednesday night to send Kevin Nell Brian Scott John and couture the Members of the chanionthlo team manager Jim Atkinson Include Front row left to right Dave Pierce Bob Doyle Rick Fisher Terry Waldrum Eddy Howard Mark Juveniles lose in Oak Ridges Georgetown Juveniles lost the game to Acres Saturday J The next game take place alter the Bantam Tournament Grand Champions alp game In the arena Saturday night Bantam Tournament Schedule WEDNESDAY MARCH Cayuga or Delhi vs Mooretown A am C 1330 Also D Peterborough Hamilton Also Ancestor vs Colllngwood Also Ottawa West vs St Catharines Levack Also 15 THURSDAY MARCH B Colbome or Thornhill or Richmond Hill or Woodstock Also 3 pm A am Peterborough or vs Also 4 15 a m or vs Ottawa or St Catharines Also A 1115am Toronto or Burlington vs Buffalo or Waterloo Also fl p 30 Georgetown or Niagara Falls Gloucester Also m Saltfleet or Uoionville vs Levack or Also 15 FRIDAY MARCH IS C 30 a Lindsay or Markham or Also D a m Cayuga or or or Bolton vs Saltfleet or or Levack or Also A a Toronto W or Burlington or Buffalo or Waterloo vs Peterborough or Hamilton or Also 5 D 11 15 a m or Erin vs or Port Perry Also pm B m or or Ottawa W or St Catharines Georgetown or Niagara Falls or Gloucester Also A IBpra Brentford or Detroit LC vaOsbawaor Detroit LA I Also SATURDAY MARCH am Series Final 30am Series Final 1100 am Series Final 1230 A Series Final B vs D Semi Final A va C Semi Final Grand Cham and Awards than impressive when behind The Georgetown Rotary Juveniles lost more than just the game when they were defeated by Oak Ridges last Tuesday night In Georgetown They lost a fair amount of the fans respect Any team can have an off night it happens to the best of clubs but last Tuesday when the Juveniles reallted that a win was out of reach a few members of the team resorted to what could only be termed bush tactics Perhaps the fact that the team has been so successful In moat of its were unbeatable Oak Ridges put an abrupt end to this train of thought on Tuesday and It was obvious that the locals had forgotten that even top 1 teams drop the occasional game With the score 1 In Oak Ridges favor in he third the Juveniles started runs at their opponents and getting In cheap shots whenever they could This caused a steady stream of to head for the penalty box and players and fans alike to heap abuse on the officials Comments after the game centred around criticism of the officials but this just doesnt bold water I In the first period only down by one goal the picked up only minutes In 1 In the second period Georgetowns best although scored on twice the Juveniles picked up a mere two minutes In penalties After the fourth Oak Ridges goal however the dam burst and Georgetown logged 50 minutes In penalties five minors two majors two misconducts and one match penalty Why he big change Because the Rotary Juveniles couldnt accept defeat and there was no doubt that Qak Ridges had the better club on Tuesday night Georgetown played perhaps ten minutes of solid hockey The rest of the game belonged to the visitors Brian Laird one of the few Georgetown players who Shut in a creditable per Time and again defensive lapses had him facing two on one and sometimes three on one breaks The Oak Ridges forwards roamed at will in front of the Georgetown net and either ignored or brushed off the feeble attempts of the Georgetown defenders to put them away The Georgetown forwards seemed unable to make the change from offence to defence and were constantly caught either up ice or out of position It was a good game to get out of a teams system Hopefully the Juveniles will learn from Hand realize that losing is also a part of the game The first period produced close checking by both teams with good solid clean checks being out by both sides It was obvious that the referees were not going to stand for any nonsense as at one point both learns had two men In the box The first Oak goal come as a result of a Georgetown error Doug Barnes attempting to bring thepuckoutof his own end lost it to Craig Hclsdon of Oak Ridges who skated In an Brian Laird almost at his leisure feinted to his right then slipped a neat backhand into the net This was the only scoring In the opening frame but it could be seen that the locals were not on top of their game They didnt display their normal poise were passing a not really handling the puck with confidence Coach Paul Robinson on the way to his team dressing room to be worried It was in the first period also that on Incident occurred which might have been the root of the third period problems BUI KIrby was knocked clear over the side boards with what was certainly a hard check but just as ccr talnly a clean one No penalty was assessed and rightly so As he sat on the bench appeared to be dwelling on his embarrassment For the first three minutes of he second period Oak Ridges continued to hold the edge in play Their second goal however seemed to give Georgetown the push they couple of times was left needed and for the rest of the standing and he banged It past period Georgetown marched Rotary Briane Laird By Oak Ridges stride for stride he ten minute mark of the The Oak Ridges second second the game was was a case in point of fie characterized by end to end troubles plaguing Georgetown rushes and only luck and some Joe Henry of Oak Ridges brilliant goal tending by Ion retrieved the puck from the Harrison of- Oak Ridges kept corner and although shoved a Georgetown at bay Both teams stepped up the hitting part of their game at about the eight minute mark and the boards rattled as checks were handed out Bill hard hitting play as he was knocked Into and In fact bowled over trie net in the Oak Ridges end A penalty was handed out but Kirby who received a bang on the back of his head was far from happy at the way things were going The third goal for Oak Ridges and the third goal of the game showed lust where the breaks were in the contest Playing two men short Oak Ridges cleared the puck down the ice Brian 201 pupils turn out for Optimist basketball Joanne Tucker St Cameron Lovers St St Francis of Ass 1st Separate Girls j Francis School was the scene on Age eight Leslee Koiak Centennial 2 Shelley Coleman Age 10 Bobby Marks St Saturday of the Optimist Trl Si Francis Susie Martin St Holy Cross Lynn Gallant Francis Barry Stone St Star Basketball Contest and a Francis 3 Caroline Shu Us ZAge 1 Carol Francis 3 Raymond Rautir successful contest it was The Age nine 1 Carter Centennial Meredith Age 11 1 Brian Alexin St Francis McLaren Centennial Patty Coleman St Francis Kirk girls between eight and 13 and Angela Tucker St Francis 3 Barber Stew arttown Warnock Harrison 3 Bobby the response was terrific Rosemary Golo George Martin St Francis One hundred boys and 101 Kennedy Age 12 David girls turned out for the tour Age 10 Val Longo St Brian Stone St Centennial Ernie which saw the Francis Stacey Hurley Francis Dean Marks St Stewart town Dave Wallace youngsters attempt their best Centennial Roberta Burke Francis Ricky OBrien St Centennial Age Mike at passing shooting and St Francis Age 11 Bambl Francis Age nine Philip dribbling with the following St Francis Kathy Rose George Kennedy 2 p Marrow results St Francis Jamie Hooker George Ken Marly Power Holy Cross a teammate a pass and hit Steve Stoyanovich of Oak Ridges with the puck retrieved the disc ana sallied In unopposed to score Oak Ridges also got out of their twoman short situation unscathed The Oak Ridges were playing excellently at this point They were taking the puck carrier out and starting rushes with good first passes Oak Ridges could do no wrong and Georgetown could not get their game together The Rotary Juveniles opened the scoring In the third period when Chris Milne beat the Oak Ridges goaler with a quick shot from the top of the faceoff circle and It looked as If the were on their way Unfortunately another defensive lapse allowed the opposition to pull in front 41 Georgetown was sloppy in getting the puck out of their own end and Craig of Oak Ridges picked up the puck fedlt to Joe Henry who cruised about feet in front of the net and scored with a Georgetown player draped over him Charlie Knoepfli narrowed the score to and it looked like Georgetown might get back Into the game when the antics started At the 7 mark of the third period Doug Barnes was caught spearing and was given a five- minute elbow possibly out of sheer frustration was sent off Oak Ridge scored their fifth goal In this situation At the mark Bill Kirby was nailed with a cross checking penalty and by mouthing off received a ten- minute misconduct He then turned around and among things called the referee a gool and was promptly banished for the Then Marty Weaven decided to get into the act He became wrapped up with Oak Ridges player BUI Nedlger at the blue line and promptly threw a Nedlger skated away pursued him and laced Nedlger with a punch from behind which caught the referee signalled a fiveminute penalty for Weaven Then just as he was about to reach the penalty bench wheeled around and took after the Oak Ridges player again who was on the other aide of the ice This resulted in Weaven being tossed out Admittedly the referees did make some questionable calls but the majors and miscon ducts were all deserved While Georgetown was exhibiting their pettiness Oak Ridges scored again to salt away a win For Georgetown a poor all round display If they wish to make the OMHA finals their and temperament will to improve