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THE HERALD W toy December 14 Page 17 Geminis nip the Acton Sabres closer to a playoff berth The Georgetown got back on the winning trail by taking a hard fought decision from their cross town rivals the Acton Sabres at Arena on Saturday night It was the first victory for The Sabres had the net well protected on this play but the Georgetown Geminis penetrated enough times to lake a 3 decision at Alcott Arena on Saturday night Kent Moffatt Plans well under way for Yugoslav match Although it will not be for approximately two months before the Georgetown Chrysler Raiders face off against the Yugoslavian Nat tonal team plans arc already well under way for the Dave said the Raiders will be printing tickets for the game Five hundred of the tickets will be for children They will be priced at apiece The remaining tickets will be for adults and Mr Kentncr said they will be priced at We arc priming thai many tickets but we have not decid how many we will sell Mr Kentncr said We are not certain what the maximum capacity Arena is Mr Kentncr said the Raid era may add extra bleachers at the arena for the Yugoslavian game Tickets for the game may be bought at Creative Camera or at the AJcott Arena ticket box during Raider games People who want group tickets should contact Mr Kentner at 877 1113 All events which were to be held at Arena the night of the game February will be transferred to Memorial Arena Mr Kentocr also said that Ihe Raiders have not decided yet whether children will be able to buy their tickets with Canadian Tire money which they can do for regular season games We will review the situation and then decide if arrange ments can be made have children buy their tickets with Tire money Mr Kentner said The game has tentatively been scheduled to begin at m There will of course be ceremonies proceeding the The Raiders arc also hoping to have the prizes given lo the three stars of the game There will be a star chosen from each team and one more from the winning Members of the Yugoslavian team play in London Ontario against the University of Wcs tern on February 13 and will stay in the next night before coming to Georgetown for the game Raider management is also hop to have a luncheon for Yugoslavian team the day of the game Georgetown may dress rein Sabres drop 52 decision The Acton Sabres proved they are troopers as they dared the snow storm last Thursday and travelled to Milton to play a Central Junior game against Milton Unfortunately for them they were dumped by Flyers Due to the snow some of Acton a players could not make the so the team had to play the game with less manpower than usual FREETHROW COMPETITION Marcel Schwarz was one of the competitors in the freethrow basketball competition at Holy Cross School last Saturday The competition Is an annual one with council district regional and provincial levels Each contestant has throws Members of Ihe Yugoslavian National Hockey Team arc going to be busy fellows during their tour of North America Actually the team only leaves Canada once to play In New York State The Yugoslavians will play their first match on February It is against a Junior A team in Quebec and they will play one other Junior A team in that province before they head for Ontario The team s first date in Ontario will be against which is a tier two Junior A team The Yugoslavians then leave Canada to play one game In New York state against hockey team of St Lawrence University They then play Rockland the 1975 Centennial Cup champions This team is composed of allstars who are at present playing either Junior A or University hockey The Europeans then play their second game against a university team when they meet the University of Western Ontario in London That game will be played on February 13 February 15 the team Is here to play the Raiders They then play Hie All Atlantic Major Junior A allstars and finish off the tour by playing Panthers the In termediate A Ottawa Valley champions Jean Marc Lalonde who Is the coordinator of the tour said scheduling the team dates was no easy job lie had schedule the Yugoslavians playing dates so that they could bus from town to town Mr said he was approached in June con the tour He said the Yugoslavians were Interested In touring through Canada In 1978 because they will be hosting the World Cup championships in the same year Mr Lalonde said the team originally wanted to tour al Ihe end of February At lhat time moslleaguc teams are In the process of playing playoff games so Mr had the tour changed o the beginning of February When Mr was asked why and how the Georgetown Raiders got on the Yugoslavian s schedule he said they were recommended by the A The Raiders initially applied to the O A play an International game two years ago General manager Jack Handy contacted the O H A when he heard the Yugoslavians were to North America OH A CENTRAL JUNIOR STANDINGS The Slreetsville have opened up a four point lead on Dixie Beehives The two learns have been neck and neck all season Dixie has a gome on hand so they may make up some of the ground this week The Georgetown are not out of the playoff picture by any means They trail Brampton Logan Chevys playoff spot by our points but the Gems have played two less games The Acton Sabres who won two games in a row a few weeks ago will have to make a big turnaround If they want to threaten for a playoff spot They trail Ihe Gems by eight points but have played one less game litre are the standings Team W T P 42 Dixie IS 38 Oakvllle 11 Burlington It 2 Milton Brampton 14 1 19 Georgetown 11 IE 11 1 till A JUNIOR SCORING If s Jim Baker doesn run Into injuries or hit a h r re nous slump he has the scoring championship In the hag With only about half the schedule mm pitted Baker has points and 10 point bulge over Mil I on Rod G Bast years scoring leader Dave of had a total of points Chapman Is among the top scorers this year but his ices at repealing scoring champion are minima He is In seventh spot trails Baker by points Following are scoring leaders Player T GAP Jim Baker S Rod Gooding Mike Pre S George CI indler S 13 48 Brian Gordon 18 30 Steve Crulkshar Dave Chapman A 43 Early In the second period the usually mild mannered Milne lost his cool He first took two minors and then a live minute major for an altercation v The Sabres were unable to lake advantage of the Gems Gemini management had to be very disappointed widi the crowd on Saturday Although the Gems were playing thelr town rivals and for the Angeles the gate showing was first time this season were not nulU a appeared Out at playing opposite the Toronto half of the fans at be Maple Leafs who were la Los m Acton Ron Dixon whowasbehuidthe having four of their best play for Ihree straight losses and it was an porta nt one it kept his team close to the sixth and final playoff berth The win also enabled the Gems to go eight points up on the Sabres who are In the league cellar The Gems came out fast In the first period and had an edge in play for the first five minutes but the Sabres took over for the remainder the frame and only spectacular goaltcnding by Brad Miller them off the The teams played at a fast pace in the first period and It was not until the 13 mark the first penalties were called The Gems Mark and the Sabres Rob Milhgan went off for high sticking The Gems ran into penalty problems late in the period but Chris Milne put on an in credible display of penalty killing and the Sabres had only one good chance to score while enjoying a two man ad vantage On that nil the pes on a blast from the point With top night Gems such as Doug Barnes Dole Mice and Joe South lineup for various reasons the pressure was on Milne to lead his teammates from other teams teams or pick who they think in the Intermediate A loop are best players in the Whcthertheleamwilltakeone leaugc has not been decided from each of the four yet sidelined for moat of he second period because they were loo busy taking penalties of their own The Sabres took four minora and two major penalties during the period Milligan alone took a total of 16 minutes Aclon did manage to tie the score at the 17 mark the period The goal was scored by Wade Vickery with assists going to Kelly Arthur and Wicklum Milne came back Into the game and at the 16 mark put the Gems ahead to stay on a goal assisted by Bob Allison Paul gave the Gems a twogoal bulge early In final period Assists on the play went to Tim Turner and Frank Acton came back and at the 12 by Scott Malcolm from Wade Vickery made the score 32 They pressed to score the equalizer but were unable to get the puck past Miller Both Miller and his conn lerpart the Sabres Kent Moffat played stalwart games Miller faced a total M shots one less than Moffatt This week will be a vital one for the Gems as they chase Milton Burlington and Brampton for the playoff spots which are open They Sabre Captain Dove Chapman got a rough ride In front of the Gemini net On this play from goalie Brad Miller and dcfensemanTonyGiannini The Gems won the game at Arena on Saturday Major Atoms explode win two game big Milne played an excellent first place Slreetsville two way game in the first period and his work com plcmcntcd by Millers goaltcnding enabled the Gems skate off the ice with tic alter the first period John Krasnokutsky opened the scoring for the Gems with only gone in the second period The play was setup by Frank Pionteck Marly lost night against Milton on Friday and then do battle with on Saturday As for the Sabres they may have lo content themselves with playing the role of spoilers for the remainder of this season There chances of making the playoffs after the lossonSaturday night are dim at best The Georgetown Flrcfigh tcrs and McNally Construction Major Atoms went on a scoring binge last week as they bomb ed on Wednesday and gave Streets a shellacking the next night Wayne Morrow was the big gun in the Ancaster game as he fired three goals and ass sled on two others Georgetown completely dominated play throughout the game and singles went to Stephen Turner Mike O John Barclay Mike Mouat and Brent Smith Todd Cull and Mouat also picked up two assists apiece in the game Stephen Boys shutout bid was ruined with only a few mlnulcs left in the game as Ancaster managed to rate the Georgetown defense for one of the few limes in the Smith and Shawn Coffey provided the offensive power in win over Slreetsville Smith scored on three ions and also set up another goal Coffey scored twice a single was added by Morrow O had another good night as he was a two of the goals Grand Valley nips Georgetown Grand Valley Swingers were from Elaine Taylor the visitors last Saturday in with one second left on the Ihe Senior Gals League and time clock Kelly Moores made they caught the Georgetown Ihreefinestopaonbreakaways seniors skating in second gear in Ihe nets Beth Kewley was to lake home a 1 win the best defenceman In the K Solo man put the Swingers game on ihe scoresheet early in the The Seniors sponsored by first period and T Boswell the Georgetown Industrial scored the winning goal id the League tine Caledon TheSenlorgab Queens from this finally got and coming Saturday 4 15 at their long goal Clare Carter Gordon Alcott Arena Centennial goes to semifinal The al School junior boys volleyball team travelled lo Scarborough to play in a tournament last Saturday and made it the quarter finals before being There were teams compe ting in the lournamcnl and they were broken into four divisions composed of iivi Centennial finished in first place in division play and went into ihe quarter finals The team won Its first game in he finals but lost a hear breaker and in their second game They lost 1815 to Senior Public School the team thai eventually won Members of the learn were Jamie South Scott Murray Dave Paul Bur roughs Dave Ituss Gourlie Bloke Harrison Sandy Watson Gilbert Mike Darke The team was coached by Jim Atkinson and Jim Hall Insulators defeat Machine Patterson Insulation were winners In their first league game against cross town rivals the Ha I ton Hills Clean Machine The non contact hockey league game was a hard fought game featuring close checking and excellent goaltcnding on both sides For Ihe insulators whose record now goes to and 1 Merve Klein led the scorers with goals Thomp son and Ken Worm on scored with Thompson also adding an assist and bill Light owl era added assists to the Insulators effort Scoring for the Clean Machine was handed by one line with Brian James and Ed colder getting a goal and an assist each while linematc Stan assisted goals Boxing Day skate Is on The Georgetown Chrysler Raiders have announced lhat Ihey will again run their Box Day Skate with the Raid year Trevor publicity director of the Raiders said the even was so successful list thai it will be ded run for two hours this year Last year ll was tor iiH iil hour Raider players will be on hand to conduct casual clinics The price for the which was sold out last year will be People interested in buying tickets for the event can contact cither Dave Kenlner at 1113 or Mr Moores at 7370 The Grand Valley Swingers did not score on this attempt Georgetown in girls senior action at Alcott Arena on Saturday hut they still tallied enough limes In take a 1 decision from afternoon Holy Cross volleyball team brings home the Halton title The girls volleyball cam or Holy Cross has won the Separate Schools champions hip Holy Cross won the pious hip last Saturday over 11 other leims at a tournament held E School in Milton last Saturday The nam pious hip led a fantastic season for the girls from Holy Cross The learn played a total of 71 games including preseason regular season and post season and won of them In winning Ihe championship Holy Cross won all five games they played In the tournament Standouts In the tournament were Kim Thompson Valerie Coach Cynthia Tobln Said school is very excited over the girls accomplishment as II is first time Holy Cross has taken volley ball championship Other members of Ihe learn are Mary Hartley Carol Jackie Chapman Angela Hope Hulme Sheila Cannon Witjes The Holy Cross boys team also participated In the champ ionship but were knocked out early They were the North Separate School champions Holy Cross girls volleyball team won the Thompson From left to right Mi Separate Schools Chan at a tournament in Milton Bert Burke and Michelle Mletun Saturday They were let the above four girls and Kim Valerie Longo Rose